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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #3 | 3.857 | 3.857 |
| Accessibilty | #3 | 3.642 | 3.642 |
| Fun | #4 | 3.981 | 3.981 |
| Graphics | #8 | 4.340 | 4.340 |
| Audio | #9 | 3.698 | 3.698 |
| Controls | #9 | 3.547 | 3.547 |
| Originality | #10 | 3.925 | 3.925 |
| Theme | #13 | 3.868 | 3.868 |
Ranked from 53 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.3
Wildcards Used
Pursuer
Game Description
An innocent game of a haunted cat's paw and chaos.
How does your game tie into the theme?
You play as a ghost haunting a cat on their way to take a nap.
Source(s)
N/A
Discord Username(s)
chippercompatriot, Thallos, SkeleToad
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
4th, 4th, 2nd
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Awesome entry! Everything about it was well done, keep it up!
It’s so simple, yet so fun.
Also, I love the classical violin soundtrack while you play.
Such a simple but great idea!
Fun take on the theme, very easy to get pulled into another try.
Graphics/sound/music were great and controls were simple and effective.
Thanks for submitting
Real cool idea, our first brainstorming session included a haunted cat game so its funny to see someone else's braincells were vibrating like that too. Really simple idea design wise that just works as a high score "one more run" game
Short but hilarious. Super well done on the visuals, straightforward idea, and even a leaderboard!
I played a couple of times and had a lot of trouble getting the paw attack to do what I expected to, despite how simple and intuitive the controls seemed. Maybe there was some sort of “hold down Mouse to reach further” type of system, but it just seemed random no matter how I tried to change my tactic. A quick freeze frame or two at the end of a player’s first run might have helped to explain what it was I wasn’t getting about the controls.
It was fun but short :(
I loved the graphics and the audio, I hoped I could jump or do some tricks with the paw
That was a blast, short and sweet and very funny. Great entry
Very impressive! I like the easter egg of your last jam game. :)
So glad you enjoyed it! You are the first to mention the old pictures 😄
Very simple and polished game, and I like how much you focused on the core mechanic with a leaderboard system. The audio and art were very good. I think the game was a bit too short though. Thanks for submitting!
Thank you for playing and your feedback. In regards to length do you wish the run was longer, or there were more things you could do with the cat (or both)?
Our priority was definitely see how polished we could make something by keeping scope down and I can see how it felt short on the experience.
Maybe adding some sort of obstacles that you have to watch out for would be an additional way to add skill expression. I felt that the game was mostly about clicking as fast as possible, and if I remember correctly, there was a definitive time limit. So, generally some more depth here would have been nice.
The leaderboard system and game are very polished, and I can see how this would be great as a jam game, but maybe the cat is also moving too fast. Not for difficulty tuning as the game was very simple, but for a longer run.
Such a fun and simple game!! Wish there was more levels and more destruction to be had is my only feedback! Great work!!
Guess it's always fun to destroy things haha. My only question is why the ghost had to take over the cat when cats do that sort of thing normally haha.
Fun game!
Everything in this game matches together and I absolutely have nothing to complain. Very polished and original idea. I wish there were more levels to cause mischief, hehe.
It is so fun and cool-looking game. I'd like to have an endless mode where you can destruct housees for eternity, because this is so good
This game was way too fun i literally spent half an hour just messing around ahaha
So glad you enjoyed it! The last couple days we were trying to best each other‘s score (and honestly still playing it a little but closing out to not muck up the leaderboard).
Cute and fun! Loved the art style and concept is fantastic. Kind of wish it was just a little longer per run. But I do think the addition of the leaderboard makes it replayable enough to balance it out. One of my favourite entries so far! Great work!
Thank you for the kind words! We focused on polish over content length and hoped the replay ability would help us a bit. I am curious do you just wish there were more rooms to run through, or more mechanics?
I don't think it needs more mechanics, what you have here is good and I don't see any real need to add additional elements to gameplay.
I'd say for me personally the overall length of each attempt just feels too short. I want to keep playing but as soon as I find myself getting into the groove of the gameplay it just kind of comes to an abrupt end. I wouldn't say it needs a lot but I would like too see the what is here extended into a longer experience.
Had fun playing. like the leaderboard system you used.
Thank you so much! We used the silentwolf plugin which makes it super easy to set everything up. Took about an hour and a half to get things in and working.
I used it for one of my games too. Game name starry slide.
I really enjoyed playing this game, it is fun and simple, the physics implementation is great, the music/sounds add some humor to it, and it fits the theme quite well.
The art also looks very pleasant. great entry!
So glad you enjoyed the game and thank you for the kind words! Our goal was small scope to do it well after the last project was so out of scope.
It was inaccurate up until the end. The cat is never innocent [source: first hand pet owner experience].
All joking aside, short and sweet. I was curious what the final game would be like as you posted in the Discord server and it definitely turned out well. The animations and expressions on the kitty were pitch perfect. Glad to see someone else implementing some online components. I really love a good social component to a game for a jam. Good job :)
the leaderboard is low effort high reward for replay ability and offering a glimpse into how other people do with the same experience. I love adding that to a game jam! We opted for keeping scope down to do it well and I’m glad you enjoyed it. I wanted to show more on discord but our artist didn’t want me spoiling too much 😄
Very fun game, the level of polish blew me away. Small things like playing random sound effects when changing the SFX slider and having a random name generator for the leaderboard go a long way to make the game feel more complete. Well done!
Thank you for the kind words! Our goal with this was to make something as polished as we could in the time frame and I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed the little touches.
The random name generator is very low effort high reward I think. Especially with the social nature of game jams!