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A jam submission

Cat With A Bat (goes wack)View game page

Breakout with a twist (and cute cats)
Submitted by Sofy — 7 hours, 17 minutes before the deadline
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Cat With A Bat (goes wack)'s itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#12073.6943.694
Overall#18133.3153.315
Enjoyment#18583.1113.111
Creativity#28223.1393.139

Ranked from 36 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?
The paddles role is reversed! instead of controlling the movement you control the wack/bounce!

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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Comments

Submitted

Good fun gameplay. I really liked how snappy your controls, movement and hits are. Felt the bouncy ball was too fast to locate, but the game being forgiving with respawning helps to ignore that. Music and audio effects are well chosen and they match well with the art style. Also your game art is simple and clean. Job well done!

Feel free to hop into my game as well and share your thoughts and ratings if you have the time!

Submitted

The game is feel is cool, it has impact and cute music.

The idea of hitting the falling blocks would be cool, but since the ball is so fast and the delay between swings is pretty long, hitting a block always meant missing the ball for me so I never used it after a while.

Also the controls on the page do not mention that you can control the cat sideways with A/D which is necessary since the automated control is not able to catch the ball all the time.

Developer

💜

Submitted (1 edit)

I like how you can hit falling blocks back up! It is a simple and graceful way to get multiple balls in play at once that fits in the theme as well--the obstacles become your tools. Though it could be kind of hard to gauge when to hit the balls because they moved so fast, so the timing could get frustrating. But it felt good when I managed to hit a volley with many balls in a row! The slight pause whenever you smacked a ball adds a lot to the impact.

Developer

⚾🏓

tysm :D

Submitted

I like it! Cute and interesting :3 and i love the music

Developer

tysm!

Submitted

Interesting take on the theme! Very cute cat, was happy to help them through their breakout adventure!

Submitted

Very cute cat game! I like it!

I also like the very polished, well-designed itch.io gamepage.

Fellow cat lover, you have my 5 stars.

Developer

tysm :)

Submitted

Cute cat 😼 and I loved the music!

Developer

tysm!

Submitted

Cool game! The gameplay may be rather frustrating at first, but gets fun eventually

Submitted(+1)

Really liked the cute cat

Developer

^w^

Submitted

LOOOOVE the pixel artwork. And you had me at cats. :)

Developer

tysm :)

Submitted

Fun concept with cute art. Good job!

Submitted(+1)

Was the "Aughhhh" really necessary?! I know I am bad at games, but come on -_- 

*crosses arms in frustration

(this time I can't even blame the game, I know it's good) 

Developer

we must blame the game anyway

it is the only way

Submitted

That title sequence is incredible, the music rips, and hittin stuff with a bat feels crunchy and good. Amazing jam entry all around!

Developer(+1)

omg thank you :D

Submitted

That was a fun game. I did notice a bug where the ball sometimes phases through blocks. I don't know what that's caused by but it was a great concept.

Developer

yes sadly i couldn't quite figure that one out

Whack whack whack whack

Submitted

Good stuff - Came from GM Discord :)

Found the hitting a bit hard to time whilst moving side to side but that is part of the implementation of the theme. Outside of that it was great :) Particularly loved how crunchy it feels

Developer

tysm :D

I like to hit the stuff and watch numbers increase.

Developer(+1)

based

Smacking with the bat was a lot of fun. I'm not sure if it was intentional, but I thought it might be nice to have more control over the cat's movement rather than it moving  on it's own. Simple yet satisfying game!

Developer

that was there for the "roles reversed" theme


tysm im glad you enjoyed :)

Submitted

my high score was 135590. this is a lot of fun, own of the most enjoyable I've played here

Developer

tysm :)

godo vibes, the ball glitches thru the blocks pretty often, not sure if thats intentional. ball moves a little fast, quite hard to keep a rally going