Auto-track Game Progress For Other Storefronts

📋 Summary

Enhance LaunchBox’s game progress automation system to automatically mark games as Beaten even if they don’t support RetroAchievements, using either community tagging or a new internal tracking method.

🎯 Feature Overview

• Introduce a system that allows LaunchBox to detect when a game has been completed, even outside RetroAchievements integration.

• Two possible implementation paths:

  1. Internal Progress Tracking:

     • LaunchBox could locally store achievement-like data or allow users to tag milestones as “progression achievements.”

     • When these tagged goals are completed, LaunchBox automatically updates the game’s progress status to Beaten.

  2. 3rd-Party Integration:

     • Integrate with community-driven services (like Steam Hunters) that let players mark achievements as “beaten” or “completed.”

     • Sync this data with LaunchBox to reflect completion status across multiple storefronts.

• Optionally introduce a new progress type (e.g., Manually Beaten) to differentiate between automated and manually tracked completions.

🛠 Example Use Case

• A user completes Hollow Knight on Steam but doesn’t earn every achievement. Since Steam doesn’t expose a “beaten” status, LaunchBox could automatically update the game’s progress based on tagged achievements or player-defined completion goals.

• Another player tracks their Final Fantasy VI GBA playthrough using personal milestone tags (e.g., “Defeated Kefka”). Once tagged as complete, LaunchBox updates the game’s progress to Beaten automatically.

📦 Benefits

• Expands progress tracking beyond RetroAchievements to all platforms.

• Provides a unified “game completion” record for users who mix emulation and storefront titles.

• Encourages community collaboration by allowing shared tagging and milestone definitions.

• Makes LaunchBox’s progress automation system smarter, more inclusive, and more reflective of real-world player habits.

💡 Notes

This would lay the groundwork for a broader “LaunchBox Achievements” or “Milestones” system in the future—letting users define and share personal or community goals for any game, even those without official achievement support.