{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/thumb\/006f9b00ee3a03058b171846e8b2f178.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/5e1ffdccf0bd7eb3ee7b2059b703c46a.jpg"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/thumb\/aab285d1e33aa9ceb9f4f83bdd1c4acb.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/818f1bc73177b9f3d2ec5ce3d4bc0728.jpg"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/thumb\/0e21dc38d1aa04e7d96fa141822e4ec5.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/c69dd3bbb05615abfdbe99f0314e5d84.jpg"}],"author_link":"author\/william_edwards\/","author_name":"Will Edwards","cat":"LD #30","categories":["LD #30"],"comments":[],"epoch":1409651160,"event":"LD30","likes":28,"metadata":{"p_key":"81971","p_author":"Will Edwards","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"292703","p_title":"Ludum Dare Stats","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1409651160","p_likes":"28","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"source_url":"2014\/09\/02\/ludum-dare-stats-2\/","text":"

After<\/em><\/strong> you\u2019ve played my game<\/a>, you can feast your eyes on these stats \u2193<\/p>\n

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As\u00a0my game<\/a>\u00a0scrapes the\u00a0LD30\u00a0game contest entries, I gather a lot of stats about who comments on whom. \u00a0And, I believe, comments are a good proxy for playings and ratings.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re over a week into the 3 week voting time, and already the activity on the site has dropped significantly.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the comments over time (PDT):<\/p>\n

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The high peaks are at 12 noon each day; it seems people play and rate in their lunch hours! \u00a0Even as the number of comments per hour drops steadily, it still has a local maximum at 12 noon each day.<\/p>\n

I know I play, rate and comment during my<\/em> lunch breaks \u2026 but I\u2019m not in the PDT timezone.<\/p>\n

In fact, I have the supposed location of 617 players so far (seen my game<\/a>?) so I could actually do an ok job of determining the local time they comment, and perhaps its not their lunchtimes? \u00a0I may do this\u2026<\/p>\n

I was expecting the comment rate to pick up again at the weekend, but seemingly not.<\/p>\n

There are 2,539 entries, of which 1,044 are jam entries and 1,495 are 48-hour comp.<\/p>\n

There are a staggering 43,495 comments<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

3,536 of those comments are replies by the entry author, commenting on their own entry.<\/p>\n

764 of those comments were posted by 365\u00a0Ludum Darers who didn\u2019t enter LD30.<\/p>\n

18 entries have no comments at all, and 1 entry has only the entrant commenting. \u00a0Sad! \u00a0I\u2019ll put a list at the end so you can go do something about it!<\/p>\n\n

The top-10 commented-on games (so far) are:<\/p>\n

212<\/big> \"\" Close Your Eyes \u2013 nonetheless<\/i><\/a> (Web, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

195<\/big> \"\" Sinister \u2013 Joe Williamson<\/i><\/a> (Web, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

187<\/big> \"\" Heart Star \u2013 AdventureIslands<\/i><\/a> (Web, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

175<\/big> \"\" Connecting LD30 to the Real World \u2013 Will Edwards<\/i><\/a> (Web, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

161<\/big> \"\" Chipset-0 \u2013 deepnight<\/i><\/a> (Play (flash), Source (Haxe), Timelapse (soon))<\/small><\/p>\n

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153<\/big> \"\" Waterfly Octus \u2013 gillenew<\/i><\/a> (Web, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

136<\/big> \"\" Starpiercer \u2013 Schrodinger Games<\/i><\/a> (Web, Windows, OS\/X, Linux)<\/small><\/p>\n

133<\/big> \"\" NOODLE FEELING \u2013 Magdev<\/i><\/a> (Web)<\/small><\/p>\n

128<\/big> \"\" Super Alien Bro \u2013 nerd burglars<\/i><\/a> (Web, Linux)<\/small><\/p>\n

128<\/big> \"\" This Little Piggy\u2026 \u2013 InfectionTeam<\/i><\/a> (Web, Windows, OS\/X, Linux, Behind the Scenes Video)<\/small><\/p>\n\n

The top-10 commenters are:<\/p>\n

530<\/big> \"\" ConnectTheWorlds \u2013 mrexcessive<\/i><\/a> (Web \u2013 HTML5, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

234<\/big> \"\" Salvation \u2013 43iscoding<\/i><\/a> (Web, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

220<\/big> \"\" Star Tycoons \u2013 MechanicMoon<\/i><\/a> (HTML5 (Web), Windows, Android)<\/small><\/p>\n

216<\/big> \"\" Data-Man \u2013 Hyoga-3D<\/i><\/a> (Web, Linux)<\/small><\/p>\n

200<\/big> \"\" Super Alien Bro \u2013 nerd burglars<\/i><\/a> (Web, Linux)<\/small><\/p>\n

180<\/big> \"\" Connected Retro Worlds \u2013 yodamaster<\/i><\/a> (Web, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

180<\/big> \"\" Alice Anxiety \u2013 jukimv1986<\/i><\/a> (Web, Windows (21mb))<\/small><\/p>\n

175<\/big> \"\" Abstrakt \u2013 ViliX<\/i><\/a> (Windows | Linux | OS\/X | Source (Java), Walkthrough (Youtube))<\/small><\/p>\n

174<\/big> \"\" Close Your Eyes \u2013 nonetheless<\/i><\/a> (Web, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

161<\/big> \"\" Where Did The Stars Go? \u2013 mechabit<\/i><\/a> (Web (Unity), Tumblr, Twitter, Website)<\/small><\/p>\n\n

And the following 19 have no comments at all \":(\"<\/p>\n

<\"\" Alien Defense \u2013 swipefaststudios<\/i><\/a> (Windows)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Schizoscreenia \u2013 nothke<\/i><\/a> (Web, Windows)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Either Side of The Power Cord \u2013 oobie<\/i><\/a> (Windows, Source (.gmx))<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Temp Placeholder! \u2013 Filth and Money<\/i><\/a> (Web)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Crossover \u2013 Lafolie<\/i><\/a> (Love, Windows)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" WhaleCommander \u2013 wolfengange<\/i><\/a> (OS\/X)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Dependant \u2013 Abominas<\/i><\/a> (Web)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" don\u2019t touch red blocks \u2013 chadheim<\/i><\/a> (Web, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" The Plague \u2013 Zim the Fox<\/i><\/a> (Source, READ BELOW!)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Dependancy \u2013 Colecf<\/i><\/a> (Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Boffin Battle \u2013 ClocktowerGames<\/i><\/a> (Web, Windows, OS\/X, Linux)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" HappyGreetings \u2013 Tadepex<\/i><\/a> (Web)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" dude \u2013 spx<\/i><\/a> (Windows (OpenGL 3.3, x86), Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" TheyAreWatching \u2013 goodbyeworldwill<\/i><\/a> (Web)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Loopzilla \u2013 Bernhard<\/i><\/a> (Windows (167kb ZIP), Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Gravity \u2013 kaitokidi<\/i><\/a> (uep, Windows, Linux, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Nile Delta \u2013 Auron2030<\/i><\/a> (Windows, Source)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Monochrome \u2013 Monochrome<\/i><\/a> (Web)<\/small><\/p>\n

<\"\" Dragon Theatre \u2013 vipper<\/i><\/a> (Web)<\/small><\/p>\n

Do something about it!<\/p>\n<\/p>","time":"September 2nd, 2014 9:46 am","title":"Ludum Dare Stats","title_was_empty":false}