外伝 (Gaiden)

Japanese

noun (common)

A Tale; Side Story;

A small powershell tray application for windows os to track gaming time. Helps you record your gaming story over the years.

Features

• Time Tracking and Emulator Support

  • Tracks play time & session history for PC or emulated games.
  • Auto tracks new roms after registering any emulator just once.
  • Supports Retroarch cores.
  • Detects and removes idle time from gaming sessions.
  • Out of box HWiNFO64 integration with session time and tracking status metrics.
  • Install on multiple gaming pcs and share database to tracks games played, hours played for each pc separately.

• UI and Statistics

  • Fast browser based UI with search and sorting. Quick view popup for recent games.
  • Multiple in depth statistics on gaming. Lifetime summary, monthly/yearly time analysis, most played games, games per emulator etc.
  • Value for money analysis for gaming pc by calculating gaming cost per hour or per month.
  • Integrated google image search for game icons / box art.
  • Mark games as Playing / Finished / On Hold / Dropped to track backlog completion.

• Quality of Life Features

  • Small size (~7 MB). High performance (Sub 5 sec game detection). Light on cpu & ram.
  • Completely offline and portable, all data stored in local database.
  • Automated data backup after each gaming session.

Warning

Gaming Gaiden is only available for download on this Github repo. Any copy available elsewhere could be malicious.

How to install / upgrade / use

1. Open a Powershell window as admin and run below command to allow powershell modules to load on your system. Choose Yes when prompted.

   • Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

2. Download GamingGaiden.zip from the latest release.

3. Extract GamingGaiden folder and Run Install.bat. Choose Yes/No for autostart at Boot.

4. Use the shortcut on desktop / start menu for launching the application.

5. Regularly backup your GamingGaiden.db and backups folder to avoid data loss. Click Settings => Open Install Directory option in app menu to find them.

How to uninstall

Run Uninstall Gaming Gaiden from the Gaming Gaiden start menu folder. GamingGaiden.db and backups are not removed for preserving data.

Unknown Publisher

Windows SmartScreen may warn that the application is from an Unknown Publisher because it lacks signature from a public CA. Signing cost for apps is hundreds of dollars per year. Can't afford them.

Attributions

Made with love using

• PSSQLite by Warren Frame
• DOMPurify by Cure53
• DataTables
• Jquery
• ChartJs
• Various Icons from Icons8
• Game Cartridge Icon from FreePik on Flaticon
• Cute Ninja Vector by Catalyststuff on Freepik
• Ninja Garden Font by Iconian Fonts