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Add Age Rating Field

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ESRB rates games in the US & UK on self-reported data to help inform parents if a given game, its themes and contents are age-appropriate for their children. In Japan, it's CERO.

The infobox for tabletop games includes a field for Age Range.

Considering the existence of these regulatory bodies, why doesn't the template for video-games do the same, similar, or better? Unknow0059 (talk) 02:51, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the last time this was discussed back in April, there are too many rating systems to make it reasonable. Primefac (talk) 11:17, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are you implying the tabletop games infobox is unreasonable? Unknow0059 (talk) 02:49, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would say so, it acts more like a shopping aid than anything encyclopedic. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 02:59, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add website parameter

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Why is there no website parameter? I think there should be one. PhotographyEdits (talk) 01:55, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Read the FAQ at the top of the page (or at Template talk:Infobox video game/FAQ) which has a list of the various discussions where this was decided against. Primefac (talk) 12:43, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Lead Developer" field?

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I noticed this term "Lead Developer" when creating Of Ash and Steel. hardcoregamer uses this term. It is unclear to me what this role means. In a software setting, I would expect it to mean something like lead programmer, which is already a field. However in game dev, "developer" generally has a broader meaning, because game companies are known as "game developers" while software companies are generally called "software companies." (cf. eg. Adobe Inc. and CD Projekt.) So "Lead Developer" might mean more like "head of the development studio." The lead developer in question in this case, Victor Kondakov, is also head of the studio. The term is also used in the announcement trailer here (timestamp) and here (timestamp) Any thoughts on this? Is it the same as lead programmer or some other field? Should we add a new field "Lead Developer?" J2UDY7r00CRjH (talk) 23:05, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@J2UDY7r00CRjH Am I missing something in your example? I cannot find "Lead Developer" used at HCG. Youtube video wise, it seems to be a title that Fire and Frost are using themselves, so it'll be difficult for us to determine exactly what they mean. Developer is a bit of a wishywashy term. Sometimes it means programmer, sometimes it means designer. -- ferret (talk) 23:53, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Here's the quote from hcg:
>The specifics of the narrative were kept a secret by the development team, but lead writer Alexander Pylin and developer/head of Fire & Frost Studios Victor Kondakov did share a bit in terms of what ways things can go.
You are correct that it doesn't say "Lead Developer" directly. I read it as lead [writer Alexander Pylin ] and [developer/head of Fire & Frost Studios Victor Kondakov]. That is, that "lead" was going on both "writer" and "developer." But that may not be correct. How would you fit Kondakov into the infobox? Or is it too vague to decide where to put him? J2UDY7r00CRjH (talk) 01:33, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's kinda too vague for the structure we have... I'd lean towards director and/or designer. I don't *think* they mean it as Programmer. -- ferret (talk) 02:28, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I'll leave it for now then. I guess when the game releases more info will be published and it will be more clear. J2UDY7r00CRjH (talk) 02:50, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

developer come first

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for some reason the developer within infobox of video agme appear first ahead of publisher, for then what is the significance behund it? @J2UDY7r00CRjH 182.253.250.209 (talk) 19:16, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The developer is the one that writes script, the code and creates the game assets. Sometimes a publisher will help with these things, but generally the role of a publisher is to fund the game and then deal with distribution and marketing. Sometimes there can be multiple publishers for the same game. Additionally, many video games are self published and have no publisher, while every game has a developer. Therefore the developer is a more important detail than the publisher. J2UDY7r00CRjH (talk) 19:40, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]