A downloadable game.
I reviewed this for my #33in28 series on Thoughty: http://briebeau.com/thoughty/33in28-week-2-reviews/
An excerpt:
Operation: Cat Chat is a solo game about quarantining with your cat by Jessica Marcrum/angrynerdgirl. I don’t think I can explain it better than the itchio page, but the general idea is that you are quarantined with your cat alone and decide to learn to speak cat. The page states these requirements:
“To play Operation: Cat Chat, you will need one six-sided die, a standard deck of cards, ten tokens that your cat likes, a recording method, and most importantly, a cat that can tolerate you.“
As someone who has designed a game about interacting with your cat, I was admittedly surprised at how much more complex this game is, but I figure some cats are more chill than others! The safety warning at the start of the game is great and includes warnings (isolation, loss, poverty, hunger, religion, alien invasions, brainwashing, and the feeling of being watched) and the Emergency Button safety tool (very similar to Script Change’s “Pause”). I was initially excited about playing this game with my cat! These warnings, however, made me elect to simply test out pieces of the game and read it – I experience paranoia because of my mental illness, and didn’t want to aggravate it.
I did like the note to respect and be kind to your cat, as we really need to be cognizant that pets are living beings when we make games about them!
