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What is a karma system?

Here is our puzzle game inspired by chess, where you control the knight only! Give it a try!

https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/462613



Wow! your game looks good!
I'll be playing it later today once I get home.

I don't recall seeing a detailed post about it in the ludum dare community, but if you look at their rules (http://ludumdare.com/compo/rules/) and search for "Coolness", you will see their quick explanation about how this system works.

But basically, every entry has a "coolness" value that increases as the player rates and comments on other's entries, then in the listing of the entries there will be a filter called "Smart Balance", which lists the games based on two things: Their coolness - amount of rates/feedback that they received. This system kinds of "Guarantee" you to receive more or less the same amount of feedback and rating that you've given without the need to create posts like this one. btw, the next ludum dare will be early October, if you have never joined I would highly suggest you give it a try:
https://ldjam.com/

I'll give it a try for sure :D 

Thanks for the infos, it looks like a good system! Itch.io should really implement one as well for any jam!

It really is! I've received over 50 feedback comments on some of my LD entries, which is very good!
I've created a thread suggesting they add the exact same system here, it would be very nice if they did:
https://itch.io/t/527869/karma-system-for-the-game-jams