Thread by @Tuism

My #ldjam results: broke top 100 in everything, so I’m grateful <3

I ran an analysis over the stats over my 9 jams, while the dataset is tiny, there were some interesting observations:
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First off, I think scores and placement isn’t the most important thing about #ldjam. Enjoy the community, making games, and getting valuable feedback! Don’t judge your jam just by numbers!
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First, the raw data, scores and placements, plotted into charts. On the surface, nothing interesting other than I've seen constant improvements in my jams, yay.

BUT let's dig for some insights...
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Fishing out correlations: Since what I care most of all is the overall score, I looked at the correlation between other categories and overall score.
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Surprisingly, the #ldjam category most correlated to the overall scores:
1. Theme
2. Graphics
3. Innovation
4. Mood
5. Audio
6. Fun
7. Humour
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The top 3 of theme, graphics and innovation were 80%+ correlation, while the rest hovered around 70%, and audio falling off the 42% cliff.
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I never thought theme would be THIS important to #ldjam jammers, but I guess it makes sense since we tend to look at people who may have joined the jam with a pre-made game/idea with crooked brows.
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But that FUN was the LOWEST correlated was a surprise to me. I always thought the enjoyment of a game was the most important thing. But apparently not?
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I also tried to find correlation with ratings given/received, and comments received. The data there were incomplete due to the old site not keeping those data and I didn't record them from earlier #ldjam events. But the correlation was weak at best.
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So that's my analysis of my #ldjam historical data. The sample size was way small and some data was incomplete, but it was interesting nonetheless. I'd *love* to see other people's data to see if these were results very individual to myself!
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