Changelog

On this page you’ll find every update that was released for Questlog.app.

2024-10-21 — Questlog 0.30

This one is only backend stuff so it has no separate blog post.

Improvements

Update to PHP 8.3
Add new Admin Panel based on FilamentPHP.

2024-10-08 — Questlog 0.29

Improvements

The background color of the header bar in profiles is now lighter resulting in a much better contrast
Multiple noticable performance improvements by Vue.js, Laravel 11 and own optimiziations
Reduce the footprint of some replies from the server to speed things up and transfer less data to you
Change the way success and error messages are presented in auth forms
Improve accessibility for profile picture upload
Improve accessibility for modals
Instead of hiding empty sections in user profiles there’s now a placeholder indicating that there should be something
Improve headline readability

Fixes

The play status navigation isn’t vanishing in Chrome anymore on profiles
The PlayStatusNavigation on profile pages now refreshes correctly
Remove nested headlines on home

2024-09-17 — Questlog 0.28

Features

It’s now possible to add the platform for a review
- The platform is now required in reviews to make the review more valuable for readers
- Existing reviews can exists without a platform but if they’re edited it’s required to select a platform
- Only platforms the game is released on are available
- If the game was only released on one platform yet, this one is preselected
Add a simple navigation to a user profile to get to their Reviews and Playlists easier
Add /playlists route to game pages showing all playlists a game is in
It’s possible now to select the preferred date format in your profile preferences

Improvements

Instead of using a 0.5 to 5 star system for Reviews it’s now only Dislike, Neutral or Like
In the Background this corresponds to 0 (Dislike), 0.5 (Neutral), 1 (Like) making it much easier calculating a percent based score
The overall Reviews score is now on the right side of the game page to group user stats together
Backend improvements to speed up everything related to Reviews
Reduce minimum review title length from 5 to 3
Reduce minimum review text length from 25 to 15
Set maximum review text length to 5,000
Reduce the distance a game card travels on hover to make it less distracting
The game image on the game page is now slightly bigger on mobile
The Create or Edit button for Reviews is now also on the right side of the game page
The Playlists for a game are now listed below the Reviews of a game instead of listing them in the sidebar
The buttons for saving reviews and playlists are now using the black action button design with icons
Reduce JavaScript and CSS footprint as the complex logic for the star visuals and additional playlist styles isn’t needed anymore
Events a game was shown in are now listed on game pages
Links to stores on the game pages are now visually separated
New Store links for Xbox, PlayStation, Oculus and Nintendo (The last one is only theoretical as there’s no source for this yet; Most of the time it’s housed under “Official”)
The default date format is now YYYY-MM-DD (ISO Date) as in 2024-09-17 for the current day and not based on the language anymore

Fixes

The Reviews page now has a pagination if enough Reviews for a game are posted
The Review information is now also visible if a user isn’t logged in
The timezone calculation for events is now based of the UTC timezone
Event updates are now happening much more frequently while a event is currently running
Events now have Open Graph information to make link previews more useful when sharing an event in your favorite messenger or social network
Updates of games in the background should be more reliable

Accessibility

Make the experience for Screen readers a bit better
- Add multiple aria-labels for ambiguous elements
- Add aria-hidden for multiple unimportant elements like decorative icons
- The headline of the game page should be a bit less chaotic for screen readers

2024-07-13 — Questlog 0.27.13 & 0.27.14

Features

It’s possible now to select the preferred date format in your profile preferences

Improvements

The default date format is now YYYY-MM-DD (ISO Date) as in 2024-07-13 for the current day

2024-07-05 — Questlog 0.27.11 & 0.27.12

Improvements

Store links are now separated from the rest of the links
New Store links for Xbox, PlayStation, Oculus and Nintendo (The last one is only theoretical as there’s no source for this yet; Most of the time it’s housed under “Official”)
Updates of games in the background should be more reliable

2024-06-18 — Questlog 0.27.8, 0.27.9 & 0.27.10

Improvements

Reduce IGDB Cache to 30 seconds as I already have control over the frequency how often Questlog calls the API and if a game was updated twice in under 24 hours the cache prevented this
If a Event changes it’s slug the old URL now redirects to the new one

Fixes

Events should update much more successfully now

2024-06-10 — Questlog 0.27.7

Improvements

Game pages now show events where this game was shown

2024-06-08 — Questlog 0.27.5 & 0.27.6

Improvements

Past events now also show when there are no games yet

Fixes

Remove legacy code to update Games as it caused multiple sync errors

2024-06-07 — Questlog 0.27.4

Improvements

Add share infos (OG-Tags) to Events

2024-06-07 — Questlog 0.27.3

Improvements

Split upcoming and past events visually

2024-06-05 — Questlog 0.27.2

Improvements

Events should update much more frequently now

2024-06-04 — Questlog 0.27.1

Improvements

Remove Cache for some entities as it’s not needed anymore because of performance optimizations

Fixes

The Timezone for Events now shows correctly

2024-06-02 — Questlog 0.27

Features

New Events page

Improvements

Dates are now using your locale to format it (I will add a setting for a date format at a later date — No pun intended)
Reduce JavaScript footprint a bit by combining stuff that’s similar

Fixes

Video cards now really use 16:9 as an aspect ratio for the images. No more layout shifts while loading the images

2024-05-12 — Questlog 0.26

Features

It’s now possible to the profile of the currently logged in user via /u/me

Improvements

The status the currently logged in user has selected for visible games is retrieved much more performant now
Change the base sizing of game cards so that they’re always about the same
Every game listing has now 24 games per page
Reduce file size for images in game cards
Optimize the sizing and spacing across the whole site to look more uniform
Improve manifest file to improve PWA capabilities
Optimize database structure to remove the need for caching games

Fixes

Fix bug where the listing filter was in a modal on iPads despite the fact there was enough room for the filters
Images in video cards should now always fill the whole width
Add missing aria-label for alternative names

2024-05-01 — Questlog 0.25

Features

It’s possible now to hide games without an image in game listings and search results

Improvements

Error messages are now styled a bit better
Add language code to review items
Game Listings
- The filter button in game listings is now always on top
- Rearrange the filter button to be next to the clear button if it’s present on mobile
- Optimize button naming for clear filter button
- If games are filtered by something other than name the name is now the second order source
Added pagination to the playlist modal if the user has more playlists than fit on a page
The previous and next buttons of paginations now are only chevrons to save space
Game Updates in background should now much more reliable
Blocked some AI Scrapers… Nobody likes AI Scrapers
Dependency Updates

Fixes

The game search suggestion has now the correct z-index again on mobile
The play status count in the navigation on user profiles is now always the count of the shown profile not of the current logged in user
The mobile search doesn’t overlay the main navigation anymore
Steam Import
- The steam import doesn’t crash anymore if no playtime is present
- If the Steam profile isn’t public a message is shown now
- If the last played date is not available the play time is shown alone if it’s over

2024-03-08 — Questlog 0.24

Features

Profile Links
- It’s now possible to add links to your profile page
- The profile links are now available webfinger protocol can grab them (See Mastodon link verification for example to get more info on the concept)
Redesign of the profile
- Profiles now have a sidebar with the play status navigation and profile links
- Increase number of recent reviews on profile to 6
- The username on a profile page has now a background
Steam Import
- If you add a Steam link to you profile you can access the Steam Connect page
- The list of all owned games is fetched via the Steam API
- If a steam game is not in the database already a job is started in the background to fetch these games from the IGDB
- Add context menu for steam games to add it to the playlist (This context menu will soon show up on multiple places and get’s more option on… well… context)
- Add new toggle type to steam games to sort and filter them. (Expect these new elements to show up on other pages soon)

Optimizations

Games are updated much more frequently now
User Play Status pages, Playlist and Review overview pages now have the new profile layout
Change Breadcrumb style of profile pages
The page is now a bit wider than before by removing the additional padding on desktop
Increase games on play status from 24 to 25 per page
If the user tries to access /play-status/{status} the page is redirected to /u/{user}/play-status/{status} for the current user now
The label of the status button is now only visible if the game card is at least 180px wide not 170px
Games on playlists are now roughly as big as games on game listings and play status listings
The drag handle on playlists now has a slight border if it’s not a ranked list so it’s better visible on dark covers
Change naming from photo to profile picture
Change design of profile picture upload
Changed Count of items on various pages
- Decrease games on playlists from 24 to 21 per page
- Increase game on play status pages from 24 to 25 per page
- Decrease reviews from 16 to 12 per page
- Decrease reviews from 18 to 12 per page
Add link to the Questlog blog to the footer
Change order of head elements based on Capo to render the page a bit faster
Update many dependencies in the background to close some small vulnerabilities

Fixes

Games in the playlist preview should now always have the order defined in the playlist
The last updated date for playlists is now always visible
Reduce HTML complexity of profile pages
Unify spacing between elements more
The email input on the password forgot page is now better visible
If a game link is available for multiple instances of a game (Example deluxe edition etc) now every instance can have this link (Before it was only available for the game instance that was first added to the database)

Accessibility

Dropdown/context menu links now have a active state

2023-12-09 — Questlog 0.23

Features

New Footer with useful links

Optimizations

Remove duplicate code for section titles and unify their look
Unify gaps between games, reviews and playlists
The new and coming soon section now only shows games that already have a cover image
Changed naming for site-wide CSS components to have the prefix site- to reduce confusion (only relevant if you have custom CSS for Questlog via an extension or so)
Remove c- prefix from all CSS components (only relevant if you have custom CSS for Questlog via an extension or so)

Accessibility

Change spacing from rem to pixel

Fixes

Hide empty sections on game pages
When updating an image all image versions now are deleted
Content pages now have an alternative layout again
The share button is now correctly sized again
Remove corner radius of meta info in playlists on a game page when there should be none
The order of the arrow navigation in the search suggestion is now correct even if the results changed
The spacing under playlist and status descriptions is now correct

2023-11-15 — Questlog 0.22

Features

Every platform now shows their own release date on the game page
Add collections of games for most wanted and most played to the home page

Improvements

Move platforms on the game pages up
Separated the review info from the release date on the game page
Changed “Wiki” to “Game-Wiki” in websites to make it more distinct to “Wikipedia”
The release date under the game cover is now correctly labelled as “First release”
Change the style and position of the review section in the game sidebar
The icon size for action buttons is now consistent
Reduced DOM elements and improved semantic of HTML
Cleaned up some code

Accessibility

Remove unnecessary alt attributes for decorative image so screen readers don’t have to read them
Headlines on the game page are now properly ordered
Font-sizes now use rem instead of px to make them scale better with assistive technologies
Spacings between and in elements are now using px instead of rem to make them scale better with assistive technologies (More room for content, but a bit worse design on higher font-sizes)

Fixes

When a game is reviewed the review score gets now updated instantly
The overscroll color is now the header color (Touchpad Navigation)

Performance

The platforms for a game now received much faster

2023-11-04 — Questlog 0.21

Features

Add a share button if Questlog is opened as an web app

Improvements

Improved typography in multiple places
Updated some dependencies

Fixes

Studios now get fetched again correctly
If a game is updated and should get a new cover image that’s now updated correctly too

2023-10-02 — Questlog 0.20

Features

When a game is renamed and it’s url changes a redirect is now created
It’s now possible to set a status via keyboard with 1-5 when the dialog is open (Remove the status via 0 or ^)
It’s now possible to quick select a playlist via 6-8 if available, when the play status dialog is open

Improvements

The logo is now an actual SVG instead of an SVG and rendered text
Improved the styling of dropdown menus
Added Ko‑fi link to responsive navigation
Changed font from Mona Sans to Public Sans
Based on this changed font weights and sizes in multiple places
Moved the Close-Button of modals a bit more to the right
Every instance of a status icon now has a slight drop-shadow
Changed the size of the date info in game cards
The ranked checkbox for playlists is now a bit more highlighted in the playlist edit form
Cleaned up login, register and password forgot form
Optimized Open Graph content for playlists and reviews
Increased maximum description length for playlists to 1000 instead of 300 characters
The description of playlists now can have line breaks

Accessibility

The hamburger button on mobile now has a title
Click-/Tap-Targets increased for action buttons, like buttons, playlist authors, dates on playlists and reviews and website links on game pages
The play status selection now always shows the icon of the status instead of the gamepad icon
When the status selection is closed the focus is set to the button that initiated the click
Improved focus styles for list items

Fixes

Empty playlists aren’t visible in the playlist overview anymore
Studios are now available as filter when searching
Fixed the color on hover/focus state for platforms on ranked playlists

2023-09-11 — Questlog 0.19

Features

Added option to like playlists and reviews
Added new private pages to view your likes

Improvements

Added new game titles for the randomized search placeholder based on the most finished games on Questlog
Changed the design of the “You have to login” message to be more subtle and integrated in the page layout
Added missing empty state for the playlists index page of users
Game titles in reviews are now smaller and can have to lines
Changed the way the game count is displayed on playlist items
Unified some background and text colors across games, reviews and playlists
Removed the split background color of the page and gave the header a distinct color instead
Changed many button stylings to fit with the new background styling
Changed the design of reviews to fit every info better
Greatly improved cache handling on game pages
Reviews are now always linked to their detail page via the date
The date of a review is now always visible
Improved database performance a bit
Firefox: The playlist selection and status selection now have a blurred background as every other browser

Fixes

The last game from similar games isn’t removed anymore
If an image isn’t received from server correctly the placeholder image is now shown instead of a broken image
When clicking/tapping a playlist twice very fast while you try to add it to a playlist there won’t be an error anymore
Game cards on ranked playlists now have the same background color as other game cards
Firefox/Safari: Reduced flickering of game cards on hover
Firefox: The native autocomplete now doesn’t annoy you anymore when the search suggestion is open
Firefox: Action buttons now have proper spacing when a label is present
Firefox: Improved font rendering

2023-08-29 — Questlog 0.18

Features

It’s now possible to reorder games in a playlist (via drag and drop or by clicking on the handle an type the position)
It’s now possible to set a playlist as ranked with a distinct design and badge in listings
Added new page to see all public playlists (or member visibility for logged in users)
Added new page to see all reviews for all games
Changed user profile urls from questlog.app/@username to questlog.app/u/username

Improvements

When categories aren’t filtered in the game listing or search, then everything is returned
The playlists now have a options menu with the option to edit meta data, reorder the playlist, activate remove game mode or delete the playlist
Changed the design of the dropdown menu
Modals now close also on ESCAPE
Dialogs can now be confirmed via ENTER
It’s now mandatory to confirm the removal of a game from a playlist
Playlists now use the smaller grid (Compared to status lists)
After removing a game from a playlist the page is remembered
Changed the playlist game count to 30 per page
Optimized some database queries to speed up the page
Reduced the smallest font size from 13 to 12 Pixel
The platform list in search suggestion and ranked playlists now shows the remaining platforms via a +N label instead of just …
Removed Genres and Platforms pages from navigation
On home the last 9 games of each release category (New & upcoming) now are loaded to look nicer on mobile (the last one is hidden on bigger screens)
Added links to the playlist and review pages on home next to the headlines for their sections
Optimized the styling of game cards a bit
Added last update date to playlists in listings
Added redirects for all profile routes so it’s not necessary to change all links to your profile
Changed main font to system font instead of Mona Sans — Mona Sans is now only used for headlines
Improved Caching to speed up Questlog
Updated multiple dependencies
Added tons of automated tests to ensure everything works as expected in the backend

Fixes

Added missing release date to search suggestion
Multiple little styling fixes

2023-07-11 — Questlog 0.17

When a game is added and the studio is unknown it gets fetched now
Added option to filter for studios
Studios are now listed in game meta
Filters and dark badges aren’t rounded as much anymore to avoid visual problems when many filters are set
Improved performance on the homepage

2023-06-18 — Questlog 0.16

Features

The rating stars on the game show page are now linked to the game reviews overview
Added keyboard navigation to search suggestion
Added Tests for playlists
It’s now mandatory to confirm the 2FA process with a valid code
Under the QR code is now the OTP url if the code can’t be scanned

Improvements

Playlists now have a fixed identifier, so the URL is always valid even when the name changes
Improved image formats for some images
Changed the handling of some assets
Inputs in the account settings are now better visible
Added default Open Graph image (The one you see at the top)

Fixes

The message, if a playlist is private now is shown again
It’s not possible to access some uncritical admin routes anymore

2023-05-07 — Questlog 0.15

feat: Alternative names are now fetched for every game
feat: Added tooltip for alternative names
feat: The alternative names are now part of the search index
style: Changed the postion of the game page actions so they’re now are directly on the game image
style: The game image is now a bit smaller on mobile
style: Moved parent box over the description instead of over the whole game page
a11y: The status and playlist buttons now have labels
fix: Added missing games index link to the breadcrumb of review pages
fix: The game image now has no rounded corners anymore in the game cards

2023-05-01 — Questlog 0.14

Images are now delivered in proper dimension instead of always outputting the full resolution

2023-04-02 — Questlog 0.13

Optimized error pages
Notification when Questlog is deploying
Videos, such as trailers, are now saved for games
Changed Chevron on all “More”-Links
Added lazy loading for multiple image types

2023-03-25 — Questlog 0.12

Added the additional game status “Paused”
It’s now possible to change the status of a game directly from the search suggestion
Changed the way the game statuses are displayed
Improved the filter button placement if you add Questlog as a PWA
Optimized some additional page stylings (some spacings and font-sizes here and there)
On 320px phones (first iPhone SE) the game listing now shows two games in a row instead of one
Reduced the time the search suggestion needs to react

2023-03-19 — Questlog 0.11

Added game list filtering and sorting for overall games index, search, genre listings and platform listings
Added game themes to games and added filter option for themes
Default filtering after specific game types removed from everything but the search suggestion
Added badges to game listings so you always know if this a main game, a mod or a remake
All Game listings now have an proper empty state
Genres are now translated in German where it makes sense
The game count for platforms is now counted once a day instead of being counted every time you visit the genre or platform overview
Platforms that have less than 5 games are now removed from filters and listings to reduce clutter (They’re still accessible via direct links)
Optimized database queries and remove caching for multiple views
Optimized wording for several strings
Optimized the styling for several areas of Questlog
Linked the Newest releases and next releases to a filtered listing
Fixed unreadable recovery codes for 2FA
Added some missing german translations

2023-02-18 — Questlog 0.10

Completely redesigned the status selection with new icons
Made the status buttons a bit more accessible
Added the users last three playlists to the status selection modal
Refined the Design of the play statuses on the game page
Refined the Design of the play status navigation
Fixed visual bug if a playlist name gets too long
Disabled unwanted hover effects on touch input
Changed the visual layout of the websites
The search should now me better sized on iPad
Action buttons now have a clearer hover effect
All buttons have now a much smaller border radius
The search suggestion now goes instantly away if the field is empty
The search suggestion now goes away when you click out of the search
Optimized some stylings for badges
The mobile navigation is now an overlay and fades in instead of moving the content down

2023-02-10 — Questlog 0.9

Reviews can’t be too long in the overview anymore
Added Ko‑fi Link to the footer ☕️❤️
It’s now possible to view all reviews of a single game
It’s now possible to view a single review
If there are no playlists for a game, there is no playlist headline anymore
It’s now possible to select in which language you write a review
The textarea for reviews and playlist descriptions now grows with it’s content
Changed the way the height is calculated for the review form
Star ratings have now the proper color in the form
Added noise texture to the background
Fixed wrong modal title if you edit a review
Optimized some caches
Added TERF-info on Wizard game
Optimized the Search Suggestion to be a bit less “sticky”

I have to gather information about 0.2 to 0.8 in my git repository as I never posted these on Ko-fi. Stay tuned.