[Bug 49885] New: Missing platform in games category

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49885

Bug ID: 49885
           Summary: Missing platform in games category
           Product: WineHQ Apps Database
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: appdb-unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

When submitting a new app, there is no platform category under the games one.
I think it should be added.
I submitted an app that is a platform game:
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair [1].

[1] https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=20024

[Bug 49885] Missing platforms in games subcategories

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49885

[e-mail] changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Missing platform in games   |Missing platforms in games
                   |category                    |subcategories

[Bug 49885] Missing platforms in games subcategories

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49885

--- Comment #1 from [e-mail] ---
Looking at the AppDB website code I noticed that platforms are mentioned
in the description for Action Games [1].
Whilst it's good that their existence is acknowledged, platform games
are different and numerous enough to deserve their own subcategory.
Besides, when submitting a new app, the category description is not visible.
It is very likely that this omission will cause puzzlment
to unexperienced users like me.

If it's okay for everyone I'll personaly edit and commit the SQL file
responsible for the categories creation [1].

[1]
https://source.winehq.org/git/appdb.git/blob/HEAD:/tables/app_category.sql#l...

[Bug 49885] AppDB: Missing 'platformer' game subcategory

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49885

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Missing platforms in games  |AppDB: Missing 'platformer'
                   |subcategories               |game subcategory

--- Comment #2 from Austin English  ---
FYI, I think 'platformer' is more common among English speakers.

[Bug 49885] AppDB: Missing 'platformer' game subcategory

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49885

--- Comment #3 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Austin English from comment #2)
> FYI, I think 'platformer' is more common among English speakers.

Dear Austin,
you are probably right.
However, if we want to go down with 'platformer', 
I wouldn't call the subcategory Platformer Games, but simply Platformers.
Instead, if we settle on 'platforms', 
I would call the subcategory Platform Games [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_game

[Bug 49885] AppDB: Missing 'platformer' game subcategory

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49885

Olivier F. R. Dierick  changed:

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                 CC|                            |[e-mail]

--- Comment #4 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
(In reply to matteobin from comment #1)
> [1]
> https://source.winehq.org/git/appdb.git/blob/HEAD:/tables/app_category.
> sql#l49

Hello,

'Games' has '1st person shooter' sub-category so 'platformer' should be fine as
a name.

If you look at the search form on the AppDB website, you'll see that there are
more categories than in the linked file.

You can see that 'strategy games' is subdivided into 'real-time strategy',
'real-time tactics' and 'turn-based', for example, while 'action games' has no
sub-category.

I believe that 'platformer' should be a sub-category of 'action games', along
with 'arcade games', 'fighting games', 'brawlers', 'horizontal/vertical/tube
scrolling shooters' (1st and 3rd shooters having their own separate
categories).

I think that the categories have been manually updated in the SQL database on
the server. Editing the linked file might not be the best approach.

Regards.

[Bug 49885] AppDB: Missing 'platformer' game subcategory

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49885

--- Comment #5 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Olivier F. R. Dierick from comment #4)
> 'Games' has '1st person shooter' sub-category so 'platformer' should be fine
> as a name.
>
> I think that the categories have been manually updated in the SQL database
> on the server. Editing the linked file might not be the best approach.

Platformer is fine for me.
I can't edit the DB, so I'll have to wait for someone with more power than me.

[Bug 49885] AppDB: Missing 'platformer' game subcategory

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49885

Rosanne DiMesio  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |FIXED
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED

--- Comment #6 from Rosanne DiMesio  ---
I've added Platformer as a subgenre of Action games.

[Bug 49885] AppDB: Missing 'platformer' game subcategory

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49885

Rosanne DiMesio  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #7 from Rosanne DiMesio  ---
Closing fixed AppDB bug.