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itch.ioRank 12422026-10-19

leaving the nest

by Fabi

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Velocity

0.000

leaving the nest 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 leaving the nest, 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: 26 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 cared26260
  • 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 2026
Sep 2126
Sep 2226
Sep 2326
Sep 2426
Sep 2526
Sep 2626
Sep 2726
Sep 2826
Sep 2926
Sep 3026
Oct 126
Oct 226
Oct 326
Oct 426
Oct 526
Oct 626
Oct 726
Oct 826
Oct 926
Oct 1026
Oct 1126
Oct 1226
Oct 1326
Oct 1426
Oct 1526
Oct 1626
Oct 1726
Oct 1826
Oct 1926
What the platform publishes

Counters

Read 2026-10-19
CounterNow7d30d
Ratings conversion2600

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 10 tag charts
ChartNow7d30dHistory
Top rated · #ludum-dare-542600Position on itch.io's Top rated · #ludum-dare-54 chart across 41 readings: holding, #26 to #26 (best #26, worst #26).
Top rated · #animals154-4-4Position on itch.io's Top rated · #animals chart across 59 readings: slipping, #149 to #154 (best #147, worst #154).
Top rated · #hand-drawn279-2-8Position on itch.io's Top rated · #hand-drawn chart across 41 readings: slipping, #269 to #279 (best #268, worst #283).
Top rated · #relaxing397-6-11Position on itch.io's Top rated · #relaxing chart across 41 readings: slipping, #385 to #397 (best #385, worst #397).
Top rated · #cozy398-3-13Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cozy chart across 43 readings: slipping, #376 to #398 (best #376, worst #398).
Top rated · #text-based437-5-6Position on itch.io's Top rated · #text-based chart across 41 readings: slipping, #427 to #437 (best #426, worst #437).
Top rated · #narrative980-6-19Position on itch.io's Top rated · #narrative chart across 41 readings: slipping, #957 to #980 (best #956, worst #980).
Top rated · #cute1,507-9-23Position on itch.io's Top rated · #cute chart across 38 readings: slipping, #1471 to #1507 (best #1471, worst #1507).
Top rated · #interactive-fiction1,808-43Position on itch.io's Top rated · #interactive-fiction chart across 19 readings: slipping, #1760 to #1808 (best #1760, worst #1808).
Top rated · #short2,496
Everything else we hold

Activity and where to go next

First seen by us
2026-08-21
Price
free
Average rating
4.69 / 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.