Your game backlog, finally organized.
— About the project
Backlost came from a real frustration: hundreds of games spread across different platforms with no clean way to manage them. The app brings PSN, Xbox, and Steam together in one place, pulling data from each account automatically.
The interface was designed to stay out of the way. Logging progress, marking games as done, or checking trophies across all platforms should feel instant. Every design decision was about reducing friction.
The main technical challenge was building stable integrations across three very different APIs, each with its own rate limits and data structures, using Redis for caching to keep everything snappy even with large libraries.
— The story
Chapter 01Login · Sign-up
Login asks only for a username and password. Sign-up is split into two short steps, username and email first, then password and confirmation, with a Google sign-up option on either one.
Chapter 02Password recovery
If you forget your password, you enter your email, get a four-digit code and set a new password. The code can be resent after a countdown.
Chapter 03Home
The first time, the Home just invites you to add games. Once the backlog is set up, it shows the current game in focus, trophy progress and metrics: games queued, finished, average completion, hours played and games per platform.
Chapter 04Search · Game
Search lists games from every platform, with filters and sorting. Each game opens a page with its estimated time to beat and trophy list, and joins the backlog with one tap.
Chapter 05My games · Edit
The list separates the current game from the next ones in the queue, each with trophy progress and hours played. In edit mode, games are reordered by dragging, and that order decides what comes next.
Chapter 06Game · Trophies
Each game in the backlog shows progress, time played and its trophy list. Achievements from PSN, Xbox and Steam share one format, and you can check a trophy by hand when the platform doesn't report it.
Chapter 07Profile · Connections
In the profile you connect PSN, Xbox Live and Steam once and progress syncs on its own from then on. The challenge was integrating three distinct APIs, each with its own rate limits and data formats. Changing the password lives in the same place.
