Implement Playthroughs/Sessions to show multiple sessions of the same item over time

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Sub-tasks for now

• Create a session when an item is dragged to a currently playing list
• End a session (or have the option?) when an item is dragged to a finished list
• Show session data (platform/start date esp.) in main table
• Create a manual session
• Change the date on a session

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Fields

Current fields
Games: Name,Length,Genre,Platform,Finish Date,100% Date
Movies: Name,Length,Genre,Release Date,Release Date,Service
Books: Name,Length,Genre,Author,Start Date,Finish Date

Games (In General)

Name (simple strings)
Length (int in hours)
Genre (multiple strings)
Platform

• possible platforms
• platforms it is owned on
  Playthrough
• Start Date
• Completed Date/Retired Date?
• Platform
  100% Completed Date

Movies (In General)

Name (simple strings)
Length (float? hours/minutes)
Genre (multiple string)
Theater Release
Digital Release
Where to watch

• Possible platforms?
• Platforms where it is owned
  Re-watching movies
• Multiple finish dates

Books (In General)

Name (simple string)
Length (int in pages)
Genre (multiple string)
Author (single string)
Readthroughs

• Start Date
• Finish Date/Retired Date

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Questions

• Should there be a difference between retiring a game due to not liking it vs a game that I'm done with for now but am coming back to?
• The only list where there should be duplicates is when something is on the finished list vs another list
• Should all collections have the concept of a finished list and adding stuff to it automatically when the field is filled in?
  • If so, how should that field be filled in?
  • How does stuff getting moved between lists
    • Games
      • Playing -> Completed (keep on list)
      • Playing -> 100% Completed (remove from list)
      • Playing -> Retired (remove from list)
      • Anything -> Playing (remove from list)
    • Movies
      • Anything -> Anything (remove from list)
    • Books
      • Anything -> Anything (remove from list)

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Playthrough/Watch/Readthrough Examples

Games

Shadow of Mordor:

1. Start -> Finish -> *** -> 100%

Kingdom Hearts:

1. Start -> Finish
2. Start -> Finish -> ***-> 100%

Borderlands 2:

1. Start -> Retired
2. Start -> Retired -> Start Again -> Retired

Life Is Strange (episodic game in one go):

1. Start -> Finish

Pyre:

1. Start -> Finish
2. Start -> Finish -> 100%

Assassin's Creed II:

1. Start -> Retired -> Start -> Retired

Movies

Inception:

1. Watch
2. Watch
3. Watch

Beautiful Creatures:

1. Watch

etc.

Books

1. Start -> Retired -> Start Again -> Finish

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General game object shape

{
  "Name": "Borderlands 2",
  "Length": "32 Hrs",
  "Genre": ["FPS","RPG"],
  "Platform": ["PC","PS3"],
  "Sessions": [
    {
      "Start": "2016-10-12",
      "End": "",
      "Completed": "",
      "Platform":"PS3",
      "Status": "Retired",
      "Status Changes": [
        "Currently Playing on 2016-10-12",
        "Retired on 2017-02-04"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "100% Completed": ""
}

What should happen in general steps

• When an item is moved from a "planning" list to Currently Playing, start a new session
  • If the game is owned on multiple platforms, at this point have a dialog to ask what platform is being used for this session
• After a session has been created, every time the item moves between lists until the session is finished should be logged in Status Changes
• What constitutes the end of a session?
  • A session is ended when an item is no longer on anything but "finished" lists (Completed,Retired)
  • If an item is re-placed into "planning" or "current" planning list after having been retired, it should ask if the game is being restarted or if the previous session should be re-opened
    • Manual edit should happen if I want to go from Retired to
• All the session values (except status and status changes) should be editable
• If a session is marked as completed, a dialog should ask if it the session should be continued or if finishing the game is the end of the session
• A completed date is different than an end date because there are many games where credits have rolled but playing continues even after that without hitting another completion point