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itch.ioRank 11612026-10-16

The Heart's Illumination

by Rae

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Velocity

0.000

The Heart's Illumination Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.02 to 0.00 (low -0.02, high 0.02).

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 2026-10-16. 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 Heart's Illumination, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-17 to 2026-10-16, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 54 to 55, up 1, most of that change came early in the window.100%50%0%Sep 17Oct 16Ratings

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 17 to Oct 16

  • Ratings — people finished and cared5455+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 1754
Sep 1854
Sep 1954
Sep 2054
Sep 2154
Sep 2254
Sep 2354
Sep 2454
Sep 2554
Sep 2654
Sep 2754
Sep 2855
Sep 2955
Sep 3055
Oct 155
Oct 255
Oct 355
Oct 455
Oct 555
Oct 655
Oct 755
Oct 855
Oct 955
Oct 1055
Oct 1155
Oct 1255
Oct 1355
Oct 1455
Oct 1555
Oct 1655
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion550+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

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Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-29
Price
free
Average rating
4.51 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-29. 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.