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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Aesthetics | #11 | 4.588 | 4.588 |
| Sound | #33 | 3.824 | 3.824 |
| Story | #78 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Theme | #180 | 3.588 | 3.588 |
| Music | #209 | 3.382 | 3.382 |
| Mechanics | #220 | 3.353 | 3.353 |
| Fun | #234 | 3.353 | 3.353 |
Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Very beautiful art. Love the comedic contrast between the cute feel and the sudden menacing birds and dogs. The twists and turns are really fun to experience!
The movement and the level design needs some refinement. But overall, the game is beautiful and the twists is really cool. The story feels a little rushed it ended quite abruptly but great job! Very impressive that you managed to do all the art in 10 days!
Thank you, we tried to make the game as unpredictable as possible in order to keep the comedic feel throughout its entierty. :)
We had originally planned more scenes for the game but due to time restrictions we had to cut some of them in order to still provide an ending instead of dropping off in the middle of the story.
Happy to read you appreciated the art so much, we made sure to put a lot of care in each pixel even if it costed us a bit of sleep haha
amazing arts, it was fun to play. also game design was cleverly. thanks for the game.
We're glad you enjoyed both the aesthetics and the gameplay! Thanks for playing! :D
Gorgeous art and a cute kitty. Loved playing.
Thank you for your kind words! <3
What a beautiful game. The art is fantastic. I also like the sound effects. Reminds me of the classic adventure games. I don't think I'd survive as a cat, sadly :(
Thank you so so much! <3
Cat life in the outdoors can be quite perilous indeed haha
so adorable yet quite unforgiving :D
Hahaha yes, the cute cat has to be veeery careful x)
I am fascinated about how well a cat and its nine lives fits the theme, so simple, yet unexpected. Also, the design is gorgeous, both in terms of asset design, and animations! I'm not much for platformers, so I didn't get too far into the game because of it (sorry!).
Thank you for appreciating the game so much, it makes us very happy <3
We're sorry you didn't get to experience the ending but thank you for trying it out anyway!
I loved the aesthetics! This was a lot of fun, although I struggled a bit with the second seagull. That said I'm not very experienced with playing platformer/side scroller games. Overall this was a great game :) well done!
Thank you, we're happy to read you had fun with our game! It is designed to be a bit challenging so your experience is totally fair even if you are not a platformer expert ^^
Thanks for playing! <3
Nice Pixelart ! I like the Meow button. The ending is a bit sad
Thank you! Glad you found meowing around to be fun :D
The ending can be a bit bittersweet, but we tried to make it as cheerful and fun as possible with the jam's theme in mind x)
This is an incredibly cute entry! I really like the theme of the cat and her nine lives, as well as your idea of "curiosity killed the cat". Thae game has really cute aesthetics and a game story.
There were parts that i struggled with, though. For example, I had a really tough time with the first seagull. During my first playthrough I encountered the bug someone described below with the seagull being frozen in attack pose but thought that it was part of the game, a time loop sort of situation. It's only after a few attempts that i tried to look in the comments to see how to progress and realized it was a bug. After that I tried all the interactions I could do near the seagull, but really couldn't figure out what to do. During one of my runs I noticed that it flew away after a while. It's only on the next run that I figured out that this happens if i meow at it repeatedly. My suggestion would be to onboard this a bit more, or perhaps start with something that requires a single interaction to pass through.
There also seems to be a bug with the game not entering the game over state sometimes when my cat falls into the hall
However, I like the range of interactions you can do. And also the interactions themselves - I love that I can meow and claw at things :D The sound design is also great, I in particular laughed out when I first that second evil seagull for the first time. This game feels like a lot of passion and love went into its making, so great job and congrats on making it!
Thank you very much, we're happy that you enjoyed the game in all its aspects!
We've looked into the bugs you listed and managed to fix all of them (your comment was very insightful)! There were some things that ended up being modified as we had fixed other aspects of the game and it messed up some mechanics. Now we applied the fixes and tested every single seagull interaction/death and hole!
It means a lot that you could feel the passion that went into the game's making and we thank you again for your compliments. <3
What an amazing little game, so far the best I've played
Thank you, this is a big compliment, we're happy it left such a good impression on you!
Great game! Really like the art
Thank you so much!!
So polished and cute! Simple and effective story. Sprite work is fantastic and I appreciate the use of parallax. Purr-fect game!
We're happy to hear such a paw-sitive response to our little game! Thank you so much! :3
I love the pixel art!
It's a personal goal of mine to also develop my own art skills to this level where I can create equally detailed sprites!
Also love the idea of playing as a cat!
I swear, the industry needs more cat games!
Please consider also playing my game when you have a moment to spare and leaving a rating or review.
I would love to have the opportunity to learn and grow from you feedback!
Hello, it brings us a lot of joy to know our game inspired you so much. As long as you keep yourself curious, experimental and observant (care for detail without rushing is very important) you will see your art grow constantly!
We're glad you liked the cat protagonist! Cats are pretty neat indeed! ;)
We'll be happy to try your game as well!
the game looks really polished. nice art and scrolling background
Thank you so much for your kind words, happy to hear you enjoyed it <3
Very nice! You pixel art is great!
Thanks a lot! :D
very nice Game,
The Looks of the game are very nice - the Audio fits it very good!
I love the Story of the Game.
Very nice - ( a little mixed feelings in the end) UwU
Thank you, it means a lot to know that you appreciated the game so much! We're also happy to know you reached the end of it and found out all the story x)
How do you get passed the seagull? I tried meowing, I tried clawing. The seagull bugged out (WebGL version) and was in that attack sprite without resetting. I'm impressed with the sprite art and paralaxing. Wish it taught you how to play the game a bit better on what you are supposed to do.
Which seagull is the one the bugged out? Was it on a light pole or the one chasing you? We'll make sure to fix it!
Thank you for the compliment, we're glad you enjoyed the art :)
We made the game tricky on purpose because we wanted to enforce the concept of "curiosity killed the cat", meaning that you would necessarily die sometimes simply by trying to do certain things, but we will note your feedback!
The very first one on the pole. It just divebombed me really fast without getting to run or do anything. Then after the 2nd death, ir froze in that "dive attack" frame.
We found out it happens when you meow (on the 3rd time) and walk past the bird in the same frame. We'll structure the code better to make that impossible to happen!
Oh wow! I'm laughing at how specific that is. Congrats on finding that out! If you update the game, let me know. And am I supposed to just run past that bird or something?
Love the aesthetics! The game idea is cool, I just found it a little annoying to have to die to figure out how to progress. I found myself just trying to press every button at certain parts. That being said, still think it is a great game and it was well made!
Thanks a lot! We based the game around the concept of "curiosity killed the cat" in order to make you prone to lose lives out of curiosity and then " learn from your mistakes" but we understand it can feel frustrating for some players. Still, we're glad you enjoyed the game regardless and we'll ponder over your feedback!
Hey, great submission! I really loved your art! Gameplay-wise I had a few hiccups. I did manage to figure out how to get past the dog (really sneaky btw!) but in the chase sequence when I died from the bird I went from 9 to 6 lives. Also, immediately following the sequence once you go through the fence. I jumped up on all those boxes and jumped off screen but nothing happened so I wasn't able to continue.
I really liked what I did play though! And I liked how their was persistence in the world between the cat's lives. It was a great idea. Good work to the both of you!
Hello, thank you for loving the game! Sadly the 9 to 6 lives issue lies in the WebGL version but we still need to figure out how to fix it...that's why we made the game available for download as well. We're sorry it occurs and will investigate into how to work around that in the future.
We fixed the box collider in a recent hotfix after your feedback so now there are no more problems related to that specific hiccup! If you ever feel like giving it another try and completing the game, now you shouldn't have any game-breaking problems!
I went ahead and gave it another go this time as the downloaded version. And yup, all of the problems were gone! I made it to the end although, I was wondering is there another ending as well or was it just the one? Pretty cute game and great work once again!
Thank you so much for taking the time to try it out again! Glad to know there weren't any problems with the download version!
There isn't another ending so you did everything correctly. Thanks again for the compliments, really appreciated :)
Hey! I'm replying to your questions here so anything negative sounding isn't on your main game page. Not that I have much negative to say!
I could not get past the dog in the beginning, though. I tried all actions I could do, but I could not figure out what the light bulb icon meant, and I kept dying again and again. Perhaps it's an issue with the WebGL build? I'm on a Mac, so I'm not able to play the downloadable version.
Thank you for being very considerate!
The light bulb icon means that you can interact with something (sadly we didn't have enough time to introduce the mechanic better because we had to cut many scenes from the inital idea) so to get past the dog you had to interact with it by bringing it an offering! The offering can be found inside a crate but we assume you probably never managed to find that crate in particular because we made it a bit too sneaky haha
We will definitely fix the appearance of the light bulb icon unless you have the offering so it's less misleading!
If you ever feel like trying your way at the game again with this newfound knowledge, we would love to hear what you think about the rest of the game :)