IFComp 2023 Review Spreadsheet

[SomeOne2 (Max Fog)]

Hmm, that’s interesting. Is a prediction thread going to happen this year?

[manonamora (M.)]

@SomeOne2

Is a prediction thread going to happen this year?

Last year, @cchennnn posted hers around the end of the Voting period.

IFComp 2022 Predictions

As with last year, I made a spreadsheet with predicted IFComp scores and rankings, based on a linear regression of the IFComp scores from 2018-2021, using IFDB scores, game characteristics, and the number of public reviews as predictor variables. The sheet contains rankings based on 2018-2021 results, rankings based only on 2021 results, and the current IFDB ranking. Right now, it’s sorted using the 2021 model. My personal prediction is that According to Cain will rank 1st place, because firs…

[Draconis (Daniel Stelzer)]

@patrick_mooney

Might be worthwhile after the comp is over, though, if the moderators here are willing to grant permission for that particular usage.

For what it’s worth, I see no issue with it. The content of the forum is also periodically uploaded to the Archive, which might be an easier format to scrape for previous years.

[bkirwi (Ben Kirwin)]

@manonamora

I’ve been wondering about that, so I made the timestamps of milestones in the first post. Maybe next year we will know for sure

Another way to get at this data is to look at the version history of the spreadsheet, which can give you a rough idea of when the reviews were accumulating. As of about this time last year, I see 300 total, 201 public. It looks like we really are on track to do much better this time around… nice work everybody!

[SomeOne2 (Max Fog)]

Yes! I have the lowest number of votes! That means more coming later, I guess, so there shouldn’t be times with no reviews left.

(The reason I’m happy is literally for no reason, but I still am )

[manonamora (M.)]

Sorry, have been off for a bit. The Spreadsheet is up to date again (excluding external sources not posted here…).
Some milestones passed:

• the public median is now 6
• the non-author median is now 5

I think in a few days we’ll have passed 500 reviews (I’m guessing this weekend)

[jjmcc]

@VictorGijsbers

While remembering some delicately scented pubic hair.

Catching up on old messages… lolWUT???

[VictorGijsbers]

If you know Stiffy Makane, it makes perfect sense, believe me. (Well, and certain meanings of the English word ‘bush’.)

[manonamora (M.)]

Eh I was right…

500 reviews

Edit: the public average is 6.66 too

[rovarsson]

@manonamora

the public average is 6.66 too

That’s because I just started playing Dr Ludwig and the Devil.

[manonamora (M.)]

Public Total median is now 7!

[manonamora (M.)]

Public median is now 6!
Also edited the post above because I indicated the wrong category

[rovarsson]

I try to read the reviews for the games I’ve played, and I’m up to date with those. But each time I visit the SpreadSheet I see that there are tons of reviews added for games I haven’t played yet or that I won’t come around to.

Did I count this right? 58 reviewers? I’m gonna have quite the backlog when the Comp is done.

[manonamora (M.)]

Total median is 8!
Also a few reviews away from 600 milestone already!

[aschultz]

I’ve been, uh, in and out this past week. But wow. This is very good so far!

We’re at 499 public reviews too which isn’t quite a milestone, but it’s at 6.66 average.

I’d have expected DMcB to get the most reviews so far (being short and having a distinctive name) but it’s Xanthippe right now.

Makane has the fewest overall reviews, Milliways the fewest public. If there’s not a huge tie, then the next best thing is I like seeing different entries have the bottom public and private score. That way no entry feels like the runt. I want to make time for both. I bet other reviewers do too.

[manonamora (M.)]

The highest reviewed entry has been changing over the weeks. H!ICFMG was top for a while, and so was DMcB and Assembly. Xanthippe’s lead is fairly recent.

I think it was expected for parsers to have the lowest overall reviews, especially the longer ones. Choice-based entries tend to be most accessible to the general public. I think I’m still the only Public reviewer for Milliways? I do hope there are more overall for those entries.
(I have a bunch of parsers left in my pile…)

[RockmanX (Noah Si)]

@manonamora

I think it was expected for parsers to have the lowest overall reviews, especially the longer ones. Choice-based entries tend to be most accessible to the general public.

Thank you Manon.

I am a first time reviewer. My strategy is as follows:

1. Shorter Choicescript games, as I am coming over from the CoG side. Examples: One Does Not Simply Fry, I Can’t Find My Glasses, Bali B&B.
2. Shorter choice-based. (varies)
3. Longer choice-based. (varies)
4. Other choice-based, normally those with harder to access genres.
5. Parser. This category is still among the hardest due to my unfamiliarity. I do the easier to access ones first. Examples: Assembly, Mayor McFreeze, Little Match Girl. Most of the yet to be reviewed games are all parser, most longer or more difficult or genre not easy to digest, etc.

[manonamora (M.)]

This was more or less my strategy last year as a first-time reviewer (save for the ChoiceScript, I’ve started as a Twine peep so alls the choice-based were grouped together). Parsers felt sooo alien and difficult. I often gave up after a few commands.
I still rely quite a bit on the walkthroughs and the hints, but I’ve only given them a fair shot this year. You’ve done quite an impressive job with the amounts of reviews so far!

(sidenote: you might find One King to Loot Them All quite accessible)

[pinkunz]

[SomeOne2 (Max Fog)]

Undefined? Which ones are those?