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Every Ten Seconds A Kitten Drowns

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Humor1013.39
Overall1883.48
Fun2403.34
Graphics3043.33
Theme3193.41
Mood3233.05
Audio3232.95
Innovation4783.06

Comments

josriley 2013-08-26 02:18

The cat names were a nice touch, haha. I caught myself saying "NOOO HANK!" out loud to myself. Anyway, this was a lot of fun!

Side note: I'm guessing you're aware of it, but I did get my boat stuck on the center thing at one point and had to exit out.

nathanhoffer 2013-08-26 02:19

I really liked the upgrade system. Well done!

umu 2013-08-26 02:20

I really like the music, and the ship (plus that little trail). the interface feels a bit weird, it's hard to tell mines from kittens, and the text can clash with the background.

thor-thunderfist 2013-08-26 02:23

Very unique/hilarious and the names of the cats were awesome. Unfortunately, at one point every time I hit a cat I would no longer be able to move until another cat appeared, even after the game restarted.

freegor 2013-08-26 02:24

Looks nice and feels pretty good. At first the kittens weren't spawning and I assumed I was supposed to save the little icons and couldn't figure out why I couldn't. It was fun when kittens were spawning at a good rate but sometimes they would just stop showing up.

luzfish_4 2013-08-26 02:25

When I asked for a random name, it gave me "Amethyst Archeron", and these are two of my favorite words.

I lost pretty badly, I let 11 kittens drown, and when I clicked, "I can save more" it just said that I lost instantly with no cats saved nor drowned.

ravetcofx 2013-08-26 03:06

Cant wait to try!

lustdante 2013-08-26 03:06

+5 humor for the title. Thank you for your coolness and the awesome game!

scriptorum 2013-08-26 03:12

Goddamn! Why, Orangey? Why?? Well I killed a lot of kittens.

I had trouble at first with the mines. The hit box was larger than I expected. After that it was smooth sailing. Nice touches with the boat naming, cat naming and upgrade system.

This game does for boats and cats what Choplifter did for helicopters and POWs.

calahagus 2013-08-26 03:15

What an awesome little game! I had loads of fun saving my cats friends, and the names are hilarious!

But the feels when I saw that first kitty sink. :( You've scarred me for life man.

archaeometrician 2013-08-26 03:16

Simply loved it. Great visual, good music. The controls are smooth and respond perfectly. That's really impressive, great work !

tacospice 2013-08-26 03:28

Good controls, smooth music. I like it. Poor drowned kittens though :(

rabbits 2013-08-26 03:33

Your games always make me smile, good work and go cats!

l0gical1nsanity 2013-08-26 03:52

Kinda morbid theme. Poor kittehs! lol. I was really impressed wiith the 3d graphics. Not bad for a solo job. I found that the game was kind of chill/relaxing, not so much challenging. But the music kind of fit that mood.

mirzasan 2013-08-26 03:53

ship move smoothly nice simple n addictive gameplay

yaguar 2013-08-26 03:53

Lots of nice little additions and polish (Name your boat and it appears on the back, cat names).

noom 2013-08-26 03:54

Good bit of fun. LET ME SAVE THEM!

northerncross 2013-08-26 04:09

Lots of detail and many features. Good graphics.

jah2488 2013-08-26 04:18

No the poor kitties. I couldn't save them all.

parappayo 2013-08-26 04:24

Great use of the theme, and nice work on the upgrades shop!

empyrealhell 2013-08-26 04:27

Overall it was a fun little time waster. The graphics were smooth, the cat theme was amusing and you were spot on with the music. The only thing missing on that regard would have been some poor drowning kitten sounds. The collision detection felt a bit off at times, and every time a kitten spawned inside a mine I got a little sad. Also it would have been nice to be able to see how much money I had on the shop page.

jishenaz 2013-08-26 04:50

The controls were good and the difficulty was just right. Awesome game.

metal-axe 2013-08-26 04:50

Really great game. Although after I had a played a couple games, I would start freezing in place for several seconds whenever I saved a cat.

carlsommer 2013-08-26 04:52

Good upgrade system. Very cool music! I didn't rate audio higher, though because there is no audio besides the music.

stevesalmond 2013-08-26 05:06

Nice! I lol'ed at the cat names (Buttcat, ^^), and the time management gameplay style works really well. Good work :D

namrog84 2013-08-26 05:09

I can save more!

Nice gameplay!

At first I thought I was an airplane and had to fly around, then I realized I was on water and in a boat!

dooleus 2013-08-26 05:17

The graphics and interface are pretty decent. The controls are a little unsatisfying... I would like there to be a bigger sense of speed and weight in the boat, instead of just stopping when you let go of the movement keys. I had an issue with not collecting a cat even though the side of my boat was touching his raft thing, so it might be better if there was a slightly larger area for the collision detection. There were also some issues with getting stuck inside of the rescue station.

The music is not good, nor does it put me in a kitten saving mood, and the lack of sound effects really detracts from the atmosphere.

borden 2013-08-26 05:23

Tons of features. Wow, really impressive for 48 hours.

Not a whole lot of fun though, and the music isnt that fitting.

brmassa 2013-08-26 05:24

Nice dark theme about cats getting drowned. Hard at the beginning but doable.

infernal 2013-08-26 05:30

I need a faster boat

andrewves 2013-08-26 05:31

Great concept, the music gave the game a very 007 feel. Although at some point a couple of the kittens spawned inside of the spikes.

spiralcodestudio 2013-08-26 05:35

Very good! A solid game about kittens! I like it..... poor kittens........

oldpeculier 2013-08-26 05:54

I was loving this game as soon as I saw the name. And the actual play does not disappoint. Beautiful job!

blue-steel 2013-08-26 06:38

boat moves A little slow. and playing of little animals drowning etc is a rough pull. for animal lovers :(

le_john 2013-08-26 06:58

Your game is very cool !

Just, the track is maybe a bit short, and sometimes, my boat stuck during 10 seconds I don't know why. Anyway, congrats ! :D

donan 2013-08-26 07:02

It was fun ^^. Controls are really smooth :)

mychairhasalooin 2013-08-26 07:06

Best cat/boat game I've played this morning.

netgrind 2013-08-26 07:25

That was a fun game. I really loved the cat names. The mines could use a bright blinky red light as it was hard to tell what the text is floating over.

sebastian 2013-08-26 07:30

Brilliant!

pierrec 2013-08-26 08:06

Fun to play! I especiallt loved the boat and cat names.

hypnohustla 2013-08-26 08:11

Fun little rescue game. The random name generation was a nice touch. The collission boxes felt a bit off sometimes. Nothing too bad though. :)

cwkx 2013-08-26 08:13

Great little game, especially enjoyed the relaxed music!

rein1 2013-08-26 08:46

Pity cats~Very good game~thank you~

as3boyan 2013-08-26 08:54

Graphics is amazing! One bug that I got - two kittens are in same position. Kitten inside mine, how can I save it?)

zephyr89 2013-08-26 08:57

Is this a compo entry? As that looks like a unity standard asset skybox.

kddekadenz 2013-08-26 09:08

The game hang up after I lost for the 2nd time.
Otherwise it's really fun! The music could be more happy, though :)

g_o 2013-08-26 09:15

In game instructions could have been nice :D

gatechgrad 2013-08-26 09:21

Pretty fun game. The controls seemed to be just right. I'm glad all of the bonuses carry over between levels. However, the torpedoes stopped working after awhile. It would also be nice to see how much money you have on the shop screen (although it does only highlight the items you can buy).

toestee 2013-08-26 09:28

aww, those poor kittens :(

zephyr89 2013-08-26 09:29

The graphics for me were spoilt by the use of a standard assets skybox. Also your lighting is all in the gray-scale. If you had made the sun bluer to match the sky it would have looked better. Apart from that great game!

paraknight 2013-08-26 09:36

Two bugs I found that might just be unique to me:
- If you try to change the boat's name, the keyboard stops working (including ingame WASD).
- The game crashed when I tried to buy the radar first thing.
Nothing that wouldn't be expected after only two days work though. Really fun idea that was very well implemented!

farfromsleep 2013-08-26 09:54

Nicely put together, quality little rescue game. Was a little confused as to which objectives were which to begin with, but it all made sense soon enough. Good stuff.

hardgrafter 2013-08-26 09:57

Liked the idea and background music!

szedouu 2013-08-26 10:15

ahhah very fun game. I want to save more KAAAATZZZZZ!

choupom 2013-08-26 10:26

Awesome game, but sorry for all the kittens i could not save :(

p4nurge 2013-08-26 10:51

Really polished and enjoyable. Great work! I would have liked to be able to see how much money I had when I was in the shop but aside from that very minor quibble I loved this.

zephyr89 2013-08-26 10:52

If you are using default assets then you should be in the jam and not the compo.
Skyboxes are not exempt assets. Only fonts and some musical assets are.

raggy 2013-08-26 10:53

Addictive gameplay. Humorous cat names. What's not to like? That I couldn't save more cats. :(

ellipticaldoor 2013-08-26 11:03

I like the part whith cats.

ratalaika 2013-08-26 11:34

I like it, quite nice idea!! Really addictive.

lcarpentier 2013-08-26 12:14

It was a lot of fun, I could totally play that on Kong.

infernet89 2013-08-26 12:17

Ooh, save kittens! That was something i didn't expect with 10seconds theme. And upgrade system build in under 48h? Well done!

lars-faust 2013-08-26 12:30

Hahaha, amazing!

And such a clean, pleasing 3D style. Extra points for that.

gritfish 2013-08-26 12:37

Nice work!
The shop button was a bit hard to find - I kept clicking on the money display for a while. Derp.

The radar I think caused some serious pauses, but otherwise this is a great execution on the idea.

I could really see myself playing a version of this with a persistent shop over and over.

pythong 2013-08-26 12:38

drowning kittens make me sad :'<
would have been awesome if you had a radar or sth so I knew where the next drowning kitteh was

diogomuller 2013-08-26 13:07

Kinda hard to find the kitties without a radar, but fun nonetheless. I like it.

martijn 2013-08-26 13:43

Very fun game. The return of boxy the boxcat is a nice touch. Also who names their cat "buttcat" ?

eolhing 2013-08-26 13:45

This game is cool ! I lacks some sound effects but it is really cool =)

xotraz 2013-08-26 13:48

It's a good game, but i didnt enjoy playing.
That's why i rated 2 in fun.

The song is also really boring.

mekuri 2013-08-26 13:57

Very nice game!! I especially liked the upgrade shop.

acrimiens 2013-08-26 14:22

Good Game, nice work!

balooga03 2013-08-26 14:52

Very nice and polished.

truiton 2013-08-26 14:54

Haha the cat names made me laugh :D
The game is fun and work like a charm. :)

laserbeam 2013-08-26 14:58

Feels weird that a second is about as long as 3 actual seconds IRL. Maybe I'm lagging or something...

zccc 2013-08-26 14:58

Very nice, the names were pretty funny. One of the kittens was inside a bomb tough :(

urth 2013-08-26 15:22

An overall good game.

todnut 2013-08-26 15:23

Awesome!

clavus 2013-08-26 15:42

All those kittens I couldn't save will haunt me forever :(

Well done!

ray_mickelino 2013-08-26 15:44

I couldn't save them. Those poor kitties. Awesome game. Great Aesthetics.

jaj 2013-08-26 15:57

Why do you get money for dead kittens?

larzan 2013-08-26 16:25

Nice game, a bit repetitive. Also the web version crashed my browser (Win7-64bit).
Nice music...

alwaysinbeta 2013-08-26 16:25

The controls feel great and love the interpretation of the theme. Good fun!

kayupla 2013-08-26 17:02

I like very much the theme eploitation. Good work!

schwiggy 2013-08-26 17:06

This is by far the best cat-based boating simulator I've played. Also it looks like the highscores on Kong are capped at 50, is there a way to get more than 50%?

infin8 2013-08-26 17:08

Fun stuff. A cat seemed to have spawned in a mine though, so that was a pain.

sjk 2013-08-26 17:28

Nice Game, there seems to be a bug where the boat gets stuck with a radar.

Jeremias 2013-08-26 17:37

I like games with upgrade systems. Was fun to play towards them. I am a bit confused that you lose the money after some time, but keep the inventory. Additional, why not opening the shop by pushing a button instead of changing from the keyboard to the mouse? Or did I missed it? Nice use of the theme anyway.

mesene 2013-08-26 17:45

Nice! just like boxy :D

jijaweb 2013-08-26 17:49

Cool concept. Good job!

joekinglake 2013-08-26 17:55

Lovely game. Very fun, great use of the theme, simple and effective graphics and music that fits the bill. Awesome job!

ghostik 2013-08-26 17:57

Really nice work! And funny cat names :D

blooperly 2013-08-26 18:07

Awesome game! Could use some meowing sound effects.

crashbanito 2013-08-26 18:11

Everything about this game is amazing. The writing for the various buttons alone makes me want to play more. "Let me save them!" The randomly generated kitty names are also great.

My only criticism is that I do feel that it's a little too easy to hit those mines.

jlauener 2013-08-26 18:16

Haha nice one :)

zerkruemler 2013-08-26 18:21

Quite funny and with a motivating upgrade-system

jhelle 2013-08-26 18:27

Nice game mate. Enjoyed the music. Sadly one of the kittens wanted to hug a mine so I blew up :(

tigerj 2013-08-26 18:42

I love the I can save more button. thanks for adding the kong api too. I will be back for the leader board.

nice game good work

zappi 2013-08-26 18:45

13 kittens! I feel good :)

adventureislands 2013-08-26 18:51

Poor kitties! That's a good extra motivaton for rescue.

I thought the game played otherwise well, but I got stuck on the rescue station when I exited the shopping window, and sometimes kitties and mines spawn on the same location. Mine collision area is crazy large too.

highquality 2013-08-26 18:53

After dying the first time I kept the radar I had upgraded and couldn't move at all unless there was a cat on the map.

Disregarding that bug and the fact that the mines hitboxes was way too large this game is extremely well polished and feels really complete for the fact that it was made during 48 hours by a single guy, easily a 4/5.
Well done!

doonay21 2013-08-26 19:06

A lot of work has been done to make this game as I can see! Great work!

gfm 2013-08-26 19:14

Nice game! :)

keithe 2013-08-26 19:15

Fun idea. The shop adds a lot of replay and the music is great. Which the collision with the bombs was a little tighter. It is really hard to thread the needle once more bombs start showing up. Great job!

taiters 2013-08-26 19:26

Cool game! I kept thinking I was doing well then saw how many cats I failed to save haha.

At one point the keyboard input seemed to stop working, I couldn't work out why, but after a cat appeared it worked again. Well done overall!

gikdew 2013-08-26 19:30

nice little game!

zedutchgandalf 2013-08-26 19:34

Haha! Nice idea :D
Really fun game ^^

oxysoft 2013-08-26 19:48

Very nice, I like the idea

pitzik4 2013-08-26 20:09

I saved every single cat I saw, and yet I still got a score of only 45%. :( The game was fun. :)

meep 2013-08-26 20:12

Fun little upgrade game. :) The audio was really nice. It would've been good to show how much money you had while shopping, and sometimes it froze for a few seconds upon rescuing a cat (seemed like it was to wait for the next one to spawn. I had the radar, if that had to do with it). Great work, though. :)

static-64 2013-08-26 20:14

Fun and well designed. Lots of polish for 48 hours.

martin_monosys 2013-08-26 20:14

Hey man, thanks for playing my game, but I won't play yours. I'm kinda allergic to anything with dead kittens in it, sorry!!!
No hard feelings, but... no!

triplevisiongames 2013-08-26 20:20

I can save more!!!!!!!! Great game

theholychicken 2013-08-26 20:36

NOOOO... I tried to save them....
great take on the theme! I like how the driver of the boat is a cat.

samcord 2013-08-26 20:54

Nice game, the ship controls feel nice

idovoodoo 2013-08-26 20:55

Sooooo cool! Well done :)

gremlin 2013-08-26 21:00

Good use of randomly generated names. For the boats and the cats!

It's a bit dark, at least on my screen.

I had a cat generated right on top of a landmine. Poor Nermal didn't make it.

randomelginguy 2013-08-26 21:03

Great fun, love how it has upgradables and everything too

thethirdone 2013-08-26 21:26

I love the premise of this game.

dezlad 2013-08-26 21:29

Really cool idea, very fun to play! Shame the shop menu doesn't say how much money you have though.

bjeaurn 2013-08-26 21:49

I had a blast! Loved the work and art that went into this. Very good and fun game!

nights57 2013-08-26 21:52

So many kittens drowned on my watch : (. Funky music too, fun fun game.

mlinus 2013-08-26 21:54

A fun and relaxing game. :)

It would be nice if the shop showed how much money you have. :)

volute 2013-08-26 22:02

But what are they doing in the water in the first place ?
Fun idea :)

aurel300 2013-08-26 22:15

This game made me a bit sad :( ... Poor kittens!

cubertoy 2013-08-26 22:27

You sir, understand Internet. Cats. That is all ! Very nice game, well executed, a really fun time playing.

andwhatnot 2013-08-26 22:36

Oh those poor little kitten!
This is a cute and fun game. Good stuff.

tau7153 2013-08-26 22:37

Fun game, actually quite similar to a game I made for my college course earlier this year!

sestren 2013-08-26 22:37

"Curse my metal body, I wasn't fast enough!" Fun game that makes you feel for those poor kittens. I love that you can just barely save a kitten as it's starting to drown; made me feel like a hero. :)

thegamemaker 2013-08-26 23:03

Very nice! haha

bipolarmike 2013-08-26 23:27

The game itself was not the most original, but it was the little touches that made it good! The random name generator, the cat names, I really liked the design of the text on top of the cats, the layout of the text was very nice. You are very conscious of the little touches in your design, and it shows.

There were a few bugs, and one cat spawned exactly on top of a mine so I couldn't save him, but otherwise I enjoyed this entry!

nate427 2013-08-26 23:27

Really fun and I loved the name system!

joxno 2013-08-26 23:56

I was kinda sad when I reached the end and I only saved 3 kittens, I had gone after all of the money instead... I'm such a bad person. Anyhow, awesome game!

tsamisaherb 2013-08-27 00:02

Great game, loved the music

kacperski1 2013-08-27 00:07

Pretty cool game ;)

ossi 2013-08-27 00:14

Poor kittens! I couldn't save them all! Cool take on the theme and the upgrade shop is neat. Great random names too, my ship was called Orange Universal, so gooood! Some things to improve on: I wish there was more feedback when collecting money or kittens, like a visual or prominent sound effect, and perhaps make it so you have to return to the shop to upgrade rather than being able to go to shop whenever. That may give the game a bit more risk/reward. Great job though!

dwallin 2013-08-27 00:25

A solid game with a good dose of humor. I ran into a bug where cats would apparently show up and drown all without showing up on my screen or radar.

kunonooni 2013-08-27 00:47

Solid game. Nice take on the theme.

papawhiskey 2013-08-27 00:49

Personally I think this could've been a bit more colorful, but other than that -- great work!

dmastergames 2013-08-27 00:51

Good Game :) Really fun and addicting. Very fun and funny and the graphic were quit good :)

kevinworkman 2013-08-27 00:56

This was great. I was so sad when one of the kittens drowned right in front of me!

fireblend 2013-08-27 01:06

Pretty funny, gotta love the randomly generated kitten names :P

anmorales 2013-08-27 01:08

Nice work!!

jayjay122 2013-08-27 01:21

That felt like a really complete game, great job!

casimps1 2013-08-27 01:25

The upgrade system is a nice touch! Gave some good depth to what would have otherwise been a fairly dry experience.

Was confused at first though. I thought the little cat head icons actually WERE the kittens, not money.

liannethy 2013-08-27 01:41

Cool game, reminded me of some sort of minigame that would be in Saints Row or GTA :)

komradus 2013-08-27 01:48

I didn't come here to be sad dammit, those poor kittens! But serious great work, the kitten names were a nice touch.

tork 2013-08-27 02:02

at some point I had nothing to take for 10 seconds, at the same time I had 2 spawns inside bombs, really nice game and those 2 things are small things but they can be fixed fast :D

angrycrow 2013-08-27 02:09

Cool game. I didn't ever figure out how to upgrade though.

meta87 2013-08-27 03:02

Haha catchy title! Really smooth controls, fun game nice :)

zkenshin 2013-08-27 03:04

Solid entry, had fun. :)

larb 2013-08-27 03:24

Poor kitties... Do they at least go to kitty heaven?

I wish there wasn't a 120 second timer. I would like to keep going and keep upgrades. The fun stops too early! Cool entry.

generalgore 2013-08-27 03:36

Liked the game a lot. very funny and great use of the theme. :) I never got a better score than 50% and the game broke after every game, but other than that a great game.

roaet 2013-08-27 03:40

I like it. I really liked the names of the cats.

geeks-n-chicks 2013-08-27 04:06

Kittens is a good everywhere! But sometimes it seems that there is enough kittens already :-)

diventurer 2013-08-27 04:29

Nice game, although it was hard to get a better score than 40%. By the way, there is a bug where kittens spawn on a bomb. Simba could not be saved as he drowned under a bomb. ;_;

syradinegames 2013-08-27 04:30

Great game. Easy to pick up and good story (without any dialog: save kittens drowning, who wouldn't)

unept 2013-08-27 04:46

I'm not very good at saving kittens. Pretty fun game that I suck at. I had trouble seeing the details, like it was nighttime or something. Maybe it would benefit to light it up a bit more?

georgebroussard 2013-08-27 05:02

Nice audio and boat art. I liked how the name of the boat appeared on the back, nice touch. Saved about 10 kittens the lost the game. Derpy was a great cat name :)

nerlin 2013-08-27 05:10

Oh no, that little nice kitten. =(
Awesome game, great job!

endesga 2013-08-27 05:30

hahaha, very funny :)

great game :D

-ENDESGA

sittaman 2013-08-27 06:35

Great gameplay! Well done!

anachron 2013-08-27 06:46

This game has a strong positive message.

crazi456 2013-08-27 07:26

Kitties!

atomicvikings 2013-08-27 07:38

Funny game. I like you boatr design. :-)

qrunchmonkey 2013-08-27 07:59

Amazing production value and fits the theme well. As a game though, it leaves a little to be desired. The upgrades system seems to be at odds with the time limit - every second I'm spending in the shop is a second I'm not spending saving kittens.

Also, there's no way (that I could find anyway) to extend the time limit, which again seems at odds with the upgrade system.

Though it could be that I'm not very good at the game - I kept getting 35-40% =(

valerien 2013-08-27 07:59

Nice sense of humor ;)

samueldivinium 2013-08-27 07:59

I enjoyed this game a great deal :) Liked the cat names, and the upgrade system too. A map would be necessary though because I lost a lot of kittens by not knowing where are they :(

orni 2013-08-27 09:18

loved the idea
the cat names were hilarious

music is top notch as well

william_edwards 2013-08-27 09:26

Very pretty :)

ratking 2013-08-27 09:26

Hey, cool entry - nice music too! I like the shop system.

Too bad I had two bugs: Once a kitten was directly spawned inside a seamine, and after I bought something (speed +10%), I suddenly couldn't rescue any more kittens, I just drove through them. :-(

brejlounek 2013-08-27 09:37

Cool game! :) Really well-named cats and ships and nice boat trails. Music is a little repetitive, kittens sometime spawn inside bombs and there is the bug with I can save more. I saved only around 40% :(

bitserum 2013-08-27 11:02

This was fun. I didn't mind repeating and saving more kitties. Good job.

spitfire87 2013-08-27 11:44

Nice controls and graphics for a compo! Pretty simple but very polished, good job.

sithdown 2013-08-27 12:19

I like the concept, the upgrades and the random-kitten-name-generator, really fun!

P.S: Sometimes mines appear over kittens :(

soundless_dev 2013-08-27 12:21

Thank you for giving me a chance to rescue these poor kitties:3

mventurelli 2013-08-27 12:24

This is awesome :D

colapsydo 2013-08-27 13:13

I need more time, 90seconds are not enough, all those kitten, drowning, I have to do something.

rennfarnell 2013-08-27 13:29

quite a chilled game for something with so many cats dying =[
cool little game though! Just wish wasnt 120 seconds only :P

also, i died straight away!

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/iamboss.jpg

01101101 2013-08-27 13:45

Nice job, fun game!
The random cat names are great and naming your boat is always a good thing ^^

thesunnyk 2013-08-27 13:46

Capture game, but fairly effective. The time limit makes it addictive, but there's no challenge ramp, and there's nothing to "spend" your money on. The mines don't move and there's really not much to contend with other than time management.

jason 2013-08-27 13:47

You know when I started this game jam, I was thinking I should do something with cats, the internet loves cats! Looks like you nailed it :p Fun game, I would add maybe allowing shopping between play throughs as well, maybe some bigger upgrades. And some detection to make sure the cats down spawn on top of mines.

teamflare 2013-08-27 14:16

Very nice job :)
Never could let a kitty drown. Awww.

atgaubatz 2013-08-27 14:50

Nice! Lot's of fun. Would be nice to see how much money you currently have in the shop (unless I'm just blind and missed it).

feysoura 2013-08-27 15:06

Nice, but really needs sfx!

zanzindorf 2013-08-27 15:57

Nice work. It made me sad though :'C You get 5 mood stars of sadness.

sasoridama 2013-08-27 16:12

The controls are very fluid and the upgrades add a lot to the game. I felt awful when I didn't get there in time!

aske 2013-08-27 16:25

This game is really good, It's fits really well into the theme. good job! ;)

rincewind_cz 2013-08-27 16:30

There was no explosions too on linux and also after I blew i was unable to start again (the message "0 kittens saved, 0 drowned" showed immediately), so restart was needed. But it was fun anyway ;)

nachoda 2013-08-27 16:32

Really awesome music! Weirdly addictive. Very nice work :)

shmarah 2013-08-27 16:37

Kitties! I loved it. I had to choose between saving an Oreo or a Sylvester at one point... ;-; I'm so sorry Oreo!

esayitch 2013-08-27 17:05

Heya! I liked the game a lot, was pretty fun and impressive for 48 hours. Music got a bit repetitive and didn't fit the mood a lot I think (too grim for this kind of game, I felt).

Theme applied well and a well executed concept, good luck!

asardhandala 2013-08-27 17:15

Well done!

seconddimension 2013-08-27 17:21

Oh no, not Luna! My cat is called Luna! Cool idea

sengi 2013-08-27 17:35

They have names, very cute!

dudsen 2013-08-27 17:47

Aaaaaaw, poor thingys. Why did they have to try out those rafts :D

tobiasw 2013-08-27 18:34

Patch and Socks love mines: They both spawned exactly on one. Right after each other. Uuurgh.

I wish the restart would work properly. I'd probably play this game until the end of my days.

So, uh, in case you didn't already know: Your game is superb and a lot of fun. I think might have a winner here!

pinktreeleaf 2013-08-27 18:43

i can't save them all ;_;

chronusz 2013-08-27 19:00

This is actually very fun to play :) A bit annoying when a cat spawns inside of a mine, though.

2013-08-27 19:12

The idea is pretty cool. Also, to implement the shop system works fine (who has time to go shopping, when there are kittens drowning?!??!!1).
But a bit more feedback and reward would be nice. More action, water particle effects. Kittens jumping for help and meowing heart-breakingly would be persuasive.
And it took a lot of restarts to realize, that I have to bring the kittens back to the station (didn't recognized the text there m)). Maybe make the amount of kittens in the boat more prominent. And seeing all the rescued kittens on the platform would be really awesome as well.

lordjosephdeburg 2013-08-27 19:17

I like this one, its terrible when you cant reach a kitty that is in sight before it drowns!

robb 2013-08-27 19:31

The poor kitties, nice game!

kbm0 2013-08-27 19:32

Interesting controls and pretty good music. Overall quite nice. Good job.

diptoman 2013-08-27 19:37

Haha, this game is very addictive! I loved the kitten names, they were so cute!

Well done!

fgielow 2013-08-27 19:50

Funny game. Like the way you use the 10 secs theme. Think you can try to improve the acceleration feeling a bit, but very well made for a 48 entry.

kebabskal 2013-08-27 20:26

Who can say no to kittens? :) Didn't understand that you had to return to the rescue station to actually save tehm kittiiies.

dioiminik 2013-08-27 20:41

Nice game :)

flod 2013-08-27 20:50

good ideas - were there 1000 kittens?

sylvain-p 2013-08-27 21:05

Nice entry! Funny theme and pleasant to play (really fluid).

I felt so guilty when I realized I couldn't save grumpy cat.

beardogames 2013-08-27 21:17

Wow, that's a ton of game for such a short period of time spent making it! Great sense of humor and like some others have mentioned, a nice upgrade system! Only a tiny problem of kitties spawning on mines, but that's easily fixed I'm sure!

john_conder9 2013-08-27 21:33

I can't think of a single area to not give you 5 stars. The game is fun, addictive, has kittens, and kills me when I'm playing it poorly, giving me a drive to improve at the game. Well done!

almax27 2013-08-27 21:44

I was sold at "Procedurally Generated Kittens" :D

immanuela 2013-08-27 22:28

This is so unique and it's so easy to continue playing for a long time! Good stuff!

pickensincorporated 2013-08-27 22:29

Love it!

conflictivelabs 2013-08-27 23:08

Loved the cat names and the upgrade system. Perhaps a radar of sorts would be useful to have in game (to know when/where cats-in-distress appear).

vile-smile 2013-08-28 00:28

Nice game. The music got annoying after a while, but the controls were tight. The graphics are also good.

unorthodoxgames 2013-08-28 00:54

I really love the upgrades/shop feature, and the fact that the cats are named. It's much more personal.

derosa 2013-08-28 01:00

Haha, nice one. A bit repetitive after a while, but fun anyway :)

arezita 2013-08-28 01:09

Very nice! Very fun game!

janmavzla 2013-08-28 01:52

Holy shit, you've got so many comments, how do you keep track? D:

Anyways, really nice game. It was solid, didn't find any problem with it and it has some replay value. The music was good but it could have used some sfx.

Good job! Had fun

yetatore 2013-08-28 02:09

What to said that no ones have said before...
THE COCO IS THE KEY OF SUCCESS!! YOU COCO YOU COCO ARRRGGAGGGGG!!!

Congratz if you really play 200 games else Congratz too. XD

stryphe 2013-08-28 02:25

Great Job! Really nice graphics and controls.

epiphane 2013-08-28 04:52

Fun little game... nice upgrading elements and tight controls. A couple little grievances, like when a cat appeared right inside a mine and I died trying to get to it :( I think it'd be a little friendlier if you had more than one hit point possibly?

mrodrigues 2013-08-28 05:35

I liked the physics used to move the ship. Couldn`t get to the end of it (I`m not a reliable kitten savior) but nice try, I liked it.

bumpkinrich 2013-08-28 07:59

I saved kittens! Apologies for those I couldn't :(

Nice idea and cool upgrade system. Boat didn't feel very 'boaty' though.

tlasol 2013-08-28 08:18

Don't know, is it a bug or just a feature, but my cats were generated in mines :c

Cat names are amazing!

pixlwalkr 2013-08-28 11:01

Enjoyed it, really nice gameplay and upgrade shop.

aslai 2013-08-28 11:07

A cat spawned inside a mine. What a sad, sad day :(

ysty 2013-08-28 11:18

One of the best game I've played so far in this LD!

arcturusdeluxe 2013-08-28 11:33

Great job on this! Very polished and well realised. I liked the upgrading the boat aspect of it. Nice graphics too.

aceria 2013-08-28 12:10

Kittens! Always kudos for kittens. The concept is simple but works well. Upgrading the spaceboat is neat and it would be even neater if the upgrades stayed for another play. The music did not really fit the game well. Your games are always a joy to play. :)

matrixbai 2013-08-28 12:10

Well done, cute kitten.

gamecook 2013-08-28 13:27

Interesting concept and easy to pick up. I wish there was a way to see where to save the kittens, maybe a GTA style map were they show up on the radar. Great job!

mironix 2013-08-28 14:06

Kittens! enough said :) save them!

shellfishgames 2013-08-28 14:21

Nice game. Visually, it could be a bit brighter though. :) Having a shop with upgrades is great, makes the game much more motivating.

dismedia 2013-08-28 18:10

nice, good upgrade system. I like it.

ken-ichi 2013-08-28 18:46

great game =] love the upgrade system

codexus 2013-08-28 20:01

Fun little game, the cube-cat is back :D

yann 2013-08-28 20:04

Hehe interesting, works well, but two things:
1/ using kittens is very a very low move on your part ... I mean... seriously... kittens :D
2/ I couldn't find any ways to get better.. Always stuck to 40-42%, I checked various strategy in buying power ups but nothing
3/ sometimes cat spawn on mines.... you should have filtered such case in your randomness =)

But overall the game is working and well... kittens!

yann 2013-08-28 20:04

(yeah it turned out to be three things...)

lcass 2013-08-28 20:06

jesus its a bit of a harsh name

daanvanyperen 2013-08-28 20:41

How could you! :( HOWWWWWWWWW. Poor catsies. Silly game. XD

otus 2013-08-28 22:05

Hahaha, that was pretty cool, sadly i couldn't save half of the kittens :C

zyxer 2013-08-29 01:23

I let Hobbes drown. Now I feel bad... :(

Really fun and well-made game! Actually it's kind of too bad that there is a time limit. I would have loved to play it for a while longer and buy more upgrades.

croze 2013-08-29 01:58

That was awesome!!! You literally nailed every category dead on!

andrewshouldice 2013-08-29 02:50

It's astounding how much more invested I am in getting to a goal when the goal has a name and is a kitten.

Also that music is great.

vaelzan 2013-08-29 03:11

I am not very good at saving kittens :( Nice entry! Only issue I found is that one kitten spawned on a mine.

zathalos 2013-08-29 04:46

Quick and fun gameplay. The upgrade shop was a nice touch. I think the graphics need to be a bit brighter and more vibrant but overall, it was a good game. Good job.

futuristteletex 2013-08-29 05:08

interesting.. suddenly i remember the game cobratriangle =)

jprogman 2013-08-29 07:04

The spawning could use some work. I often get kitties spawn inside the mines. I'm not sure if this has happened to me, but I hope I don't get kitties or mines to spawn right at my ship.

Very solid game though.

capro 2013-08-29 08:44

Poor kittens! :(
Fun and fast little game. I like it. :)

gre 2013-08-29 10:55

Nice concept and nice game!

ddrkirbyisq 2013-08-29 13:12

Neat.

obscuremoon 2013-08-29 14:15

This is fun, awesome game :)

vladimirdlc 2013-08-29 14:39

Love the calm music, it was fun, cool touch the upgrade system.

orangepascal 2013-08-29 14:55

Keys didn't seem to do anything on Mac :(

edocentrique 2013-08-29 17:21

Very good game, of course it could be better with sounds effects but I found to upgrade system was very well done, so it's a solid entry !

berkano 2013-08-29 18:02

Very original and funny - best game I've played so far :-) Nice work!

krasse 2013-08-29 18:19

Ha ha :)
Fun take on the theme. A little cruel though. Who put all those kittens there and pays for them? So many questions...

acro 2013-08-29 19:50

hilarious eye-catching text on the main screen there :) And simply inspired use of kittens :) I didn't actually use the upgrade system - will probably try again, though. Would've been good to have some SFX for when kittens appear/drown, as I somehow didn't see them all and didn't know when one had drowned off camera that i'd never even seen. but all in all, good fun.

megamasterx 2013-08-29 19:59

Took me a few times to get the hang of the rules. A great deal of features and snazzeh graphics are a nice technical bow for this game. Nice!

atmospherium 2013-08-30 03:17

Definitely got an eye-catching title. I really like that you integrated upgrades into this, I just wish that the timer didn't stop before I had a chance to level everything up.

iiechapman 2013-08-30 04:09

This was a fun and silly little game, gotta save those kittens!

reverend-speed 2013-08-30 11:43

Hate kittens. Game is approchable, but quickly lost interest.

darklotus 2013-08-30 11:57

Damn it 12 Kittens couldnt be save, feel bad for not doing better. Names were a nice touch.

timmahh 2013-08-30 13:27

Kitty kitty kitty! The cat names really characterised them a bit more! Really cool game, I would have liked it more if when you saved a kitten you got more time and vice versa! Great work!

arrow-x 2013-08-30 15:02

one of the best games I played in the #LD48 so far ...well done

kristof 2013-08-30 21:42

Cool game with lots of features! The music was a bit monotone after a while.

emilien-gorisse 2013-08-30 22:04

Obviously cool beacause of the kittens :) Nice work !

designernap 2013-08-31 09:19

very smooth feeling game. Nice work!

pereubu 2013-08-31 11:50

I like the plot :3

literal_games 2013-08-31 16:15

Pretty damn good game, though as others have said a money count would be great. I wasn't very good at saving kittens though.

cornedor 2013-08-31 17:07

The second time i pressed the i can save more button it didnt restart the game. I saw a short flash and than the button again. For the rest a very nice game.

snoringfrog 2013-08-31 18:21

Very interesting idea. I had a weird bug with my boat always turning the first direction I pressed in the game for a while, but it randomly disappeared and started working as expected after a few seconds, then never happened again.

Apart from that, game was really fun, and I loved the audio.

cosmicadventuresquad 2013-09-01 03:50

Nicely done game. You should add some cat meow audio to help guide the users to the location of downing cats. I wish I could have saved all the cats :<

phocker 2013-09-01 04:13

interesting but it got kind of repetitive -- nice effort

super-hamster 2013-09-01 05:12

Really cool game but the controls are very weird.

pacimbe 2013-09-01 07:45

Good work :]

hypp 2013-09-01 07:48

Very nice! Really like the gameplay and the music

dantezack93 2013-09-01 13:30

Great game :)

xaizil 2013-09-01 14:09

This was really great, fun, pretty. Loved that you could mute, upgrades and got attached to all the named kitties!

nsadie 2013-09-01 17:42

Nice entry! A lot of fun, the names are a nice touch!

paulsb 2013-09-01 19:55

Hehe, very fun entry. Loved the cat names, a much appreciated bit of character. Cute cats, pleasant music. Another good job :)

kotstulle 2013-09-02 11:27

holy damn there are many kittens drowning these days :D addictive game! nothing more to say :D well done sir

saschanarr 2013-09-02 13:15

Impressive entry, with unlockables, graphics, UI and solid feel to the gameplay!

zerot 2013-09-02 15:54

Awesome game.

lonelytimelord 2013-09-02 22:41

Excellent game, loved the idea and it has been well created, even without the shop it's fun but adding the money makes it even more interesting, well done :D

nicotr014 2013-09-03 01:28

Nice game. Good movement. I saved one kitten

klianc09 2013-09-03 15:33

The web player has a bug, every time I pick up a kitten the "Kittens drowned" counter goes one up. But when I save them the "Kittens saved" counter goes also up. So I can never have more than 50% saving rate although I saved all the kittens :(
Otherwise, nice kitten-saving simulator :D

gvmakesgames 2013-09-03 15:36

This divided my votes between threes and fives. but more where fives. I liked it, and I'm keeping this in my hd. Nice idea :D

the-jack 2013-09-03 17:13

Someone buy Icarus a copy of NGUI already. Dat default Unity GUI... /shudder

matthias_zarzecki 2013-09-03 20:55

LoL :D

I actually finally bought it a few days ago. Now I only need to invest time and get fluent

superfoonly 2013-09-05 04:28

Well done!

ghribacki 2013-09-06 02:44

Very cool game! Upgrading system is always a pleasure to use and I liked the visuals a lot! Too bad some of my kittens had to drawn. =(

plop 2013-09-07 11:06

Loved the mood and audio. Fun concept :P

ltyrosine 2013-09-07 19:33

Are too many cats hurt on the production? =D
Nice game, well done.

grooveman 2013-09-12 20:39

This was really solid and enjoyable! Making the rescue targets kittens (named kittens!) is surprisingly effective.

mrblade 2013-09-14 04:04

Nice work, very nice music okay graphics. Sad concept though. 8/10.

withoutpillow 2013-09-15 10:54

oh my, that music!

paulmcgg 2013-09-17 00:57

Just before the deadline,,, aaaaaaaaaaaaah.
(I like the cat names :3)

gamemakingman1 2013-11-08 20:10

I saw the title, then i was like, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO