Game statistics

langest

I have implemented a bash menu, similar to the ones used in the rest of RetroPie.
I am also using dialog since I though it would look consistent.
However, it seems like controller support doesn't work by default in the menu.
How are the controller configured to work in the retropie-setup.sh for instance?

mitu

@langest There's a helper program (joy2key) which translates the gamepad inputs to keyboard inputs to navigate and use the dialog screens. Look at the joy2keyStart and joy2keyStop functions here.

langest

Thanks

langest

@mitu
Do you think it would be possible to assume I am running on RetroPie and source the helpers into my scrip? Or do I need to copy the code?

mitu

@langest It's up to you - however without a RetroPie installation the joy2key program might not be available to run.

langest

@mitu
What would make the most sense to me would be to reuse the already implemented functionality in retro pie, because I don't plan to use the dialog interface anywhere else.
The end goal of the tui is to add it to experimental programs in the retro pie install script.
I tried to source the files, but I most likely did something wrong.
I haven't really done much bash programming before so I am not sure how everything should be set up. Could you give me some pointers to get started?
Thanks

On a separate note, I have come up with some neat new features for the python program that I am going to add. Such as bar chart for visualization and weekly/daily activity.

langest

@administrators Maybe this thread should have been in the ideas and development sub-forum.

langest

@langest said in Game statistics:

new features for the python program that I am going to add. Such as bar chart for visualization

Got it implemented now together with a new exclude flag as well:

$ python3 /home/pi/repos/RetroStats/retro-stats/game_stats.py -c total -b 20 -n 4 -e kodi
                     Wario Land 3 ▏ 6:36:28 ████████████████████
                Crash Team Racing ▏ 2:01:08 ██████
                   Super Mario 64 ▏ 1:59:56 ██████
 Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire ▏ 0:55:12 ██▊

$ python3 /home/pi/repos/RetroStats/retro-stats/game_stats.py -c total -b 20 -n 3  -s nes -c times
Balloon Fight ▏ 3 ████████████████████
   Salamander ▏ 2 █████████████▎
  Smurfs, The ▏ 1 ██████▋

langest

I have implemented the daily schedule feature. It can now tell you when during a day you spend most time playing your games.

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Next step would be to extend the daily view to a weekly view so you can track your invested time per hour per week day. And possibly add some machine learning to categorize invested time to get a nice gradient. Right now I hardcoded some values that looked good on my data.
Of course you can use this new view with some selected systems or excluded systems.

I also updated the format of the log to make sure that the time in the log is UTC. I then convert to your local time zone when printing. You either throw away your current log or use the convert script here: https://github.com/langest/RetroStats/commit/e8567b456c6e2f3d5e9bdbf6f764d9abcca3361f if you want to keep your data.

Also, if someone who reads this could give me some pointers on how to make this available in the install script experimental section or how to the controllers working in the TUI, I would be grateful, more detailed question above. Until then you will probably have to run this via CLI.

langest

I extended the daily view to a weekly view and added a recent history option and a lookback option. Lookback decides how many recent days you want your stats from.

$ python3 /home/pi/repos/RetroStats/retro-stats/game_stats.py -w
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$ python3 /home/pi/repos/RetroStats/retro-stats/game_stats.py -r -n5
2019-11-01 19:36:37+00:00 gba Pokemon Gaia
2019-11-01 19:15:18+00:00 n64 Mario Kart 64
2019-11-01 18:49:16+00:00 kodi
2019-10-31 19:39:49+00:00 gba Rhythm Tengoku
2019-10-30 20:37:13+00:00 megadrive Sonic the Hedgehog 2

langest

I wrote a server to deliver your stats, so now you can get them in your browser on your PC or on your phone.
Currently looks pretty ugly since I haven't put any effort into that yet. But most of the functionality is there.
If you want to test it out, install it by cloning the repo and run pip3 install . --user and start the server with retro-stats-server. Using your browser go to <retropie_ip>:5000.

PC:

Phone: