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itch.ioRank 12652026-10-17

The Writer Will Do Something

by Matthew Seiji Burns

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

The Writer Will Do Something Velocity, last 14 days: rising 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 The Writer Will Do Something, 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: 464 to 465, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.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 cared464465+1
  • 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 18464
Sep 19464
Sep 20464
Sep 21465
Sep 22465
Sep 23465
Sep 24465
Sep 25465
Sep 26465
Sep 27465
Sep 28465
Sep 29465
Sep 30465
Oct 1465
Oct 2465
Oct 3465
Oct 4465
Oct 5465
Oct 6465
Oct 7465
Oct 8465
Oct 9465
Oct 10465
Oct 11465
Oct 12465
Oct 13465
Oct 14465
Oct 15465
Oct 16465
Oct 17465
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion4650+1

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 · Other70+1+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · Other chart across 50 readings: holding, #70 to #70 (best #70, worst #71).
Top sellers · Other329-9-23Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Other chart across 50 readings: slipping, #308 to #329 (best #305, worst #333).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated1,341-2-9Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: slipping, #1311 to #1341 (best #1311, worst #1341).
Top sellers5,448-261-388Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: slipping, #5020 to #5448 (best #4897, worst #5448).
On 3 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #text-based59+2+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 39 readings: climbing, #61 to #59 (best #59, worst #61).
Top rated · #twine59+2+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #twine chart across 39 readings: climbing, #62 to #59 (best #59, worst #62).
Top rated · #story-rich2200-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #story-rich chart across 39 readings: slipping, #212 to #220 (best #212, worst #220).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.59 / 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.