About the "Encrypting save games" page in the docs.

system · June 11, 2020, 5:31pm


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	Asked By	Xiuhman

While looking for a way to encrypt a save file I stumbled upon this page on the docs wich has the answer to what I was looking for but also has a set of lines that are definitly funny but also kind of out of place, really I have nothing agaisnt it, I’m just wondering if this is supposed to be this way.

Most beautiful words I’ve ever read in a game engine documentation

lemosvncs | 2020-06-11 17:49

system · June 11, 2020, 10:00pm


	Reply From:	kidscancode

It has come up before:

github.com/godotengine/godot-docs

Subjectively improve tutorial on encrypting game saves

godotengine:master ← crecs:master

opened 12:15AM - 07 Jun 19 UTC

crecs

+74 -84

This is subjective, but I felt the humor in the beginning of this tutorial on en…crypting game saves was a bit long winded, out of place, and wouldn't be encouraging to the people who were trying to implement it, namely, mobile developers. The tutorial was also called "encrypting save games", but "encrypting game saves" sounds more correct.

github.com/godotengine/godot-docs

remove diatribe

godotengine:master ← migliaccio:patch-1

opened 01:50AM - 21 Mar 20 UTC

migliaccio

+0 -31

I understand the intent is to be funny, but it really takes away from the overal…l quality of the documentation.

github.com/godotengine/godot-proposals

Remove the political/rebelious statements from the encryption documentation

opened 09:00AM - 20 Oct 19 UTC

closed 06:26PM - 20 Oct 19 UTC

basdp

archived topic:docs

I'm going to ignore the basic template because this is not really a 'bug' or a t…echnical feature. It's more clear to explain it like this. We have this documentation about why encryption might be interesting: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.1/tutorials/io/encrypting_save_games.html#why Although I think it's funny and I kind of enjoyed to read that section, I really feel that it takes away from the professional image and flow of the rest of the documentation. I think we should refrain from any political, or existential criticism on society in the documentation. Besides, there are of course a lot more reasons to use encryption that this example alone. Again, I really think it's a funny passage. But I feel that the Godot docs is not the place for that. Also, the Documentation guidelines require the docs to > "be clear and objective." https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/community/contributing/documentation_guidelines.html#what-makes-good-documentation I propose to remove or rewrite this section into an objective explanation of applications of this type of encryption.

I see, I really appreciate the developers intend to make people laugh and I can assure you it worked with me.

I love godot and its community

Xiuhman | 2020-06-11 23:28