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itch.ioRank 10272026-10-11

Why Can't I Just Speak Normally To My High School Crush?!

by Pure Jam Games

Open on itch.io

Velocity

0.000

Why Can't I Just Speak Normally To My High School Crush?! 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 2026-10-11. 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 Why Can't I Just Speak Normally To My High School Crush?!, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 241 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 12Oct 11Ratings

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 12 to Oct 11

  • Ratings — people finished and cared2412410
  • 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 12241
Sep 13241
Sep 14241
Sep 15241
Sep 16241
Sep 17241
Sep 18241
Sep 19241
Sep 20241
Sep 21241
Sep 22241
Sep 23241
Sep 24241
Sep 25241
Sep 26241
Sep 27241
Sep 28241
Sep 29241
Sep 30241
Oct 1241
Oct 2241
Oct 3241
Oct 4241
Oct 5241
Oct 6241
Oct 7241
Oct 8241
Oct 9241
Oct 10241
Oct 11241
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-11
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion24100

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

On 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #gmtkjam71+1-1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gmtkjam chart across 33 readings: slipping, #70 to #71 (best #70, worst #72).
Top rated · #physics96-2-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #physics chart across 33 readings: slipping, #91 to #96 (best #91, worst #96).
Top rated · #weird1630-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #weird chart across 33 readings: slipping, #157 to #163 (best #157, worst #164).
Top rated · #funny282-5-9Position on itch.io's Top rated · #funny chart across 33 readings: slipping, #272 to #282 (best #272, worst #282).
Top rated · #casual370-2-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #casual chart across 35 readings: slipping, #363 to #370 (best #363, worst #371).
Top rated · #narrative555-3-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 33 readings: slipping, #542 to #555 (best #541, worst #557).
Top rated · #cute923-1-7Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 35 readings: slipping, #913 to #923 (best #913, worst #925).
Top rated · #romance1,1920-32Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 33 readings: slipping, #1159 to #1192 (best #1159, worst #1207).
Top rated · #short1,371+1-26Position on itch.io's Top rated · #short chart across 33 readings: slipping, #1344 to #1371 (best #1344, worst #1383).
Top rated · #2d1,801+13-38Position on itch.io's Top rated · #2d chart across 53 readings: slipping, #1748 to #1801 (best #1747, worst #1820).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.38 / 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

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