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Cat'le Herdin''s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #295 | 4.098 | 4.098 |
| Overall | #323 | 3.775 | 3.775 |
| Originality | #389 | 3.892 | 3.892 |
| Fun | #680 | 3.431 | 3.431 |
Ranked from 102 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
What is more out of control than trying to herd cats?
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all art during the game jam
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all audio during the game jam
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Really cool concept and execution!
thanks! It’s the result of 6 hours of brainstorming!
Herding cats was one of the ideas I had for this jam, nice to see an implementation. Did I finally manage to get a pack of cats into the trap, the moment I walk away they all leave again.
the capturing of the cats was a bit of a talking and even a fighting point sometime.
I hope you still enjoyed the game! :)
Music is just great. Art looks good. Mechanics are pretty hard, but well implemented. Nice game, great job.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
We made them hard on purpose but when you get used to it and control a large
group of cats it just feels so satisfying! :D
It's the best game I've seen of the jam so far. I think you guys have a good shot at getting a high rank!
Thank you so much! :D
Showed your comment to the team!
You really made a lot of people happy just now! :D
Cute!
Thank you!
Cats are cute but my partner dev his cat was bullying him!
As we where working together for 35 hours a it was prety clear cats aren't always cute! :P
Lool, I like there's some story behind your game jam journey. Best of luck!
Super cute! It was pretty hard to control, but very satisfying when you have a big group of cats together!
I know! We got some bugs due to development enjoying it to much and we got in
a time constraint! :P
Cool! The visuals were a bit off for me (different screen size?), but the game was really fun and original. Loved the concept.
Yeah we had the UI working on our screens, but when the time crunch came, we didn't have enough time left to properly set up scaling. Glad you had fun :D
Yeah there was a difference in visuals, I'm genuinely impressed you noticed tho!
thanks for the kind words! :)
really tough but so cute! love it
Well that's the name of the game! ;)
I'm glad you liked it!
I didn't understand anything but the music, sounds and visuals make it so fun by themselves.
Thanks! It is a little hard on first sight!
If you want to try again, the goal is basically to get as much cats in the ranch on your right
using different methods like the catnip bomb to attract the cats and water to chase them away! :)
I'm happy you liked it tho! The artists and musicians did such a great job!
"What?"
"I'm playing a game where I'm herding cats."
"Herding cats?"
I love it.
Its an actual job it seems!
I can't imagine how hard it would be without a water pistol and
cat attracting bombs! :P
Haha! We wanted to play into the hilarity of taking an idiom too literally XD Glad you enjoyed it!
Love it, got 17 cats by chance. Another time the cats flew into the sky and I couldn't catch them.
Could do with a cat radar or something to find the remaining cats.
We had dreams of implementing a mini map with the cat locations on it, but unfortunately we didn't have quite enough time. So glad you liked it!
Yeah a cat radar was on the ToDo but there was just to much work involving other polish that we just couldn't get to it!
Maybe after the jam! :D
I have to say that gameplay was fairly difficult, but it was a funny idea and the art was very impressive to be completed in 48 hours.
The game play requires some getting used to but hey! The theme is "Uncontrollable" so we aint making this easy for ya'll! ;)
The artist and musicians did a great job yeah!
Very fun and CUTE! although the UI is a bit cut off. I can see myself trying to learn more about using the water and the bomb, but I ended up mostly just moving my character around to get the cats in!
Yeah the character is a really convenient ally but the controlling a large horde using your water
and bomb is the most satisfying thing in the world!
Thanks for your feedback! The UI was indeed a bit of a dip! :p
The HUD is cut off the screen for me. I use a 1440x900 monitor, so I think that's the problem.
No this was completely on us!
We wrapped everything up way too late and ended up noticing too late that the UI wasn't done yet.
I hope you still enjoyed it tho! :D
This was pretty fun, the cats are nearly impossible to control i love it.
I mean... Yes they are cats! :P
After playing this game 100 times in 48 hours you actually start to get the hang of it btw ;)
Yeah xD with enough practice and patience i can see it being mastered lol
very good idea, nice art and concept, i just didnt understand the way it works exactly
Yes indeed, I think the tutorial is definitely something we could have better polished. Thanks for playing :D
Yeah it was a bit hard to make the mechanics understandable within the short amount of time we had!
But it was basically:
- Get the cats in the horde
- shoot water at the spot you want the cats to run away from
- lure the cats with a cat bomb
Thanks for the feedback! If you have any suggestions on making it more clear in the tutorial
definitely let me know! :)
Had fun spraying the cats with water, and was vibing to the cats meowing to the music. 10/10 master piece. Pretty amazing too considering it was made in 48 hours!
I bet dogs would enjoy herding the cats ;) Glad you had fun and the music is definitely a blast!
Thank you so much!
That's the results of 2*4 hours of sleep and a
lot of motivations and great music!
Love the audio but on my first play-through i found myself not entirely sure what i was supposed to do.
Thanks! The musicians really nailed it!! :)
I hope you still had a great time! :)
Glad you liked the audio, our composers really jammed hard! As for the tutorial, we agree we could definitely sharpen it.
Very awesome. Loved the art and the game made a lot of sense to both the theme and the theme of the game itself. The one thing I had trouble with was trying to work out both where the trap was. And once I had cats in there they'd escape anyway, so it wasn't fun to leave the area to get more cats? Am I missing something?
The cat nip bomb can be used to keep cat's in a particular area, and you are meant to sort of weigh the options of "should I risk losing some cats and try to bring more to the trap" or "should i guard the trap and try and keep this massive herd contained"
Yes, if we had more time we definitely would have polished up the tutorial a bit. As for the cats leaving the trap area, try using the catnip bomb (right mouse click) to keep them attracted :D
It was really hard to work out a mechanic involving a capture cause you know!
Theme out of control :P you aint getting any control here that's for sure haha!
The audio in this is my absolute favourite, thank you!
I know! The composers where so great!
And thank you for checking out our game! :)
Very cute game, I love the massive packs of cats!
Thank you so much! :D