This is my first Ludum Dare, so I don't know how common installers are expected to be, but I've already downloaded - and then promptly skipped - 3 or 4 games because they were all installation wizards. I really, really don't want to install onto my computer a dozen different jam games that I might only ever play for a few minutes - meanwhile there are thousands of other non-installer games to me to rate.

Each of the installers that I've skipped so far were from GameMaker, which (at least when I last used it a year or two ago) had what was basically a single checkbox that allowed you to compile to a standalone .exe instead of an installer. Maybe this is just something of an oversight from developers? Or is there possibly some kind of technical/performance reason for doing this..?

Either way I usually just leave a comment kindly requesting a standalone client, then find a different game to rate. Does anyone else use a similar approach?