What should our FAQ contain?

Question

Since this is one of the 7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta...

What should go in our FAQ?

Most of the FAQ is boilerplate, but we need to determine the on-topic and off-topic subjects that go into that particular section of the official FAQ. Those should be derived from the original site definition and the current set of questions.

Example template:

Following the example set out in the linked page, the section being discussed here might look like this:

{Site Name} is for professional and amateur video game developers, designers, artists; and anyone else who is involved in the games development industry.

If your question is about:

• {On-topic subject}
• {On-topic subject}
• ...

and it is not about:

• {Off-topic subject}
• {Off-topic subject}
• {Off-topic subject}

… then you're in the right place to ask your question!

Answer format:

Please post one subject and specify whether or not it is an on-topic or off-topic. Note that your answer should not be in the form of a specific example question; it should refer to an entire subject group. Example of such a response:

{On-topic}

Tools used by Game Developers

^{(Optional comments)}

Please vote up answers if you agree with the proposed on-topic/off-topic status. Vote down answers where you disagree.

Answer 1

{Off-topic}

Hints, tips, strategies or cheat codes for games

Answer 2

{On-topic}

Issues relating to game design, such as gameplay, ideas, mechanics, etc

^{(Taken from the bullet list in my answer here)}

Answer 3

{On-topic}

Programming questions unique to video game development, or where a professional game developer would give a substantially different answer than other programmers (general programming questions should be asked on StackOverflow)

^{(Taken from the bullet list in my answer here)}

^{(The language here could probably be tightened up a bit... and the statement about general programming questions could probably be moved to its own "Off-topic" post... feel free to edit)}

Answer 4

{On-topic}

Development practices relating game development including testing, tools, team collaboration, etc

^{(Taken from the bullet list in my answer here)}

Answer 5

{On-topic}

Programming, designing, producing, marketing, or creating art or music/sound for games

(probably to be split into several bullet points)

(unsure about "marketing", and are there any areas I forgot?)

Answer 6

{On-topic}

The creation, storage, editing and usage of game assets such as images, video, sound and music

^{(Taken from the bullet list in my answer here)}

Answer 7

{On-topic}

The release of a finished video game, such as questions on hosting, publishing, marketing and monetization

^{(Taken from the bullet list in my answer here)}

Answer 8

{On-topic}

Questions relevant to developers about the video game industry, covering topics like careers, trends and technologies

^{(Taken from the bullet list in my answer here)}