Every time I use Steam's discovery queue or any "what to play next" site, I get bombarded with stuff from the last 6 months. I get it - that's what generates clicks and sales - but it's genuinely unhelpful for how most of us here actually want to play.

I've been quietly working on a tool to change that. The core idea - your taste doesn't have an expiration date, so recommendations shouldn't either. Something from 2011 that fits exactly what you're looking for should surface just as easily as a 2024 release.

It's early and rough around the edges, but I'm at the point where I want to validate whether this is even a problem worth solving for other people or just a me.

If a recommendation algorithm for games like this existed - smarter discovery that actually respects older games - would you use it?

What features would make it genuinely useful vs just another thing you try once and forget about? I want it to be the tool someone actually recommends to a friend, not just upvotes and forgets.

Hey all,

Small update - finally had time to rebuild our landing page. You can check it out at gamescovery.com - new design, way more info about what we're actually building, and details on how the beta's going if anyone's curious.

If you've got 30 seconds -> please, click around and tell me what sucks. Is anything confusing? Does it load like garbage on your phone? Does it make you want to actually try the beta or does it sound like every other "revolutionary" gaming tool out there?

No wrong answers, just looking for honest reactions.

Have a great day :)

Hey everyone,

Been a while - sorry about that. I've been working hard getting Gamescovery ready for beta, and today I'm opening it up to you.

Join the preview -> https://app.gamescovery.com/

This is a private beta for our community before I open it up wider. Expect rough edges - outages, bugs, maybe lost data.

What works right now:

• You can create an account using you email.
• Games from itch.io and GOG
• Rate games you've played
• Get recommendations based on your ratings

Found something broken? Got an idea? Drop it here or on Discord - I'll read everything.

Thanks for testing, cheers.

Hi,

I'm looking for multiplayer games with good competitive PvP or MMORPG game to play. I want the game to be modern in a sense that it works well on modern computers without shenanigans.

What characteristics am I looking for:

• competitive fair PvP aspect (not PvE games with poorly implemented P2W PvP).
• easy to learn hard to master.
• community aspect preferable (so you can communicate with others, team play, etc.).
• works under Linux.
• works on a PC.

Games I tried and didn't like (I mean maybe I liked some parts of it, but didn't like overall):

• CS GO
• DOTA 2
• War Thunder
• WOT
• ARC Raiders
• LOL

Games I tried and liked overall:

• Beyond All Reason
• PUBG (but doesn't work on Linux 😞)
• Old COD: Warzone
• Overwatch 1
• Dragon Nest
• Robocraft (R.I.P)

I'm ready to pay for a game, I would actually be happy to pay a monthly subscription for a game if this will guard me from the P2W trash.

Thanks for your time!

Hi,

do you know any platforms that can help me donate to different open source projects regardless of what donation "channels" they are using? Some kind of aggregator where I load my money, choose projects I want to support, and this platform handles everything else - for example, I don't need to care that one project uses OpenCollective and another project accepts only "manual" donations in crypto, that aggregation donation platform would handle everything by itself.

If you don't know such platforms, do you think one should be created to potentially improve the donation flow so more people can donate to different projects more easily?

Cheers

After yesterday’s post, a user requested a 3D genre map to better analyze the data. After some experimentation, I created the visualization. It should now display genre clustering more effectively than a 2D version.

The visualization is interactive - static images can’t capture its complexity, so rotation is necessary to interpret the data properly. To run it locally, download the following HTML file and open it in any modern web browser. After a brief load, you can interact with the visualization directly.

https://limewire.com/d/j1LgA#SzTL7qugcX

Feedback or suggestions are welcome.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/61727574

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share some data visualizations I’ve been working on. The images below show how different game genres cluster in the Gamescovery database. The data’s still a work in progress, but the overall patterns look interesting so far.

⚠️ These diagrams might not perfectly represent every genre. Mapping multidimensional data to 2D is tricky, and results can vary depending on the algorithm (I picked the one I think fits the best). There’s also some inconsistency in the genre data itself - so if something looks off on both images, let me know, and I’ll double-check it manually.

Have a nice day :)

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share some data visualizations I’ve been working on. The images below show how different game genres cluster in the Gamescovery database. The data’s still a work in progress, but the overall patterns look interesting so far.

⚠️ These diagrams might not perfectly represent every genre. Mapping multidimensional data to 2D is tricky, and results can vary depending on the algorithm (I picked the one I think fits the best). There’s also some inconsistency in the genre data itself - so if something looks off on both images, let me know, and I’ll double-check it manually.

Have a nice day :)