Editing – Prerelease Build Pages
Prerelease builds are versions of the game that were made prior to the full release. These show the game in various states of development. Prerelease build pages contain information about the build's content, differences, unused content within those builds, changes and hotfixes between each version of the build, and basic information. Basic information would include the date the build was compiled on, and the size of all of the files combined.
Naming Guidelines
Names are either determined by the build's itch.io page or the .zip's filename. There are some other things to keep in mind:
- If a build uses a month for its name, add the year it was released to the end in parenthesis.
- A year in parenthesis should be added if a build name is too similar to an existing build's.
- If a build name is generic (i.e. "GOLF," "Desert"), add "(Build)" to the end of its page title. Make sure the page is searchable through a disambiguation. This is not needed for its infoboxes.
- If a build has the words "build" or "demo" in its title, keep them. If both are present, use "build" instead.
- If a build's official name is unknown, follow a similar naming structure other builds released around that time use.
- Steam prerelease builds do not have an official name, and are grouped together by months.
Unofficial community given names, most commonly Pre-Early Test Build and Pre-Jay Leno Build are not allowed.
- Examples:
- pizzatowerdemo_testerbuild1.zip - Tester Build
- PT_Rework_v1.1.zip - Rework
- PizzaTower_noisev21.zip - Noise (Build)
- PizzaTowerSAGE2019_v14.zip - SAGE 2019 Demo
- PTjanuarymonthlybuild1.zip - January Build (2019)
Infobox
Prerelease build pages make use of the {{Infobox build}} infobox, showcasing basic release information, compilation date(s), types, file sizes and availability online with a download link if possible.
Usage:
{{Infobox build
|title =
|image =
|build date =
|release date =
|build type =
|file size =
|download =
|previous =
|next =
}}
The nine infobox functions are as follows:
- title - The build's name based on the naming guidelines. If no title is present, the text Title missing! will appear.
- image - A screenshot of the build's title screen. See below for more details.
- build date - A date of compilation pulled from the game's data.win file. These must be in GMT+0 format. If a build page has several revisions, list all of them and note the version number for each build.
- release date - The initial release date of this (series of) build(s).
- build type - Makes use of another template ({{buildtype|build}}) to describe whether the build was released to the public, exclusively to Patrons or a select few playtesters.
- file size - The build's compressed (.zip) file size in MB.
- download - Download link(s) to the builds, with an {{availability|state}} template added to the end showcasing if a build is available, repacked or unavailable.
- previous - A link to a previously released build. If this doesn't exist or isn't set, the text N/A will appear instead.
- next - A link to the next released build. If this doesn't exist or isn't set, the text N/A will appear instead.
Preview images for the infobox are taken from either one of these scenarios and must follow the screenshot guidelines:
- The game boots up to a title screen (eg. a screen with the game's logo) with a menu.
- The game immediately boots the player into a playable state, with the screenshot taking place within the first area a playable character is present.
The {{buildtype|build}} template makes use of a tooltip to display additional information about each category. One of three options are available. If an invalid option is picked or a typo is present, the text will be replaced with "Improper template usage".
| Example | Result |
|---|---|
| {{buildtype|public}} | Public |
| {{buildtype|patreon}} | Patreon |
| {{buildtype|playtest}} | Playtest |
The {{availability|state}} template also makes use of a tooltip and is used to show if a build is available on either one of these public repositories, either in its original (.zip) or repackaged state. Much like the previous template, the text will be replaced with "Improper template usage" if the template is used improperly.
| Example | Result |
|---|---|
| {{availability|yes}} |  |
| {availability|repack}} |  |
| {{availability|no}} |  |
Example:
{{Infobox build
|title = Early Test Build
|image = Earlytestbuild.PNG
|build date = 14-7-2018 23:50:39 '''(v1)'''<br>
16-7-2018 05:47:57 '''(v2)'''<br>
16-7-2018 08:57:04 '''(v211)'''
|release date = July 15th, 2018
|build type = {{buildtype|public}}
|file size = 24,3MB '''(v1, v2, v211)'''<br>25,6MB '''(Peter Griffin)'''
|download = [https://archive.org/download/pizzatowerdemobuildspublic/Public/pizzatowerearlybuildtest.zip v1] {{availability|yes}}<br>[https://archive.org/download/pizzatowerdemobuildspublic/Public/pizzatowerearlybuildtest_v2.zip v2] {{availability|yes}}<br>
v21 {{availability|no}}<br>
[https://archive.org/download/pizzatowerdemobuildspublic/Public/pizzatowerearlybuildtest_v211.zip v211] {{availability|yes}}<br>
[https://archive.org/download/pizzatowerdemobuildspublic/Public/pizzatowerdemo.zip Peter Griffin] {{availability|yes}}
|previous = [[Pizza_Tower_test]]
|next = [[Tester Build]]
}}
