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Cocos2d, engines and wrappers

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Jigen123 (talkcontribs)

Hi! I am writing to you about Cocos2d and the definition of "engine". If Cocos2d is used simply as a wrapper, is it really right to list it as "engine" on a game page? Listing it under "Engine" makes it look like the whole game was made using it. But maybe it's just me.

Baronsmoki (talkcontribs)

There is precedent for adding wrappers into the "Engine" field. Consider ScummVM, which really isn't even an engine. Yet it appears not only in the "Engine" field, but the release date field as well in the Sam & Max Hit the Road article. Unity is also listed as an engine for Doom Classic and Final Fantasy IX.

If you want to make it clear to readers that Cocos2d isn't the original engine, you could mention it in the intro and/or add "Wrapper" to the engine template:

{{Infobox game/row/engine|Cocos2d|Wrapper}}

PCFPCGW (talkcontribs)

Thank you for the response, you two. I am fine either way, as long as clear guidelines are set for me to follow. The main point of confusion for me was Halo: The Master Chief Collection, which is listed as using Unreal Engine 4. However, none of the games actually USE Unreal, it's just used as a wrapper for the main menu. So, would we have to clarify there? I thought it would be obvious if it was meant to be a wrapper but maybe I'm not thinking correctly. Regardless, a clear guideline would be very helpful. Thank you and I apologize for any inconvenience

Aemony (talkcontribs)

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is something of a unique situation since we also handle that bundle of game uniquely on PCGW as we tried to see if a "collection based" "game" would be feasible on the site, so it's doubly unique I guess :D

Anyway, the main page actually has a * besides the Saber3D Engine that clarifies the point. I guess it could be possible to add a similar star to the other subpages as well, or alternatively we could just omit Unreal Engine 4 on the subpages while retaining it on the main Halo: The Master Chief Collection page, since as you mention it's only used for the main menu.

Either solution would work, I think.