Game Dashboard

Game Dashboard turns a folder of game notes into a browsable library view inside Obsidian.

Features

• Scans a root folder and treats each direct subfolder as one game entry
• Opens a dedicated dashboard view with poster, banner, metadata, and quick actions
• Creates a complete game note structure with frontmatter and asset folders
• Imports metadata from Steam search
• Optionally enriches entries with IGDB metadata, artwork, and screenshots

Installation

Community plugins

When the plugin is available in the Obsidian community catalog, install Game Dashboard from Settings -> Community plugins -> Browse.

Manual install

Download manifest.json, main.js, and styles.css from the latest GitHub release, then place them in:

.obsidian/plugins/game-dashboard/

Usage

1. Open the command palette and run Open Game Dashboard.
2. Set your game library root folder in the plugin settings.
3. Use Create game entry to add a new folder-based game note.
4. Optionally configure IGDB credentials to import richer metadata.

IGDB setup

IGDB import uses Twitch application credentials.

• IGDB Client ID is stored in normal plugin settings.
• IGDB Client Secret is stored with Obsidian SecretStorage and is not written to data.json.

If no IGDB credentials are configured, the plugin still works with local notes and Steam import.

Privacy

• The plugin reads files only inside your vault.
• Steam search requests go to store.steampowered.com.
• Optional IGDB import requests go to api.igdb.com, id.twitch.tv, and images.igdb.com.
• No third-party API requests are made unless you actively use import features.

Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build once:

npm run build

Watch local source changes:

npm run watch

Local dev sync

Create a local config file from the example:

copy dev.config.example.json dev.config.local.json

Then update the paths in dev.config.local.json.

Watch, sync, and reload the plugin in your local vault:

npm run dev

Do a one-shot build and local install:

npm run install:local