Bug#793769: ITP: down -- A simple game written in Ruby/SDL

2015-07-27 Thread Mario Lang
Marcin Mielniczuk  writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Marcin Mielniczuk 
>
> Subject: ITP: down -- A simple game written in Ruby/SDL
> Package: wnpp
> Owner: Marcin Mielniczuk 
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name: down
>   Version : 1.0.0
>   Upstream Author : Yutaka Hara 
> * URL : http://route477.net
> * License : MIT
>   Programming Lang: Ruby/SDL
>   Description : A simple game written in Ruby/SDL
>
> Did you ever play Icy Tower? Did you ever have the opportunity to play it
> downwards? Now you have!
>
> It's simply a nice game :)
> It's my first package to be maintained, I guess I'll simply contact the
> original author whenever some bugs arise and push updated versions. I don't
> expect many issues, though :)

Please consider a more informative short description.
End users likely do not care much about the language their favourite game is
implemented in.  So while this information might be interesting to some,
it should probably go to the long description, and the short description
should hint at what this game is actually about.  Maybe mention that is
is a modified clone of Icy Tower?

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CYa,
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Bug#793769: ITP: down -- A simple game written in Ruby/SDL

2015-07-27 Thread marmistrz

Thanks for your remarks!
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:37:14 +0200
> Marcin Mielniczuk  wrote:
>
> [...]
>> * Package name: down
>>Version : 1.0.0
>>Upstream Author : Yutaka Hara 
>> * URL : http://route477.net
Well, it should've been http://route477.net/w/Down.html
> The page by that URL does not mention the project you intend to package.
> Or at least I failed to locate it there.
>
>> * License : MIT
>>Programming Lang: Ruby/SDL
>>Description : A simple game written in Ruby/SDL
> "written in Ruby/SDL" is implementation specific and has nothing to do
> with package's description.  Please be more descriptive and concrete.
> Supposedly something like
> "An Icy Tower-like game which can be played downwards"
> might be just OK.
>
> The general rule of thumb for writing a package's description is that it
> should deliver as much as possible information to a *previously
> uninformed* user.  The user which looks for games is not concerned with
> which software stack was used for development, but should receive a
> clear hint of what this game is about just from looking at its
> description in the list their software package manager presents them
> with.
"An 2D Icy Tower-like game in which you go down the tower" - what about 
this?
>
>> Did you ever play Icy Tower? Did you ever have the opportunity to
>> play it downwards? Now you have!
> The extended description could supposedly be toned down a bit,
> and then extended.
>
> Please understand that you're not a marketologist or advertisement
> specialist here, and your task is not about raising an excitement of a
> potential customer by any means.
> Luckily, we don't sell, we just deliver. ;-)
>
> [...]
Thanks for the remark :) It's my first package in Debian. In Maemo no 
one cared much about the description - it was the dev's thing.l
What about

You jump down the tower and need to reach as deep as possible. But
be careful to avoid the spikes! To aid you in your quest you'll be
able to gather a couple of power-ups.

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Bug#793769: ITP: down -- A simple game written in Ruby/SDL

2015-07-27 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:37:14 +0200
Marcin Mielniczuk  wrote:

[...]
> * Package name: down
>   Version : 1.0.0
>   Upstream Author : Yutaka Hara 
> * URL : http://route477.net

The page by that URL does not mention the project you intend to package.
Or at least I failed to locate it there.

> * License : MIT
>   Programming Lang: Ruby/SDL
>   Description : A simple game written in Ruby/SDL

"written in Ruby/SDL" is implementation specific and has nothing to do
with package's description.  Please be more descriptive and concrete.
Supposedly something like
"An Icy Tower-like game which can be played downwards"
might be just OK.

The general rule of thumb for writing a package's description is that it
should deliver as much as possible information to a *previously
uninformed* user.  The user which looks for games is not concerned with
which software stack was used for development, but should receive a
clear hint of what this game is about just from looking at its
description in the list their software package manager presents them
with.

> Did you ever play Icy Tower? Did you ever have the opportunity to
> play it downwards? Now you have!

The extended description could supposedly be toned down a bit,
and then extended.

Please understand that you're not a marketologist or advertisement
specialist here, and your task is not about raising an excitement of a
potential customer by any means.
Luckily, we don't sell, we just deliver. ;-)

[...]


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Bug#793769: ITP: down -- A simple game written in Ruby/SDL

2015-07-27 Thread Marcin Mielniczuk
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Marcin Mielniczuk 

Subject: ITP: down -- A simple game written in Ruby/SDL
Package: wnpp
Owner: Marcin Mielniczuk 
Severity: wishlist

* Package name: down
  Version : 1.0.0
  Upstream Author : Yutaka Hara 
* URL : http://route477.net
* License : MIT
  Programming Lang: Ruby/SDL
  Description : A simple game written in Ruby/SDL

Did you ever play Icy Tower? Did you ever have the opportunity to play it
downwards? Now you have!

It's simply a nice game :)
It's my first package to be maintained, I guess I'll simply contact the
original author whenever some bugs arise and push updated versions. I don't
expect many issues, though :)
I need a supporter - I don't have the rights to put the deb into the repos.


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