the thing with the items was that i think i had like 5 of them when i realized i could go to the end? that i seemed to have helped every cat?? bc for a while i kept trying to find more cats i could help i guess-- otherwise it all makes sense!
Ah yes, the requirement for the King to throw you a party/gala is actually lower than the total amount of possible quests. I was afraid people might get frustrated/bored not being able to do some of the harder quests, so I made it easier to reach the final goal total of quests. However there are still extra (/secret) quests you can do if you want. (and I think there's an easter egg thrown in there somewhere). By my tabulation, there are 30 "main" quests, and 5 "sub/secret" quests. The goal I set to get the ending is just 25 I believe. So, the highest score possible should be 35 in total I believe.
Thanks again for playing out my game!! You are an amazing onion!!!