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Better Hurry Up

By belosha, iriska, fisa, pomogaeva and nassshie

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1813.8165
Fun2983.4965
Innovation5393.0065
Theme2573.8867
Graphics1294.2868
Humor4472.8562
Mood1663.9265

Comments

wishes 2025-10-07 01:59

Really beautiful and atmospheric platformer with a tragic story

ira-baciu 2025-10-07 09:38

YAY YAY YAY YA !!! I am so excited to play

ira-baciu 2025-10-07 10:01

THIS. IS. AMAZING. Girls, you deserve *five* stars in almost every category. A really good job, I hope you are proud of yourselves. Forget about the actually ratings, because this shit is unfair. You made a really top tier game

dmitriyci 2025-10-07 13:56

An excellent game. The visuals are impressive, and the sound design is pleasant. Truly a work worthy of commendation!

floriancohen 2025-10-07 14:31

Nice DA !

iriska 2025-10-07 14:33

Thank you all so much πŸ’œ ⭐ πŸ’œ

mk-han 2025-10-07 14:47

Really like this style! Especially transition between menu and cutscene! Great work and my congrats!

P.s. Animation when cat see this green thing is gorgeous

thejackimonster 2025-10-07 15:00

Very beautiful game! I like all the different details and interactions of the cat with its environment. Pickles are truly dangerous.

damyyr 2025-10-07 15:52

Love the first level, I liked the design choices for the movement, climbing on pieces of cloth and all. The cucumber/pickle/kryptonite was a very clever thing to add haha

However, I did not understand the second level, is it bug on my laptop or I'm just very slow to understand thing ? I tried `F` everywhere, before breaking the jar, after breaking it, on the item that fell from the jar, after consuming the said item, etc. -> nothing work. Since I don't know what it's supposed to happen, I'm curious of what I'm missing here. Is it related to the chest in the level 1 ?

Once explained (or given an hint at least, pretty please), I'd gladly come back to finish it :)

sheepolution 2025-10-07 16:08

Nice game. I love the rainy mood, and the art looks nice. Though it's sometimes difficult to see what is part of the level and what not. Try changing the background so that it's less saturated. I also am confused what I'm supposed to do in the second level. Not sure if it's a bug, or if I'm missing something. Anyway, good job on your first game!

iriska 2025-10-07 16:14

@damyyr When you enter level 2, break the object and take the key. Return to level 1, open the chest, and take the bone. Return to level 2 and throw the bone on the F button as far away from the doghouse as possible.

iriska 2025-10-07 16:14

@sheepolution When you enter level 2, break the object and take the key. Return to level 1, open the chest, and take the bone. Return to level 2 and throw the bone on the F button as far away from the doghouse as possible.

sheepolution 2025-10-07 16:19

@iriska Aah, I see. I beat the game now! One more thing I forgot to say is that the controls feel a bit awkward. I need to move my hand/finger up and down from X to E.

dirtyolive 2025-10-07 17:37

Whoever made the digital art deserves to be praised! Also the controls of moving. It was really smooth. But it took me some time to get used to the "E""X" because these two keys are used in combination. I think it would be better if these two actions are both controlled by pressing "E" or two adjacent keys? (just a thought) Overall, this game is really perfect :heart_eyes:

damyyr 2025-10-07 17:38

@iriska Thanks for the reply. I did come back playing it, and now I know what I missed the first time: I didn't understand that item was a key. From a distance it looked like fish bones; my bad!

I share the point of @sheepolution about the little awkward position of the _action_ button.

Cool game nevertheless, good job to the whole team :)

baluj 2025-10-07 19:07

I liked it, although I found character control quite difficult.

preef 2025-10-07 20:30

really beautiful art and ambience! the character model and animations were great

ildfuglen 2025-10-07 20:30

Very nice aesthetics!!

faust-mi 2025-10-07 20:36

A heart-wrenching story. The music and visuals complement it perfectly! I wonder why RMB (not LMB?) - break.

Guys - good job! Thanks for the gaming experience!

breadstick 2025-10-07 20:39

please put a horror warning on this game... there I was, just opening cans and eating shrimp, when suddenly I saw a 😱😨😩pickleπŸ˜±πŸ˜¨πŸ’€ this was so shocking to my catlike sensibilities that my heart rate still hasn't returned to baseline...

(lovely game and artstyle... the sound plus the art really comes together to make something that feels special!)

ultraviolet 2025-10-07 20:46

Beautiful graphics, interesting setting. Pleasant sound design

fravinci 2025-10-07 20:48

Very cool artstyle, looks so good! I would love if the trash hitting would be on Left Mouse button.

tercs 2025-10-07 20:53

Really cool art, and the gameplay is great too! It just wasn’t clear at first that you’re not supposed to pick up all the food.

iriska 2025-10-07 20:56

@faust-mi @fravinci We changed the right mouse button to the left mouse button!!!πŸ’œβ­πŸ’œ

naru 2025-10-07 21:04

Beautiful art! ^^

maxiney 2025-10-07 21:10

This art style is truly beautiful. I love this clean yet emotional pixel art style. As an artist who is also working on pixel art games, I have to say I must learn from you! It's so awesome!

reivilibre 2025-10-07 21:18

Lovely graphics with cohesive atmospheric sound effects. High quality; surprising for a first game!

If I can make some suggestions for your next game, please put the instructions or at least controls in-game (so it's easier to relate the controls with what they do). And it looks like WASD is supported for movement, but the keybinds aren't using 'physical' keys, which means on a non-QWERTY keyboard the WASD layout is messed up. (You definitely aren't alone on this, probably a quarter to half of the entries I try have this problem :))

fis 2025-10-07 21:29

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Beautiful graphics, wonderful music - but the best part: it has meowing cats. Well done!

antarktis 2025-10-07 21:38

The art is amazing!! And the game is also very interesting! I really like it!!!!

basic-eagles 2025-10-08 00:12

Cool concept

prussichger 2025-10-08 02:37

I was lost many times, but feeding mother cat and kittens was my mission :sunglasses:

ciphereo 2025-10-08 05:54

The art is just too strong! Love it!

woona 2025-10-08 07:48

Nice game! It was a bit unclear at first how food collection mechanic works (to be precise, why sometimes food counter goes does) but eventually I figured it out and managed to beat the game.

Maybe you could have inserted more in-game floating text tips (similar to press F to drop in level 2), for example at the start of the game a tip "LMB to break the can, E to grab food" would help me out. I mean, you already use these types of hints, why not go all the way?

Also, I think the game would be more fun with more dangerous monsters or animals. For example, a mouse feels like an annoyance rather than danger. Especially compared to a dog. So I think outwitting and evading threats would make the game more exciting.

snowpriestess 2025-10-08 08:43

Love the graphics, and it's really impressive that it's your first attempt at making a game!! Unfortunately I didn't manage to complete level 1, I didn't understand that some other food than pickles were not meant to be collected lol! Maybe it could be interesting to make food items that are breakable more visible so that they stand out better from the background! Cheers

colouredshoes 2025-10-08 11:32

What an astonishing game! Stunning art, amazing visual style, and incredibly engaging gameplay. I had such a great time playing it! Great job devs!!

schatzi 2025-10-08 12:25

Amazing pixel art!!

andy-wang 2025-10-08 12:45

The game freezed after the first slide. Is it only me?

yungfrv 2025-10-08 13:16

vibes are on point but for some reason i cant jump high

iriska 2025-10-08 14:15

@andy-wang Most likely the problem is with you, since we checked everything and everything works as it should!πŸ’œβ­πŸ’œ

iriska 2025-10-08 14:17

@yungfrv Double jump in our game works the same as in others - double-tap the space button! πŸ’œβ­πŸ’œ

stefaink 2025-10-08 17:19

The fokin cucuber ruined my life several times i love this game for what it contains

feodor 2025-10-08 17:34

Cool concept and visuals. Love the game, hate the mice :mouse2:

nexyisan 2025-10-08 17:56

The atmosphere, graphics, and music are awesome. I struggled with the buttons for a long time and didn't understand how to kill mice, but I still really enjoyed the game.

iriska 2025-10-08 18:04

@nexyisan You don't have to kill mice πŸ’œβ­πŸ’œ

nexyisan 2025-10-08 18:11

They were hard to avoid and I thought they could be killed and eaten.

leo-miracles 2025-10-08 18:48

The art style is absolutely wonderful!

zelenkas 2025-10-08 19:03

Great game! I really enjoyed it, even though I'm terrible at action games. I didn't make it past the first level, but I can tell it's a solid game with excellent level design. It would be even better with in-game instructions. As a sound designer, here's a suggestion: reducing the cat meow loop and making it a trigger sound for finding food, while adding mouse squeaks as a trigger sound for encountering them, would make the audio more engaging. Thank you so much for creating thisβ€”what a great team!

nomus 2025-10-08 21:06

Really nice game, it was a bit hard to really know what was an obstacle or a wall but really sweet nonetheless, loved the cinematics.

timelost 2025-10-09 20:52

Very nice game did not realize I could double jump until a bit of figuring out. The atmosphere of it was perfect and fits the tone well. The meow sound is pretty good. The cinematics were great. The cucumber was fun to encounter occasionally. The level design was mostly intuitive.

merrick 2025-10-09 22:50

Awesome game, especially loved the atmosphere from the sound and art.

huaqing 2025-10-10 05:56

The mama cat has such a tough job! :')

khamekaze 2025-10-10 09:43

Amazing art and atmosphere! I love the small little details like the how the cat reacts to finding cucumbers πŸ˜‚

dumchevdev 2025-10-10 12:05

The game has really cool aesthetics and visuals, thank you!

kagegona 2025-10-10 12:48

great ambience and art! Even though I found a bit hard to understand the level design, there was a huge work done on all the assets and there is a lot of little things (like the cat being afraid animation) that adds to the coherency of the world, nice work!

jscommander 2025-10-10 13:56

I really like your game. Especially how the opening sequence hooks the player and explains the importance of the task. Really liked the color palette and character animation. Very good sounds. It wasn't always clear where the wall was and where the platform was, but I managed. Great joke about the cucumber (that's a green cucumber scaring the cat, right?)

6knowledge 2025-10-10 16:30

For a first jam this is quite impressive. Not many can even get a proper build working in that amount of time. The graphics and atmosphere are without a doubt the highlight of this game. Well done overall.

sceef 2025-10-10 18:09

Very cute in all aspects - a platformer about a cat. Stray tensed to the side.

patuwu 2025-10-11 15:09

Beautiful graphics and sad story. Great job!

lukk-batun 2025-10-12 19:42

nice game, girls!!!!!

tardis2snej 2025-10-12 23:36

Great game for the first attempt!! The graphics is cute, the story is touching, and the gameplay is quite interesting. I enjoyed this!

yibirabbit007 2025-10-18 01:40

The dreamy collection process and the meowing cats are really lovable! Your game reminds me of my first Itch.io game, and I present it to you!

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anaticula 2025-10-22 01:49

Amazing game! Loved how cat climbs on cloth and gets frightened by cucumber! Perfectly executed and very polished, intro art and overall is beautiful, music fits really well! Top notch entry!