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itch.ioRank 10022026-10-16

The Second Thought or Please, Don't Touch Anything (Ludum Dare 31)

by Four Quarters team

Open on itch.io

Velocity

+0.002

The Second Thought or Please, Don't Touch Anything (Ludum Dare 31) Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.00 to 0.00 (low -0.01, 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 2026-10-16. 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 Second Thought or Please, Don't Touch Anything (Ludum Dare 31), 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: 590 to 592, up 2, most of that change came early in the window.150%100%50%0%-50%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. The axis runs past its ends because a counter went beyond its final value inside the window and came back — a deleted comment, a withdrawn rating. The scale is widened rather than the curve clipped, so the round trip stays visible.

Series — over Sep 18 to Oct 17

  • Ratings — people finished and cared590592+2
  • 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 18590
Sep 19591
Sep 20591
Sep 21591
Sep 22589
Sep 23590
Sep 24592
Sep 25592
Sep 26592
Sep 27593
Sep 28593
Sep 29593
Sep 30593
Oct 1593
Oct 2593
Oct 3592
Oct 4592
Oct 5592
Oct 6592
Oct 7592
Oct 8592
Oct 9592
Oct 10592
Oct 11592
Oct 12592
Oct 13592
Oct 14592
Oct 15592
Oct 16592
Oct 17592
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-17
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion5920+3

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 · Puzzle115-1+2Position on itch.io's Top rated · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: climbing, #117 to #115 (best #114, worst #121).
Top sellers · Puzzle826-6-28Position on itch.io's Top sellers · Puzzle chart across 50 readings: slipping, #777 to #826 (best #71, worst #830).

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated879-4+7Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 59 readings: climbing, #887 to #879 (best #874, worst #906).
Top sellers7,012-209-306Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 58 readings: slipping, #6644 to #7012 (best #620, worst #7012).
On 3 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #chiptune10+1Position on itch.io's Top rated · #chiptune chart across 41 readings: climbing, #2 to #1 (best #1, worst #2).
Top rated · #8-bit110+3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #8-bit chart across 59 readings: climbing, #13 to #11 (best #11, worst #14).
Top rated · #ludum-dare2100Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare chart across 39 readings: holding, #21 to #21 (best #21, worst #21).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.62 / 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.