# Game Backlog — ivoo.pl

> Track your game backlog, discover what to play next, and get personalised recommendations tailored to your taste.

## About

Game Backlog (ivoo.pl) is a free web application for gamers who want to organise the games they own, are currently playing, or plan to play in the future. It combines a personal backlog manager with a smart recommendation engine so you always know what to try next.

The site also provides public, crawlable information pages for over 130,000 games — including descriptions, genres, tags, completion times, and similar game suggestions — at URLs of the form https://ivoo.pl/games/{slug}.

## Features

- **Backlog management** — add games to your personal list with statuses: Backlog / Playing / Done / Dropped
- **Personalised recommendations** — algorithm analyses your completed and rated games and suggests titles you are likely to enjoy
- **HLTB integration** — HowLongToBeat completion times fetched automatically for every game
- **Similar games** — for any title, discover related games ranked by genre and tag overlap
- **Statistics** — playtime totals, genre breakdown, completion rate, backlog size
- **Public game pages** — server-rendered HTML pages at /games/{slug} with full game info for 130 000+ titles

## Public content (crawlable)

- https://ivoo.pl/features — feature overview
- https://ivoo.pl/faq — frequently asked questions
- https://ivoo.pl/about — project background and data sources
- https://ivoo.pl/blog — articles about game backlog management
- https://ivoo.pl/games/{slug} — individual game pages (130 000+ games)
- https://ivoo.pl/sitemap.xml — sitemap index
- https://ivoo.pl/sitemap-games.xml — top 5 000 games by popularity

## Game page content

Each /games/{slug} page includes:
- Full game description
- Release year, developer, publisher
- Genre tags and feature tags
- Estimated completion time (main story, in hours)
- Metacritic score where available
- Up to 10 similar games ranked by shared genres and tags

## Target audience

Gamers of all levels who maintain a collection of games across PC, console, or mobile and want a focused tool to manage and discover their library.

## Data sources

- Game metadata and descriptions: RAWG Video Games Database (rawg.io)
- Completion time estimates: HowLongToBeat (howlongtobeat.com)

## Technology

Vue 3 SPA + Node.js / Express backend + SQLite. Game pages at /games/:slug are server-side rendered HTML for full crawlability.

## URL

https://ivoo.pl