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itch.ioRank 12422026-10-19

Bread Makes the Heart Aflutter

by solarProtag

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Velocity

0.000

Bread Makes the Heart Aflutter Velocity, last 14 days: rising across 14 days, -0.03 to 0.00 (low -0.03, 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 Bread Makes the Heart Aflutter, 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: 28 to 30, up 2, most of that change came early in the window.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 cared2830+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 2028
Sep 2128
Sep 2229
Sep 2329
Sep 2429
Sep 2529
Sep 2629
Sep 2729
Sep 2829
Sep 2930
Sep 3030
Oct 130
Oct 230
Oct 330
Oct 430
Oct 530
Oct 630
Oct 730
Oct 830
Oct 930
Oct 1030
Oct 1130
Oct 1230
Oct 1330
Oct 1430
Oct 1530
Oct 1630
Oct 1730
Oct 1830
Oct 1930
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-19
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion300+2

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 sellers2,032Position on itch.io's Top sellers chart across 6 readings: slipping, #904 to #2032 (best #904, worst #2032).
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Top rated · #romance1,768-25+65Position on itch.io's Top rated · #romance chart across 40 readings: climbing, #1865 to #1768 (best #1726, worst #1869).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.63 / 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.