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itch.ioRank 12422026-10-19

WHILE THE WHOLE WORLD laughs

by Portrait Prophecies

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Velocity

0.000

WHILE THE WHOLE WORLD laughs 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 2026-10-19. 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 WHILE THE WHOLE WORLD laughs, 30 daysLead and lag over 30 days, 2026-09-20 to 2026-10-19, each series scaled to its own change so the timing can be compared. Not enough of the ladder to compare. Ratings: 29 throughout, no change at all.100%50%0%Sep 20Oct 19Ratings

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 20 to Oct 19

  • Ratings — people finished and cared29290
  • 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 2029
Sep 2129
Sep 2229
Sep 2329
Sep 2429
Sep 2529
Sep 2629
Sep 2729
Sep 2829
Sep 2929
Sep 3029
Oct 129
Oct 229
Oct 329
Oct 429
Oct 529
Oct 629
Oct 729
Oct 829
Oct 929
Oct 1029
Oct 1129
Oct 1229
Oct 1329
Oct 1429
Oct 1529
Oct 1629
Oct 1729
Oct 1829
Oct 1929
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-19
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2900

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 9 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #gmtkjam265-2-3Position on itch.io's Top rated · #gmtkjam chart across 41 readings: slipping, #262 to #265 (best #261, worst #265).
Top rated · #transgender357-3-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #transgender chart across 41 readings: slipping, #352 to #357 (best #349, worst #357).
Top rated · #hand-drawn441-2-5Position on itch.io's Top rated · #hand-drawn chart across 41 readings: slipping, #431 to #441 (best #431, worst #444).
Top rated · #artgame506-1-2Position on itch.io's Top rated · #artgame chart across 59 readings: slipping, #492 to #506 (best #492, worst #507).
Top rated · #surreal540-5-17Position on itch.io's Top rated · #surreal chart across 41 readings: slipping, #523 to #540 (best #522, worst #540).
Top rated · #point-and-click963-4-10Position on itch.io's Top rated · #point-and-click chart across 41 readings: slipping, #943 to #963 (best #943, worst #967).
Top rated · #female-protagonist1,518-8-21Position on itch.io's Top rated · #female-protagonist chart across 42 readings: slipping, #1493 to #1518 (best #1491, worst #1518).
Top rated · #lgbt1,767-13-27Position on itch.io's Top rated · #lgbt chart across 41 readings: slipping, #1726 to #1767 (best #1725, worst #1768).
Top rated · #atmospheric2,710Position on itch.io's Top rated · #atmospheric chart across 4 readings: slipping, #2674 to #2710 (best #2674, worst #2716).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-21
Price
free
Average rating
4.41 / 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.