Template:VgGenres

Version: Adventure

Genre Table Input Terms

Term	Output	Term	Output	Term	Output
Action-adventure	Action-adventure game	Graphic adventure	Graphic adventure	Interactive film	Interactive film
PCA	Point-and-click adventure	Visual novel	Visual novel	Walking sim	Walking simulator

Version: RPG

Genre Table Input Terms

Term	Output	Term	Output	Term	Output
Action RPG	Action role-playing game	DCCG	Digital collectible card game	Dungeon crawl	Dungeon crawl
Eroge	Japanese erotic video games	FPS	First-person shooter	JRPG	Japanese-style role-playing game
MMORPG	Massively multiplayer online RPG	Monster tamer	Monster-taming game	MUD	Multi-user dungeon
Real-time	Real-time game	Roguelike	Roguelike	RTS	Real-time strategy
Sandbox	Sandbox game	Soulslike	Soulslike	Tactical RPG	Tactical role-playing game
Turn-based	Turn-based game	Virtual pet	Pet-raising simulation

Version: Simulator

Genre Table Input Terms

Term	Output	Term	Output	Term	Output
Business sim	Business simulation game	City builder	City-building game	CMS	Construction and management simulation
Dating sim	Dating sim	Farming	Farm life sim	God game	God game
Government sim	Government simulation game	Life sim	Life simulation game	Racing	Racing game
Social sim	Social simulation game	Sports	Sports video game	Vehicle sim	Vehicle simulation game
Vehicular combat	Vehicular combat game	Virtual pet	Pet-raising simulation	Walking sim	Walking simulator

Version: Strategy

Genre Table Input Terms

Term	Output	Term	Output	Term	Output
4X	4X game	Artillery	Artillery game	DCCG	Digital collectible card game
Grand strategy	Grand strategy game	MOBA	Multiplayer online battle arena	RTS	Real-time strategy
RTT	Real-time tactics	Tactical RPG	Tactical role-playing game	TBS	Turn-based strategy
TBT	Turn-based tactics	Tower defense	Tower defense	Wargame	Computer wargame

Version: none (Master Table)

Genre Table Input Terms

Term	Output	Term	Output	Term	Output
4X	4X game	Action	Action game	Action-adventure	Action-adventure game
Action RPG	Action role-playing game	Adventure	Adventure game	Artillery	Artillery game
Battle royale	Battle royale game	Brawler	Beat 'em up	Business sim	Business simulation game
Bullet hell	Bullet hell	Bullet heaven	Vampire Survivors–like	City builder	City-building game
CMS	Construction and management simulation	Dating sim	Dating sim	DCCG	Digital collectible card game
Deck building	Deck building game	Digital tabletop	Digital tabletop game	Dungeon crawl	Dungeon crawl
Educational	Educational video game	Endless runner	Endless runner	Eroge	Japanese erotic video game
Farming	Farm life sim	Fighting	Fighting game	Fitness	Fitness game
FPS	First-person shooter	God game	God game	Government sim	Government simulation game
Grand strategy	Grand strategy game	Graphic adventure	Graphic adventure	Hack and slash	Hack and slash
Horror	Horror game	Interactive film	Interactive film	JRPG	Japanese-style role-playing game
Life sim	Life simulation game	Metroidvania	Metroidvania	MMO	Massively multiplayer online game
MMORPG	Massively multiplayer online RPG	MOBA	Multiplayer online battle arena	Monster tamer	Monster-taming game
MUD	Multi-user dungeon	Music	Music video game	Party	Party video game
PCA	Point-and-click adventure	Platformer	Platformer	Puzzle	Puzzle video game
Puzzle-platformer	Puzzle-platformer	Racing	Racing game	Real-time	Real-time game
Rhythm	Rhythm game	Roguelike	Roguelike	RPG	Role-playing video game
RTS	Real-time strategy	RTT	Real-time tactics	Run and gun	Run and gun game
Sandbox	Sandbox game	Shoot 'em up	Shoot 'em up	Scrolling shooter	Scrolling shooter
Shooter	Shooter game	Simulation	Simulation video game	Social sim	Social simulation game
Soulslike	Soulslike	Sports	Sports video game	Stealth	Stealth game
Strategy	Strategy video game	Survival	Survival game	Survival horror	Survival horror
Tactical RPG	Tactical role-playing game	Tactical shooter	Tactical shooter	TBS	Turn-based strategy
TBT	Turn-based tactics	Tile matching	Tile-matching video game	Tower defense	Tower defense
TPS	Third-person shooter	Turn-based	Turn-based game	Vehicle sim	Vehicle simulation game
Vehicular combat	Vehicular combat game	Virtual pet	Pet-raising simulation	Visual novel	Visual novel
Walking sim	Walking simulator	Wargame	Computer wargame

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This template is the home of the default data structure for Video Game releases used by the Module:VgData. This page includes the templating for the video game chart used for Genres

For example, the code {{#invoke:VgData|main|ct=genre|ver=RPG|all=true}} will output the following table:

Genre notes

Action RPG	Action role-playing game	DCCG	Digital collectible card game	Dungeon crawl	Dungeon crawl
Eroge	Japanese erotic video games	FPS	First-person shooter	JRPG	Japanese-style role-playing game
MMORPG	Massively multiplayer online RPG	Monster tamer	Monster-taming game	MUD	Multi-user dungeon
Real-time	Real-time game	Roguelike	Roguelike	RTS	Real-time strategy
Sandbox	Sandbox game	Soulslike	Soulslike	Tactical RPG	Tactical role-playing game
Turn-based	Turn-based game	Virtual pet	Pet-raising simulation

How This Template Works

Parameters

Each parameter must be pipe-separated, and should be listed immediately after {{#invoke:VgData|main|}}. Each parameter is in parameter=value notation. The following supported parameters are used by this template:

• ct: This is used to select the type of table you want to create. This element will always be genre for this table type
• ver: This element is used to select the specific table version you want to pull data from. This list should be added to as new table types are made. Below is the current list of all available types:
  • none: This is the default option you should use for custom tables. In this case, the table will select elements from the Master Terms table.
  • Adventure: This option sets the Module to pull from the Adventure table type.
  • RPG: This option sets the Module to pull from the RPG table type.
  • Simulator: This option sets the Module to pull from the Simulator table type
  • Strategy: This option sets the Module to pull from the Strategy table type
• all: This element is used to tell the module to output all available elements to this table type. If left off, you have to manually specify which terms you want included in the table
• col: This sets the number of column-pairs you want the table to use (setting this number to 3 will create a 4 column table). If not included, this value defaults to 3

Terms

After all the parameters come the specific input terms you want to add to the table. The genre table type is the most complex of the 3 table types, as the specific terms depend on the ver of the table selected. Each term must be pipe-separated, and should have the exact spelling, capitalization, and punctuation to ensure the module outputs correctly. All input terms can be seen in the tables at the top of the page. Each table lists the specific data available for each selected ver of the table

Page Usage Guidelines

The purpose of this template is to limit the large number of wikilinks on Video Game pages related to Video Game Genres, as well as to create a unified location to add / modify video game genre Terms. As such, there are some specific usage notes on how to use this template on pages

• Template Location: The template should always be placed near the top of the page it's added to. In cases where the template is used in multiple areas on the page, or multiple VgData templates are used on the same page, a ==Legend== section should be added to clearly delineate these templates from the rest of the page.
• Wikilinks: Any time a Term is used on the page outside the template, that Term should NOT be a wikilink. The template exists to condense the number of wikilinks needed on the page, especially on List pages, so only use a wikilink for Terms not on the template.
• Only Use What's Necessary: Many video game pages span a wide variety of genres and sub-genres. As such, this template can get very bulky on pages containing a large number of games. To try and limit template bloat, it's recommended to only add Terms to the template if that Term is used repeatedly on your page. In other words, feel free to leave a Term off for your page if it's used once or twice.
  • Consistency: In cases where you leave off a Term, this term should be used in a wikilink. Preferably use the same wikilink that this template would use in these cases

Term Variants

In general, most platform Terms do not have any additional notes added to them. But in some cases, notes can be used to add distinction to a particular genre without needing to add a new Term. Below are all of the current examples of this:

• Shoot 'em up games have several variants based on the shooting type: Shoot 'em up (fixed), Shoot 'em up (tube), Shoot 'em up (rail), and Shoot 'em up (twin-stick).
  • For games listed as "Top-down shooters" or "Multidirectional shooters", these should be listed as simply Shoot 'em up
• Deck building games have a special variant for roguelike versions: Deck building (rougelike)
• Scrolling shooter games have variants based on scroll direction: Scrolling shooter (vertical), Scrolling shooter (horizontal), or Scrolling shooter (isometric).
• Racing games have a few variants: Racing (sim), Racing (kart), and Racing (arcade)
• Vehicle sim variants indicate the vehicle type of the game. Some examples are: Vehicle sim (plane), Vehicle sim (boat), Vehicle sim (spaceship), Vehicle sim (submarine), etc
  • These variants are also used for Vehicular combat games. If the same game uses Vehicle sim and Vehicular combat, the vehicle is generally only listed on Vehicle sim, not both terms.
• Horror game variants indicate the type of horror. Currently, the only one in use is Horror (psych)
• Sports game variants indicate the specific game being played. Some examples are: Sports (basketball), Sports (football), Sports (soccer), Sports (hockey), etc

Note: For this template, we default to using "football" for American Football, and "soccer" for Association Football. This is done solely to add clarity that these 2 games are not the same sport. While this is known to be a point of contention among sports fans, we request that games listed with (soccer) NOT be changed to (football).

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