Games provide the ''description'', i.e. what kinds of things are on a card.
--Package format--
A game is described in a [[file:package]] with the <tt>.mse-game</tt> file extension.
Such a package contains a data file called <tt>game</tt> that has the following properties.
--Properties--
! Property Type Default Description
| '''Common to all packages''' <<< <<< <<<
| @mse version@ [[type:version]] ''required'' Version of MSE this game is made for.
| @short name@ [[type:string]] file name A short name of this game, for the 'new set' list.
| @full name@ [[type:string]] file name A longer name of this game.
| @icon@ [[type:filename]] ''none'' Filename of an icon for this card, for the 'new set' list.
| @position hint@ [[type:int]] ∞ Where to place this item in the 'new set' list? Lower numbers come first.
| @version@ [[type:version]] @0.0.0@ Version number of this package.
| @depends on@ [[type:list]] of [[type:dependency]]s
Packages this package depends on.
| '''Specific to games''' <<< <<< <<<
| @init script@ [[type:script]] @;@ Script to run when this game is loaded, can set variables
to be used by other scripts in this game or stylesheets using it.
| @set fields@ [[type:list]] of [[type:field]]s Fields for the styling panel.
| @default set style@ [[type:indexmap]] of [[type:style]]s Default style for the set fields, can be overriden by the stylesheet.
| @card fields@ [[type:list]] of [[type:field]]s Fields for each card.
| @card list color script@ [[type:script]] from fields Script that determines the color of an item in the card list. If not set uses the @card list colors@ property of the first card field that has it.
| @statistics dimensions@ [[type:list]] of [[type:statistics dimension]]s from fields Dimensions for statistics, a dimension is rougly the same as an axis. By default all card fields with 'show statistics' set to true are used.
| @statistics categories@ [[type:list]] of [[type:statistics category]]s from dimensions Choices shown on the statistics panel. By default all statistics dimensions are used.
| @has keywords@ [[type:boolean]] @false@ Does this game use keywords? Should the keywords tab be available?
| @keyword match script@ [[type:script]] @;@ Script to apply to the @match@ property of keywords.
| @keyword modes@ [[type:list]] of [[type:keyword mode]]s Choices for the 'mode' property of keywords.
| @keyword parameter types@ [[type:list]] of [[type:keyword param type]]s Types of parameters available to keywords.
| @keywords@ [[type:list]] of [[type:keyword]]s Standard keywords for this game.
--Examples--
Look at the game files in the standard MSE distribution for examples.
