Thank you! We had some cat-related gimmicks that ended up on the cutting room floor.
You can find a box-gun in the game that was supposed to be able to attract enemies and pacify them since they are cats, but we didn't have time to implement it fully. Some dialog/story-related things that directly tied into the theme also had to be cut. So, that is a fair assessment.
Our main priority was to make the gameplay solid. The jam is just for fun, so we wanted the most important thing to be that the game was fun rather than sacrificing the game's integrity for the cat-related gimmicks.
Thanks for playing!