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)

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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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[-] YUART@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Because it's easier for me to ask game stores for an account than to build an authentication and validation system by myself.

Most of the game stores has official way that allows me to use an account, registered on their platform, in the Gamescovery app, for authentication reasons.

Since I don't need to store any user data besides rated and recommended games, it's a win situation for me, because:

Your personal data, login, email, password, etc., are stored on the servers of the game store, so I don't need to worry about securing this data and other legal stuff.
Game store already validated your account, so I don't need to build a defence system to protect Gamescovery from bots.
Most gamers already have an account in one or more popular game stores, so they don't need to register one more.

It's the same mechanism when you go to any new webpage/app and they propose to use your existing Google/Apple account instead of creating a new one.

So yeah, answering your question "why do you need to connect your game store account on Gamescovery?" - the answer is "to save money and development time".

[-] artyom@piefed.social -1 points 3 days ago

authentication and validation system by myself.

Why is this necessary at all?

Your personal data, login, email, password, etc., are stored on the servers of the game store, so I don't need to worry about securing this data and other legal stuff.

Most gamers already have an account in one or more popular game stores, so they don't need to register one more.

You also don't need to worry about this if there's no account to speak of.

Connecting my account to your site gives you access to large amounts of personal information, even if you're not using it. And I'm not okay with that.

[-] YUART@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

Why is this necessary at all?

I need the user to have an account so I know who rated what games and who requested what recommendations. To do that, I need to build a system on my webpage for users to be able create a new account, so I need to store their credentials, which I don't want to do. Or I can use an already existing account from the game store.

Connecting my account to your site gives you access to large amounts of personal information, even if you’re not using it.

I don't think that's true. Or at least this is true if you allow that. When you try to log in with your itch.io account onthe Gamescovery page, they will tell you what data will be accessible to me. See the following screenshot as example:

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