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itch.io Community » itch.io » Ideas & Feedback · Created a new topic Proposal: Optional Granular Rating Categories
I suggest that itch.io expand it's current 5-star rating system into the multi-criteria rating system usually used in Game Jams:
- Gameplay/Mechanics
- Visuals/Art Style
- Narrative/Writing
- Audio/Sound Design
- Or anything similar.
I believe many users(myself included) feel a sort of 'rating anxiety'. In the current 5-star system, anything below a 4-star can feel punishing to the developer even if only one aspect of the game was lacking while another part was peak. This leads to many users skipping rating a game entirely rather than leave an honest, lower score.
SOLUTION: Allow developers to enable "Optional Granular Categories" for their game's page. This would encourage specificity for game rating. Where I may give a game 5 stars for Art but 3 stars for gameplay which lets me sing the praises of the artist without falsely claiming the game is a masterpiece in every area.
This should also allow for an optional overall rating. Let users choose to leave these specific ratings WITHOUT having to provide a single overall score that affects the site's main search ranking to allow for a more gentle constructive feedback to help devs grow without burying their game in the algorithm.
Thanks for hearing me out, hope you consider the idea!