I took me some effort to run it, but I'm glad I did! The cats are very cute and extra squishy :) I wish there was a way to spawn more of them, so they would crowd the desktop, bouncing around!
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Squish Cats's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #387 | 3.882 | 3.882 |
| Innovation | #483 | 3.235 | 3.235 |
| Enjoyment | #678 | 3.294 | 3.294 |
| Theme | #716 | 3.235 | 3.235 |
| Overall | #884 | 3.020 | 3.020 |
| Gameplay | #1107 | 2.647 | 2.647 |
| Audio | #1578 | 1.824 | 1.824 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
The player gets the biscuit/reward of squishing the cats and earning points at the risk of making them explode and losing points!
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
All code and assets were made by me during the jam!
How many people worked on the game?1
Comments
Wow! That was something unique—wasn’t expecting that. The art is adorable.
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No Pain No GameWow, very cool implementation with transparent background! I wonder how does this work, is every cat a separate window?
Also, umm.. i am traumatised now, i didn't really need those points, they are just numbers anyway...
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Biscshot RouletteWas kinda surprised to see a game made in java as a submission but it was a really fun game to play. Really enjoyed the polished art style look and fun mechanics. Before playing the game I saw a lot of people talking about not "Squishing too hard" and it was really surprising finding out what they meant lol. Really fun submission
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Sea BiscuitWhat is this!?! Haha, I didn't read the description and just launched the game, which left me very confused. Then, I held it for too long and was horrified! Well done :-) Love the art style.
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Kobi's Biscuit Heist 2DI really like the aesthetic of this game (holy cow don't squish for too long, I get the last comment)! Although it's very simple, it's a charming little thing!
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Messy Mouse MayhemQuite cute desktop idler. Totally not prepared for the consequences of SQUISHING too HARD :<. I think you only need to download the JRE and double click the jar file and it should just run on its own
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DIE ÜBERMAUSNice concept! As others have mentioned, it's nice that the game doesn't run in a regular window. And it has cats, that's always good.
I liked it 👍
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We Value Your PrivacyI love the fact that you work in Java (I do the same, and enjoy it very much)
it was very cool, that the game is not like a usual window, but just the sofa with the cats i them. I didn't know what to do at the start, so I just tried to move the cat back to the sofa, until its head exploded!!!!
Btw, for anyone else that tries this game, and gets the "A Java Exception has occurred" error, what you can do is go to the cmd, go to the folder with the game, and write java -jar squish-cats.jar. This will launch it :)
Anyways. Great job! :))
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Avenge that Cookie!This is so cool! Very unique! I adore the cats. They're adorable.
Love it to death <3
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Biscuit DungeonThis is a very cute game, I love the cats! It's also really cool that it was coded in java. I havent seen any games do that so far
Edit: I didnt know how to squish them at first... I thought it was just a normal thing like petting them... NOT EXPLODING THEIR HEADS JEEZ
still cool game tho
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