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itch.ioRank 25662026-10-10

i was trying to make a game, but my dog was sitting on my lap

by Laiska

Open on itch.io

Velocity

-0.033

i was trying to make a game, but my dog was sitting on my lap Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.00 to -0.03 (low -0.03, high 0.03).

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 2026-10-10. 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 i was trying to make a game, but my dog was sitting on my lap, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-10, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 30 to 31, up 1, most of that change came late in the window.100%50%0%Sep 11Oct 10Ratings

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 11 to Oct 10

  • Ratings — people finished and cared3031+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 1130
Sep 1230
Sep 1330
Sep 1430
Sep 1530
Sep 1630
Sep 1730
Sep 1830
Sep 1930
Sep 2030
Sep 2130
Sep 2230
Sep 2330
Sep 2430
Sep 2530
Sep 2630
Sep 2730
Sep 2830
Sep 2930
Sep 3030
Oct 130
Oct 230
Oct 331
Oct 431
Oct 531
Oct 631
Oct 731
Oct 831
Oct 931
Oct 1031
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-10
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion310+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

All of itch.io

ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated5,858+29+212Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 32 readings: climbing, #6001 to #5858 (best #5858, worst #6181).
On 1 tag chart
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #bitsy158+1+16Position on itch.io's Top rated · #bitsy chart across 43 readings: climbing, #176 to #158 (best #158, worst #177).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-21
Price
free
Average rating
4.84 / 5

No devlog has been posted since we started watching on 2026-08-21. 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.