Add “Release Type” Filter

📋 Summary

Add a new Release Type filter to LaunchBox’s filter options, allowing users to easily narrow their libraries or playlists by release classification — such as Official Release, Prototype, Homebrew, Unlicensed, or Beta.


🎯 Feature Overview

  • Introduce a Release Type filter under the Quick Filter menu

  • Allow multi-select functionality (e.g., view Released and Homebrew together).

  • Fully integrated into both LaunchBox and Big Box views.

  • Compatible with sorting, saved filters, and playlist creation.


🛠 Example Use Case

  • A collector wants to browse only Prototypes and Betas to explore unreleased or early versions of games.

  • A preservationist wants to exclude Unlicensed or Homebrew titles when viewing official collections.


📦 Benefits

  • Makes it easier to curate and browse large, mixed libraries.

  • Improves visibility of rare or unreleased titles for collectors and historians.

  • Provides parity with metadata fields already available in the LaunchBox Games Database.


💡 Notes

The Release Type field already exists in the metadata model, so this feature would primarily require exposing it in the filter system and adding UI support for it.

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Open To Community

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LaunchBox for Windows

Date

5 months ago

Author

Old Knavey

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