Vorecade v32 Released- Game Discovery Platform -Patreon Open

[Slough]

Vorecade, the place for Vore games.

Hey there! After a long absence, I've decided to return to it and re-make Vorecade from ground up!
Vorecade is a platform where you can find dozens of Vore games in one and convenient place, without the hassle of checking if the game you're playing has updates or finding new interesting games!

Website link: https://vorecade.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vorecade
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/FFvktzvZcM

Features of Vorecade:
Supports Windows and Web/HTML based games.
Allows you to Auto-update all of your games out of the box, even the launcher itself can auto-update itself so you won't have to deal with those individually.
Vorecade is designed to be portable, so you can just copy&paste Vorecade wherever you want it to be.
Integrated CDN Service for games to be distributed on, so you won't have to use 3rd party file hosters to host your game files.
Advanced analytics for Game developers with crash logs and anonymous gameplay stats with support for custom analytic events.

Planned Features:
Cloud saves for games
Vorecade Workshop (For mods etc.)
Vorecade Galleries
Vorecade Forums
Any great ideas you might have!

And here are some screenshots:

Even more images

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You can change your theme colors in the client!

Note: The replies and posts below are for the old Vorecade.

Changelog is available in the replies section.

Please do tell me your opinions and ideas, I appreciate them!

Old website link (UNMAINTAINED): https://old.vorecade.com
Some old history (Old post)

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Hello all!
This is a project that I started about 3 months ago, After a long journey I'm excited to tell you all about it!

What is this?
Vorecade is a Game manager app + Web listing program, made for vore games. Aiming to gather browsing/downloading/updating vore games in 1 place. (maybe you can call it Steam for vore games)

So, what can I do with it?
Good question! I got this idea when I had to constantly check forums for game updates for my vore games.
You can browse for new releases,
You can download and install games we have on the system,
You can update installed games when they receive an update without even leaving the app,

Sounds cool! How can I add my game/Download it?
Thanks!
Website link: https://vorecade.com/
And you can download the runnable program from here or in case it doesn't work for you, here.
You can add your game at https://vorecade.com/addgame (Requires an account)

I found a problem with the website/app. How can I report it?
Oh no! You can report it either here posting a comment or sending a PM to me explaining what happened.

Discord: https://discord.gg/rem3TJuRes

Roadmap
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And here's some screenshots
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Changelog
[spoiler]DD/MM/YY
5.08.21
You can now delete games in your profile.
Fixed some bugs when logging in & registering.
Known update problems in the app were fixed.
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7.08.21
Localization system added to the client.
Russian & Turkish were added as language options.
Auto Update Implemented
Download code has been 60% rewritten
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11.08.21
Added last played data with the option to disable it.
Total game size has been added to the Settings page
Some behind-the-scenes stuff for the upcoming updates and some code cleanup
Default launch page changed to "Explore", although if you are offline you'll launch into the "About" page as before
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13.08.21
Added playtime counting with the option to disable it.
Fixed a bug with the settings, causing the settings to reset after a restart.
Added calendarFormat string for languages that doesn't use MM/DD/YYYY
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25.08.21
Added:
Game Pages
Anonymous Stat Counters for game developers
Game Comments
Game Ratings
Client & Website Recoloring
Direct Download Link Support
Favicon (Website Icon) has been added why this late? idk
Client's window is now resizable!
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29.08.21
Known bugs fixed.
Client's RAM usage while installing/updating a game has been decreased by 2-3 times
Games are now sorted by their popularity (Play count) in the website and the client.
Game developers now can see how many times their game has been downloaded.
For players, you can opt-out at anytime from that from the client's settings.
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2.09.21
Images being saved incorrectly when a game is edited is fixed.
Dark Theme Added
Tag Search Added
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15.09.21
Tag preferences added.
Changelogs for games added.
API Documentation in the website has been moved to our Discord server.
"Stable" and "Beta" release branches added.
Some bugfixes has been done.
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11.10.21
Fixed HTML Game Bugs
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02.01.22
For extracting downloaded games, switched to 7-Zip
Added automatic history synchronization.
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02.02.2022 >(two.)<
Added support for Vorecade CDN
Optimized RAM usage of extraction method
Fixed 7-zip (again)
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14.03.2022
SPANISH ADDED thanks to LAMROJA from the forum thread <3
Material Redesign! please prepare your eyes for some eyecandy :3
Auto Bug Reporting if i screw something up, at least I can get the info I need quicker lol
RECENT GAME CARDS now you don't miss out info about the next newest thing!
Bugfixes as always, never forget to add new ones tho

Stability improvements:
Now, background errors will be presented to you so you can also see what has actually went wrong.
Async IO (Should freeze less when doing FS intensive tasks, although not complete)
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24.03.2022
Fixed an issue where some games wouldn't install due to filename issues.
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02.04.2022
Fixed an issue where some games wouldn't install correctly due to folder structure issues
"dest Already exists" error fixed
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12.04.2022
Fixed when games wouldn't update when they are actually updated.
Fixed update button still appearing after an update.
Groundwork for the database based data storage.
Known game installation errors fixed.
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14.04.2022
Mostly background changes.
Switched to the now-faster vorecade.com domain.
Updates now have a progress-bar so you'll know if it's doing something or if you are staying there watching it do nothing.
Workshop is coming soon!
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06.05.2022
More Download Buttons in Convenient Places!
Fixed some ENOENT errors
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25.05.2022
Switched to a central database rather than individual files in client.
This effectively fixes all of the ylvgm.json related issues.


I want to translate it!
[spoiler]Here's the localization file. You can translate it and send it to my PM box when you are done with it.

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{
    "welcomeScreen": {
        "morning": "Good Morning and Welcome, ",
        "afternoon": "Good Afternoon and Welcome, ",
        "night": "Good Evening and Welcome, ",
        "description": "Ever wanted to access your favorite V games without going through the hassle of browsing 20-30 pages of posts? Or checking for updates?",
        "easy": "It's Easier Now",
        "explore": "Explore!",
        "features": "Features",
        "ezBrowsing": "Easy Game Browsing",
        "ezBrowsingDesc": "You can easily browse through our game repository and download them if you're interested",
        "autoUpdate": "Automatic Update Checking",
        "autoUpdateDesc": "We automatically check for updates for every game you install. We don't automatically download them unless you tell us to do so.",
        "noBg": "No Background Processes",
        "noBgDesc": "Well, there's not much to talk about it.",
        "licenses": "Open Source Licenses"
    },
    "myGames": {
        "error": "An Error Occurred",
        "noGames": "You don't have any games",
        "explore": "Explore!",
        "failLaunch": "Failed to launch game\nMaybe you renamed the game folder/executable?",
        "delete": "Delete",
        "cancel": "Cancel",
        "youSure": "Do you really want to delete?\nYou can find it in Recycle Bin If you want to recover it.\nTHIS WILL ALSO DELETE SAVEGAMES!",
        "failDelete": "Failed to Delete game.\nMaybe you renamed the game folder?",
        "deleted": " has been Deleted.",
        "play": "Play!",
        "version": "version",
        "lastUpdated": "Last Updated",
        "title": "Downloaded Games",
        "description": "Here you can see your downloaded games. You can press \"Play!\" to run it or \"Delete\" to delete it.",
        "warning": "DELETING A GAME WILL ALSO DELETE IT'S SAVEGAMES!",
        "lastPlayed": "Last Played on: ",
        "totalPlaytime": "Total Playtime: ",
        "playDate": "Played on: "
    },
    "explore": {
        "explore": "Explore",
        "gameCount": "We currently have {GAMECOUNT} games!",
        "failConnect": "Failed to Connect",
        "cantFetch": "Can't fetch game listing",
        "retry": "Retry",
        "failJSON": "Failed to load ylvgm.json of game: ",
        "failLaunch": "Failed to launch game\nMaybe you renamed the game folder?",
        "downCancel": "Download Cancelled",
        "downFail": "Download Failed",
        "downBtnCancel": "Cancel Download",
        "downComplete": "Download Complete!",
        "play": "Play!",
        "megaNotice": "Progress status for mega downloads are not available & cancellable due to library limitations",
        "unknown": "Unknown",
        "download": "Download",
        "mb": "MB",
        "unknownSrc": "Can't download from Unknown sources",
        "updateAv": "Update Available!",
        "forum": "Forum Post (External)",
        "gdrive": "GDrive Support is coming soon",
        "developer": "Developer",
        "source": "Source",
        "cantConnect": "Can't Connect To Game Listing Server",
        "noInternet": "You are offline",
        "init": "Initializing...",
        "version": "version",
        "lastUpdated": "Last Updated",
        "tags": "Tags",
        "loading": "Fetching Games",
        "tagSearch": "Search By Tags",
        "search": "Search By Name"
    },
    "settings": {
        "title": "Settings",
        "lang": "Language",
        "save": "Save Changes",
        "langNotice": "Changes will take effect when you change to a another page",
        "gameSize": "Total size of installed games: {SIZE}MB",
        "lastPlayed": "Save Last Played Data",
        "playTime": "Save Playtime",
        "statCounter": "Send Anonymous Gameplay Data to Game Developers",
        "statCounterDesc": "This is used to calculate popular games ranking and help game developers know how many people play their games.",
        "statCounterDesc2": "No personal info is collected.",
        "statCounterDesc3": "Learn more about this here",
        "login": "Login",
        "username": "Username",
        "email": "Email",
        "password": "Password",
        "noAcc1": "You don't have an account?",
        "noAcc2": "Register Here!",
        "loginBtn": "Login to an Vorecade Account",
        "loginDesc": "You can login to your Vorecade account to comment on games and rate them.<br>If you encounter errors while commenting, try logging in again.",
        "theme": "Theme",
        "lTheme": "White Theme",
        "dTheme": "Dark Theme",
        "logout": "Logout",
        "uSettings": "User Settings",
        "branch": "Release Branch",
        "sBranch": "Stable",
        "bBranch": "Beta",
        "playHistory": "Save Gameplay History",
        "dataNotice": "Data related to gameplay is saved locally if you are not logged in. Otherwise, it'll be saved to your Vorecade account and can be synchronised between different devices.",
        "syncData": "Synchronize Cloud Data",
        "manualData": "Manually Upload Data"
    },
    "navbar": {
        "explore": "EXPLORE",
        "games": "GAMES",
        "about": "ABOUT",
        "settings": "SETTINGS",
        "home": "HOME"
    },
    "gamePage": {
        "gpButton": "Game Page",
        "rating": "Rating",
        "descriptionTitle": "Game Description",
        "noDescription": "No Description Provided",
        "noComments": "No Comments",
        "commentTitle": "Comments",
        "firstComment": "Be The First One To Comment!",
        "cmntRegular": "Post Your Comment",
        "review": "Review:",
        "poster": "Posted By:",
        "commentGamename": "Commenting on: {GAMENAME}",
        "commentNotify": "Your username and comment will be publicly visible",
        "urcomment": "Your Comment",
        "commentContent": "Minimum 10 Characters. Don't insult others and avoid sharing personal information.",
        "cmntSend": "Send Comment",
        "escWarn": "Press ESC To Close This Menu"
    },
    "home": {
        "historyTitle": "Games You've Played Recently",
        "totPlaytime": "Total Playtime",
        "installedGames": "Games Installed",
        "urstats": "Your Gameplay Stats",
        "recTit": "Recommended Games",
        "noGames": "You don't have any games ;-;",
        "noPlays": "You haven't played any games ;-;",
        "failFetch": "Failed to Fetch Recommended Games"
    },
    "calendarFormat": "MMM Do YYYY"
}

Nerd details about the API and the app
[spoiler]App is made with Electron and uses Node.JS
The API documentation is available here https://vorecade.com/ylvgm/api
Also if you use Unity, thanks to HenBor you can use a Manager Plugin directly inside your game!
Library download link: https://mega.nz/file/DDRzBQLY#k2sIk1wyhZ2W2nu24f8sIlXX-7fsHNrD-7W1xwNLr7E

[Slough]

I've noticed a bug with metadata validation. Will post an update soon.

[Derekiscool]

Would it be possible to include a download of a .zip version of the launcher? I don't have access to 7-Zip on this computer so I can't decompress the folder

[Slough]

Would it be possible to include a download of a .zip version of the launcher? I don't have access to 7-Zip on this computer so I can't decompress the folder

Absolutely, I'll add it when I fix the metadata validation problem.

[Slough]

Can't validate ylvgm.json bug has been Fixed
Feeding Them and Vore Days by Zikik has been added
.zip version of the launcher has been added

[Daichi777]

Seems a bit odd you have to download a 50mb+ client to download anything. It doesn't even run for me.

Is there any protection for Game Devs on who uploads, maintains downloads, wanting to go about removing downloads, contact etc?

Not every dev wants their game advertised as a few also want to be forgotten, but also it would be a worry for others to impersonate or upload pirated ones.

[Slough]

Seems a bit odd you have to download a 50mb+ client to download anything. It doesn't even run for me.

Is there any protection for Game Devs on who uploads, maintains downloads, wanting to go about removing downloads, contact etc?

Not every dev wants their game advertised as a few also want to be forgotten, but also it would be a worry for others to impersonate or upload pirated ones.

The client just downloads and extracts packages provided by developers. And if you have any problems/bugs associated with it I'm listening.
And for the client's huge size, it uses Electron, because of that the client comes with chromium+node.js and all the dependencies it requires (about 200mb when extracted including the app's code)
(Direct downloads from the website is also possible, although it kinda kills the client's purpose. But if there's demand why not)

The requirement for an account is just for that. Only you can edit your game, there are security precautions in place for these kind of attacks. And the removal of games is currently under development.
If you want to contact me, you can PM me on aryion. A Discord server is in the works.

For the games currently listed I contacted their developers via PM to add their games if they are interested before the program was released.
As for new submissions I'll contact you via the email you provided when you registered to verify that you are the developer of the game and also verifying that the game is not pirated at the same time.

[Daichi777]

Awesome!

[TastyAce]

This looks cool! However, I tried to register and login, but I keep getting an "Internal Server Error". Would love to add my games to the site!

[Slough]

This looks cool! However, I tried to register and login, but I keep getting an "Internal Server Error". Would love to add my games to the site!

Oopsies! Since things are changing fast, sometimes bugs are unavoidable. Sorry for that, I'll check the server logs to get an understanding of what happened. I'll let you know when I fix the problem.

Edit:
Can you try again? Looks like you entered gmail.co instead of gmail.com. I updated that.
Also turns out I forgot to add a warning for wrong email & non existent users

[skynight33]

Dude, this project is so freaking cool. I hope the word gets spread so as for it to grow bigger, that is such a good idea really

[Slough]

Dude, this project is so freaking cool. I hope the word gets spread so as for it to grow bigger, that is such a good idea really

Thanks! I would also love to see that happen!

[Slough]

Привет and Merhaba to all!
Russian and Turkish were added as language options.

Automatic updates were implemented.
Overall stability improved.

[CacameAwemedinade]

This needs to be kept alive at all costs. Very cool project, and I wish you luck with it!

[Slough]

This needs to be kept alive at all costs. Very cool project, and I wish you luck with it!

Thanks!

[Egads]

Ooooo, this looks promising! And thanks for adding my game

[Legspert9]

I gave this a quick look, and I have a few suggestions.

Good:

I like that using this doesn't require an account.
Obviously, having a bunch of vore games in one place is very convenient.
The interface is clean and easy to navigate, though there's some issues.

Needs work:

This doesn't actually install, and has to be launched from the folder or have a shortcut made. Not a huge issue, but for the less technically-minded it could be an issue.
The games list should be the default menu when launched.
Installed games don't have a background, probably a bug.
"Deleting a game will also delete save files" should be in the delete confirmation, not in the main page.There should be a way to resize the window.
Having the square take up so much space makes it impossible to look through if you have many games installed.
While it's good you show the size of a game before you download it, showing the total size of all installed games would also be good. The settings menu has plenty of room for it.

Suggestions:

There should be an option to change where games are installed to.
Having tags is nice, but there doesn't seem to be any way to search for tags or filter by them, sort of defeating the point.
Rather than trying to fit all the detail into the square, you should have either a slide-out or dropdown menu containing a description of the game when clicked on.
There should be an option to "favorite" games.
Games should have categories as well as vore tags - platformer, visual novel, RPG, etc.
A "last played" date and "total time played" counter would be great.
This is a personal idea, but I think there should be an option to integrate cryptocurrencies to allow "tips". I'd be happy to work with you on that if you're interested.

[Slough]

I gave this a quick look, and I have a few suggestions.

Good:

I like that using this doesn't require an account.
Obviously, having a bunch of vore games in one place is very convenient.
The interface is clean and easy to navigate, though there's some issues.

Needs work:

This doesn't actually install, and has to be launched from the folder or have a shortcut made. Not a huge issue, but for the less technically-minded it could be an issue.
The games list should be the default menu when launched.
Installed games don't have a background, probably a bug.
"Deleting a game will also delete save files" should be in the delete confirmation, not in the main page.There should be a way to resize the window.
Having the square take up so much space makes it impossible to look through if you have many games installed.
While it's good you show the size of a game before you download it, showing the total size of all installed games would also be good. The settings menu has plenty of room for it.

Suggestions:

There should be an option to change where games are installed to.
Having tags is nice, but there doesn't seem to be any way to search for tags or filter by them, sort of defeating the point.
Rather than trying to fit all the detail into the square, you should have either a slide-out or dropdown menu containing a description of the game when clicked on.
There should be an option to "favorite" games.
Games should have categories as well as vore tags - platformer, visual novel, RPG, etc.
A "last played" date and "total time played" counter would be great.
This is a personal idea, but I think there should be an option to integrate cryptocurrencies to allow "tips". I'd be happy to work with you on that if you're interested.

"This doesn't actually install, and has to be launched from the folder or have a shortcut made. Not a huge issue, but for the less technically-minded it could be an issue."
Yeah I'm already aware of this issue, since some games come in folders and some come directly zipped without the use of a folder. I wrote a simple detection code to detect that, although I can't say its 100% stable & accurate

"The games list should be the default menu when launched."
Will be added in the next patch.

"Installed games don't have a background, probably a bug."
Thanks for pointing that out. I'll fix that in the next patch.

""Deleting a game will also delete save files" should be in the delete confirmation, not in the main page."
Will be added in the next patch.

"There should be a way to resize the window."
Can't really say when this will be added, although I'll work on it.

"Having the square take up so much space makes it impossible to look through if you have many games installed."
Until I come up with a design idea, this'll have to wait for a while. I'm open for suggestions.

"While it's good you show the size of a game before you download it, showing the total size of all installed games would also be good. The settings menu has plenty of room for it."
I was wondering what to put on the settings menu. Thanks!

"There should be an option to change where games are installed to."
"Having tags is nice, but there doesn't seem to be any way to search for tags or filter by them, sort of defeating the point."
They are already indev

"Rather than trying to fit all the detail into the square, you should have either a slide-out or dropdown menu containing a description of the game when clicked on."
V2 will add game pages. So the squares will only display basic information about the game, and you can click on the square to go to the game's page and view all the details there.

"There should be an option to "favorite" games."
"Games should have categories as well as vore tags - platformer, visual novel, RPG, etc."
Good idea, noted that.

"A "last played" date and "total time played" counter would be great."
Last played will surely make its way in. Although Total Playtime would require the client to be kept open in the background while playing.
I'll maybe add Last played in v1.5 (current last version 1.4.1) but total playtime will probably be added in V2

"This is a personal idea, but I think there should be an option to integrate cryptocurrencies to allow "tips". I'd be happy to work with you on that if you're interested."
Interesting, I'll think about it.

Thanks!

[Legspert9]

Good to know you have a handle on things, so I'll give a quick response.

"Having the square take up so much space makes it impossible to look through if you have many games installed."
Until I come up with a design idea, this'll have to wait for a while. I'm open for suggestions.

"Rather than trying to fit all the detail into the square, you should have either a slide-out or dropdown menu containing a description of the game when clicked on."
V2 will add game pages. So the squares will only display basic information about the game, and you can click on the square to go to the game's page and view all the details there.

I think you just solved your own problem. Have the squares be left-aligned instead of center-aligned, then have the space to the right show detail about the game - tags, category, preview image, etc.

"While it's good you show the size of a game before you download it, showing the total size of all installed games would also be good. The settings menu has plenty of room for it."
I was wondering what to put on the settings menu. Thanks!

"A "last played" date and "total time played" counter would be great."
Last played will surely make its way in. Although Total Playtime would require the client to be kept open in the background while playing.
I'll maybe add Last played in v1.5 (current last version 1.4.1) but total playtime will probably be added in V2

There's another problem you solved on your own: allow the game to run in the background to track playtime, enabled via the settings menu.

"This is a personal idea, but I think there should be an option to integrate cryptocurrencies to allow "tips". I'd be happy to work with you on that if you're interested."
Interesting, I'll think about it.

Regarding that: would you be alright making this open-source? It would allow others to help contribute to the project, since you're doing this for free. It might also allow for direct integrations - for example, a game detecting YLVGM's language settings and automatically setting itself to that.

[Slough]

Good to know you have a handle on things, so I'll give a quick response.

"Having the square take up so much space makes it impossible to look through if you have many games installed."
Until I come up with a design idea, this'll have to wait for a while. I'm open for suggestions.

"Rather than trying to fit all the detail into the square, you should have either a slide-out or dropdown menu containing a description of the game when clicked on."
V2 will add game pages. So the squares will only display basic information about the game, and you can click on the square to go to the game's page and view all the details there.

I think you just solved your own problem. Have the squares be left-aligned instead of center-aligned, then have the space to the right show detail about the game - tags, category, preview image, etc.

"While it's good you show the size of a game before you download it, showing the total size of all installed games would also be good. The settings menu has plenty of room for it."
I was wondering what to put on the settings menu. Thanks!

"A "last played" date and "total time played" counter would be great."
Last played will surely make its way in. Although Total Playtime would require the client to be kept open in the background while playing.
I'll maybe add Last played in v1.5 (current last version 1.4.1) but total playtime will probably be added in V2

There's another problem you solved on your own: allow the game to run in the background to track playtime, enabled via the settings menu.

"This is a personal idea, but I think there should be an option to integrate cryptocurrencies to allow "tips". I'd be happy to work with you on that if you're interested."
Interesting, I'll think about it.

Regarding that: would you be alright making this open-source? It would allow others to help contribute to the project, since you're doing this for free. It might also allow for direct integrations - for example, a game detecting YLVGM's language settings and automatically setting itself to that.

I'll think about making it open-source in the future after cleaning up the mess and making some kind of starter doc to get the contributor to know around.