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 Along the way, we would need support for right-to-left languages, and basically flip the widgets horizontally.
+=== Icon based game view and game grouping/filtering ===
+Technical contacts: somaen
+Difficulty: Easy
+The current game list in ScummVM is a flat, but searchable list of games. Since these are games, most, if not all of them at some point came in boxes with fancy box art, and awesome logos on them,
+and that art is a bit more appealing than a simple list of game titles. We currently allow for something a bit prettier for savegames, where we allow for showing a grid of screenshots. This concept
+could be taken to the game list as well, allowing for replacing the list of titles with a grid of logos/box art. The logos themselves can be scraped from a variety of places online (perhaps Mobygames
+or GoG?), or supplied by the end user manually. To signal the language of each title we would allow for putting a little flag on each title.
+Another point that could be worked on with the game list, is the grouping. Currently the list is sorted by title, some people with larger libraries might prefer to group by company, or game engine instead,
+similar to how a file-browser allows you to select what to sort by. Perhaps also allow for foldable groups (per engine, or per company?), similar to how folders work in a file-browser. Further ideas to
+allow for better library management are also welcome.