Company and staff credits
So far, you’ve created a new article, put in some key details, and added international release dates. Now it’s time to credit the good people who made the game.
Company and staff credits link together all the games, companies, and people in the Dbljump database. They’re what allows you to see a list of all the games Telltale made, all the titles Hideo Kojima directed, who did the sound design on Battlefield 1, and much more. That’s the goal, at least; we still have far to go with adding data.
For your first article, let’s keep it simple and add top-billed companies and people.
1 Add the developer and publisher (or the nearest to it)
In the article editor, click the Credits dropdown and then Company credits. You’ll see empty lists with titles like Publishing credits, Development credits, and others.
Adding a staff credit.
If the subject of your article has a developer and a publisher, you can add credits for those. Some smaller games are made and released by the same company, in which case you might need just one “Released by” credit or something similar.
Click the Add button and fill in the fields for:
- Company/Team: Type to search the name of the company.
- Role: Type the role name, e.g. “Developer”, “Publisher”, or “Created by”.
- Place: This is optional. Useful if the credited company published the game in Japan only, for example.
- Version: Also optional. Useful if the credited company only worked on one version of the game.
Click Save when you’re done with each credit.
If you’ve searched for the company or person you want to credit, but they don’t exist in the Dbljump database yet, add them as a new topic.
2 Staff credits
The form for adding staff credits is almost identical to the one for company credits form.
Adding a company credit.
Try to add up to 8 of the key development staff: the director, producer, lead designer, lead artists, composer, and whoever else seems important.
You can often find this information in:
- Online news stories and interviews about the game
- YouTube let’s plays that show the game credits
- Other game data projects, such as Sega Retro or Kyoto Report
- Official web pages promoting the game
Final step: Add some article text