User stats now graphed
When you view a users profile you will notice that their stats are now graphed. This gives a much nicer visual interface for viewing users progress throughout the game. I have some more plans for graphing, including:
- If you finish a game several times it will display the time and moves for each time you finished the game. This has been added
- I also want to track rankings. So in the future you can go back to a users profile and view their ranking position. This has beed added
The circles at each point on the graph will be clickable. You will be able to click these points to play the appropriate game. This will be handy for those of us who like to trim off time and moves.
And, when you move the mouse over the points, I want it to display the game and time/moves.
Also worth noting, the time on the vertical axis is displayed in seconds.
- If you finish a game several times it will display the time and moves for each time you finished the game. This has been added
- I also want to track rankings. So in the future you can go back to a users profile and view their ranking position. This has beed added
The circles at each point on the graph will be clickable. You will be able to click these points to play the appropriate game. This will be handy for those of us who like to trim off time and moves.
And, when you move the mouse over the points, I want it to display the game and time/moves.
Also worth noting, the time on the vertical axis is displayed in seconds.
Looks cool
That's really interesting! I can see you've been going well with the last few games @Adam Lyttle
I love how you can see if you are above/below average. I'm never going to compete with the lowest times/moves but it's nice to see where I fall in comparison to the rest of us.
Excellent Feature Adam! This site keep getting better and better!
I can see the graphs getting very overcrowded, in the near future I will be adding a feature to filter through different time lengths (1 month, 3 months, 6 months, all time).
Just a thought, what about adding Best Times and Best Moves to personal stats instead of jsut average?
I've added a feature to select the length of the graph, you can select: Last 30 games, 60 games or 90 games. This should translate to 1, 2 and 3 months of games, assuming the player has played every game. You can still select all the games. I will be keeping an eye on this to make sure it doesn't get too overcrowded - perhaps by lowering the line thickness and removing the dots.
@Xavor: When you finish a game it should show the best times and moves. In the profile page I decided against this as I did not want to overcrowd the graph. I assumed the average time/moves would be more relevant to most people than the best time/moves. However, I am open to suggestions and would like to hear other peoples opinions.
Oh, and yes @Saam, I have slowly been increasing my rank by competing for the least time per game. When I first created Solitaire Craving I could barely make the 2 minute mark, now I found myself making the 1 minute mark more and more often.
@Xavor: When you finish a game it should show the best times and moves. In the profile page I decided against this as I did not want to overcrowd the graph. I assumed the average time/moves would be more relevant to most people than the best time/moves. However, I am open to suggestions and would like to hear other peoples opinions.
Oh, and yes @Saam, I have slowly been increasing my rank by competing for the least time per game. When I first created Solitaire Craving I could barely make the 2 minute mark, now I found myself making the 1 minute mark more and more often.
These are really neat ways of looking at solitaire playing, I like being able to see how my times compare to my moves, as well as how I do compared to the best players.
You're slowly turning a one-person game into a competitive community, and it's addictive
You're slowly turning a one-person game into a competitive community, and it's addictive
Can the best/average times be an option with average as default? Sometimes I'd like to check what games I have to practice
I'm finding that when I finish a game, it only shows the 1st 3 times (today's for example) & the moves graph is halfway across the page...
Can you send me a screenshot?
I'm finding the graphs useful to pinpoint exactly which games I can improve on time-wise and move-wise. I still can't break the one minute mark though
Even the correlation between times and moves is interesting. Oh, did I mention I like the graphs yet? I like the graphs!
Hehe! I'm glad you like them!
New feature: As requested by @fraug, you can now select to compare against Average, Best and Worst times and moves. It's actually quite interesting to look at!
Hey what a great idea, too bad it wasn't mine .. at least I don't remember suggesting that?
Uh, when you compare to worst time, the top 4 y-axis have just ,030 listed for time .. Speaking of which, how about formatting the times to min : sec?
Sorry, it was @Xavor! Got mixed up, you're usually the person to suggest these things!
And yeah, I've emailed the developer of the graphing software to see if I can convert it to time. At the moment it's a useful way to look at whats going on, but still needs a little work.
Also, another quick update. There is a new graph that will list your rank over time. When a new game is generated it will save the current rank. I will be keeping an eye on it over the next few days to make sure no bugs appear.
And yeah, I've emailed the developer of the graphing software to see if I can convert it to time. At the moment it's a useful way to look at whats going on, but still needs a little work.
Also, another quick update. There is a new graph that will list your rank over time. When a new game is generated it will save the current rank. I will be keeping an eye on it over the next few days to make sure no bugs appear.
Lol @Adam Lyttle