Especially when your cat, despite your numerous protests, wants nothing more than to scratch your desk's legs, digging his claws deeper and deeper into the fragile wood.
Thought awkward controls and multitasking would be a fun mix.
Instead, the end result is nothing more than the unholy bastard child of a generic typing game and whack-a-mole.
Small guide
It's a typing game.
Type the words in the IDE (top left screen) to keep your productivity meter (orange bar, top right screen) from running out. You don't need to bother about case or spaces. Once a line is complete, press enter to switch to next line.
Meanwhile, at random intervals, your cat will try to grind at a specific part of your desk leg (bottom screen). If he digs through two opposite parts, your desk will fall apart. You can click directly on the paw (not the arm !) to slap it away.
But please, don't do that in real life, cat paws are sensitive !
Tools used
Fonts aside, made everything myself, just missed the compo deadline because lazyness.
Thank you for this. Can't have pets where I'm living so this game allows me to fulfil my dream of trying to get on with coding whilst being interrupted by a cat.
Also makes me realise just how useful autofills are
I had to swat away my real life cat in order to play this game about swatting away your cat, 10/10
(Okay my real review is that it's an incredibly funny concept that had me doubled over the whole time, love everything about it and how eerily lifelike it is, right down to the wobbly way the cats paws reach out for the desk leg. I did encounter a bug at least once where the cat managed to claw its way through the desk leg but I didn't get a game over for it, though on subsequent playthroughs I did. Great concept and loved it way too much.)
Funny & original vision of the theme :p Impressive for a game made alone ! It fits real life so accurately ahah The first time, i didn't know what to do because i push away the cat paws and always failed ... but it's after i pressed all the keys that i understand you have to type what's on screen with the keyboard :o Maybe adding a tutorial on the game’s description could help the next players for having a clear vision of what we can do here :D Otherwise, it's funny, stressful and enjoyable ! Great job :)
Fun and challenging game, the concept is well thought! I think that a rework of the typing sound could be a good thing, because it is too saturated, and a score given for how long you keep it up before getting fired could be a nice addition to your game! Good job :)
Ah ah epic implementation of the theme, and the setup is fun. I am too bad at typing so I died pretty quickly trying to get rid of the cat ^^". Good job!
I wanted to see the desk fall! This is a really fun game, I love the narrative and the stressful gameplay. If there was a cutscene with the desk falling that would be awesome, however I think you really made a great game here :D
Good entry! Very funny, I directly felt this pain when the cat tries to interfere with your work. =) The sound of typing starts to get a little annoying, although it probably should be, another annoying factor. Great job!
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Also makes me realise just how useful autofills are
(Okay my real review is that it's an incredibly funny concept that had me doubled over the whole time, love everything about it and how eerily lifelike it is, right down to the wobbly way the cats paws reach out for the desk leg. I did encounter a bug at least once where the cat managed to claw its way through the desk leg but I didn't get a game over for it, though on subsequent playthroughs I did. Great concept and loved it way too much.)
The first time, i didn't know what to do because i push away the cat paws and always failed ... but it's after i pressed all the keys that i understand you have to type what's on screen with the keyboard :o
Maybe adding a tutorial on the game’s description could help the next players for having a clear vision of what we can do here :D
Otherwise, it's funny, stressful and enjoyable ! Great job :)