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Travellin Cats in Jingle Jam cover artvsYume Nikki cover art

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Travellin Cats in Jingle Jam leans Variance (Light / Casual); Yume Nikki leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Travellin Cats in Jingle JamYume Nikki

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Yume Nikki leans harder on optimization: Mapping the dream worlds to find 24 effects

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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