RetroRewind (Auto) Collection Maker - Tool

Retro Rewind Collection Maker

Retro Rewind Builder is a companion tool for creating and managing custom movie and game collections for the Retro Rewind Video Store Simulator. It provides a web-based interface to search metadata, download covers, and export them directly to the Movie Workshop.

Source code on GitHub

Requirements

You must have one of these installed:

• []Movie Workshop (GitHub)[/]

  []Movie Workshop (Nexus Mods)[/]

  Features

  • []Multi-Source Search — Plugins for:

    []TMDB — Movies and TV shows (requires free API key)[/]

    []IGDB — Video game metadata (requires free Twitch API key)[/]

    []SteamGridDB — High-quality game poster art (requires free API key)[/]

    []Screenscraper — Retro game metadata and box art[/]

    []MyAnimeList — Anime series and films (no API key needed)[/]

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  []Bulk Fetching — Populate your library by year range and genre.[/]

  []Auto-Export — Formats and moves covers/metadata into your RRWorkshop folder.[/]

  []Plugin System — Drop any _plugin.py into the plugins/ folder and it loads automatically — no code changes needed. Plugins can also inject sidebar sections, modals, JavaScript, and custom API routes.[/]

  []Modern Web UI — Dark-themed interface for managing your collection.[/]

  Installation

  • []Download the zip or clone from GitHub[/]

    []Install dependencies:

    pip install -r requirements.txt[/]

    []Run the application:

    python app.py[/]

    []Open in browser: http://127. 0. 0. 1:5000[/]

    Configuration

    Click the ⚙️ Settings icon to enter API keys:

    • []TMDB — themoviedb.org[/]

      []SteamGridDB — steamgriddb.com[/]

      []IGDB — dev.twitch.tv (free Twitch Developer credentials)[/]

      []MyAnimeList — No key needed, works out of the box[/]

      The tool searches for your Movie Workshop folder automatically (Desktop, Downloads, Documents). You can also set the path manually in Settings.

      Writing a Plugin

      Drop a file named anything_plugin.py into plugins/. It will be loaded automatically on next startup.

      A plugin must subclass BasePlugin and implement search() and bulk_fetch(). It can optionally implement these UI hooks:

      • []sidebar_html() — Injects HTML into the sidebar[/]

        []head_html() — Injects into the page head (CSS etc.)[/]

        []body_html() — Injects into the page body (modals, panels)[/]

        []js_html() — Injects JavaScript[/]

        []routes(app) — Registers extra Flask routes

        See plugins/base.py for the full interface and docstrings.