How-To-Horse-Game

'''Thank you for joining the contributors! :)''' A good place to start is adding to a page that already has a general structure in place. But if the game you want to work on doesn't have a page yet (or basically an empty one), don't be spooked (leave that to the horses) – wiki editing is less hard than you might think! For any questions, you can check out MediaWiki Help or ask us on the Mane Quest Discord. If something explained on this page doesn't make sense to you, try reading it in edit mode, so you'll see the wiki coding referred to. This tutorial mainly addresses pages for individual games. For other pages, jump to this section below!

How to create a new page
Type the EXACT name you want into the Search Bar. You will see a page that asks if you want to create that page! Unless it already exists, in which case you can simply edit what's already there by entering edit mode (a tab on the top right of the page).

If the page has no basic structure yet, use the GamePageTemplate, which creates the overview table as well as the table of contents with the categories we recommend for each game's page.

Content Requirements for Game Pages
We list each game under its first release title as the page name. If a game has more than one title that a lot of people know it by, you can create redirect pages for those other names, it's in the editor's Insert options. This is optional, people who search for a secondary title will still find it in their search if that name is listed in the table below. If you aren't sure which one is the first release, just name the page with the one you know, it can easily be moved later! Not all pages will end up with the same depth of content, and that's ok! Just add what you can! Even if you only create the page and leave it empty, at least other contributors will know this game exists, and can find out more about it! The basics should be an overview table (see below) and adding it to fitting categories (see further below), making it easy to find and to figure out which game it is. This gets even easier if there is a bit of descriptive content as well as screenshots of the main menu and a bit of gameplay! At that stage of content on a page, the mane goal of this wiki is reached! Any further content will enable people to get a feeling for what the game was or is like, and (if it's still available) decide whether they'd like to play it. Finally, if you are a die-hard nerd for a particular game, you are invited to include every tiny detail and do a deep dive into how the game works, where its savefiles are kept and what shenanigans you can do within them, what the best game strategies are, etc - all the things your younger self would have liked to find info on, which never existed!

Overview Table
When you create a new page about a game, please include a table with these categories on the top right of the page:

- this code will include the “stub” template (it automatically inserts the paragraph about needing more content, as well as an entry to the stub category).

Summary
write a summary what the game is like (no plot spoilers if possible, unless you know how to create spoiler tags (i don't, please edit this if you do!))

Game Design
art style, game engine, open world?, controls, ...

Gameplay
go wild, describe game mechanics, features, and all the data you can find!

Riding Mechanics
this is an example for a subcategory to Gameplay. By adding headlines with equal signs, the page automatically recognizes them and creates the table of contents.

add more equal signs for deeper sub categories, or delete if you don't need it!
It's not as scary as it looks!

Differences between Releases
e.g. localized names, or features on different platforms

Additional Media
screen shots of game play (preferably no story spoilers), box art, game manual ... if you have a lot of images, consider creating a gallery!

System Requirements & Compatibility
OS, graphics card, storage, etc. This chapter is also where you can add your experience in getting an old game to run on a modern OS.

Accessibility
information about game design and/or settings that make it easier for people with disabilities to play - e.g. remappable controls, fully captioned cutscenes, audio description / compatibility with screen readers, ...

Categories
Categories enable browsing categories for similar games, or connecting the games that belong within the same series. The tag should be added to every game page. Other categories can be found at categories or created by just typing them as if they existed. The link will show up red, but will lead to a page listing all the pages already in the category anyway!

Category Pages
Category Pages are used to automatically collect all pages that include a tag for that category. Categories can be part of other categories, as well – e.g. contains category pages for different developers, which in turn have game pages assigned to them. Creating a category makes sense e.g. for
 * developers/publishers with several horse games
 * a game series
 * a genre or content focus (e.g. or
 * a technical specification (e.g. or  or

Category pages can be left blank and let the title and the automatically linked games speak for themselves, or can contain infos that concern the whole category (e.g. a description by which criteria a game should be sorted into the category; a developer's profile; or info on the whole game series).

To create a category page, just prefix your new page name with “Category:” when creating it!

Other Page Types
Besides games, there is also e.g. Category:Tech Help for technical info on how to run old and new horse games, or Category:Accessibility for gamers with disabilities. There is potential for other pages and categories that are horse game related! If you think it should be on the database, go on and create it!

Tips
Tables in this editor confuse you? Use a Wiki Table Generator!