{"author_link":"\/users\/endlessplumber","author_name":"EndlessPlumber","author_uid":"endlessplumber","comments":[],"epoch":1493386718,"event":"LD38","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":28895,"likes":22,"metadata":{"p_key":"91821","p_author":"EndlessPlumber","p_authorkey":"1010484","p_urlkey":"304739","p_title":"Having problems finding games? Try using Feedback Friends!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD38","p_time":"1493386718","p_likes":"22","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1010484","us_name":"EndlessPlumber","us_username":"endlessplumber","event_start":"1492732800","event_key":"69","event_name":"LD 38"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD38","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9405,"_trust":1,"author":10484,"body":"Hey guys,\n\nIt's been floating around this week, but I wanted to again bring up the excellent [LD Feedback Friends](http:\/\/feedback.ld.intricati.com\/?event=9405&query=&sorting=coolness) as a good option for finding new games to play.\n\n**http:\/\/feedback.ld.intricati.com\/**\n![ldff.png](\/\/\/raw\/4f8\/2\/z\/2aa1.png)\n*A sleek, easy-to-use option for finding LD games*\n\n**What's so good about this site?**\n\nWell, two things. First, it implements a cover art for entries, so you can kind of see what each game is like.\n\nThe second, most important thing, is that it ranks games by something analogous to Coolness. Jammers who leave feedback gain points, and the ratio of points of feedback given vs. points of feedback received is used to rank games. **This means the first games you'll see are ones whose devs help out the community, but need feedback themselves.** There's also an option to 'Rescue' games with high given points that haven't received *any* feedback yet. \n\nI think this is a cool way to reward participation in the community, and help spread feedback across many games. As games receive feedback, their points equalize and they fall down in the ratings, so you should be seeing a different sets of games as over time the relative point scores change.\n\nIf you think all of that is crap, or just too complicated, there's also a random sort option.\n","comments":9,"comments-timestamp":"2017-04-29T10:52:51Z","created":"2017-04-28T13:25:14Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":28895,"love":22,"love-timestamp":"2017-05-13T22:52:14Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-05-13T22:52:14Z","name":"Having problems finding games? Try using Feedback Friends!","node-timestamp":"2017-04-28T13:41:01Z","parent":16615,"parents":[1,5,9,9405,16615],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/blocknauts\/having-problems-finding-games-try-using-feedback-friends","published":"2017-04-28T13:38:38Z","scope":"public","slug":"having-problems-finding-games-try-using-feedback-friends","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":70651},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"28895","n_urlkey":"304739","n_parent":"16615","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/blocknauts\/having-problems-finding-games-try-using-feedback-friends","n_slug":"having-problems-finding-games-tr","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"10484","n_created":"1493385914","n_modified":"1494715934","n_version":"70651","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/blocknauts\/having-problems-finding-games-try-using-feedback-friends","text":"Hey guys,\n\nIt's been floating around this week, but I wanted to again bring up the excellent [LD Feedback Friends](http:\/\/feedback.ld.intricati.com\/?event=9405&query=&sorting=coolness) as a good option for finding new games to play.\n\n**http:\/\/feedback.ld.intricati.com\/**\n![ldff.png](\/\/\/raw\/4f8\/2\/z\/2aa1.png)\n*A sleek, easy-to-use option for finding LD games*\n\n**What's so good about this site?**\n\nWell, two things. First, it implements a cover art for entries, so you can kind of see what each game is like.\n\nThe second, most important thing, is that it ranks games by something analogous to Coolness. Jammers who leave feedback gain points, and the ratio of points of feedback given vs. points of feedback received is used to rank games. **This means the first games you'll see are ones whose devs help out the community, but need feedback themselves.** There's also an option to 'Rescue' games with high given points that haven't received *any* feedback yet. \n\nI think this is a cool way to reward participation in the community, and help spread feedback across many games. As games receive feedback, their points equalize and they fall down in the ratings, so you should be seeing a different sets of games as over time the relative point scores change.\n\nIf you think all of that is crap, or just too complicated, there's also a random sort option.\n","title":"Having problems finding games? Try using Feedback Friends!","wayback_source":[]}