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




Thanks for your remarks!
On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:37:14 +0200
Marcin Mielniczuk <marmistrz@inboxalias.com> wrote:

[...]
* Package name    : down
  Version         : 1.0.0
  Upstream Author : Yutaka Hara <yutaka.hara+deb@gmail.com>
* 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.
-- 
Marcin


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