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Another batch of changes... see the ChangeLog!
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diff --git a/data/docs/1 b/data/docs/1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..43bb0a1d --- /dev/null +++ b/data/docs/1 @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +:TITLE:Categories +:INC:index + + +:SUB:Elements +<p> + ...own interpretation for now... (Should be documented at some time, too) +</p> + + +:SUB:Gameplay +<p> + This category is used to describe the gameplay or game engine. +</p> +<dl> + <dt>Visual Novel</dt><dd> + All games where the text is overlaid on the background and there is no special + dialog-box fall under this category. Can be abbreviated as VN or NVL. + </dd><dt>Adventure</dt><dd> + This is the opposite of the <i>Visual Novel</i> category: The text is presented + in a special window, usually at the bottom of the screen. In some (rare) cases + a game will switch between both styles, for these games both the <i>Visual Novel</i> + and <i>Adventure</i> categories should be selected. Can be abbreviated as ADV or AVG. + </dd><dt>Action</dt><dd> + This category indicates that the game includes a gameplay that challenges the + player's speed, dexterity and reaction time. Common examples are fighting games, + puzzles that should be solved within a short time limit, and shooter games. + </dd><dt>RPG</dt><dd> + Abbreviation for Role Playing Game. An RPG is a game in which you assume the + role of a character introduced to a vast world to be explored. Games typically + place emphasis on gaining equipment and experience points through fighting enemies + in order to advance through different levels. + </dd><dt>Strategy</dt><dd> + A strategy game is one that challenges the player to think critically in order + to achieve victory. + </dd><dt>Simulation</dt><dd> + A simulation game attempts to recreate aspects of reality and puts the player in + control. + </dd> +</dl> + + +:SUB:Plot +<p> + Indicates the plot type of a game. There are only two options: <i>Branching</i> and + <i>Linear</i>. +</p> +<dl> + <dt>Linear</d><dd> + A game with a linear plot has a static story; it is not possible to get different paths + or endings. Many games in this category do not prompt the player with choices and simply + tell the story as it is. This is, however, not a rule: it is also possible for a game + to provide choises, but they have no influence on the story itself. (e.g. + <a href="/v3">Utawarerumono</a>) + </dd><dt>Branching</dt><dd> + A game with a branching plot has a story whose path is directly affected by choices + made by the player during the game. These different paths are sometimes referred to + as "arcs" when they pertain to the stories of different female characters within a game. + </dd> +</dl> + + +:SUB:Time +<p> + Indicates the time period in which the story has been set. +</p> +<dl> + <dt>Future</dt><dd> + The game is set in a time beyond that of our own. Games may incorperate elements of + future technologies or events yet-to-come. + </dd><dt>Present</dt><dd> + The game is set in the current day. + </dd><dt>Past</dt><dd> + The game is set in a time before our own. Games may or may not adhere to historic fact. + </dd> +</dl> + + +:SUB:Place +<p> + Indicates the place in which the story is told. +</p> +<dl> + <dt>Earth</dt><dd> + The game takes place on our own planet. + </dd><dt>Fantasy World</dt><dd> + The game takes place on another world. The game's environment could be similar + to that of our own with a few significant changes, but it could also be + radically different. + </dd><dt>Space</dt><dd> + The game takes place in the vacuum of space between celestial bodies. For example, + this category can be used to define games where the characters may inhabit + spaceships that journey across the universe. + </dd> +</dl> + + +:SUB:Sexual content +<p> + Indicates the types of sexual content that the game contains. +</p> +<dl> + <dt>Sexual content</dt><dd> + This is a generic category to indicate the presence of any sexual content in the + game. If there is any such content, this category should be selected. + </dd><dt>Bestiality</dt><dd> + Sexual activity between characters and animals.<br /> + <i>No catgirls, I guess?</i> + </dd><dt>Incest</dt><dd> + Sexual activity between members of the same family. Most of the time under the + justification of participants not blood related (step-sister etc.). + </dd><dt>Lolicon</dt><dd> + The usage of female characters with childlike features in sexual situations. + </dd><dt>Shotacon</dt><dd> + The usage of male characters with childlike features in sexual situations. + </dd><dt>Yaoi</dt><dd> + Sexual content depicting activity between males. + </dd><dt>Yuri</dt><dd> + Sexual content depicting activity between females. + </dd><dt>Rape</dt><dd> + Situation in which a character is made to engage in sexual activities against + their will. + </dd> +</dl> + diff --git a/data/docs/2 b/data/docs/2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6a11adaf --- /dev/null +++ b/data/docs/2 @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +:TITLE:Adding/Editing a Visual Novel +:INC:notfinished +:INC:index + +:SUB:General guidelines +<p> + Blahblah about what we define as VN... +</p> + + +:SUB:General info +<dl> + <dt>*Title</dt><dd> + The title of the visual novel as it is known to the English speaking audience. If + there is no English version of the game available, you should either specify the + romanized (recommended) or translated (not recommended) version of the original + title. + </dd><dt>Aliases</dt><dd> + Visual novels can be known under several names, use this field to add any aliases + and acronyms used around the net. Official titles of releases should not be added + here, as these are already listed in the releases. + </dd><dt>*Description</dt><dd> + Short description of the main story. + </dd><dt>Length</dt><dd> + Very rough estimate of the time required to finish all endings of the visual novel. + To determine the length of a game, it's often better to ignore this time indication + and instead compare it with other games you've played. It's all relative, after all. + </dd><dt>External links</dt><dd> + Links to external resources about this visual novel. To get the URLs, go to the + sites (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://visual-novels.net/"> + Visual-novels.net</a> and <a href="http://cisvisual.net/">CISVisual.net</a>), + search for a page about the game, and determine the ID or name of that page to fill + out in the text boxes. Do not specify the full URL, we only need a small part of + it! + </dd><dt>Related anime</dt><dd> + Some visual novels (e.g. <a href="/v4">Clannad</a> and <a href="/v3">Utawarerumono</a>) + have anime adaptions, and some visual novels were adapted from an anime series. Use + this field to specify these related anime for the visual novel.<br /> + Anime should be specified using <a href="http://anidb.net/">AniDB</a> IDs. To add an + anime, just search for it on AniDB and add the numeric ID of the entry (found in the + <i>aid=xxx</i> part of the URL) to the edit field. Multiple IDs should be seperated + with a whitespace.<br /> + If the visual novel already has a relation with an other visual novel, and both games + have an anime adaption, the same anime does not have to be added to both games. For + example, <a href="/v264">Da Capo</a> has two anime adaptions + (<a href="http://anidb.net/a837">837</a>, <a href="http://anidb.net/a2832">2832</a>), + and <a href="/v266">Da Capo II</a> as well. (<a href="http://anidb.net/a5419">5419</a>, + <a href="http://anidb.net/a5652">5652</a>) But the relations for Da Capo II do not + have to be added to Da Capo and vice versa - the internal visual novel relations will + take care of that.<br /> + After submitting a new AniDB ID, VNDB will automatically fetch information about the + anime and will present that on the site. This action can take a few minuts to - in the + worst case - hours. In that time you will see the ID of the anime, but not the title + and links to AnimeNFO and Anime News Network. It is not possible to manually add this + information, this will be fetched automatically! + </dd> +</dl> + + +:SUB:Categories +<p> + It is possible to select relevant categories for visual novels, where the relevance + can be ranked using a number from 0 to 3, where 0 indicates the category does not + apply at all, and 3 means that the category is very dominant in the game.<br /> + See <a href="/d1">Categories</a> for descriptions about each category.<br /> + Just as with the <i>Length</i> field, this information is very subjective. Just + use the category descriptions and common sense to determine which categories to + select and what relevance to apply. +</p> + + +:SUB:Image +<p> + <i>General image guidelines and when to use the NSFW warning</i> +</p> + + +:SUB:Relations +<p> + <i>When to add relation, and document direct and reverse relations</i><br /> + <i>(Stolen from AniDB, needs some rewriting)</i> +</p> +<dl> + <dt>Sequel</dt><dd> + Continuation of the story. <=><i>Prequel</i>. + </dd><dt>Prequel</dt><dd> + The story happens before the original story.<=><i>Sequel</i>. + </dd><dt>Same setting</dt><dd> + Same universe/world/reality/timeline, completely different characters. + </dd><dt>Alternative setting</dt><dd> + Same characters, different universe/world/reality/timeline. + </dd><dt>Alternative version</dt><dd> + Same setting, same characters, story is told differently. + </dd><dt>Same characters</dt><dd> + Shares one or more characters, story is unrelated. + </dd><dt>Side story</dt><dd> + Takes place sometime during the parent storyline. <=><i>Parent story</i> + </dd><dt>Parent story</dt><dd> + .. <=><i>Side story</i>. + </dd><dt>Summary</dt><dd> + Summarizes full story, may contain additional stuff. <=><i>Full story</i>. + </dd><dt>Full story</dt><dd> + Full version of the summarized story. <=><i>Summary</i>. + </dd><dt>Other</dt><dd> + .. + </dd> +</dl> + diff --git a/data/docs/3 b/data/docs/3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5f5b164c --- /dev/null +++ b/data/docs/3 @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +:TITLE:Adding/Editing a Release +:INC:notfinished +:INC:index + +<p> + <i>When to add a release (stuff about NOT adding fandisks, OSTs, etc)</i> +</p> + + +:SUB:General info +<dl> + <dt>*Type</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>*Title (romaji)</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>Original title</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>*Language</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>Official website</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>Release date</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>Age rating</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>Notes</dt><dd> + .. + </dd> +</dl> + + +:SUB:Platforms & Media +<dl> + <dt>Platforms</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>Media</dt><dd> + .. + </dd> +</dl> + + +:SUB:Producers +.. + + +:SUB:Visual novel relations +.. + diff --git a/data/docs/4 b/data/docs/4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..51733c6a --- /dev/null +++ b/data/docs/4 @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +:TITLE:Adding/Editing a Producer +:INC:notfinished +:INC:index + +<p> + <i>When to add a producer and what to do with producer relations...</i> +</p> + + +:SUB:General info +<dl> + <dt>*Type</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>*Name (romaji)</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>Original name</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>*Primary language</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>Website</dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt>Description</dt><dd> + .. + </dd> +</dl> + diff --git a/data/docs/5 b/data/docs/5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..12456b38 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/docs/5 @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +:TITLE:General guidelines +:INC:notfinished +:INC:index + + +:SUB:Romanization +<p> + The main audience of VNDB are the English speaking fans of visual novels. In + creating the database, we assume the intended audience can't read or recognise + anything not written in the roman script. Therefore, romanization is applied + to many fields in the database: The main title of visual novels, releases and + producers should all be properly romanized if they arent in roman script + already.<br /> + To keep the database consistent, we have decided to use + <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization">Hepburn romanization</a> + for all fields. This is also consistent with + <a href="http://wiki.anidb.net/w/Romanisation">AniDBs romanization</a>. +</p> + + +:SUB:Capitalization +<p> + Some Japanese producers use titles for their games that are already in the roman + alphabet. However - as the disctinction in uppercase and lowercase characters + does not exist in Japanese - these titles are often entirely in uppercase or + lowercase. If there is no real reason for this choise of capitalization, these + titles and names should be properly converted to normal English capitalization + (as described <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization">on + Wikipedia</a>) for titles and names before being entered in the database. +</p> + + +:SUB:...and more! +<p> +Misc documentation:<br /> +- Edit summary<br /> +- Quoting sources in descriptions<br /> +- Piracy<br /> +- Spoilers<br /> +</p> + diff --git a/data/docs/6 b/data/docs/6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f3c3a1c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/docs/6 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +:TITLE:Frequently Asked Questions +:INC:index + + +:SUB:What is a Visual Novel? +<p> + A visual novel can be seen as a combination of a novel and a computer game: + they're computer games with a large text based storyline and only little + interaction of the player. A typical visual novel consists of text over + an anime-style background image and is accompanied by background music. + Throughout the game, the player usually has to answer a few questions which will + have an effect on the story, thus playing a visual novel a second time while + giving other answers may result in an entirely different plot.<br /> + <br /> + For more information see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Novel"> + the Wikipedia article on visual novels</a> or the description on + <a href="http://visual-novels.net/vn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=259&Itemid=47">Visual-Novels.net</a>. + To get a general idea of the genre, try one of the free short visual novels from + <a href="http://at2006.haeleth.net/release.php">al|together 2006</a>. +</p> + + +:SUB:How about Eroge, H-Games and Dating Sims? +<p> + An eroge or H-game is basically any Japanese game that features sexual + content. Many visual novels are eroge and many eroge are visual novels, + but this is not a rule. The definition of dating sim is a bit more vague, + but it's usually the same as a visual novel, except that a dating sim + generally uses a gameplay based on statistics.<br /> + <br /> + There are no strict bounds to the definition of "visual novel", most + eroge and dating sims include elements of visual novels, but may - + strictly speaking - not be visual novels themselves. As VNDB aims to + be comprehensive, we simply accept any game that contains elements of a + visual novel and is produced by a Japanese or Japan-related company or + doujin cicle. +</p> + + +:SUB:Why a Visual Novel Database? +<p> + The internet is large, very large, but the number of English resources + related to visual novels is only very limited. VNDB attempts to collect + and present as much information as possible that would otherwise be very + hard to find for the English speaking audience. This way fans can easily + keep track of new releases and localizations of their favorite games, + while not having to browse numerous of indistinct Japanese websites. +</p> + + +:SUB:How can I help VNDB? +</p> + There are many ways to contribute to VNDB. First of all you can freely + edit all information found on this website, so if you find any errors + just click the "edit" link on the top right of the page. You can also + add new information (visual novels, producers, releases) to the database, + though please search the database before you do in order to prevent + duplicate pages.<br /> + <br /> + To discuss about new features or to help the development of the website + itself, feel free to browse the <a href="http://forum.vndb.org/">forums</a> + or join us on IRC at <a href="irc://irc.synirc.net/vndb">#vndb @ irc.synirc.net</a>. + If you aren't used to IRC or are just to lazy to install a client, you can + still join the chat using <a href="http://cgiirc.synirc.net/">the Webchat</a>. + Just choose a nickname, specify #vndb as channel and hit Login! +</p> + + +:SUB:Where can I download the Visual Novels? +<p> + Not here. We do not provide downloads nor links to resources that encourage + the illegal spreading of visual novels. +</p> + diff --git a/data/docs/7 b/data/docs/7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8064a44d --- /dev/null +++ b/data/docs/7 @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +:TITLE:About us +:INC:index + +:SUB:Goal +<p> + .. +</p> + + +:SUB:History +<p> + yeah, interesting... +</p> + + +:SUB:Staff +<dl> + <dt><a href="/u2">yorhel</a></dt><dd> + Also known as Ayo on IRC. + </dd><dt><a href="/u4" class="retired">hillie</a><dt><dd> + (retired) + </dd> +</dl> + + +:SUB:Thanks +<p> + .. +</p> +<dl> + <dt><a href="/u18">rasqual</a></dt><dd> + .. + </dd><dt><a href="/u51">echomateria</a></dt><dd> + .. + </dd> +</dl> + diff --git a/data/docs/index b/data/docs/index new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8eb7ed6c --- /dev/null +++ b/data/docs/index @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +<ul class="index"> + <li><b>Documentation index</b></li> + <li><a href="/d6">FAQ</a></li> + <li><a href="/d1">Categories</a></li> + <li><a href="/d5">General guidelines</a></li> + <li><a href="/d2">Visual Novels</a></li> + <li><a href="/d3">Releases</a></li> + <li><a href="/d4">Producers</a></li> + <li><a href="/d7">About us</a></li> +</ul> diff --git a/data/docs/notfinished b/data/docs/notfinished new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dcf0e4b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/docs/notfinished @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +<span class="warning"> + This page is not yet finished! +</span> |