Bug#793769: ITP: down -- A simple game written in Ruby/SDL
On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:37:14 +0200
Marcin Mielniczuk <marmistrz@inboxalias.com> wrote:
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> * Package name : down
> Version : 1.0.0
> Upstream Author : Yutaka Hara <yutaka.hara+deb@gmail.com>
> * 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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