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Spent more time looking for a game than actually playing one? Help me test Gamescovery, a recommendation engine built for your actual taste. (feddit.org)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by YUART@feddit.org to c/indiegaming@lemmy.world

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Hey everyone,

Like many of you, I've spent more time hunting for my next game than actually playing. I'm frustrated with recommenders that just push popular titles, ignoring what makes my taste unique.

That's why I've been building Gamescovery (games discovery!).

What is it?

Gamescovery is a new recommendation system designed specifically for games. The goal is simple: use your ratings from the games you've played to find hidden gems and perfect matches you'd otherwise miss.

Why it's different:

It's not a generic engine. It's being built from the ground up to understand what you love about games.
Future updates will let you fine-tune recommendations based on what matters most to you (genre, mood, developer, etc.).
We start by focusing on the incredible world of itch.io indie games to help you uncover amazing projects that big algorithms overlook.

This is where you come in.

The alpha is now live, and it's very much an early build. I'm not a big company, I'm a solo developer who wants to build something the community actually finds useful. That's why your feedback is crucial.

As an alpha tester, you'll get:

Early access to a tool designed to beat the "recommendation paradox."
A direct line to the developer to shape project's future.
The chance to help build a non-biased, community-driven platform.

Ready to try it out?

👉 Sign up for the alpha and start getting recommendations here: https://gamescovery.com/

Want to chat, suggest features, or report bugs? 🎮 Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/brr7aYezMc

This project has and will always have a free tier. The dream is to support all major platforms, but we're starting with itch.io to prove the concept.

Thanks for your time, and I'm excited to hear what you think!

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Inspired by Ludocene, or aiming to be an improvement on it?

[–] YUART@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hi, I have never heard of Ludocene, thanks for asking.

I took a quick look and can say:

They built a pretty gamefied experience, I lean rather to a more "boring" experience "play -> rate -> receive next recommendation" with simple, clear UI.
They have a simpler way to rate games - "like" or "dislike". I want to build a more complex system where players rate games from 1 to 10, so the system can "see" more nuances of what a user might like.
I see on Ludocene that you can add tastes of different "experts" to influence your recommendations. My system doesn't do that and won't, I aim to provide a personalized experience for every user without any influence from other users.

As I see it now, the only common thing between Ludocene and Gamescovery is that it's a system that tries to help gamers discover games they would like. So Gamescovery is neither inspired by Ludocene, nor tries to be an improvement on it.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool, thanks for the reply! I will follow your project for sure, I think the more game discovery services the better.

[–] YUART@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks :)

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds like something I could use. Is it something that would read your account to see what games you have, or can you manually input a list of games to see what else it gives you?

[–] YUART@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hi, hopefully you will find time to use Gamescovery and share your thoughts.

I don't plan to use accounts from game stores to read a list of your games. This is because that way I need to access (often) private user data, which requires more code to do that, securing access to prevent private data leaks, and overall, not every person likes when 3-rd party software accesses and stores their data. If a lot of users request this feature - I will think more if should I implement it.

For now, you must input and rate every game you played (if it is present in Gamescovery's library) to Gamescovery to have any knowledge about what games you like. Also note - for now, you can search and rate only games from itch.io. Games from Steam and other platforms are planned for later.

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

That sounds cool.