The Classic / Freestyle selection problem must be a bug. :(
I will see about fixing that this morning.
I believe the bug is now fixed. Please edit your game submission to ensure it is listed in the proper category. You may have to delete and re-submit the game. Please let me know how it goes. (Thank you!)
You are correct the submitted games cannot be viewed until the judging period begins.
Thank you for letting me know about the bug. And thank you for your game submission!
I started reviewing last night. I have been looking at my old game, the Beginner Guide and the Punyinform 4.1 Manual. I am pretty sure I will be ready when the theme is announced. After writing my Ecto entry in I7 and going back to TADS for my current game, the code all runs together.
Preface: I would prefer for every game to win. I personally find merit in every game I play. I am generally amazed by each author’s creativity.
ParserComp is a discriminatory rather than a mastery type of comp.
Every game is a winner, but the scores and ranking provide feedback to the authors that is more valuable than just being a winner. An author’s next gave can be better and a winner.
Main (85%) vs. Supplemental (15%)
ParserComp is intended to showcase “text based” parser games. We wanted to include some recognition for games that had added, supplemental content but that was not the focus. This led to the weighting criteria.
Next year we will re-address this issue.
Some games were not “text based” parser games. This is an amateur “comp” for learning and enjoyment, these games were allowed to remain. This is another issue that will be addressed for next year’s comp.
Itch.io only provides normalized overall score and raw score totals for each game.
Itch does not consider weighting at all.
Itch does not provide any details on raw scoring, just a number.
Initially, Itch rating was borked and not working at all.
No support from Itch.io
Hacking and hoop jumping required to fix.
Some difference with weighting particularly with the top two games. The place was reversed, 1:2.
Only fair to score with weighting due to announced rules prior to comp.
Weighting was performed per game. Best pragmatic solution.
A lot of number crunching
Spot verified, values correct to three decimal places
A more mathematically intense calculation would not have produced significantly different results. Next time I may use Mathmatica and consider the Fine Structure Constant. ?
Provided trophy to second place as compensation.
We intend to take ParserComp off Itch.io next year. We intend to have a dedicated site with better rating and ranking system. We have nine months to complete the new site.
The overall rank was determined by weighted calculation. The individual categories were just the normalized data from Itch.io. This may be the reason for some of the calculation discrepancies. However, other than the overall ranking, it is for informational purposes to provide well deserved accolades to the individual authors.
