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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #129 | 3.917 | 3.917 |
| Overall | #137 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
| Presentation | #166 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Fun | #192 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Preferred Name
TheSquawkyRaven
Newbie?
Experienced
Nope - I've completed at least one game jam before.
How does your game fit the theme?
Twisted the theme, literally. Just Get Started - but what if you can't... because of an orange cat.
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Cute game! The ending was great haha. I liked how the cat swatted the items when you fished up the wrong one.
An interesting take on the fighting the game motif. Well executed with a good art style for what it is.
A fellow orange cat game!! :D
This game was really cute and fun. I loved the cat's face when you fished up the wrong item, that was probably my favourite part! Also the cat throwing the start button back in because I didn't get all the fish first, and basically saying "okay, now you can get it" after being fed all types of fish? Hilariously petty 😆
Wow really liked this one! 😂
The cat was very cute and the art direction was spot on, honestly the best part for me was the endings, figuring out and reading the poem was so fun, really had to brain expansion for that secret ending haha, very engaging and clever, wasn't expecting a fishing minigame in a annoying cat game premise, I do wish it was somewhat related to dealing with a annoying cat, but I guess it does make sense in a way how cats eat fish, but it was just surprising, very short and sweet, made me laugh for sure.
Overall, amazing job!
Thanks for playing! I planned more stuff in between the start and the fishing, but ran out of time. I wanted the ending to be "fishing the start button back up" since it fell down, and it ended up taking up a huge chunk of the game.
Thanks a lot for even achieving the secret ending as well! I hope you liked the twist heheh.
Pretty cute game I liked the cat he was so cute
Good job!
Cute game, great job.
Here’s ours,
https://itch.io/jam/shovel-jam-2025/rate/3738248
Nice game, kind of unexpected haha
Where's he hiding that tongue tho
I like the art and the general idea, reminds me of "There Is No Game". Actually made me chuckle at times.
My cat does the exact same thing when I try to game :). I really liked the art style of this game, and it fit the theme really well!
W game. Really liked the art!
awesome submission! was really fun to play. the art and sfx were great.
This was so cute!!! also I just LOVE CATS
This is a hidden gem! Although it's a simple game, I loved it! I didn't expect the cat to appear and do all the other things, I really want to say how the cat and every detail of the game was cute, but I don't want to give spoilers to someone reading the comments x)
Amazing game dude, this was pretty fun!
Thank you the comments, I really appreciate it :)
animations and art is really coooll!
omg kimtin!!!!!! <3<3<3 :3 game lets me pet kimtin :) game is perfect rapresentation of kimtin owner experience :)
This game is so cute! I played it last night before the judging began so I had to come back and give it a score!
Thanks for playing!
That cat is some kind of eldritch beast. The tongue animation gives it away
Who knows what else it can do :)
Well executed and very cute! Great visuals, i have no negative thoughts on this. Nice game!