1.15 Preview #1 | Redesigning the Game Page

Hello!

Now that 1.15 has been in-development for a few weeks, I wanted to start sharing some of the significant changes in detail as part of an expanded version of the monthly blog posts. You can check out July's blog here if you haven't already: https://backloggd.medium.com/developer-update-july-2025-6a76ee8baae4

But this time I wanted to go over the changes being made probably the most important page on the site, the Game Page

[First screenshot is 1.15, second screenshot is current]

As editions are making their way into the rest of the site, they needed a place to display on the game page as a way to connect them to their parents and vice-versa. Honestly that is pretty difficult to do in today's version as elements are all over the place with the current "column" layout. So this redesign is following a similar lead to the home page and log editor in making everything a bit more linear as part of a "row" layout. It already feels a lot better not having to dart my eyes around trying to read a game page with this new direction. This does need to be balanced to not feel too empty or else the page could end up being really long, so it's a working idea.

Doing this layout change also lets me include some heavily requested features such as average playtimes, relationships to DLC and more already built-in which will be great. The tabbed sectional of games seen at the bottom is already an improvement to exploring more games directly related to the one you're viewing.

What you see in the screenshot is definitely still work-in-progress as I find ways to balance each of the elements. Taking the currently open survey on the game page will help directly influence these placements so be sure to take it if you haven't already: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScP65icrDCzhoMCcxX78MZVQ8QUTkFxsP3z_jmGB0_EQ6nV8w/viewform?usp=header

Excited to share more as I make further progress, but that's all for this time!

Best,

MrProg