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So, the D-Mod Download Statistics that I posted before were very tainted by bot downloads. As it turns out, there are quite a few bots that try to download every file they can find on the internet. I recently updated the robots.txt file to ask them to stop it (except the Internet Wayback Machine - they're cool).
Someone did try to use wget to download most of the files off of the site, but I didn't exclude it because I assume it was controlled by some sort of human being.
Much thanks for Tim for pointing out how weird it was that an old version of Malachi was downloaded a suspicious number of times.
So, I figured a new topic was in order. With good numbers representing people instead of machines playing our games.
D-Mods aren't quite as popular as they appeared before, but they're not too bad.
(I thought I'd try to make that more obvious for any pointy fish who might be reading this).
1. D-Mods by Rating
Here's every D-Mod downloaded more than 20 times in the past two months (that has at least one review), plus a few extra D-Mods with high ratings or Epic status. I also decided to change the axes on the chart; higher downloads appear further up the chart, and higher ratings appear along the right.
The biggest difference in this chart is the total download counts are much lower. Before, it looked like quite a few D-Mods had more than 100 downloads, but there's actually only 6 that break that barrier.
Attack of the Evil Wizard is still a bizarre outlier; I'll get into my suspicions later.
2. Dink Smallwood HD
With the previous charts, I just couldn't understand why Agatha, Furball, and Three Amulets were getting such high download counts; then I realized that it is possible to scroll the D-Mod list in Dink Smallwood HD by clicking-and-dragging the screen like it is a smartphone. Argh.
Dink Smallwood HD links to the following D-Mods:
Savebot Massacre: 147
Cloud Castle 2: 156 (old version)
Initiation v1.0.3: 125 (old version)
Lyna's Story: 163
Agatha Smallwood's Will: 82
Furball: 77
Three Amulets: 78(old version)
Of these, Seth is linking to several old versions. So the totals for the old versions are likely all from Dink Smallwood HD.
There is a very strong bias for the Dink Smallwood HD D-Mods, they're downloaded more than their rating would suggest. But, that makes the download counts for Lyna's Story a little surprising: it's the #2 rated D-Mod on the site, and linked from Dink Smallwood HD, but it's still 20% behind Pilgrim's Quest.
3. Epics
Epics don't seem to be downloaded more than their rating would otherwise suggest. Epics are generally rated higher than other D-Mods, but they don't seem to be necessarily downloaded more than comparably-rated D-Mods. There's a huge gap between Pilgrim's Quest and Historical Hero II.
Pilgrim's Quest: 201
Historical Hero II: 84 (also updated about a month ago)
Stone of Balance: 82
Cloud Castle 2: 73
As Good As Eternity: 69 (also on front page)
Prophecy of the Ancients: 55
FIAT: 43
Quest for Dorinthia Special Edition: 39
World of DinkC: 34
Historical Hero: 34
Quest for Dorinthia 2: 34
Scourger: 27
Quest for Dorinthia: 12 (the not-so-special edition)
Secret of Parizaya: 8
4. 1st Page
Here are the D-Mods that appear on the first page of D-Mod results. I think this explains why Attack of the Evil Wizard is downloaded so often; it's a nice simple title, even if it is rated 3.8. Agatha might also be getting a front-page bump.
Agatha Smallwood's Will: 82 (also linked from Dink Smallwood HD)
The Blacksmith's Trail: 77
As Good As Eternity: 69
Back from the Grave: 41
9 Gems of Life: 39
Broken Windows: 34
Attack of the Evil Wizard: 31
A Day in the Life of Dink Smallwood: 30
Adventures of Dink Smallwood Part 1: 27
Alex (new character): 25 (interestingly, just a developer D-mod)
A Fish Named Bloop: 22
5. Ratings >= 9.5
For D-Mods rated greater than or equal to 9.5, there's a pretty clear pattern. The biggest oddity is the One Screen D-Mod Compilation; most people must want to play something a bit more substantial.
Pilgrim's Quest: 201
Lyna's Story: 163 (also linked from Dink Smallwood HD)
Initiation v1.1.0: 106
The Blacksmith's Trail: 77 (also on front page)
Cloud Castle 2 1.01: 73
Power of Blood: 61
One Screen D-Mod Compilation: 26
6. D-Mods by Rating
This is similar to the first chart, but it orders the number of downloads (now on the x axis... sigh) against the ranking of the D-Mod as sorted by rating descending.
HH2 silver is downloaded more because it was recently updated, and Furball is linked from Dink Smallwood HD, and As Good As Eternity is on the first page. Everything else seems to line up fairly well.
6. Recent Releases
And now for the real download counts for recent releases. These weren't affected too much by the bots, but the numbers did decrease a little bit.
7. Data
D-Mod Download Totals (CSV) (Excel)
D-Mod Downloads by Day (CSV) (Excel)
I'm really starting to hate excel.
Someone did try to use wget to download most of the files off of the site, but I didn't exclude it because I assume it was controlled by some sort of human being.
Much thanks for Tim for pointing out how weird it was that an old version of Malachi was downloaded a suspicious number of times.
So, I figured a new topic was in order. With good numbers representing people instead of machines playing our games.
D-Mods aren't quite as popular as they appeared before, but they're not too bad.
These download counts only cover downloads from Nov 17 2014 to Jan 15 2015
(I thought I'd try to make that more obvious for any pointy fish who might be reading this).
1. D-Mods by Rating
Here's every D-Mod downloaded more than 20 times in the past two months (that has at least one review), plus a few extra D-Mods with high ratings or Epic status. I also decided to change the axes on the chart; higher downloads appear further up the chart, and higher ratings appear along the right.
The biggest difference in this chart is the total download counts are much lower. Before, it looked like quite a few D-Mods had more than 100 downloads, but there's actually only 6 that break that barrier.
Attack of the Evil Wizard is still a bizarre outlier; I'll get into my suspicions later.
2. Dink Smallwood HD
With the previous charts, I just couldn't understand why Agatha, Furball, and Three Amulets were getting such high download counts; then I realized that it is possible to scroll the D-Mod list in Dink Smallwood HD by clicking-and-dragging the screen like it is a smartphone. Argh.
Dink Smallwood HD links to the following D-Mods:
Savebot Massacre: 147
Cloud Castle 2: 156 (old version)
Initiation v1.0.3: 125 (old version)
Lyna's Story: 163
Agatha Smallwood's Will: 82
Furball: 77
Three Amulets: 78(old version)
Of these, Seth is linking to several old versions. So the totals for the old versions are likely all from Dink Smallwood HD.
There is a very strong bias for the Dink Smallwood HD D-Mods, they're downloaded more than their rating would suggest. But, that makes the download counts for Lyna's Story a little surprising: it's the #2 rated D-Mod on the site, and linked from Dink Smallwood HD, but it's still 20% behind Pilgrim's Quest.
3. Epics
Epics don't seem to be downloaded more than their rating would otherwise suggest. Epics are generally rated higher than other D-Mods, but they don't seem to be necessarily downloaded more than comparably-rated D-Mods. There's a huge gap between Pilgrim's Quest and Historical Hero II.
Pilgrim's Quest: 201
Historical Hero II: 84 (also updated about a month ago)
Stone of Balance: 82
Cloud Castle 2: 73
As Good As Eternity: 69 (also on front page)
Prophecy of the Ancients: 55
FIAT: 43
Quest for Dorinthia Special Edition: 39
World of DinkC: 34
Historical Hero: 34
Quest for Dorinthia 2: 34
Scourger: 27
Quest for Dorinthia: 12 (the not-so-special edition)
Secret of Parizaya: 8
4. 1st Page
Here are the D-Mods that appear on the first page of D-Mod results. I think this explains why Attack of the Evil Wizard is downloaded so often; it's a nice simple title, even if it is rated 3.8. Agatha might also be getting a front-page bump.
Agatha Smallwood's Will: 82 (also linked from Dink Smallwood HD)
The Blacksmith's Trail: 77
As Good As Eternity: 69
Back from the Grave: 41
9 Gems of Life: 39
Broken Windows: 34
Attack of the Evil Wizard: 31
A Day in the Life of Dink Smallwood: 30
Adventures of Dink Smallwood Part 1: 27
Alex (new character): 25 (interestingly, just a developer D-mod)
A Fish Named Bloop: 22
5. Ratings >= 9.5
For D-Mods rated greater than or equal to 9.5, there's a pretty clear pattern. The biggest oddity is the One Screen D-Mod Compilation; most people must want to play something a bit more substantial.
Pilgrim's Quest: 201
Lyna's Story: 163 (also linked from Dink Smallwood HD)
Initiation v1.1.0: 106
The Blacksmith's Trail: 77 (also on front page)
Cloud Castle 2 1.01: 73
Power of Blood: 61
One Screen D-Mod Compilation: 26
6. D-Mods by Rating
This is similar to the first chart, but it orders the number of downloads (now on the x axis... sigh) against the ranking of the D-Mod as sorted by rating descending.
HH2 silver is downloaded more because it was recently updated, and Furball is linked from Dink Smallwood HD, and As Good As Eternity is on the first page. Everything else seems to line up fairly well.
6. Recent Releases
And now for the real download counts for recent releases. These weren't affected too much by the bots, but the numbers did decrease a little bit.
7. Data
D-Mod Download Totals (CSV) (Excel)
D-Mod Downloads by Day (CSV) (Excel)
I'm really starting to hate excel.
