Template talk:Gameinfo

You can fill in and add the following code into an article in order to generate a standardized "infobox":

{{gameinfo| name = 
|developer = 
|theme = 
|influences = 
|status = 
|released = 
|updated = 
|licensing = 
|language = 
|platforms = 
|interface = 
|length =
|site = 
}}

Not all of the fields need to be filled in, but all of them should be included. Those that are not filled in will display as blanks on the infobox.

Example

{{gameinfo| name = NetHack
|developer = [[The NetHack Dev Team]]
|theme = fantasy, some modern
|influences = [[Hack]]
|status = [[Stable]] 
|released = 1987
|updated = 3.4.3, on Month 1st, 2003
|licensing = [[Open source]]
|language = C
|platforms = Amiga, Atari, Linux, Mac, Msdos, OS/2, Windows, Windows CE
|interface = [[Graphical tiles]], [[ASCII]], [[Keyboard]], [[Mouse]] (limited)
|length = average: ?, to-beat: weeks or years
|site = http://www.nethack.org/
}}

...will add this box:

NetHack
Developer	The NetHack Dev Team
Theme	fantasy, some modern
Influences	Hack
Status	Stable
Released	1987
Updated	3.4.3, on Month 1st, 2003
Licensing	Open source
P. Language	C
Platforms	Amiga, Atari, Linux, Mac, Msdos, OS/2, Windows, Windows CE
Interface	Graphical tiles, ASCII, Keyboard, Mouse (limited)
Game Length	average: ?, to-beat: weeks or years
Official site of NetHack

Please note

The template uses the "language" parameter to autogenerate "games written in __" categories. Do not wrap that parameter in [ [ brackets ] ], or things will get broken.

Removed pending discussion

Comments

Genre Issue

The "genre" field isn't displayed - at least on my system (WinXP, FireFox 1.5) --Copx 22:54, 29 Sep 2005 (CEST)

I see that the 'genre' and 'feature' rows are commented in the template; is there any reason for this??? --Slash 23:02, 29 Sep 2005 (CEST)

They are hiding, and the instructions here are now outdated. They're easier to restore (if need be) if they're commented out. John Shedletsky and R brought up some points for and against them, so I'll be removing features and changing genre to theme. I'll also add influences and length. [[User:M|–M^T]] 02:56, 30 Sep 2005 (CEST)

Autocategorization by language

I added a category link to the template that uses the language parameter to add the game to a category. We should really be doing this ourselves, I think, but if this will keep things consistent... [[User:M|–M^T]] 05:52, 1 Oct 2005 (CEST)

And now I've removed it. Looks like most games link the language, and this ends up breaking the category inclusion. Going through and changing them to this, which is a bit non-standard, looks like it'd take as much work as just adding the category to the bottom. I'd rather not break articles for the sake of adding this feature, which might be a bit confusing to use anyway. [[User:M|–M^T]] 06:07, 1 Oct 2005 (CEST)

Style

{{{name}}}
Developer	{{{developer}}}
Theme	{{{theme}}}
Influences	{{{influences}}}
Status	{{{status}}}
Released	{{{released}}}
Updated	{{{updated}}}
Licensing	{{{licensing}}}
Programming language	{{{language}}}
Platforms	{{{platforms}}}
Interface	{{{interface}}}
Game length	{{{length}}}
[{{{site}}} Official site of {{{name}}}]

I've toyed a bit around with the template. Do you think this design looks better? - Poulpy 10:57, 13 Oct 2005 (CEST)

Sorry, but I think I prefer the original look... --JeffLait 17:56, 13 Oct 2005 (CEST)

I prefer the original look, too --Copx 18:52, 13 Oct 2005 (CEST)

Commenting here in regards to box info styles as I would like to standardize boxes across the wiki if possible. I've seen some variation across pages, as it stands the following box is my current standard:

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
Stable game
Developer	Stone Soup Team
Theme	Fantasy
Influences	Crawl
Released	Sep 20th, 2006 (?)
Updated	May 2nd, 2025 (0.33)
Licensing	GNU General Public License, Open Source
P. Language	C++, Lua
Platforms	Linux, Windows, Mac, Web, Android
Interface	ASCII, Graphical tiles
Game Length	2-6 hours (three runes) 12-48 hours (all runes)
Official site of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

The date format I have settled on for now is (Truncated Month Day, Year). Another difference between the original posted box is that this includes release version and update version numbers as their own line to minimize confusion. (relver and updver respectively) Hopefully formatting it like this will make it easier to simply copy-paste in the box for any game page on the wiki. If other users have thoughts, please let me know. My page is currently empty but I will create it shortly. --Insontis (talk) 20:12, 12 June 2025 (UTC)