Manual Achievement Tracker for Custom Game Goals

📋 Summary

LaunchBox already integrates with official achievement platforms like RetroAchievements and Steam, but many platforms—like Nintendo Switch, older PC games, and DOS titles—don’t support achievements at all. This request proposes a Manual Achievement Tracker, enabling users to create and track their own custom achievements for any game in their library.

🎯 Feature Overview

Add a new section to the Edit Game Metadata page in LaunchBox that allows users to:

• Create custom achievements for any game.

• Add:

  • A title and description.

  • An optional thumbnail icon.

  • An optional proof screenshot.

• View achievement progress in pause menus or from the game details page.

• Mark achievements as completed with a click or controller button (for Big Box) directly from within the pause menu or game details page.

• Tie custom achievements into the existing Game Progress Tracking system to combine existing achievements with custom ones.

This would:

• Provide full achievement-style tracking for systems like Nintendo Switch, and DOS.

• Let users track their own challenge goals or 100% objectives.

• Supplement existing achievement systems with extra goals (e.g., free DLC milestones or speedrun/time trial targets).

💡 Notes

• A dedicated “Custom Achievements” panel would appear in the Game Details sidebar.

• Manual achievement sets could be imported/exported for sharing (possibly even shared or stored on the LaunchBox games database site)

🕹️ Example Use Cases

• Add goals for games with no achievements like “Complete this level” or “Reach 100% collection.”

• Create achievements for DLC campaigns or add-ons, in which the main achievement set doesn’t have any achievements for

• Add custom time trial or speedrun goals not included in official achievement sets

• Create personal goals for gatcha games, e.g track which rare characters or units you’ve pulled so you can monitor your collection progress across banners.

📦 Benefits

• Universal achievement tracking—even for platforms with no native system.

• Highly personalizable—track what matters to you.

• Complements official sets, expanding what progress tracking can capture.

• Deeply integrates with existing features, including:

  • Game Progress statuses (Beaten, Completed, etc.)

  • Playlists

  • Pause screen overlays