r369 - packages/opencity/trunk/debian

[Gonéri Le Bouder]

Le Mardi 28 Mars 2006 13:33, Josef Spillner a écrit :
> El Martes, 28. Marzo 2006 12:38, Eddy Petrişor escribió:
> > Good you did this, I wanted to suggest it. No user cares about the
> > language in which the game was written.
>
> It might also be worth comparing to LinCity(-NG). This is what most players
> on Debian know these days. I'm not sure the reference to SimCity 4 is that
> good on the other hand. First of all, there were many SimCities (each with
> a unique fan base),
> and second the "forget it" sounds a bit rude for a package description.
All the description is from the homesite :). But yes'll remove the "forget 
it".

> The "Max*s" even sounds childish, just like "M$". 
> Also, beginners will not know what RCI zones are.
You're right.

>
> How about:
> OpenCity is 3D city construction simulator. You can build some zones of
> housing, trading and industry, electric plant and roads. Besides you can
> also raise or lower the terrain.
> OpenCity is similar in spirit to other city construction games, heading
> towards a classic SimCity feeling, although with some additional features.
>
> Now, as for Lincity-NG, I wanted to propose adding this to the text itself,
> but I'm thinking about support in the packaging itself. It would maybe
> require additions to the dpkg format, but a "related-package:" field would
> certainly be nice to have. Such a feature is popular on freshmeat, on
> commercial websites etc., and it would increase the software packaging
> integration level, without having to hamper with the individual packages'
> descriptions themselves.
>
> (The poor man's variant of this would be using virtual packages, aka
> provides: city-simulator-game)
It's the goal of debtags.

	Gonéri