{"author_name":"cahman","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1367446860,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"42842","p_author":"cahman","p_authorkey":"20494","p_urlkey":"78477","p_title":"MIN(Ball) \u2013 By the Numbers","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367446860","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"20494","us_name":"cahman","us_username":"cahman","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"

Besides being the premiere minimalistic puzzle platformer featuring a spherical protagonist and submitted by a user whose name begins with “c” and ends in “ahman,” my game MIN(Ball)<\/a> has a per level high score system.<\/p>\n

Looking at my server access logs, I realized the game makes a database access at the end of every level.\u00a0 A little filtering later, BOOM!\u00a0 A plot of showing how far players get in the game.\u00a0 In case anyone likes data, or funny looking plots, I thought I’d share the results:<\/p>\n

1May2013<\/p>\n

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I’ll try to update this picture daily.<\/p>\n

<\/span>2May 20183<\/p>\n

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* Astute observers might notice more people beat level 9 than level 8.\u00a0 How could that be?\u00a0 Well, someone beat level 9, then decided to play it again.<\/p>\n

3May2013
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7May2013
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\n Daily updates might have been a little over optimistic.\u00a0 Especially since the play numbers have started to level off.<\/p>\n

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Data, of course, begs for interpretation.\u00a0 Most people wash out on Level 4.\u00a0 Is that level too hard?\u00a0 Does the difficulty ramp up too quickly?\u00a0 Is Level 4, about 5 minutes into the game, the typical LD review time?\u00a0 Or am I looking for trends in more or less random noise?\u00a0 I’m very curious to hear others’ input.<\/p>\n

Cheers!
\n Cahman<\/p>\n \n

Tags: analysis<\/a>, data<\/a>, graphs<\/a>, ramblings<\/a><\/p>","time":"May 1st, 2013 5:21 pm","title":"MIN(Ball) \u2013 By the Numbers"}