the way the voting works is that the person who gets itch’s favorite title is actually by the number of votes the game gets, bad or good ratings? doesn’t matter just the amount in total
the dev sees the average of all the ratings of their game tho i think
but basically don't worry too much XD i’ve also been rating non va games as 3 stars
This is correct--
The 'Itch.IO Favorite' category is a prizeless award that we offer to whoever manages to receive the most ratings period. It's sort of an incentive to be proactive about sharing your content with folks.
The rankings with prizes are all determined by the internal panel of judges, and I think if the game has no voice acting at all I think most developers will rightly ignore the category when they see their own scores.
