I have to admit that I’ll need to spend a while trial and error before I can fully grasp the game’s rules and logic – it’s absolutely chaotic, but it’s also really fun! XD
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #597 | 4.175 | 4.175 |
| Artwork | #1666 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Enjoyment | #2079 | 3.475 | 3.475 |
| Audio | #2468 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Narrative | #6009 | 2.175 | 2.175 |
Ranked from 40 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Hit panel show 8/10 Cats does Countdown
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Super difficult starting out, but very fun to learn and get a hang of. Once I started richocheting my shots off the wall to clear out the letters I didn't need, I got into a flowstate where I could rack up points and get immensely stressed from every bomb coming my way. I kinda wish the tiniest movement didnt seem to have like a 30% chance of throwing my entire tower off, but I learned to get used to that eventually. Great stuff, best word game i've played so far!
I like the concept but gotta say it is indeed hard to start with! I restarted the game 4 times before I was able to control the letter boxes not falling due to the godot physics simluation lol. Would be a lot player friendly if the boxes can snap. TBH, the free form physics simulation doesn't seem to enhance the gameplay much. Nevertheless, the game is very cute and the idea is cool and simple. Great work!
This was so creative and fun! I am so bad at it though, but I did unlock a second cat :)
This was super creative, I liked the ricochet aiming. The juice, theming, and graphics were great. My best word was Yonder
Hardcore wordle. I found it pretty hard to actually make any words half the time, but when you manage its fun. I like the voice acting too
Very creative and unique!
So hard... but I couldn't stop trying haha
Fun game
Took me a bit to get it but once i understood it was good fun, at first i just tried shooting the words very difficult game overall
My wife was listening to me play this and thought i was shooting kittens 🤣
A very unique game concept. Very high skill floor, but at the same time, very enjoyable. Loved the art style of the kittens. Also, possible to get some funny words. I can see this being extended to for example, custom dictionaries while playing coop with friends, or even having to collect certain words (as a more fun way to learn e.g. new languages). Could also be head to head multiplayer.
I think a difficulty slider would’ve helped a ton (because oh boy, those bombs really blew my words away).
Overall cool game, very enjoyable, I could see this going into a lot of different directions. Great job!
I'm not sure if I'm more shocked by the idea or it's eventual release. It's very special to see something that farfetched actually work in such an enjoyable way. Well done ! (Just make it clear in-game that you need to stack though, i almost bailed not understanding the concept)
This is very well made! At first I was really confused on what to even do. First I shot all the letters, then I tried dodging them, and only after spending ages figuring out did I realise you have to stack the letters. My biggest advice would be to make it super obvious how to play because once you know what to do it becomes very fun. Very difficult, but still fun nonetheless. My high score is 21 which is pretty low but I'm proud of it.
Some minor things I also appreciated were how the letters change colour depending on whether they extend the word or not, and how cool it feels to bounce bullets on walls. Another minor criticism is that the voice clips are just way to loud relative to the rest of the audio imo.
I can't imagine how you even made this game lol, really good job. As a fellow british man I see the countdown reference so good job on the creativity there.
I spent the first minutes just shooting everything I could wondering why I wasn't getting points and what the purpose of shooting the walls even was.
But once learned what I was actually supposed to do, HOLY CRAP this game became an absolute banger. It was challenging to spell words but I really loved how the shooting worked to get around the blocks you don't want to hit


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