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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #227 | 3.975 | 3.975 |
| Overall | #243 | 4.054 | 4.054 |
| Creativity | #396 | 4.063 | 4.063 |
| Style | #558 | 4.125 | 4.125 |
Ranked from 80 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?
It's a grid based puzzle game about cats that can scale in size. I was worried it didn't quite fit the theme so I also made it so they scale a mountain 😅
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
The gameplay, cat sprites, level tiles + props, and some UI made by me. See the description for a full list of credits for art and audio used
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Wow, great job on this game! It was a tricky bit of fun maneuvering the cats around to make things work, and I really liked how silly they all looked stretched out like that. I think one of my cats has this ability...
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! And I'd love to see your cat walk around like that 😂
That's our Goblin, she can stretch reeeeeal loooong
Don't know about the right angles though 😅
Very very cool game! Great art, good music, great concept! Love the elongated gatto! This core mechanic is really really cool
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for playing 😁
Very good level design. You have to think differently every level, and I like that. It's so cool, when you use the same mechanic in a different ways.
I actually wanted to add more mechanics but had to make do with just the cats and the blocks. I'm glad to hear that worked out though 😁
These mechanics get surprisingly fleshed out and intricate in so few levels, and I'm absolutely here for it! Super nice vibes, fun puzzles, and funny snake cats. Would've liked an undo button as it feels a bit punishing having to redo the entire thing for making a single mistake. Otherwise, super solid game, actually started pushing my brain quite a bit quicker than any other puzzle game I've played this jam so far, good stuff.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I definitely wanted an undo button and got started on it, but ran out of time to finish it 😅
I love the long cats. They are so cute. The gameplay is really awesome. Also no cat was sacrificed during my playthrough (though I did find the intended solution beforehand).
Good to hear you enjoyed it 😄
There are at least a couple of solutions I know of to spare the orange cat in the sacrifice level, I'll see if I can fix that 😂
SnakeCat!
I was afraid at first that this was just a rip off of Snakebird, but this game has plenty enough differences in mechanics to have its own puzzles and catches. Almost every level had me stumped for at least a few minutes, which is a mark of a well-designed puzzles and a good difficulty curve. (I do think there could have been a couple more levels before level 1 to tutorialize the mechanics, but it wasn't that much of a problem.) This was a lot of fun! Great job!
Happy to hear you enjoyed it and thanks for the feedback. If I continue it in the future I can see about introducing mechanics more gradually
Adorable cats and super creative puzzles.
Really love this one and definitely had me stumped a few times throughout. Wonderful game.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the game 😁
Long cat is back!
Quite an interesting puzzle game! a shame my brain is a bit too fried to work properly tonight.
also, cats. What’s not to like!
Great job!
Thanks! Glad to hear you liked it! I hope it didn't make your brain extra crispy 😂
Long cat is back!
Quite an interesting puzzle game! a shame my brain is a bit too fried to work properly tonight.
also, cats. What’s not to like!
Great job!
Amazing game. I prefer the levels with just the king cat. The ones with multiple cats very hard.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the feedback! Was it the issue with multiple cats the switching?
No, its more the trying to work out how your supposed to use all the cats together
I see, it definitely adds some more complexity. Thanks for the feedback 😁
Fun game with neat puzzle and cute cats. It's fun to watch the cat king becoming long ! :-D Good job on the game !
Glad you enjoyed the puzzles, thanks 😁
loved the cat sprites!! really interesting concept, got me to twist my brain!
Thanks for playing! Happy to hear you enjoyed it and liked the cats 😁
Amazing game. Controls annoyed me at first but I soon got used to them. Initially expected a snakebird clone but this is so much more. I'd gadly play another 50 levels of this.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! Was there anything in particular with the controls that seemed confusing, hard to use, or unintuitive before you got used to it?
It was the holding space to stretch, releasing space to move in the new shape, and tapping space again to reset. It all made sense but it was a type of action I had no muscle memory for, so I goofed up a lot in the first few levels.
Someone else mentioned that they had issues with holding space, if I continue it I can see about other options that may be more intuitive. Thanks!
If you're planning to work on it further, most games of this type have an undo button which steps backward through your moves, rather than having to restart the level from scratch.
Yes, I only got part way into implementing it. I have the game recording every change but I ran out of time to allow the player to reverse it 😅
Speaking for myself, I would make these changes to make the controls smoother:
Thanks for the feedback!
I was thinking of having a visual effect when holding space but I didn't get a chance to add it in. A sound for an indicator definitely sounds good as well
For the cat size I couldn't quite get the sprites to look right at 1 unit in height, I definitely got the height mixed up with the king while testing at least a couple times since his crown sticks up so it's definitely an issue 🤔
If I continue the game I'll try to make sure it's obvious where things drop and I can probably add some more background tiles post jam for the catch level
Very cute graphics! Quite a brain teaser. I had a good time playing it! Great work, your game!
great itch.io page too!
Thanks, it's my first time not leaving it with the default style 😂
Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed it!
The most enjoyable pixel art game I've seen in the jam. I wish that this game may feature in the top 100s. The art was really good. Physics, mechanics were lively.
best of luck :D
I invite you to play and rate my game as well, which will be pleasure for me.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 😁
Really funny mechanic, graphics are great
Happy to hear you liked it, thanks 😄
Fantastic mechanic. Really liked how you could control multiple cats and weave them together. Very on theme.
Thanks, happy to hear you liked the stretchy cat mechanics 😁
What an interesting idea and what a good implementation. It is really high quality. Great job.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
Love this idea! Love the theme! Love the music! Love the sprites! Incredible job! This is a solo game that's on-par with a team game!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
As listed in the credits though, audio, some UI art, and the backgrounds(the pillars in level 1 and the clouds/mountains) were not created by me but I did do everything else
Regardless, even just the mechanics are difficult to do solo, so nice job :)