{"author_link":"\/users\/thewustache","author_name":"TheWustache","author_uid":"thewustache","comments":[],"epoch":1602409324,"event":"LD47","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":222325,"likes":5,"metadata":{"p_key":"147591","p_author":"TheWustache","p_authorkey":"1101961","p_urlkey":"364039","p_title":"Impact Juggling: How's the leaderboard looking?","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD47","p_time":"1602409324","p_likes":"5","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1101961","us_name":"TheWustache","us_username":"thewustache","event_start":"1601596800","event_key":"76","event_name":"Ludum Dare 47"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD47","removed_author":false},"_superparent":212256,"_trust":5,"author":101961,"body":"Impact Juggling is a fast-paced arcade game all about keeping up to four balls in the air while racking up points. It also has a rather small feature that I'm nonetheless proud of: an online leaderboard.\n\n![demo_gif_small.gif](\/\/\/raw\/94e\/81\/z\/39f1f.gif)\n\nBefore the jam, I was already toying with the idea of adding an online leaderboard to my game, so I [prepared a backend for that and published it here](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/impact-juggling\/want-an-online-leaderboard). Luckily, I got to use it! And man, I'm glad I did. Seeing the scores you guys achieved is every bit as awesome as I imagined. I know that people have to play the game to rate it, but now that fact somehow feels more *real*.\n\nLet's have a look at the current score distribution. There have been a total of 81 submissions. The histogram below excludes the top three scores because they are so much higher that the graph would have been useless.\n\n![out_plot.png](\/\/\/raw\/94e\/81\/z\/39fa7.png)\n\nThe mean of all scores is about 911 and the median 470.\n\nClearly, this game isn't exactly easy :sweat_smile: That's usually the case with my jam games. But most players seem to do really well!\n\nThe in-game leaderboard only shows the top ten scores, but you can take a look at the entire leaderboard [here](https:\/\/www.leonardgeier.com\/leaderboard).\n\nThe current highscore lies at a whopping **13320**, which is absolutely insane! I did *not* expect anyone get a score that high. Congrats ben!\n\n## \ud83c\udfbe [Think you can beat the highscore? Test your skills here!](https:\/\/battlesalad.itch.io\/impact-juggling) \ud83c\udfbe\n[(And don't forget to rate the game!)](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/impact-juggling)","comments":0,"created":"2020-10-02T22:13:57Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":222325,"love":5,"love-timestamp":"2020-10-11T11:07:47Z","meta":[],"modified":"2020-10-11T11:07:47Z","name":"Impact Juggling: How's the leaderboard looking?","node-timestamp":"2020-10-11T09:45:12Z","parent":218004,"parents":[1,5,9,212256,218004],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/impact-juggling\/impact-juggling-hows-the-leaderboard-looking","published":"2020-10-11T09:42:04Z","scope":"public","slug":"impact-juggling-hows-the-leaderboard-looking","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":703841},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"222325","n_urlkey":"364039","n_parent":"218004","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/impact-juggling\/impact-juggling-hows-the-leaderboard-looking","n_slug":"impact-juggling-hows-the-leaderb","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"101961","n_created":"1601676837","n_modified":"1602414467","n_version":"703841","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/impact-juggling\/impact-juggling-hows-the-leaderboard-looking","text":"Impact Juggling is a fast-paced arcade game all about keeping up to four balls in the air while racking up points. It also has a rather small feature that I'm nonetheless proud of: an online leaderboard.\n\n![demo_gif_small.gif](\/\/\/raw\/94e\/81\/z\/39f1f.gif)\n\nBefore the jam, I was already toying with the idea of adding an online leaderboard to my game, so I [prepared a backend for that and published it here](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/impact-juggling\/want-an-online-leaderboard). Luckily, I got to use it! And man, I'm glad I did. Seeing the scores you guys achieved is every bit as awesome as I imagined. I know that people have to play the game to rate it, but now that fact somehow feels more *real*.\n\nLet's have a look at the current score distribution. There have been a total of 81 submissions. The histogram below excludes the top three scores because they are so much higher that the graph would have been useless.\n\n![out_plot.png](\/\/\/raw\/94e\/81\/z\/39fa7.png)\n\nThe mean of all scores is about 911 and the median 470.\n\nClearly, this game isn't exactly easy :sweat_smile: That's usually the case with my jam games. But most players seem to do really well!\n\nThe in-game leaderboard only shows the top ten scores, but you can take a look at the entire leaderboard [here](https:\/\/www.leonardgeier.com\/leaderboard).\n\nThe current highscore lies at a whopping **13320**, which is absolutely insane! I did *not* expect anyone get a score that high. Congrats ben!\n\n## \ud83c\udfbe [Think you can beat the highscore? Test your skills here!](https:\/\/battlesalad.itch.io\/impact-juggling) \ud83c\udfbe\n[(And don't forget to rate the game!)](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/impact-juggling)","title":"Impact Juggling: How's the leaderboard looking?","wayback_source":[]}