I don't have a name yet. But I do have the world's most adequate pixel art:

The top one is a cat and bottom one is a dog. Obviously.

And I've a cat-creator function called TOOL_FOR_CATS.

So I'm clearly working to the correct priorities.

99% complete then:

Wait, the one going down the middle doesn't have a face?? Very nice animations though! They're very nice and fluid. Is this also a PICO-8 entry?

It does have a face, but another cat spawned over the top of the first one blotting it out :)

PICO-8, yes.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

omggggggg i love this!! the animations are so cute i cant stop smiling ;;;

oh my godddd this is so precious!! i love the lil ear wiggles and tail twitches ;u;

Update! No cat collisions yet, but:

Current thoughts:

1. Too many cats
2. I think I have cats and dogs round the wrong way
3. Perhaps the "basket" at the bottom should be a bonfire?
4. Tweak the hitboxes so you can't "catch" dogs from the side
5. Sound effects
6. The game is now officially called "Cats. And Sometimes, Dogs"
7. Minter Mode
8. I've not used any cheeses as variable names yet

Quick update (no gifs, sorry):

I've tweaked the hitboxes so that any part of a cat hitting the basket counts as a hit, but the dogs can only be "caught" if their bottoms hit the top of the basket.

I've also slowed the basket down slightly, but implemented a "turbo" button to allow you to move faster. Basket speed was "3" before, now it's 2, with turbo being 4. Should make weaving through the cats more doable.

Going to make the cat collisions do something next, aside from decrement the lives counter. I'm thinking explosions with fireworks.

I'm finished! Just going to tidy up and submit!

It's terrible but I'm SO EXCITED ANYWAY!

And here it is!

https://dekay01.itch.io/cats-and-sometimes-dogs