{"author_name":"Will Edwards","cat":"LD #30","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"September 13, 2014 6:39 am","epoch":1410608340,"text":"Leaving a comment is optional so the people who are trying to game the system by speed-rating a lot of games just don’t leave any comment.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Sunflower","time":"September 15, 2014 3:39 am","epoch":1410770340,"text":"“your game” links to some unrelated blog post. I guess you need to put “http:\/\/” at the beginning. ^^”","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"DvanderAart","time":"September 15, 2014 7:57 am","epoch":1410785820,"text":"Do you have access to data i don’t see? How can you tell how many people have rated you?","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"September 15, 2014 8:35 am","epoch":1410788100,"text":"This is the part I wish i had more time for… doing lots of blog posts about the jam to raise my game’s visibility to get more votes. Not doing so makes it seem like my game will suffer in ratings due to my lack of total dedication to the cause. \":(\" ah well","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1410768300,"likes":12,"metadata":{"p_key":"26205","p_author":"Will Edwards","p_authorkey":"10313","p_urlkey":"61630","p_title":"Ludum Dare Comment Ratios","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1410768300","p_likes":"12","p_comments":"5","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10313","us_name":"Will Edwards","us_username":"william_edwards","event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"text":"

Last Day of rating time left, folks! \u00a0Get playing, get commenting!<\/h2>\n

And after<\/strong><\/em> you’ve played my game<\/a>, you can ponder\u00a0these stats:<\/big><\/p>\n

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This shows what percentage of contestants have commented on others games.<\/big><\/p>\n

I had suspected that a lot of players comment in quick succession on different games, suggesting that they hadn’t actually played them in any depth. \u00a0However, thankfully, the stats really don’t back that up. \u00a0There are some examples, but really surprisingly rare. \u00a0People really don’t sit down and speed-rate and comment a lot of games; lets hope for the best that they are playing<\/em> them instead \ud83d\ude09<\/big><\/p>\n

As my game relies on people commenting, I’m eager to get everyone commenting. \u00a0Here’s my game’s penetration:<\/big><\/p>\n

We are tracking the location of 721 LD30 contestants.<\/big><\/p>\n

524 contestants have successfully<\/em> used the game, entering their user name and looking at the map; that’s 20% !!!<\/big><\/p>\n

56% of these have been back more than once! \u00a0The median is 3 repeat visits!<\/big><\/p>\n

450 contestants have updated their location in the game; the other 74 were satisfied with the game’s guess.<\/big><\/p>\n

But, here’s the kicker<\/strong>, only<\/em> 324 have rated my game \":(\"<\/big><\/p>\n

And only 202 people have have commented on my game. \u00a0A handful are not contestants, but the rest … I can’t see you light up on my map \":(\" \u00a0Here’s how my map is lit up when I check it now:<\/big><\/p>\n

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I would like you all to go comment on other people’s game, not just my own!<\/big><\/p>\n

Last\u00a0Day\u00a0Now… you know what to do!<\/big><\/p>\n

Now Go Play and Comment!<\/h2>","time":"September 15th, 2014 3:05 am","title":"Ludum Dare Comment Ratios"}