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itch.ioRank 14872026-10-16

Instructions for creating when you feel like destroying

by thisisstar

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Velocity

0.000

Instructions for creating when you feel like destroying Velocity, last 14 days: falling across 14 days, 0.07 to -0.00 (low -0.07, high 0.07).

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 Instructions for creating when you feel like destroying, 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: 43 to 50, up 7, the change came at a steady pace.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 cared4350+7
  • 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 1743
Sep 1843
Sep 1943
Sep 2043
Sep 2143
Sep 2243
Sep 2343
Sep 2443
Sep 2544
Sep 2644
Sep 2744
Sep 2844
Sep 2944
Sep 3046
Oct 147
Oct 248
Oct 348
Oct 448
Oct 548
Oct 648
Oct 748
Oct 849
Oct 949
Oct 1050
Oct 1150
Oct 1250
Oct 1350
Oct 1450
Oct 1550
Oct 1650
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-16
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion50+1+7

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 rated2,162+45+415Position on itch.io's Top rated chart across 58 readings: climbing, #2692 to #2162 (best #2150, worst #2692).
On 3 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #text-based96+4+25Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 38 readings: climbing, #120 to #96 (best #95, worst #122).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction403+8+66Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 38 readings: climbing, #464 to #403 (best #401, worst #474).
Top rated · #no-ai927+22+127Position on itch.io's Top rated · #no-ai chart across 38 readings: climbing, #1041 to #927 (best #917, worst #1069).
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-20
Price
free
Average rating
4.96 / 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.