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No Cats!

By raphiell

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1464.0333
Fun2143.8733
Innovation2043.8332
Theme6503.5132
Graphics1644.2733
Audio1753.8532
Humor314.3432
Mood1514.0433

Comments

videogamescrapbook 2023-10-02 21:43

Your game is quite literally like trying to herd cats! Nice job on the aesthetics!

sean-esopenko 2023-10-02 21:45

I like how the cats fly past me in my peripheral vision when I try to catch them

mealky 2023-10-03 21:16

This game is just awesome !!! I could play it for hours ! love the way you hold the big cats in your hands !! this gqme deserve lot of rate for sure !!

rumiaobsessed 2023-10-05 02:30

I really like the cat behavior, running and stopping in random nooks. It's very well balanced too!

the3rdhunter 2023-10-05 02:34

Cool look and feel for the game. Those cats are hard to catch. My first playthrough, I only snagged one cat near the end, then I had no idea what to do with it. After re-reading the instructions, I realized what I should have done. The music, art, and content all work well together for an interesting vibe that I really liked. Great work.

braktheman 2023-10-05 02:38

Nice simple concept that works. Good style and humor - love the frenetic music and the Doomguy style portrait in the corner. Well done!

joshedev 2023-10-05 02:39

Perfectly frustrating, as herding cats should be. I love the face in the corner and the music (reminds me of the classic DOOM E1M1). Nice work!

khaotom 2023-10-05 02:40

Well, these cats are doomed cuz I can't catch them :rofl: Great game, love the avatar expressions!

raphiell 2023-10-05 02:46

@videogamescrapbook Thanks for playing! I was very happy with how it ended up looking!

@sean-esopenko Thanks for playing! Yea they are hard to catch for sure :grin:

@mealky Thanks for playing and the kind words, I love the cats too :heart:

@rumiaobsessed Thanks for playing! Yea they try to run away from you, and if you're sprinting they will notice you sooner!

@the3rdhunter Thanks for playing! I'm very happy with how the feel of the game turned out, despite my ambitions for multiple levels and such. I did not have time for an in-game tutorial unfortunately!

@braktheman Thanks for playing! The music was my favorite part to work on! And yes, I was trying to evoke doom as much as possible!

@joshedev Thanks for playing! E1M1 was my inspiration, so I'm glad it came through!

@khaotom Thanks for playing! I'm very happy with how the avatar turned out!

yndajas 2023-10-05 02:48

This is beautiful. It took me a few goes to get used to the way the controls feel with my hands, and then I only managed to hide two cats. Very challenging with a trackpad for someone who doesn't typically play mouse and keyboard games, but the concept, aesthetics, animations, and cat AI are so great that I didn't care how rubbish I was!

raphiell 2023-10-05 03:09

@yndajas Thanks for playing! Yea the controls can be a bit challenging! Hiding them all is difficult...

zomk 2023-10-05 12:05

I loved this game so much. Such an interesting idea. The art is beautiful. Don't have much to critique, really solid entry.

ciber-turtle 2023-10-06 22:00

This is very accurate to trying to catch cats in real life. Very fun

caeonosphere 2023-10-07 06:18

Those cats sure are slippery! Succeeded in three tries — could I have just hidden in the bathroom with the last cat? Not a very thorough inspection, but that's AI for ya.

raphiell 2023-10-07 13:25

@zomk Thanks for playing! I'm glad the art came out like it did! I used a palette generator and it really helped. https://acerola.gg/colors.html

@ciber-turtle Thanks for playing! Real-life accuracy was my #1 goal :laughing:

@caeonosphere Thanks for playing! Yes you could have! I never implemented the robolandlord seeing you holding a cat...

rincs 2023-10-07 17:39

Doom Kitty! I sadly couldn't play for too long as I got too dizzy XD ahaha. This would have been one of the few FPS that I would have wanted to play ahhaah

padlynn 2023-10-07 20:40

This game is so fun to play, really well done !!

ategon 2023-10-07 21:31

Thanks for submitting the game to the stream! If you wanted to watch it again in the future heres the vod timestamped to your game

https://youtu.be/OMFzVKOU-1I?si=i4Y_EcrTqb78aXEi&t=15709

zee-yuen 2023-10-08 06:17

great game, aboslutely nailed the mood and pressure that the AI overlords could bring. But seriously, the music brought a real degree of anxiety, the cats were really elusive but not annoylingly so, and of course I loved the graphics.

shaner421 2023-10-09 17:34

Great work! Loved the atmosphere and the doom vibes. The PNGs at the top right were such a nice touch! This game reminds me of trying to get my cats in the car to go to the vet, the cats just scattering as I run around with a leash trying to grab them lol. Loved the game!

cdunham 2023-10-12 03:15

Surprisingly fun, the cats are pretty slippery, but I managed to catch them all!

lincolnsalles 2023-10-17 05:18

Damn cats!!Damn cats!! The color is a strong shade of orange on the floor it gave me a headache. Cats are difficult to catch, but I found it fun and original

sevenone 2023-10-19 10:19

Omg, i love this game, very nice submission.

raphiell 2023-10-20 17:15

@rincs Thanks for playing! Yea it can definitely get disorienting! I included sensitivity controls to hopefully help with that

@padlynn Thanks so much for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@ategon Thanks for playing on stream!

@zee-yuen Thanks for playing! I'm very glad with how the music and art came together.

@shaner421 Thanks for playing. I was trying to get a doom vibe so I'm glad it came across!

@cdunham Thanks for playing, and good job on catching them all!

@lincolnsalles Thanks for playing! I'm sorry about the floor color! I originally planned to have a palette changer but ran into issues with the shader.

@sevenone Thanks for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed.

aderpychickenstudios 2023-10-20 19:52

Fun concept I was terrible at it though lol my best was 2 cats, the art style was amazing though!

jonathan-vinesar 2023-10-21 02:37

Very fun game and concept! The art was great as well. Screw the AI overlords!

maria-pleshko 2023-10-21 11:44

I was very pleased with the mood of this game