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Nathaniel_dPW1 day ago

Very cute, and very clean, well scoped, bug-free jam game.
Suits the theme well too.

If you want to extend this, I would suggest some sort of progression system.
Like, maybe, being able to spend points to buy new toys or unlock new play areas for the kittens, or something.
It's nice as is, but after a few minutes you've seen everything, so there's not much motivation to hang around.

Also, I couldn't figure out how to quit the game using in-game controls.
I don't always expect to be able to from jam games; but I checked the Credits first, and I had to exit and re-open the application to actually play the game.
Was there a back button I missed?
It doesn't super matter, because it was worth the restart anyway.
:)

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Nathaniel_dPW1 day ago (1 edit)

Ok, now I've read the other comments, I am back!

I sort of disagree with Crimson on the "manage the chaos".
That is a valid straegy (see my game, or the "Too much to carry" game); but I don't think that's the vibe you are going for.
This is closer to a chill idle game, which relies less on chaos and more on progression as I suggested (and, I now see, you were already thinking of).
You could do one or the other properly; but I don't recommend trying to put both in the same game.

I tried to "play" with the kittens; but it didn't seem to do anything, so I assumed mama could only play with the toys.
Maybe I was unlucky.

One final thing I remembered: have you tested if the kittens ever wake up if they aren't put in the bed?
The start screen said they "rest faster"; but I left one out to test how long it takes, and it didn't seem to ever wake up.

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sathalom14 hours ago

Wow thanks for the many comments! I do think if we were to continue this project, that we'd focus on the more chill/adorable path rather than the chaos path (though babies of all species are good at chaos!). From the credits there should be a button in the bottom left that allows returning to the main menu. But from the game scene there is no way to leave. This is what our marketing team calls a "retention strategy" and certainly not because we just forgot. Oops!

You're right that Mama currently can play with toys but not with kittens, she can only pick them up. The kittens do eventually wake up, I just confirmed, but it takes a long time. It is about 13x faster in bed. Goes to show what a good mattress can do for your sleep :)

Thanks again for playing!

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