Re: Game categories?

["Soni L." <fakedme@...>]

On 16/08/16 09:43 AM, Henrik Ilgen wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Games are usually categorized into a couple of genres and subgenres, 
> you can find a list of these here: [1]. However, there are games that 
> can fall into multiple genres or none at all. However, most Wikipedia 
> entries for games will state the genre a game "mostly" belongs to.
>
> However, I wonder if there's any other categorization for games, which 
> might be better applicable to such a catalog. Imagine browsing the 
> list: Does it really matter to you - once you've selected the "Games" 
> category - which genre the games belong to? Is it important to you as 
> a developer? I have a feeling that there could be some other system 
> that groups games by parameters that are more interesting to developers.
>
> However, when browsing the list as a game developer, I might be 
> looking for games that are similar to my own current project, because 
> I might be interested in how well Lua is suited for the tasks I want 
> to use it for. In this case, categorization by genres is just what I need.

Things like "3D", "voxel-based", etc would be nice for both groups, IMO.

> There's always to sides of the medal.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Henrik
>
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_genres
>
> > Paul Merrell <marbux@gmail.com> hat am 16. August 2016 um 13:04 
> > geschrieben:
> >
> >
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > I'm working on an update for the Where Lua Is Used page, which
> > catalogs stand-alone programs that are written in or are extensible
> > using Lua. [1].
> >
> > The Games category has way too many entries for my taste and I'd like
> > to sub-categorize them. But not being a gamer, I have a vocabulary
> > problem. Does anyone know of an existing classification system for
> > computer games and if so, might you point me to a resource site where
> > I might glean that information?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
> > [1]. <https://sites.google.com/site/marbux/home/where-lua-is-used>
> >
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