{"author_link":"\/users\/jezzamon","author_name":"Jezzamon","author_uid":"jezzamon","comments":[],"epoch":1602563802,"event":"LD47","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":231081,"likes":13,"metadata":{"p_key":"151431","p_author":"Jezzamon","p_authorkey":"1000095","p_urlkey":"367936","p_title":"Idea: Adding a \"I completed this\" checkbox to the game rating page","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD47","p_time":"1602563802","p_likes":"13","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1000095","us_name":"Jezzamon","us_username":"jezzamon","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":12,"author":95,"body":"I think it'd be interesting to see how many people were actually able to complete a game before leaving a rating. I don't think we should require it to leave a rating, but rather have it as an extra piece of feedback for games.\n\nA lot of games end up being too hard, or too long for people to complete. Or they don't have a strong enough hook, people play them for a bit and then give up. And of course, a lot of the people rating games aren't that invested in spending a lot of time, and move on quickly. It's sad as gamedev to see that, but also its a reality which we have to design around! So I think having a checkbox would be helpful to figure out whether a game should try to be shorter, or have a better hook, or what.\n\nIt'd probably have a slight effect to encourage people to make the effort to play longer, although I'm thinking the main advantage would be the feedback.\n\nThoughts?","comments":4,"comments-timestamp":"2020-10-13T11:24:33Z","created":"2020-10-13T04:31:52Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":231081,"love":13,"love-timestamp":"2020-10-14T05:55:23Z","meta":[],"modified":"2020-10-14T05:55:23Z","name":"Idea: Adding a \"I completed this\" checkbox to the game rating page","node-timestamp":"2020-10-13T04:36:42Z","parent":219474,"parents":[1,5,9,212256,219474],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/phone-tree-of-despair\/idea-adding-a-i-completed-this-checkbox-to-the-game-rating-page","published":"2020-10-13T04:36:42Z","scope":"public","slug":"idea-adding-a-i-completed-this-checkbox-to-the-game-rating-page","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":704982},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"231081","n_urlkey":"367936","n_parent":"219474","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/phone-tree-of-despair\/idea-adding-a-i-completed-this-checkbox-to-the-game-rating-page","n_slug":"idea-adding-a-i-completed-this-c","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"95","n_created":"1602563512","n_modified":"1602654923","n_version":"704982","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/phone-tree-of-despair\/idea-adding-a-i-completed-this-checkbox-to-the-game-rating-page","text":"I think it'd be interesting to see how many people were actually able to complete a game before leaving a rating. I don't think we should require it to leave a rating, but rather have it as an extra piece of feedback for games.\n\nA lot of games end up being too hard, or too long for people to complete. Or they don't have a strong enough hook, people play them for a bit and then give up. And of course, a lot of the people rating games aren't that invested in spending a lot of time, and move on quickly. It's sad as gamedev to see that, but also its a reality which we have to design around! So I think having a checkbox would be helpful to figure out whether a game should try to be shorter, or have a better hook, or what.\n\nIt'd probably have a slight effect to encourage people to make the effort to play longer, although I'm thinking the main advantage would be the feedback.\n\nThoughts?","title":"Idea: Adding a \"I completed this\" checkbox to the game rating page","wayback_source":[]}