{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/mghareeb32\/","author_name":"MSiddeek","cat":"LD #34","categories":["LD #34"],"comments":[],"epoch":1452003000,"event":"LD34","likes":16,"metadata":{"p_key":"84870","p_author":"MSiddeek","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"295628","p_title":"Random Thoughts About Votes","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1452003000","p_likes":"16","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"source_url":"2016\/01\/05\/random-thoughts-about-votes\/","text":"

I noticed that some of the top entries only got 10-15 comments. I\u2019m not saying this is good or bad, but I can guess that these entries didn\u2019t get that many votes. However, they were very successful<\/em> in captivating their first score of voters. I always thought that getting to the top meant more votes \u2014 Turns out I\u2019m wrong. I wanted to hear your thoughts on this guys. Do you prefer less or more votes on your game?<\/p>\n

Many Votes<\/strong>\nI prefer to have more votes on my game, because the more feedback I get the better I learn from the experience. Plus statistics tells us that a larger sample always gives us better confidence in our stats (namely \u201cmean game score\u201d in this case). With a big sample, outlier bad votes should not affect the overall score. An example outlier comment on my game:\n\"x\"<\/p>\n

Few Votes<\/strong>\nIf you\u2019re confident enough that your game will land at the appropriate player base, you may want to take the risk. This may not<\/em> be totally due to luck though. If you take this approach, you have to perfect the game so that it\u2019s accessible to a very wide player base. A good thing with not trying for many votes is that you don\u2019t have to look like an \u201cattention seeking dev\u201d.<\/p>\n

Again, those those are just some random thoughts.\n<\/p>","time":"January 5th, 2016 2:10 pm","title":"Random Thoughts About Votes","title_was_empty":false}