roadmap.md

Roadmap

0.1

• Detect running game with unique name
• Detect running game with non-unique name and unique argument
• Notify user about detected game

0.2

• Print played time
• Represent games and sessions with classes
• Store and accumulate played time temporarily

0.3

• Read monitoring data of Game Backup Monitor SQLite database
• Configuration file in correct XDG user directory
• Accept command line arguments

0.4

• Store detailed playing time in custom table (start/end)
• Store playing time in Game Backup Monitor SQLite database
• [ ] Also store there the last time a game got played This option never existed

0.5

• Download and import Game Backup Monitor XML file
• Detect duplicate ambiguous game entries with RegEx support
• Distinguish duplicate ambiguous game entries by full path and user choice
• Allow to run command when game start got detected
• Allow to run command when game got closed
• Example systemd service file

0.6

• Allow clients to request informations
  • Current running game
  • Accumulated time a game was running
  • Last time a game got played
  • List all sessions of a game
  • Sorted list of all games
• Implement primitive cli client

0.7

• Export games as XML
• Improve communicability of games (at example FTL: Faster Than Light)
  • Steam ID (212680)
  • Amazon ID (B00D7GNPO2)
  • Lutris handle (ftl-faster-than-light)
  • Humble bundle handle (ftl-faster-than-light)
  • GOG handle (faster_than_light)
  • pcgamingwiki handle (FTL:_Faster_Than_Light)
  • holarse-linuxgaming handle (ftl)
• Detect game by Steam ID

0.8

• Optionally run with a tray icon
• Support for Windows and Mac

0.9

• Improve performance

1.0

• Document data format and API
• Full documented / automated build process
• Offer prepackaged executable