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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #766 | 3.682 | 3.682 |
| Overall | #1491 | 3.223 | 3.223 |
| Presentation | #1814 | 3.102 | 3.102 |
| Fun | #1932 | 2.885 | 2.885 |
Ranked from 157 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Cat can only proceed with bird
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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Fun game with a really unique atmosphere. The puzzles are well design and the attention to detail makes the game quite interesting. The only issue I had was with determining what items I can interact with. I would suggest perhaps highlighting the interactable objects. Great work nevertheless!
Thanks for the feedback! Indeed, with more time that was the idea, also the Enter-button icon was also a last minute implementation just before the deadline. Thanks for playing and glad you liked it!
cute and really inventive puzzles and mechanic!
I like it!
Cute game with relaxing music. Keep it up devs!
> Please be more delicated with the birdie!
This summarize my experience. Haha just kidding.
Really nice game. You made some challenging puzzle. I got stuck with the cat tree and didn't know what to do from there. Luckily one of your gif show me the solution
I also liked how you integrated the most annoying things cat does. Like throwing stuff around, going in front of the TV, etc.
Good job !
Thanks very much for your feedback! Indeed, yesterday I decided to include a Hints section on the game page and a gif showing the one thing most people were struggling with, as it's not obvious (but should be) that you can jump on the chair rest. Thanks for playing and for the feedback!
Extremely cute game - love the premise of a cat trying to make amends! My only complaint is that the failure penalty for dropping too far with the bird felt a little unfair and kept happening when I didn't expect it to! You could maybe even remove this penalty entirely; I feel like the weight mechanic and the requirement to keep the bird hidden from the humans were already enough. Great stuff though - especially for such a short space of time!
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah we designed the game this way stating that the birdie is hurt and you should be very delicate with it, also it was necessary in order not to break the game, because your jump is impacted by carrying birdie. If you were able to drop everywhere with it, you would get stuck a lot, so we designed the game to take that into consideration. Thanks again for the feedback and happy you enjoyed it!
Ah, my bad - that makes a lot more sense then!
Cool idea, but I felt like the animations were pretty slow. Couldn't pass the second level (the one with the sandbox) after a few tries because I didn't know how to get past the girl while she was cleaning.
Thanks for the feedback! For that matter I have included a little Hints section on the game page as some things aren't as obvious as we wanted to make them (if we had had more time). If you feel like giving it another try, check out the section and see if it helps. Thanks for playing!
Unique concept, but kinda hard! I'm not handling the bird well :')
Unique concept! I found the reset from falling with the bird a bit frustrating, but it's a cute game with well designed puzzles.
Lovely story!
The cat reminds me of my first cat :). I love how well you captured the spirit of cats. Just throw everything off the cupboards and tables!
You did a good job explaining the controls and where to hide the poor birdie.
Overall really enjoyable and chill.
Congrats on submitting!
I love this short story driven game and such a unique concept! Some levels could be a bit hard because the player doesn't know what can be interacted with but I usually got it in the first few tries. Good work!
Very original idea, had some trouble on the second level... :/ But what I saw was great! I really liked the music, and the game was clever with some apparent spirit. Great work!
This game is insane! :D What were you thinking that you decided to make it?! Art is just perfect! xD
Jokes aside game is pure fun with clever mechanics, congratulations!
I like the idea of being a cat and hiding a bird from your family. Its very original. Good job !
I thought this was really a fun one for a jam game, a very wholesome theme. Some of the puzzles were quite frustrating - I saw you didn't have a lot of time to polish it up so it'd be great to see where you could take the idea if you're planning on doing a post-jam version. Great job.
Thanks for the feedback! Indeed, today I updated the game page with a "hints" section to make players aware of certain things that are not very intuitive, which would have been better if we had had more time. Happy you liked the game!
Kitty! <3 I love it! this is such a cute and refreshing twist for this jam.
+ Really liked the music! The cat was adorable!
- ESC is not a really good choice for the restart, it was very frustraing!
+ Overall it was quite fun! Nice job!
Thanks for the feedback, earlier today I tried restarting the game whilst playing it on the web as well with esc. Bad choice Indeed since it ends full screen, sorry for that. Thanks and happy you liked it!
Cute! Really loved being a cat in this game, and how that was used in the puzzle solving! One of my favorite parts is dropping the books on the shelves in the living room level.
It's an interesting take on the theme, good job :)
thanks for the feedback, glad you liked it !
Very Unique. Especially the MS paint-esque artstyle. Good Job.
BTW, Would love for you to try my game too.
It is an Action Platformer with unique controls.
https://sgt-blade.itch.io/wartorn
Teaser:
I really like the sweet and lovely story of this game. The game mechanics are brilliant as well. All of the levels are very well designed. Also, the art is so cute. I love it!
Thanks for the nice feedback! Happy you liked it!
Visuals are a bit clashing at times, but otherwise have a really good oldschool geocities website feel to them (I mean this in the best way possible, I really liked it)! Nice game
Haha yeah, I did most of the coding, my friend (Gintu) did all the amazing art that you see in the game (the cat, characters, birdie, etc), I only did the necessary things when we were close to the submission deadline to help out. Thank you for your comment, very much appreciate it! Happy you liked the game!