v1.2.3
March 2026
Latest
Feature
Favicon, About, Contact & Changelog pages
Site-wide polish pass: branded favicon across all pages, new About page with company story and phase overview, contact form, and this changelog. Nav updated globally with API Docs and About links.
Added GD monogram favicon — ICO, SVG, PNG (16/32/48/180px) deployed across all pages
New /about page — platform story, three-phase overview, values, team equity breakdown
New /contact page — subject-tagged contact form with Phase 2 waitlist option
New /changelog page (you are here)
API Docs + About links added to nav on every public-facing page
Fixed all 127.0.0.1:5000 localhost references → gamedatacentral.com
v1.2.2
March 2026
Feature
API documentation page & account improvements
Full API reference at /api-docs with sidebar navigation, collapsible endpoint cards, copy-to-clipboard on code blocks, and live rate limit table. Account page gains My Guides section.
New /api-docs page — full reference for all 8 API endpoints with request/response examples
Account page now shows My Guides — title, game, type, view count, score, status, and edit link
Rebuilt 404 page — full nav, glitch animation, three contextual suggestion cards
Admin dashboard: Seed Guides button now shows actual error text on failure
v1.2.1
March 2026
Fix
Guides seed deployment fix
Resolved "No module named data.seed_guides" error on Fly.io. The seed file was not included in the Docker build context.
Fixed missing data/seed_guides.py in Docker image — prevented guide seeding on cold start
Added per-row error handling in db_seed_guides() — one bad row can no longer abort the batch
Disabled FK constraints during seeding via PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF to prevent cascade errors
v1.2.0
March 2026
Feature
Phase 1.2
Community Guides system goes live
Complete guides platform: create, browse, vote, and edit walkthroughs, tips, builds, and lore entries for games in the catalog. 28 seed guides across 17 games shipped at launch.
Guides database — new table with slug, type, status (pending/published/rejected), vote score, view count
28 seed guides across 17 games: Hollow Knight, Hades, Dead Cells, Celeste, Stardew Valley, and more
/guides browse page — filter by type, search by title, sorted by score
/guides/new editor and /guides/:slug/edit — rich HTML editing for authenticated users
Upvote / downvote system with per-user tracking (no double-voting)
/api/guides endpoint — public, filterable by game_id and type
Admin dashboard: Guides KPI card, Seed Guides button, approve/reject queue
Home page: Guides CTA button + Community Guides stat chip added
v1.1.0
February 2026
Feature
User accounts, IGDB ratings & subscription page
User accounts — register, login, logout, session-aware nav with user dropdown
IGDB real ratings integration — live ratings fetched and cached in ratings_cache.json
Account dashboard — API key management, usage summary, quick start examples
Subscription & pricing page — Free / Pro / Studio tier cards with feature comparison
Rate limiting enforced per API key per calendar day (Free: 100, Pro: 5k, Studio: 50k)
Admin dashboard — KPI cards, event log, key management, ratings refresh
v1.0.0
January 2026
Launch
Initial launch — Core API & game catalog
First public release. REST API for indie game metadata, SQLite database, 59 curated games, browse interface, and Fly.io deployment.
REST API — /api/games, /api/games/:id, /api/games/search, /api/games/stats
59 seed games — curated indie titles with genre, platform, tags, developer, description
Browse page — filter by genre, platform, year, tags + full-text search
Game detail pages — individual game pages with related games and API example
API key system — key generation, X-API-Key authentication, usage event logging
Fly.io + Cloudflare deployment — gamedatacentral.com live
Public roadmap page and developer dashboard onboarding flow