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- Oct 14, 2021
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I'd like to share a tool I've been working on. It's to allow for easier tag searching and sorting, offline, off a local database.
This all is being developed in Avalonia, which allows it to run on all devices, Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
Tagging in its current state allows for tags to be written in the following format: "Tag1, Tag2, -Tag3" and so on, but I would like to expand upon this with syntax such as "Tag1 || Tag2, (Tag3 || Tag4) || Tag5, Tag6", etc. Allowing for or operators through "||". And operators will still represented by commas.
Additionally if possible, I'd like to host a copy of the search database in JSON format, or alternatively in a more compressed, custom file format, and actively update it about every 2 hours, just by grabbing the front page of the SAM/game search. This ensures low workload on the server, and still keeps an up to date copy of the games list. I'll host this on a separate website, as just a file, possibly add a button or script within the program to update the database automatically as well, as in its current state as a raw JSON, is about 16mb which is still reasonably large in terms of data transfer speeds and bandwidth, though I'd love to store this in a denser storage format, somewhere around 10mb through a raw binary format.
Here a few screenshot, and the initial design, some features are still work in progress, but I expect to be able to release a build soon:
With transparency more visible, and different sorting:
Let me know your thoughts, and if any staff prefer if I not release this program or are concerned about any features let me know!
I am willing to cancel this project if needed, at any notice by staff concerned.
Also, this program's source will be available, alongside the binary downloads, for all those concerned about malware, or those just inclined or interested in modifying and adding features.
This all is being developed in Avalonia, which allows it to run on all devices, Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
Tagging in its current state allows for tags to be written in the following format: "Tag1, Tag2, -Tag3" and so on, but I would like to expand upon this with syntax such as "Tag1 || Tag2, (Tag3 || Tag4) || Tag5, Tag6", etc. Allowing for or operators through "||". And operators will still represented by commas.
Additionally if possible, I'd like to host a copy of the search database in JSON format, or alternatively in a more compressed, custom file format, and actively update it about every 2 hours, just by grabbing the front page of the SAM/game search. This ensures low workload on the server, and still keeps an up to date copy of the games list. I'll host this on a separate website, as just a file, possibly add a button or script within the program to update the database automatically as well, as in its current state as a raw JSON, is about 16mb which is still reasonably large in terms of data transfer speeds and bandwidth, though I'd love to store this in a denser storage format, somewhere around 10mb through a raw binary format.
Here a few screenshot, and the initial design, some features are still work in progress, but I expect to be able to release a build soon:
With transparency more visible, and different sorting:
Let me know your thoughts, and if any staff prefer if I not release this program or are concerned about any features let me know!
I am willing to cancel this project if needed, at any notice by staff concerned.
Also, this program's source will be available, alongside the binary downloads, for all those concerned about malware, or those just inclined or interested in modifying and adding features.
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