Guide:Game Making Tools Wiki/Infoboxes

Infoboxes are a kind of template, used to summarise useful information about a piece of software. They're the rectangles you see on the right of most pages. They usually have a title, at least one kind of image, and details about file format support, creators, and release details.

Usage

Infoboxes can look a bit daunting (making them was...), but here're some tips. Also feel free to just leave them out if you want and someone else'll add the right one. I usually copy one from an existing page and edit it as needed.

Images

Images come in three kinds:

• 'logo' for software logos,
• 'screenshot' for images of the software,
• and 'image' which is both a fallback to the older infobox design and for misc. images.

Adding one is good. most pages don't have two, but maybe adding screenshots to existing infoboxes would be a fun project.

To add an image you can use code like this, but use your discretion as all of it may not be needed, often just the filename and size are enough:

[[File:filename.extension|220px|thumb|left]]

When uploading images for these fields please add a descriptive suffix, like '_logo' or '_screenshot'. Check out Special:ListFiles for examples.

Other Info.

Category links for fields like 'runs_on' and 'exports_to' looks like this:

[[:Category:Linux_export|]]

To add a bullet point / list simple make a new line and enter an asterix and a space, then your text

| item5_description = text text text
* text text text

To make a new line without a bullet use <br>

Infoboxes

Game Builder Software

※ Template:infobox_software

For game builder software.

{{ infobox_software
| title        = 
| logo         = 
| image        = 
| screenshot   = 
| release_date = 
| made_by      = 
| runs_on      = 
| exports_to   = 
}}

Asset Creation Software

※ Template:infobox_assetsoftware

For asset creation software.

{{ infobox_assetsoftware
| title        = 
| logo         = 
| image        = 
| screenshot   = 
| release_date = 
| made_by      = 
| runs_on      = 
| imports      = 
| exports      = 
}}

Level Editor

※ Template:infobox_leveleditor

For level editors.

{{ infobox_leveleditor
| title        = 
| logo         = 
| image        = 
| screenshot   = 
| release_date = 
| made_by      = 
| availability = 
}}

Updates

※ Template:infobox_updates

For the 'notable updates' bit on the front page.

{{ infobox_updates
| item1             = 
| item1_date        = 
| item1_description = 
| item2             = 
| item2_date        = 
| item2_description = 
| item3             = 
| item3_date        = 
| item3_description = 
| item4             = 
| item4_date        = 
| item4_description = 
| item5             = 
| item5_date        = 
| item5_description = 
}}

See Also

• Infoboxes
• Help:Infobox on Wikipedia.