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Play Sessions

Yhvr requested to merge play-sessions into master

Play sessions will lay the framework for detailed game analytics, play counts, and a potential "galaxy rewind" (name TBD) at the end of '24.

Logic flow

on heartbeat (regardless of main playtime counter)
├ is there a play session for this game/user that has an end time within the past 30 minutes?
│ ├ yes
│ │ ╰ has it been at least 58 seconds since the last play session time bump?
│ │   ├ yes
│ │   │ ╰ increment minute count by one, update end time
│ │   │   ├ increment game play count if exactly 3 minutes in this session
│ │   │   ╰ increment game daily play count if exactly 3 minutes in this session
│ │   ╰ no
│ │     ╰ ignore it
│ ╰ no
│   ╰ create new play session document
╰ increase game's daily playtime by one minute

Design decisions

30 minutes is picked as the cutoff time because it provides a nice buffer between pausing & picking up the game vs. distinct sessions

Playtime is incremented for a game regardless of if another game has received a recent heartbeat or not.

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