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Stretchy Cat

By engyne and majana2

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1903.8052
Fun1683.7353
Innovation4843.1952
Theme11442.0450
Graphics1604.1853
Humor5182.8749
Mood6223.2351

Comments

nettaigyo 2019-05-02 05:18

Very cute game! I cleared all stage.

avi 2019-05-02 07:40

what an adorable (and beautiful) game! Very impressed by the graphics and gameplay! The chopping up of the cat to show segments was slightly creepy though but I enjoyed it haha

notekri 2019-05-02 07:43

Very cool little game, I don't see how it fits the theme tho.

ninjacatz 2019-05-02 07:45

Small but interesting puzzle! Nice job!

edshotmachine 2019-05-02 07:54

Art was very nice, and the puzzles mixed two classic genres of puzzle games wonderfully, but I can't really see the theme.

thetatautau 2019-05-02 07:56

Good aesthetic and mecanics.

I would have liked more levels, harder, most of them fells like a tutorial (very easy), then there are just 2 or 3 that are somewhat challenging.

transision between levels could be faster too.

Otherwise it's a good entry.

gentel 2019-05-02 08:09

I like the game and it really feels like something you'd find on the real app/play store. The art really fit together with the yarn balls as the obstacles for the cat and so forth.

I agree that the end-of-level animation was a bit slow because I already know from the counter if I have enough segments or not, so I don't want to spend time re-counting.

majana2 2019-05-02 08:21

@thetatautau @gentel We are glad you liked the game, the levels are mostly tutorials, since we run out of time, but the idea was to create more challenging ones. About the transition speed and counter, you are right, maybe is not the best idea to have it that slow, if you already know you won.

Thanks for the feedback, is very useful!

majana2 2019-05-02 08:24

@notekri @edshotmachine Thanks for playing, the idea for the theme is that you are "using" your player's (cat) body parts to unlock new levels, so technically your life is currency... But yeah, we kinda skipped over the theme a little bit :wink:

majana2 2019-05-02 08:25

@avi Thanks for playing, it was never intended to look creepy... but yeah, we need to improve it :smile:

rokkos 2019-05-02 11:59

I really like the minimalistic look nice job @majana2. First I thought that numbers meant how much of moves you have and then I failed one level and figured out that you need to use all the moves. Then it clicked and it gave whole another dimension to puzzle solving. Nice job guys @engyne and @majana2

ziga-osolin 2019-05-02 16:48

Really cool mechanics. Even if you fail once, or don't know what something is doing, you get it the next time. This is the core of a good "tutorial" (even though it did not feel like tutorial). Cool art as well!

duke 2019-05-02 19:25

Very polished art and aesthetics, good job! The puzzles were pretty straight forward but interesting. The controls on pc were a little bit clunky, but that's to be expected for a port. Too bad the audio didn't make it into the final product, would've helped the game a lot! Nonetheless a solid entry

t-bo 2019-05-02 19:26

What a flexible cat! :scream_cat: Cute art! I love the concept and the puzzles are really nice. Amazing! :ok_hand:

gecco-xyz 2019-05-02 19:27

This cat is hella cute :D If it gets to blink and miau once in a while, I think it could be even cuter. I like the way you teach the player. Props for that.

engyne 2019-05-03 08:52

@gecco-xyz Thanks! The blinking eyes idea was there, but time didn't allow it sadly... :confused: Maybe if we manage to update it

polona 2019-05-03 16:20

I always try to play all games with cats. And this one is really very adorable. Great graphics.​

player2point0 2019-05-03 20:06

A nice take on the theme and great graphics

nate-wec 2019-05-04 22:41

Cute graphics, basic gameplay. All the puzzles (Except the final level) were pretty basic (No offense I know how hard it is to come up with interesting puzzles in one of these is) But the base could allow for something really interesting. Also, a rewind 1 turn button would be helpful when puzzles got really different.

hunter-towe 2019-05-04 22:57

I was starting to feel like it was too easy, but thankfully, the difficulty ramps up a little; in fact, some of the levels actually took me a few attempts. The difficulty progression is pretty well done and the game is engaging. The graphics are also really nice, and that stretchy cat is cute! All around, nice entry!

bradur 2019-05-05 11:25

What a cool puzzle! The game suffered a little from lack of sfx / music but it was very enjoyable nonetheless. I would have liked some more challenging puzzles :). The effect after you finish a level was very cool but perhaps it could be a little faster. Graphics are super cute!

unlink 2019-05-05 11:36

It so adorable!!! It was fun despite not having music. I actually spent a few minutes trying to see if my speakers were working correctly ahaha. Cute GAME!!!

sver 2019-05-05 11:40

Awesome puzzle! Really cute graphics! I enjoyed it alot :)

pcmaster 2019-05-05 11:41

Nice. Pretty many levels. Cute graphics. I hope you'll work on this after the jam and ship it, I think it has some potential :)

le-slo 2019-05-05 11:42

Great art. I missed an undo key, felt that the end level was too long and levels in general were straightforward, except for 1 or 2 at the end were you can see that there may be potential here. The best levels were where I needed to move the cat a couple of moves to use it as barrier to push the obstacles to somewhere specific. Apart from that the art is great! Keep working!

mickxe 2019-05-05 11:51

Very cute, this would great as a mobile game!

xmpt-luke 2019-05-05 11:53

Had a lot of fun with this one, it's definitely something I'd pick up on my phone to play whilst commuting or something like that. :) +1 for the suggestion of an undo button - I found I'd occasionally hit a bug where the cat couldn't move in a certain direction; undo would have helped alleviate that on some of the longer levels and would help with accidental double presses.

majana2 2019-05-05 12:05

@nate-wec @xmpt-luke The undo button was definitely something planned, but time kinda killed it :confused: Actually, the logic for it is there, so if time allows it we could just implement it...

tricky-fat-cat 2019-05-05 12:19

Great concept and visuals, unfortunately, there isn't any sound. However, I enjoyed my playthrough!

2019-05-05 13:27

Finished! I love the concepts, and the puzzle mechanics were simple but worked really well. You could easily make many more levels out of this and release it as paid or with ads.

Kinda weird that you need parts of your cat chopped up to get to the next level... but it looks like the cat's okay with it.

I do wish it had audio (stretching and moving sfx and music would add tons more charm), but it's a really solid entry and I wish you guys the best!

magnanix 2019-05-05 13:43

I really liked this game, I could see it being made into a lovely little "burn time" game on mobile phones. With variations in cats (decided by the player) and larger, more intense levels :).

majana2 2019-05-05 13:49

@josh-powlison Thank you so much for the nice comment! :smile:

arron-fowler 2019-05-05 16:02

Fun game, looks great and was a good challenge.

oune 2019-05-05 18:43

Cute small game. I enjoyed the graphics and the difficulty progression. Swiping the obstacles felt a little strange on the web version but I'm sure it feels natural on mobile. I couldn't see the link with the theme. Congrats for your entry!

dock-frankenstein 2019-05-11 14:13

I don't know why people aren't playing this game. It looks nice and it's very fun!

jjjjason 2019-05-13 03:27

Yoooo the last two puzzles were hype! You had hinted to it briefly before but the idea of blocking the slidables with your body becoming part of the puzzle is *incredibly* interesting of a mechanic, and I can see some really cool (and monstrously difficult) puzzles coming out of that. There's quite a bit of straightforward warmup puzzles here, but that might just be due to it being a LD game and you wanting everyone to finish. I also do wish there was a step-undo button, rather than just a global restart. Besides that though, you have a very cute exterior hiding tons of potential for great, *hard* puzzles. Good stuff.