Nice idea, cats chasing a mouse in a pacman style game. Where did I see that... :-D
Would be more challanging if the walls of the maze were actually obstacles not just part of a background image.
Btw: you made it to my list:
unofficial List of Pacman Games in GMTK Game Jam 2023
https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2023/rate/2159180#post-8162405
Pacman forever!