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Godot Version
4.5
Theme Interpretation
The core loop already fits the theme almost literally. Petting the cat fills its energy meter, so the cat is charging, and then you release that charge into one of two outlets, attacking the rats or feeding the experience bar. Charge, then discharge into a choice. That's already built, nothing needs to change mechanically. There's also a wordplay angle worth using. "Charge" can also mean a dependent, someone entrusted to your care. The cat is literally your charge in that sense too.
Wildcards Used
Parts can be combined to create new items
Add something cute
Discord Username(s)
morti4946
GWJ Participation Level
1
Team Size
2
Generative AI Disclosure
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Comments
Nice game, cute and simple. Loved the cat, haven't tried hard mode yet.
The Where’s Wally rat :chef-kiss:. Such an awesome game all round. What more can you say than praise for a game that lets you pet cats 100% of the time? Great submission, great art, great sound and music, great all round. Thanks for submitting so I could get to play it!
I like the idea needs more balancing. Hard didn't seem possible but seemed really interesting, liked trying to pick the right upgrade and balancing greed on XP vs killing rats.
Normal was too easy, didn't try easiest difficulty.
Love the little touches of the purrs, the eyes following the mouse and cats having sweetspots. Could be funny to have each cat have a different zones they want petted or not.
Also it seemed the music failed to loop.
Kitty :O
We all love a game where you can pet the cats.
I spent a good amount of time just in the free play section and forgot about your game sorry....
Just kidding or am I no awesome game lol I love cats and the graphics are awesome
Ohhh, thank you so much for the kind words! ^^ It really means a lot to us! ❤️ We’re so glad you enjoyed the cats and the graphics!
PS: still think that Your goat charge is *goat* ^^
thankk youu your cats purring is the real goat <3
Super creative take on the theme! Also any game centering around cats is an immediate 10/10 for me. Great job!
Thank you so much! ^^ It all started with the idea: “Let’s make a game about a cat.” We charge the cat, and petting the cat charges us. 🐱⚡
I love caaat <3
Sooo... a little cat for you! 🐱 I scrapped the first concept for the petting animation
Thank You for comment ^^
Enjoyed the game! :)
...yes, it's easy and could use more mechanics, but it was still a blast to pet the cats. :D
Also big fan of the art style, good job!
Congrats on your first Wild Jam entry! <3
Ohhh, thank you so much! It really means a lot to us. <3 We’re so happy you enjoyed the game and had fun petting the cats! :D
Very good artwork! I think hard mode is maybe a little bit (way) too hard and could use some balancing, though.
Thank you for the feedback! ^^
Really this game, only thing is that on hard mode you can clear the mice in 3 fully charged attacks and otherwise the mice get way to overwhelming
You’re the third person to notice this ^^ We actually planned to make achievements for this, but they didn’t make it into the build.
So, Sir Kooshi, I hereby declare you the official achievement unlocker. 🫡
I really love the art, I think that and the cats eyes moving to follow your cursor are the real standouts here. I found Easy and Normal to be too easy and sadly did not see much point in sending for experience when I could spam pet the cat and outpace rat growth. In all though this was a lovely experience!
Thank you!! I’m really glad you liked the art and the moving eyes! 🥹 We’ll probably take the petting mechanics further in a different project. We really liked how the eyes turned out, so we’ll most likely add more cat animations and reactions too! 🐱💕
Oh, I almost forgot! I saw on stream that you played the game. There really should’ve been an achievement for discovering in Hard mode that you can just send the cat! We didn’t have time to add those in. So please, fell like You got a achievment ^^
The stuff in the background in Free Play is actually the achievement first sketch artwork.
Also, my friend played the game and asked whether it was intentional that sending the cat is OP because of the whole “charge” theme. It wasn’t 😅 For some reason, the itch build weakened the mice in Easy and Normal.
Very cute game! I find the difficulte not balanced tho; easy and normal seems too easy for me but I am not able to beat the rats in the hard option.
I like the cats designs, they are very cute, and teh decision making think its cool!
Thank you!! 🥹 And yeah, the difficulty is definitely a bit weird haha. We ran out of time for proper balancing, so it’s really interesting to see how different people experience it. Glad you liked the cats! 🐱
If we ever decide to take this game further, we’d definitely add more cats and more reaction animations. 🐱💕
Well done, very well done!!!
This is a fun little game, you've done very well, you and your team! Look forward to seeing you in more game jams!
Cute game! Thought it fit the theme really well, and awesome art
Thank you for the kind words! This was our first time creating all the art ourselves, so it means a lot to us! 😊
Very nice game, I loved the art and the music, and think it fit the theme very well!
Hello! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
I love it, well done on the cuteness and the theme!
Thear is a lot of cute cats, i aprove. The game is is really easy once you know the optimum peting spots and relise how eficient max charges are it took about 5 atempts to beat hard mode but once you start to give scritches all the way you can win hard mode with the first 3 cats. Great game, cozy and well drawn.
Oh, I was actually curious whether someone would discover that! It was supposed to be an achievement, because we knew we wouldn’t have enough time to properly balance it. Changing the balance wouldn’t have left us enough time to test it properly, and we really didn’t want to release a game that couldn’t be beaten.
Thank you for playing ^^
P.S. You can consider yourself as having unlocked the achievement for discovering it ^^
Cool, really wasn't expecting to find secrets ! I just like messing with games and seeing what happens sometimes.
In free pet level there is in background 2 gold trophy and one rat trophy. That should be achievments :)
haha love such little details like the waldo mouse in the jar. Great job I love it.
glad you noticed! 👀
Thanks for playing and for the kind words! ^^
such a cozy game tho :D
Aww, thank you! 🥹 We’re really glad it gave you cozy vibes!