Memory Pak

A cross-platform game collection tracker built with Rust, egui, and eframe. Memory Pak allows you to track which consoles and games you own, have favorited, or want (wishlist).

Features

• Two Main Tabs: Consoles and Games (both with pagination)
• Hardcoded Console List: Includes popular consoles from Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and Microsoft
• Console States: Mark consoles as Owned, Favorite, or Wishlist, with notes
• Game States: Mark games as Owned, Favorite, or Wishlist, with notes
• Embedded Game Database: All game data is compiled directly into the binary using include_dir!() at runtime
• Stable ID System: Games use content-based IDs (console + title hash), allowing database updates without breaking saved states
• Cross-Console Search: View all games across all consoles with console badges, or filter by specific console
• Pagination:
  • Games tab: 50 games per page
  • Consoles tab: 20 consoles per page
• State Persistence: Saves user data to platform-specific directories (desktop/mobile) or localStorage (web)
• Sorting Options: Sort games by title, release year, or status
• Filtering Options: Filter by All, Owned, Favorites, Wishlist, or Not Owned
• Search: Search games by title across all consoles
• Import/Export: Export your entire collection state (consoles + games) to JSON and import it back
• Single Binary: Everything is embedded, no external files needed

Project Structure

Memory-Pak/
├── Cargo.toml          # Project configuration
├── src/
│   ├── main.rs        # Main application entry point
│   ├── console_data.rs # Hardcoded console definitions
│   ├── game_data.rs   # Embedded game data loading (runtime JSON parsing)
│   ├── persistence.rs # Save/load user state (native & web)
│   └── ui.rs          # UI rendering functions
└── database/          # Game JSON files (embedded at compile time)
    ├── nes.json
    ├── snes.json
    ├── n64.json
    ├── gameboyadvance.json
    └── ... (one JSON file per console)

Building

Standard Build

cargo build --release

Binary output: target/release/memory_pak[.exe]

Platform Installers

Windows (MSI):

cargo install cargo-wix          # One-time install
cargo wix                        # Build MSI

Output: target/wix/Memory-Pak-0.1.4-x86_64.msi
Requires: WiX Toolset v3.11+

macOS (.app):

cargo install cargo-bundle       # One-time install
cargo bundle --release

Output: target/release/bundle/osx/Memory Pak.app

Linux (.deb):

cargo install cargo-deb          # One-time install
cargo deb

Output: target/debian/memory_pak_*.deb

WebAssembly

cargo install wasm-pack          # One-time install
wasm-pack build --target web --out-dir pkg

User Data Storage

• Desktop/Mobile: Stored in platform-specific user data directories:

  • Windows: %APPDATA%\com\memorypak\memory_pak\state\
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/com.memorypak.memory_pak/state/
  • Linux: ~/.local/share/com/memorypak/memory_pak/state/

• Web: Stored in browser localStorage with keys like memory_pak_state_{console_id}

Export Format

The export file contains all your console and game states in this format:

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "export_date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "console_states": [
    {
      "console_id": "nes",
      "owned": true,
      "favorite": false,
      "wishlist": false,
      "notes": "My original NES from 1985"
    }
  ],
  "consoles": [
    {
      "console_id": "nes",
      "games": [
        {
          "game_id": "nes-a1b2c3d4e5f6...",
          "owned": true,
          "favorite": false,
          "wishlist": false,
          "notes": ""
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Note: Game IDs use the stable ID format ({console_id}-{hash}), ensuring compatibility across database updates.