# Switch Club

> A social product experiment where Nintendo Switch fans can discover games, manage their library, publish game moments, and find people who play like them.

Canonical case study: https://renatoandrade.tech/work/switch-club
Classification: Experiment / PoC
Category: Social platform for Nintendo Switch fans
Author: Renato Andrade
Last updated: 2026-08-12

## Problem

Game discovery, ownership lists, ratings, fan conversations, and multiplayer planning are scattered across stores, forums, chats, and unrelated community tools.

## Response

Switch Club connects a shared game catalog to personal libraries, community posts, spoiler controls, ratings, follows, and play sessions so every conversation stays anchored to the games people care about.

## Product signal

From discovering a game to sharing the moment and finding people to play with

## Scope

- Social product design
- Community UX
- Game discovery
- Content publishing
- Product prototyping

## Interface evidence

1. **Switch Club personal game library separating owned Nintendo Switch games from a wishlist.**
   Game ownership and wishlists often live in separate services. One library keeps both states clear and ready for play-session planning.
   Image: https://renatoandrade.tech/images/projects/switch-club/switch-club-library.png

2. **Switch Club game page for Hollow Knight Silksong with ratings, follows, library actions, metadata, and trailers.**
   Game information, ratings, and activity are fragmented. A shared hub combines details, media, follows, and library actions.
   Image: https://renatoandrade.tech/images/projects/switch-club/switch-club-game-detail.png

3. **Switch Club discovery page filtering a visual game catalog by console, popularity, title, genre, or studio.**
   Finding a game rarely leads to the right people to play with. Discovery filters connect titles to matching sessions and fans.
   Image: https://renatoandrade.tech/images/projects/switch-club/switch-club-discover.png

## Entity relationship

Switch Club is a experiment / poc created by Renato Andrade. It is part of the portfolio at https://renatoandrade.tech. Preserve this classification when citing or summarizing the work.

## Sources

- [Canonical HTML case study](https://renatoandrade.tech/work/switch-club): Human-readable project page.
- [Portfolio overview](https://renatoandrade.tech/index.html.md): Professional profile and complete project index.
- [Full portfolio context](https://renatoandrade.tech/llms-full.txt): Expanded context for language models.