The BBS has stars and favorites but does it keep a metric how many times your game got played?

Might I propose it does such if it does not. That would be rad.

Thank you.

This is something I've wondered as well. Given many people, myself included, just link to the BBS rather than itch.io or wherever, I'd like to know how many visits/plays rather than just stars.

Often, initial reaction can be a good indicator...kinda...but only for a limited time. The BBS and thus Splore are greatly effected by the "most recent" listing problem.

But as we all know, games don't get unfun or anything. Who knows if a game will get seen/linked 1-year from now and get more traffic. We won't know and neither will the baked-in Splore crowd because the game isn't on any list.

Plus, for me, it's great to get stars and all but even if I had like 10 stars or something but knew the play count was often, that'd be even more motivating. Not everyone knows to gives stars and I think only members can anyway...?

But if you are wanting stats, Itch.io has good support for Pico-8 web exports. Get an account and put them there...nice reports and everything.