{"author_link":"\/users\/cataclysmicknight","author_name":"CataclysmicKnight","author_uid":"cataclysmicknight","comments":[],"epoch":1697487553,"event":"LD54","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":382343,"likes":7,"metadata":{"p_key":"203993","p_author":"CataclysmicKnight","p_authorkey":"1189456","p_urlkey":"438594","p_title":"Don't forget to (optionally) rate games on Itch if you can!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD54","p_time":"1697487553","p_likes":"7","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1189456","us_name":"CataclysmicKnight","us_username":"cataclysmicknight","event_start":"1695945600","event_key":"117","event_name":"Ludum Dare 54"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD54","removed_author":false},"_superparent":371459,"_trust":3,"author":189456,"body":"What I personally do is play what I can on Itch, then comment there, rate it 5 stars if I liked it, comment the same thing here on Ludum Dare (maybe adding a little more critical feedback), and then give it my honest ratings here on Ludum Dare.\n\nOh, and if I really like it, I absolutely follow them on Itch \ud83e\udde1 \n\nI'd always heard that giving anything other than 5 stars on Itch actually hurts a game (as in, it's worse to give a game 4 stars than to not rate it at all), so what I do is: if I like a game, I rate it 5 stars. If I don't, I just don't rate it.\n\nObviously this isn't a requirement, and I'm NOT saying to lie about a game (or to do this for my game!). But ratings help on Itch :D And it feels nice to get notifications on there of people enjoying the game, so I'm assuming others feel the same.\n\nWith that said, I'm seeing lots of comments on a lot of the Itch pages, and that makes me so freaking happy! \ud83e\udde1 ","comments":0,"created":"2023-10-16T20:15:46Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":382343,"love":7,"love-timestamp":"2023-10-17T12:22:50Z","meta":[],"modified":"2023-10-17T12:22:50Z","name":"Don't forget to (optionally) rate games on Itch if you can!","node-timestamp":"2023-10-16T20:19:13Z","parent":371498,"parents":[1,5,9,371459,371498],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/54\/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-explode\/dont-forget-to-optionally-rate-games-on-itch-if-you-can","published":"2023-10-16T20:19:13Z","scope":"public","slug":"dont-forget-to-optionally-rate-games-on-itch-if-you-can","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1191071},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"382343","n_urlkey":"438594","n_parent":"371498","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/54\/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-explode\/dont-forget-to-optionally-rate-games-on-itch-if-you-can","n_slug":"dont-forget-to-optionally-rate-g","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"189456","n_created":"1697487346","n_modified":"1697545370","n_version":"1191071","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/54\/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-explode\/dont-forget-to-optionally-rate-games-on-itch-if-you-can","text":"What I personally do is play what I can on Itch, then comment there, rate it 5 stars if I liked it, comment the same thing here on Ludum Dare (maybe adding a little more critical feedback), and then give it my honest ratings here on Ludum Dare.\n\nOh, and if I really like it, I absolutely follow them on Itch \ud83e\udde1 \n\nI'd always heard that giving anything other than 5 stars on Itch actually hurts a game (as in, it's worse to give a game 4 stars than to not rate it at all), so what I do is: if I like a game, I rate it 5 stars. If I don't, I just don't rate it.\n\nObviously this isn't a requirement, and I'm NOT saying to lie about a game (or to do this for my game!). But ratings help on Itch :D And it feels nice to get notifications on there of people enjoying the game, so I'm assuming others feel the same.\n\nWith that said, I'm seeing lots of comments on a lot of the Itch pages, and that makes me so freaking happy! \ud83e\udde1 ","title":"Don't forget to (optionally) rate games on Itch if you can!","wayback_source":[]}