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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

Game Poems — Issue #1: First Moves

by Game Poems Magazine

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Velocity

0.000

Game Poems — Issue #1: First Moves Velocity, last 14 days: flat across 14 days, 0.00 to 0.00 (low 0.00, high 0.00).

Confidence 20%

Confidence is the share of Velocity’s four components that could be measured for this game, scaled down again when there is less than a fortnight to measure over. Here, ratings had a measurable acceleration on 2026-10-17. Topic views and comments did not. We also have itch.io chart positions for it, which is the fourth component. It was observed on 14 of the last 14 days. How this is computed.

Which counter moved first

Lead and lag

30 days

Not enough of the ladder to compare.

Only ratings could be plotted, so there is no second counter to compare the timing against.

Lead and lag for Game Poems — Issue #1: First Moves, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-17, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 81 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 18Oct 17Ratings

Each line is scaled to its own change across these 30 days, so counters that differ by orders of magnitude can be compared by shape. The vertical gap is what matters: a line higher on the left took its change earlier. The real counts are in the legend, and the day-by-day numbers are below.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared81810
  • Topic views are not recorded for this game, so that rung is unmeasured — not zero.
  • Comments are not recorded for this game, so that rung is unmeasured — not zero.
The numbers behind the chart

The counter as we recorded it that day, and beside it the share of the window’s change it had reached — the value the chart plots.

DayRatings
Sep 1881
Sep 1981
Sep 2081
Sep 2181
Sep 2281
Sep 2381
Sep 2481
Sep 2581
Sep 2681
Sep 2781
Sep 2881
Sep 2981
Sep 3081
Oct 181
Oct 281
Oct 381
Oct 481
Oct 581
Oct 681
Oct 781
Oct 881
Oct 981
Oct 1081
Oct 1181
Oct 1281
Oct 1381
Oct 1481
Oct 1581
Oct 1681
Oct 1781
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion8100

A blank change is not a zero: the scoring pass refuses a window whose nearest observation is too stale to compare, rather than differencing two points that are not seven days apart.

Not our number

On itch.io's own charts

Categories

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · Other670-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Other chart across 50 readings: slipping, #66 to #67 (best #65, worst #68).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,278-4-19Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1232 to #1278 (best #1230, worst #1279).
On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #zine300Position on itch.io's Top rated · #zine chart across 39 readings: holding, #3 to #3 (best #3, worst #3).
Top rated · #abstract1000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #abstract chart across 59 readings: slipping, #9 to #10 (best #9, worst #11).
Top rated · #minimalist1900Position on itch.io's Top rated · #minimalist chart across 39 readings: holding, #19 to #19 (best #19, worst #19).
Top rated · #experimental2800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #experimental chart across 40 readings: holding, #28 to #28 (best #28, worst #28).
Top rated · #artgame3000Position on itch.io's Top rated · #artgame chart across 57 readings: holding, #30 to #30 (best #29, worst #30).
Top rated · #weird3400Position on itch.io's Top rated · #weird chart across 39 readings: slipping, #33 to #34 (best #33, worst #34).
Top rated · #surreal3800Position on itch.io's Top rated · #surreal chart across 39 readings: slipping, #37 to #38 (best #37, worst #38).
Top rated · #indie85-1-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #indie chart across 39 readings: slipping, #77 to #85 (best #77, worst #85).
Top rated · #short226-1-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 39 readings: slipping, #219 to #226 (best #219, worst #226).
Top rated · #no-ai553-2-19Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 39 readings: slipping, #523 to #553 (best #523, worst #553).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.96 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-20. itch.io publishes only the most recent devlog date, so anything posted before then leaves no trace here.

Go to the source

We hold counters and metadata only. Nothing on the game’s own page — its description, its screenshots, its build — is republished here, and everything worth reading about it is behind those links.