Cat Shelter Simulator

by fat-cat
co-authored: @yorisfresh
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.06
Keep the cats alive! (You were originally also meant to keep your cat-social media account alive, but we did not have time. You can still take pictures of your cats, though!) I apologize in advance for any bugs (and for any cats that poop somewhere they're not supposed to)
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We found the game had two critical bugs:
* The player being charged rent multiple times at the end of the month, resulting in the shelter closing down no mater how much money the player had
* The player being able to buy anything in the shop even if they can't actually afford it.

We uploaded a version of the game with these bugs fixed that's playable in the web browser. Sorry for everyone who had their shelters unfairly closed down :slight_frown:

Tools: Unity

Comments42

beanslasher21 Apr 2020, 03:17
Very Very nice graphics! The bloom really brought out the hues to make the game look very nice. Well executed and fun to play :D
Rodi21 Apr 2020, 11:40
Thank you I love it !!!
Daniil Tcyvakin21 Apr 2020, 11:46
Really good animations and responsible controls! Cats are cool, keep on going!
turritom21 Apr 2020, 11:51
really nice little cat game. i love the positivity.
MattKuroshi21 Apr 2020, 12:25
I CAN SPEND HOURS IN THAT GAME THANK YOU VERY MUCH MEOW MEOW PURR :3333
Kevin Meissner
Kevin Meissner21 Apr 2020, 15:07
Well done, but just not my type of game to be honest.:-)
DiW52721 Apr 2020, 16:10
cool idea, nice quiet game with nice graphics.
however cats use the bed as a running simulator for training walking on the spot
Drazihnya21 Apr 2020, 17:05
Cute lil game! Really dig the graphics and nice cat animations :)
Wolfier
Wolfier21 Apr 2020, 21:05
I feel like this game needs a little bit of "how too" besides feeding i'm not sure how anything works
Nogam
Nogam21 Apr 2020, 21:09
it was really good ! the lifetime is really long , gg. And that music ! DDLC !!!
Bobothegreat
Bobothegreat22 Apr 2020, 03:01
ma-ma-ma-money shot selling all the cats
BootyGangDisciple22 Apr 2020, 03:17
I spent so much time on this game. Making bank of these cats for sure. Once rent was due, it took my money and said I loss though, was a bit confused about that. Great game overall.
ballipilla22 Apr 2020, 12:06
I too spent a lot of time playing the game. In the end, my money too reduced and I got a message that my shelter was shutdown.
Fat cat
Fat catauthor22 Apr 2020, 12:08
@bootygangdisciple Do you mean you didn't have enough or was there a bug where you lost when you weren't supposed to?
NaughtyBird22 Apr 2020, 13:50
Nice idea, but I didn't catch what I need to do so that buyers take cats.
Fat cat
Fat catauthor22 Apr 2020, 13:55
@naughtybird It's written in the info tab, you just need to keep their happiness (the heart symbol) at max and upload pictures of them
Wuceng22 Apr 2020, 13:57
The music fitted the game very well. I really enjoyed this one and there was a lot of content.
svdvorak
svdvorak22 Apr 2020, 14:19
What a cute game, lovely playing it. But I got too ambitious and expanded too fast so I was just shy of the monthly rent and my shelter had to close :(
Fat cat
Fat catauthor22 Apr 2020, 14:29
@svdvorak Aw that's too bad, glad you played it long enough to see the expansions though ^^
Ifidamas
Ifidamas22 Apr 2020, 14:30
Nice game, especially because I love cats. It is basically a The Sims game with furry Sims.

Next improvement: doggos?
randdir
randdir22 Apr 2020, 14:31
Nice entry team and good theme, with improve rotation cam if possible ! Keep it up !
Pixel_Error
Pixel_Error22 Apr 2020, 15:19
Doki Doki soundtrack is really hits the game theme and how you developed it and if there was a cuteness criterion this game would get 6/5 of course ^_^ In my opinion the heart mechanic is not so obvious and you may add some "click for cat love" text, but anyway game's cuteness overweigh all its minuses.
PicusBGames22 Apr 2020, 17:07
@fat-cat I love the approach and the theme, and more importantly my girflriend adores it though she did ask @ifidamas 's question about dogs :)
It actually seems fairly well balanced to be honest, though having enough content in a Sim game can be tough in this tight a time frame!
Fat cat
Fat catauthor22 Apr 2020, 17:17
@picusbgames Haha I'm glad you both liked it! I can totally see an alternative version with dogs instead, that sounds fun :P
Artyom Volkov
Artyom Volkov22 Apr 2020, 19:52
The theme is extremely adoreable! Nice and meditative entry.
Alex Weiser22 Apr 2020, 19:57
I like cats, so I am basis, but this was really good. The only thing that bothered me was camera movement. I wish I could move the cam around and look at my cats. Its a pretty cohesive Sim game for just a weekend of work, Very nice job!
fatPenguin
fatPenguin22 Apr 2020, 20:31
KITTIES!!! What more could you heart desire?
Also this visual Sims touch is really nice also reminded me of those cute 3DS games :)
This had the funny effect of wanting to make the cats go away as this was the game objective and at the same time being sad about it, haha
the little GIF at the beginning is sooooo adoreable!

the cat sounds were awesome, made me laugh lol.

good job with this cute little organization game
Nota23 Apr 2020, 01:03
Very simple game, yet so addictive! Really enjoyed the music, and the cat sounds! Nice job
Ryulan23 Apr 2020, 04:01
The music was cute and caring for the cats made me feel pleasantly content inside - overall, I had a lot of fun caring for the kitties, and I thought that adding the camera shot was a very nice feature that made it all the more fun. Thank you for such a cute little game! :)
jk5000
jk500023 Apr 2020, 09:58
A cute and very well made little game. Love the music and graphics. Overall a good jam game. Well done.
Devastus
Devastus23 Apr 2020, 14:24
A very nice game, Sims are a tough one to get right in a Jam with all the potential balancing issues but you delivered. Delivered lots of cats!

I had some good time with this, I'd just wish to have the possibility to rotate the camera around and have more freedom of movement overall, especially since taking photos was one of the game mechanics.

It's a really good entry, very well done!
johnnysix
johnnysix23 Apr 2020, 22:39
This was fun to play, I wish I'd had enough for rent. I didn't know what I was doing with the photos, were you supposed to take pictures of the ones with fewer thumbs to get them some buzz :laughing:
marcusnystrand24 Apr 2020, 17:44
Creative concept! Impressive that you managed to put all this together in such short time
Simon Rahnasto
Simon Rahnasto26 Apr 2020, 09:40
I like how the game gets more and more intense as you get more and more cats. It's strangly addictive as well, all I wanted was to improve my cat-empire!

Almost got screwed by the first rent, because I upgraded the house with 2 days left and it increased my rent, but all my cats came together for a massive group-photo, to try to save the shelter, and it worked! :cat2:

Here is an image of my empire:

:cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2:

I liked the graphics a lot, it was nice and coherent, the cats felt very "catlike". The audio was also great!
pixelstuff
pixelstuff28 Apr 2020, 07:04
Not my kind of game, but nice execution ! there is a lot to do.
Rip Sapristi :( you died too soon somehow T.T
Empty Set
Empty Set30 Apr 2020, 21:20
Nice game. The cats are cute and their eyes even seem to glow in the dark like real cats!

I think it stretched on a bit too long, though - at about 10 days left I felt like I'd mostly seen it all and only continued to the end of the month because it seemed like the best stopping point. The music got pretty old by the end too.

There were a few minor glitches, like cats clipping through the edge of a wall, and cat names not displaying correctly if you click between cats without deselecting them first.

Overall a very comfy game - naming the cats and taking pictures of them were nice touches.
Fractal
Fractal6 May 2020, 18:32
Very nice game! I was somewhat confused at the beginning by all the things possible to do, but I got the hang of it. It just feels like that months go by too slowly, it takes ages before the first rent.
yy404
yy4049 May 2020, 14:34
This game is so cute! Spent time to understand some functions but then I'm satisfied!

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