We need Yearly Playlists
Since launch the numbers of players in Dreams has reduced every month. That means that the number of likes you need to be a hit on Dreams has changed considerably over the years.
In 2020 a top 10 Dream of the year needed a minimum of 50k likes - top Dream had 155k
In 2021 a top 10 Dream needed a minimum of 6k likes - top Dream had 18k
In 2022 a top 10 Dream needs a minimum of 2k likes - top Dream has 13k
The All Time list Top 200 needs a minimum of 11k likes to be in it - only 1 creation from 2022 has that level of likes.
The complete All Time list requires more than 2,400 likes to be in it. In 2022 only 9 creations have met that threshold.
All Time list top 200 is 35% Early Access creations and 62% 2020 creations. It is a dated list of creations made in the early days of Dreams, and does not have the same level of quality as some of the later releases. Yet, these games get the lions share of plays and likes due to the way Dreams are displayed, and gives the wrong impression as to what Dreams is capable of today.
Because there are no date filters, it is not possible to pull up a playlist of any particular year. It is also near impossible to accurately create a collection of the most popular Dreams of any one year unless you maintain a list throughout the year (and even then it is easy to miss Dreams that become popular after the 4 week visibility mark). I have maintained collections of these charts, but it is a very painstaking and tedious job, and I am not going to provide a weekly chart in 2023. I only did it believing that it was a stop gap while Mm worked on improving the playlists and adding a date filter.
I have been told that a date filter is not going to be added. Therefore, we need a Most popular playlist for each year instead. This will clearly show the increase in quality as Dreamers have gained skills, and will give much longer visibility for those creations that do not get the honour of an Mmpick.
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Huge YES for this one! Long overdue.
This is the reason why my game "This or That" is separated by year, which i use the data from your lists ;) thank you. The game compares 'likes' on Dreams. It became obvious really quick that there was a discrepancy between likes and the quality of the Dream depending on when they were released, so they had to be in their own lists to get more accurate comparisons.
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It's honestly quite shocking to see how dominant the old content is while new content struggles to garner attention. I skimmed through a small sample size of games ranging from popular to award winners, all from various years, and checked their new player counts for this week. Already well established titles are still pulling dozens and sometimes 100+ player counts a day. Now compare that to 2022 with high profile titles like Trip's Voyage: it struggles to match those numbers despite the massive difference in quality. Rest of 2022 titles are lucky to get dozens of plays daily once their 4 week exposure is over; 2021 is pretty much dead with single digit numbers, with very few exceptions like Bat's Tale (thankfully) able to consistently get dozens of player counts daily.
I wonder if it has to do with how the game recommends stuff when searching that's causing this issue. Searching for stuff when launching the game fills the recommended feed with old, already well known titles. Searching for something specific is also a problem. Example: The Backrooms concept is still popular, and The Backrooms - Threshold was able to ride that trend successfully this year to gain thousands of likes/plays quickly, and it even spawned several other successful episodes. Despite all that, when you search for "backrooms" on Dreams, you get this old one from early access as the top recommended and Threshold is nowhere in sight. Filter the search to trending and you get random stuff. It's only when you do most thumbed up that Threshold finally appears.
So while all the playlists and Mm picks are nice to boost a dream for the short term, in the long term they'll fade in the background because the old content continues to siphon new players. New players who may have already seen said content from the YouTube videos and streams showcasing those games from launch, thus giving the impression that content is running dry on Dreams.
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I've checked your charts a few times LadyLex and found them interesting. :)
This would be nice. The whole thumbs up promotion system needs an overhaul IMO.
I think the Mm curators do a good job showcasing both new & old dreams in their weekly themed collections. It helps
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