Steam SLOT Machine - for backlog suggestions - fun visual game

[GameBrain.media]

I have a huge backlog & some games just get pushed down the list & forgotten.

I'd love a simple little slot machine game that reads & rolls my backlog like a 5 reel slot machine.

We have the Discovery Queue for new game suggestions, but this = fun search / sell option too!

Instead of buttons for "nickel slots" // $1 // $5 // $10 - those could be SQL button labels for:

1st: My Games // New Games

2nd: Never started // Never Completed // Played XXX hours // Played XXX months (years?) ago // Genre (drop down list?) // SURPRISE ME (wildcard) // ??? //

Readers - what search categories would you suggest?

[GameBrain.media]

Nobody else sees the value in a fun little "backlog slot machine" app / interface on STEAM?

[Aachen]

GameBrain.media původně napsal:

Nobody else sees the value in a fun little "backlog slot machine" app / interface on STEAM?

Not when n-sided-die apps are ubiquitous.

[Ben Lubar]

GameBrain.media původně napsal:

Nobody else sees the value in a fun little "backlog slot machine" app / interface on STEAM?

I can think of several reasons why it might not be the best idea to make a store look like a casino.

[GameBrain.media]

Ben Lubar původně napsal:

GameBrain.media původně napsal:

Nobody else sees the value in a fun little "backlog slot machine" app / interface on STEAM?

I can think of several reasons why it might not be the best idea to make a store look like a casino.

It could simply be an view option like filtering on RACING games or RPG, or it could be a downloaded game itself that reads my library (and the store) so I can spin the wheels and see some games I bought but never played and that are buried by recently played, just not obvious on the ALL GAMES "shelf" in the UX, etc.

[Crazy Tiger]

The idea itself isn't bad. Plenty of people run into the issue with choice crisis in backlogs and such.

Personally I wouldn't use it, but that's fine. I have my backlog grouped in a few priority collections, but that's what works for me.

[Start_Running]

Isn't that what the "play next" section in the libvrary is for?

[Crazy Tiger]

Start_Running původně napsal:

Isn't that what the "play next" section in the libvrary is for?

If it would be much more customisable, sure. As it is now, to me it always was a limited and halfbaked effort. It doesn't include games that have a short playtimedue to simply booting it and setting everything up.

[GameBrain.media]

I might try to make this myself someday using data from my:
PROFILE > ACCOUNT DETAILS > PURCHASE HISTORY

I want more variables, like installed / never started, never installed, hours played, etc.

If a gamer like me can figure out a basic system like this in EXCEL, Valve can do it in a day or two with simple, fun graphics too!

https://youtu.be/S66c3heWgfY?si=77ltCfvvpWiv5F8Q