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>
  <update_contact>eonfge@kevindegeling.nl</update_contact>

  <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>
  <url type="contact">https://forum.zdoom.org/</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, GZDoom 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>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>
    <p>
      Commercial data files are required to run the supported games. For more info about all supported games and their data files, see: Help -> List of supported games.
    </p>
  </description>

  <screenshots>
    <screenshot type="default">
      <image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flathub/org.zdoom.GZDoom/master/images/image_01.png</image>
      <caption>Strife screenshot</caption>
    </screenshot>
    <screenshot>
      <image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flathub/org.zdoom.GZDoom/master/images/image_02.png</image>
      <caption>Doom screenshot</caption>
    </screenshot>
    <screenshot>
      <image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flathub/org.zdoom.GZDoom/master/images/image_03.png</image>
      <caption>Heretic screenshot</caption>
    </screenshot>
    <screenshot>
      <image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flathub/org.zdoom.GZDoom/master/images/image_04.png</image>
      <caption>Hexen screenshot</caption>
    </screenshot>
  </screenshots>

  <releases>
    <release version="4.6.0" date="2021-05-22">
      <description>
        <p>Updated release package to GZDoom 4.6.0</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release version="4.5.0" date="2020-10-31">
      <description>
        <p>Updated release package to GZDoom 4.5.0</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release version="4.4.2" date="2020-06-16">
      <description>
        <p>Updated release package to GZDoom 4.4.2</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release version="4.4.1" date="2020-06-10">
      <description>
        <p>Updated release package to GZDoom 4.4.1</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release version="4.4.0" date="2020-06-07">
      <description>
        <p>Updated release package to GZDoom 4.4.0</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release version="4.3.3" date="2020-01-20">
      <description>
        <p>Updated release package to GZDoom 4.3.3</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release version="4.3.2" date="2020-01-12">
      <description>
        <p>Updated release package to GZDoom 4.3.2</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release version="4.3.1" date="2020-01-05">
      <description>
        <p>Updated release package to GZDoom 4.3.1 (4.3.0 was cancelled)</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release version="4.2.4" date="2019-11-03">
      <description>
        <p>Updated release package to GZDoom 4.2.4</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release version="4.2.3" date="2019-10-20">
      <description>
        <p>Updated release package to GZDoom 4.2.3 (4.2.2 was cancelled)</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release version="4.2.1" date="2019-09-11">
      <description>
        <p>Updated release package to GZDoom 4.2.1 and made many minor changes for Flathub.</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <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>