{"author_link":"\/users\/jorgegamedev","author_name":"JorgeGameDev","author_uid":"jorgegamedev","comments":[],"epoch":1621728603,"event":"LD48","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":257392,"likes":8,"metadata":{"p_key":"83405","p_author":"JorgeGameDev","p_authorkey":"1000094","p_urlkey":"294143","p_title":"A Shining Sparkle at the Abyss! Vast Trivia Of The Void\u2019s Ludum Dare Results!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD48","p_time":"1621728603","p_likes":"8","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1000094","us_name":"JorgeGameDev","us_username":"jorgegamedev","event_start":"1619222400","event_key":"109","event_name":"Ludum Dare 48"},"node":{"id":257392,"parent":242733,"_superparent":233335,"author":94,"type":"post","subtype":"","subsubtype":"","published":"2021-05-23T00:10:03Z","created":"2021-05-23T00:06:04Z","modified":"2021-05-28T13:36:36Z","_trust":3,"version":792521,"slug":"a-shining-sparkle-at-the-abyss-vast-trivia-of-the-voids-ludum-dare-results","name":"A Shining Sparkle at the Abyss! Vast Trivia Of The Void\u2019s Ludum Dare Results!","body":"![Results Post Banner.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a24.png)\n\n**Another _Ludum Dare_ season has come to an end and the show\u2019s over!** However, we still have our results to look at! **How did our game, [*Vast Trivia Of The Void*](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/vast-trivia-of-the-void), perform this _Ludum Dare_? :whale:**\n\n![Title Screen Logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a27.png)\n\n![Whalechan Logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a26.png)\n\n**Game jam results are always interesting to analyse.** Should we be worried if we went down on stats? Do the ratings show actual improvement? *What can we learn from the results we get at the end of the jam?*\n\n**Before we do that though, we want to thank every single one of you!** Whether you played our game, submitted questions for our trivia, or just did your part to keep the *Ludum Dare* experience running, you\u2019re amazing! **Thank you for making this a great experience for us all, and regardless of your own results, we hope you\u2019re proud of the game you\u2019ve created! :clap:**\n\n**Now then, let\u2019s see what happened this time around! :point_down:**\n\n![VTOTVResults.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a29.png)\n\n**Not bad at all!** We got over *100 ratings* on all the categories, which means that the results should accurately portray the average jammer\u2019s opinion towards our game. **In previous jams, we have made a _Google Sheet_ with all the results we\u2019ve got across _Ludum Dare_, so let\u2019s add in this jam and compare how we stack up!**\n\n![VTOTVRankings.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a2a.png)\n\n**Our highlights this time around were _Graphics_ and _Audio_, and the _Overall_ is pretty fantastic!** The *Theme* rank was admittedly a complete disaster, making it the first time we\u2019ve landed ourselves a *sub-1000* rank. But to be honest, of all the categories, that\u2019s the one we tend to concern ourselves the least about. **The most important thing for us is to have a game done at the end of the jam, even if the theme\u2019s interpretation is a bit of a stretch!**\n\n**But the important question is, how do the ratings themselves stack up against our previous entries?** Did the lower ranks mean that we didn\u2019t do as well as on previous jams?\n\n![VTOTVRatings.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a2b.png)\n\n**Turns out that _Vast Trivia Of The Void_ actually scored the highest rating of all our previous _Ludum Dare_ games in four categories: _Overall_, _Fun_, _Audio_ and _Mood_!** Basically, when it comes to _design, programming, music and sound_, our team knocked it out of the park.\n\nFor a more fair comparison, in our sheet we\u2019ve added a new average that weighs only ***Fun***, ***Graphics*** and ***Audio***. We can associate these with the tangible skills of the team: *Programming*, *Art* and well, *Audio*. **With that average being of 4.36, _Vast Trivia_ seems to be our best constructed game for a _Ludum Dare_ to date!**\n\n**This is why it\u2019s important to always take into consideration not only your ranking, but also your ratings!** If we only look at the ranks we\u2019ve got, it would seem that our performance was not as good as previous games. However, when we look at the game\u2019s ratings in context, the improvement becomes clearer and much more measurable\n\n**The lower ranks don't mean you did worse, but rather that there were many more high quality games this time around!**\n\n![Pawns Logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a28.png)\n\n**Nowadays, a lot more games that are created during _Ludum Dare_ make it to commercial releases in the post-jam, regardless of the ranks and ratings they had during the event.** Did you know that both [*Dorfomantik*](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/dorfromantik) and [*Friday Night Funkin\u2019*](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/friday-night-funkin) started as *Ludum Dare* entries? **And look at the massive following they have nowadays!** \n\n**If you\u2019re proud of the game you have and want to continue working on it, please do!** Take the feedback from the comments you\u2019ve got, and push your game even further! :muscle:\n\n[![DiscordBanner2021.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a2c.png)](http:\/\/discord.whalesandgames.com\/)\n\nAll things considered, we had a great time seeing what you and the community have made this time around! Genuinely good stuff left and right! **Seeing all of these inspiring submissions and community is always a treat!**\n\n**Finally, we\u2019d love to stay in contact with y\u2019all! Some of you have already dropped by our [_Discord_ server](http:\/\/discord.whalesandgames.com\/) to say hello, but everyone is welcome!** But if [***Discord***](http:\/\/discord.whalesandgames.com\/) is not your thing, we have our [***Twitter***](https:\/\/twitter.com\/whalesandgames) profile as well! We\u2019re really eager to show you more we\u2019ve got in the plans for this year!\n\n**Thanks a lot for reading!** Here\u2019s hoping to see you around next _Ludum Dare_! :sparkles:","scope":"public","node-timestamp":"2021-05-23T00:16:07Z","meta":[],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/vast-trivia-of-the-void\/a-shining-sparkle-at-the-abyss-vast-trivia-of-the-voids-ludum-dare-results","parents":[1,5,9,233335,242733],"files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"love":8,"love-timestamp":"2021-05-28T13:36:36Z","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2021-05-23T03:35:50Z","_wayback":{"timestamp":"20250406233300","url":"http:\/\/api.ldjam.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/238013+237987+237953+237948+237940+237922+237912+237891+237885+237877+237873+237835+237832+237825+237823+257416+257412+257403+257402+257401+207020+257393+257392+257391+257382+257374+257367+257368+257363+257359?author&parent&superparent"}},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"257392","n_urlkey":"294143","n_parent":"242733","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/vast-trivia-of-the-void\/a-shining-sparkle-at-the-abyss-vast-trivia-of-the-voids-ludum-dare-results","n_slug":"a-shining-sparkle-at-the-abyss-v","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"94","n_created":"1621728364","n_modified":"1622208996","n_version":"792521","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/vast-trivia-of-the-void\/a-shining-sparkle-at-the-abyss-vast-trivia-of-the-voids-ludum-dare-results","text":"![Results Post Banner.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a24.png)\n\n**Another _Ludum Dare_ season has come to an end and the show\u2019s over!** However, we still have our results to look at! **How did our game, [*Vast Trivia Of The Void*](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/vast-trivia-of-the-void), perform this _Ludum Dare_? :whale:**\n\n![Title Screen Logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a27.png)\n\n![Whalechan Logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a26.png)\n\n**Game jam results are always interesting to analyse.** Should we be worried if we went down on stats? Do the ratings show actual improvement? *What can we learn from the results we get at the end of the jam?*\n\n**Before we do that though, we want to thank every single one of you!** Whether you played our game, submitted questions for our trivia, or just did your part to keep the *Ludum Dare* experience running, you\u2019re amazing! **Thank you for making this a great experience for us all, and regardless of your own results, we hope you\u2019re proud of the game you\u2019ve created! :clap:**\n\n**Now then, let\u2019s see what happened this time around! :point_down:**\n\n![VTOTVResults.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a29.png)\n\n**Not bad at all!** We got over *100 ratings* on all the categories, which means that the results should accurately portray the average jammer\u2019s opinion towards our game. **In previous jams, we have made a _Google Sheet_ with all the results we\u2019ve got across _Ludum Dare_, so let\u2019s add in this jam and compare how we stack up!**\n\n![VTOTVRankings.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a2a.png)\n\n**Our highlights this time around were _Graphics_ and _Audio_, and the _Overall_ is pretty fantastic!** The *Theme* rank was admittedly a complete disaster, making it the first time we\u2019ve landed ourselves a *sub-1000* rank. But to be honest, of all the categories, that\u2019s the one we tend to concern ourselves the least about. **The most important thing for us is to have a game done at the end of the jam, even if the theme\u2019s interpretation is a bit of a stretch!**\n\n**But the important question is, how do the ratings themselves stack up against our previous entries?** Did the lower ranks mean that we didn\u2019t do as well as on previous jams?\n\n![VTOTVRatings.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a2b.png)\n\n**Turns out that _Vast Trivia Of The Void_ actually scored the highest rating of all our previous _Ludum Dare_ games in four categories: _Overall_, _Fun_, _Audio_ and _Mood_!** Basically, when it comes to _design, programming, music and sound_, our team knocked it out of the park.\n\nFor a more fair comparison, in our sheet we\u2019ve added a new average that weighs only ***Fun***, ***Graphics*** and ***Audio***. We can associate these with the tangible skills of the team: *Programming*, *Art* and well, *Audio*. **With that average being of 4.36, _Vast Trivia_ seems to be our best constructed game for a _Ludum Dare_ to date!**\n\n**This is why it\u2019s important to always take into consideration not only your ranking, but also your ratings!** If we only look at the ranks we\u2019ve got, it would seem that our performance was not as good as previous games. However, when we look at the game\u2019s ratings in context, the improvement becomes clearer and much more measurable\n\n**The lower ranks don't mean you did worse, but rather that there were many more high quality games this time around!**\n\n![Pawns Logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a28.png)\n\n**Nowadays, a lot more games that are created during _Ludum Dare_ make it to commercial releases in the post-jam, regardless of the ranks and ratings they had during the event.** Did you know that both [*Dorfomantik*](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/dorfromantik) and [*Friday Night Funkin\u2019*](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/friday-night-funkin) started as *Ludum Dare* entries? **And look at the massive following they have nowadays!** \n\n**If you\u2019re proud of the game you have and want to continue working on it, please do!** Take the feedback from the comments you\u2019ve got, and push your game even further! :muscle:\n\n[![DiscordBanner2021.png](\/\/\/raw\/e5\/z\/42a2c.png)](http:\/\/discord.whalesandgames.com\/)\n\nAll things considered, we had a great time seeing what you and the community have made this time around! Genuinely good stuff left and right! **Seeing all of these inspiring submissions and community is always a treat!**\n\n**Finally, we\u2019d love to stay in contact with y\u2019all! Some of you have already dropped by our [_Discord_ server](http:\/\/discord.whalesandgames.com\/) to say hello, but everyone is welcome!** But if [***Discord***](http:\/\/discord.whalesandgames.com\/) is not your thing, we have our [***Twitter***](https:\/\/twitter.com\/whalesandgames) profile as well! We\u2019re really eager to show you more we\u2019ve got in the plans for this year!\n\n**Thanks a lot for reading!** Here\u2019s hoping to see you around next _Ludum Dare_! :sparkles:","title":"A Shining Sparkle at the Abyss! Vast Trivia Of The Void\u2019s Ludum Dare Results!","wayback_source":{"timestamp":"20250406233300","url":"http:\/\/api.ldjam.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/238013+237987+237953+237948+237940+237922+237912+237891+237885+237877+237873+237835+237832+237825+237823+257416+257412+257403+257402+257401+207020+257393+257392+257391+257382+257374+257367+257368+257363+257359?author&parent&superparent"}}