org.zdoom.GZDoom/org.zdoom.GZDoom.appdata.xml

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<!-- Copyright 2019 Kevin Degeling -->

<component type="desktop">
  <id>org.zdoom.GZDoom</id>
  <name>GZDoom</name>
  <summary>Classic first-person-shooter engine for all classical Id games</summary>
  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
  <project_license>GPL-3.0</project_license>
  <developer_name>ZDoom team</developer_name>

  <url type="homepage">https://zdoom.org/index</url>
  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/coelckers/gzdoom</url>
  <url type="help">https://zdoom.org/wiki/Main_Page</url>
  <url type="faq">https://zdoom.org/about</url>

  <launchable type="desktop-id">org.zdoom.GZDoom.desktop</launchable>

  <description>
    <p>
      GZDoom is a source port for the modern era, supporting current hardware and operating systems and sporting a vast array of user options. Make Doom your own again! 
    </p>
    <p>
      In addition to Doom, ZDoom supports Heretic, Hexen, Strife, Chex Quest, and fan-created games like Harmony and Hacx. Meet the entire idTech 1 family!
    </p>
    <p>
      Experience mind-bending user-created mods, made possible by ZDoom's advanced mapping features and the new ZScript language. Or make a mod of your own! 
    </p>
    <ul>    
      <li>Can play all Doom engine games, including Ultimate Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, and more.</li>
      <li>Supports all the editing features of Hexen. (ACS, hubs, new map format, etc.)</li>
      <li>Supports most of the Boom editing features.</li>
      <li>Features complete translations of Doom, Heretic, Hexen, Strife and other games into over ten different languages with Unicode support for Latin, Cyrillic, and Hangul so far.   </li>
      <li>All Doom limits are gone.</li>
      <li>Several softsynths for MUS and MIDI playback, including an OPL softsynth for an authentic “oldschool” flavor.</li>
      <li>High resolutions.</li>
      <li>Quake-style console and key bindings.</li>
      <li>Crosshairs.</li>
      <li>Free look (look up/down).</li>
      <li>Jumping, crouching, swimming, and flying.</li>
      <li>Full-featured joystick/gamepad support under Windows.</li>
      <li>Up to 8 player network games using UDP/IP, including team-based gameplay.</li>
      <li>Support for the Bloodbath announcer from the classic Monolith game Blood.</li>
      <li>Walk over/under monsters and other things.</li>
    </ul>
  </description>

  <screenshots>
    <screenshot type="default">
      <image>https://i.imgur.com/d8vMYY6.png</image>
      <caption>Strife screenshot</caption>
    </screenshot>
    <screenshot>
      <image>https://i.imgur.com/lQ1BYlZ.png</image>
      <caption>Doom screenshot</caption>
    </screenshot>
    <screenshot>
      <image>https://i.imgur.com/dgtcHbc.png</image>
      <caption>Heretic screenshot</caption>
    </screenshot>
    <screenshot>
      <image>https://i.imgur.com/u5Wb5pw.png</image>
      <caption>Hexen screenshot</caption>
    </screenshot>
  </screenshots>

  <releases>
    <release version="4.2.0" date="2019-09-10">
      <description>
        <p>First release of GZDoom on Flatpak.</p>
      </description>
    </release>
  </releases>

  <content_rating type="oars-1.1">
    <!--
	  Violence is tricky: You could argue that by 2019 standards, it's cartoonish.
	  In this regard I follow PEGI, who rates Doom 1993 with an age rating 16
	  for "bloody violence in an arcane setting"
    -->
    <content_attribute id="violence-realistic">moderate</content_attribute>
    <content_attribute id="violence-bloodshed">moderate</content_attribute>
    <content_attribute id="violence-desecration">moderate</content_attribute>
    <!-- While not a primary focus of GZDoom, is does fully support unmoderated mutiplayer -->
    <content_attribute id="social-chat">intense</content_attribute>
  </content_rating>
</component>