Devlog: Apr 24, 2025

Apr 24 2025

SavePoint

• Here is a rough (AI) list of ideas

🆓 Free Features (All Users)

• 🎯 Scan physical game barcodes to auto-add to collection

• 🎮 Manually add digital or physical games

• 📚 View basic game info (platform, year, genre)

• 💰 Check current estimated value (via PriceCharting)

• ⏱️ See HowLongToBeat (HLTB) game time estimates

• 📋 Create and manage your collection list

• ⭐ Mark games as owned, completed, wishlisted

• 📊 Basic stats (games owned, platforms, completion %)

• 🔍 Discover nearby retro stores & online listings

• ☁️ Optional login to sync across devices

• See game “upgrade” packs

• See game compatibility

  • Ex. Nintendo Switch 1, 2 compatible
  • Ex. Steam Deck (proton gold)
  • Ex. FH1 unsupported via backwards compatibility

🚀 Pro Features (Subscription or One-Time Unlock)

• 🔄 Sync with Steam, Xbox, PSN, Nintendo Switch
• 🛒 Track market value history (PriceCharting, eBay, Amazon)
• ⏰ Set price drop alerts & restock notifications
• 🎯 Advanced filters & smart tags (genre, playtime, platform)
• 📈 View collection stats (hours played, total value, genres, etc.)
• ✍️ Add personal notes & ratings to each game
• 📥 Bulk import/export collection (CSV/Excel)
• 🗺️ Map of local stores with inventory highlights
• 🕹️ Share public profile with friends (optional)
• 🧠 AI game recommendations based on your library

🏪 Store Features (For Retro Game Shops)

• 🏬 Add your store’s inventory (manually or via CSV/API)

• 📍 Show up in local results when users browse

• ✉️ Message potential buyers directly through the app

• 📊 Access stats on local user searches & top wanted games

• 🌟 Featured store badge and homepage promotion

• 📦 Sync your listings with eBay or Shopify (optional future)

• Stores can pay to be promoted (i.e. first option when you click the “buy” button, depends on vicinity/region of user)

• Users can automatically request appraisals for their collections from stores

• Useful for inventory management, online presence, inventory management, quick appraisals for stores

• Meant to connect local stores + players to each other (perhaps open to national/provincial level business via shipping?)

Phase 1:

• View game details
• See all games
• Search for games
• Sort for games

Phase 2:

• Barcode scanning
• User accounts
• Game lists/collections (+ mark games into lists, fav, etc.)
• See game value
• See HLTB
• See game compatibility ratings

Phase 3:

• Link Xbox, Steam, Nintendo, PS accounts
• Add personal notes to games
• See game stats (w/ user statistics and graphs)

Phase 4 (B2B features)

• Add company accounts
• Add inventory system
  • Scan barcodes
  • Add game prices (w/ suggestions)
  • Link to transaction vendor (so we can automatically do transactions + reduce inventory #)
  • Bulk import/export csv of data
  • Sync listings with our platform + ebay + shopify stores
• Map for local game stores
• “Buy” and “appraise/sell” buttons under games