How this Arcade Pitch shortlist is weighed

10 November 2026 — I wrote the method the same week I locked the ranking so the diary and the criteria stay aligned.

What I weigh

Loop clarity in the first thirty seconds. Readable risk before a fail. Session length that stays inside a short Arcade Pitch window. Whether the build can live under /play/ on this desk without a store install.

What I leave out

I do not invent public store ratings or download counts. No public store rating on this card — browser build, not a store listing. I also leave out long narrative campaigns that break the short-session rule.

How a dated check runs

Cold browser tab. One clean fail. One line on clarity, one line on risk, one line on clock. The next day I compare lines. On check day I lock order and best-for tags.

Independence

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