Catamaran Cats

by notke

co-authored: @fonserbc

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.66

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.39

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.26

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.03

Catamaran Cats is an online multiplayer sea where you can join other cats and sail catamarans with them.

Sail on your own or join an existing vessel!

Be careful how you drive and how you spread your crew's weight! You wouldn't want to capsize!

HOW TO:
- Use WASD or Arrow Keys or a Joystick to move around the ship
- Hold SPACE or ENTER or an action button on a Joystick to interact with the ship
- While interacting with a ship-part, move left-and-right to turn the wheel or the sail.

DISCLAIMER:
- The server is limited to 20 players at a time
- A single vessel is limited to 5 players
- Server is currently either EU or US

Credits:
- Ferran: Multiplayer, gameplay coding, character movement, UI
- Nothke: Art, boat physics coding, shaders

All the assets were made by us during the 3 days of the jam (except for the island mountains)

Nothke streamed most of his part of development on twitch, you can see all the videos in recent streams: https://www.twitch.tv/nothke

Comments16

Enya4545 Oct 2021, 06:12

Really fun game. Unfortunately theres not many people online but that's not a problem of the creator of course, just the nature of the game jam. The game mechanics were really fun and I expect it would be more fun with more players. Can't wait to see what y'all make next

SparkyDoc075 Oct 2021, 06:25

It's a nice game, but there aren't enough players. I like the art style and the graphics and also the background sound of the water and the waves.

aevek5 Oct 2021, 06:30

Had a lot of fun with this. Figuring out how to sail a catamaran with absolutely no idea what I was doing was great. I sailed with a random stranger for a while and we had a small adventure involving a lot of going backwards, then me and my partner got on a boat together and achieved a top speed of 69 knots and some fancy precision sailing. I think this base has a lot of potential, I think a few crewed boats racing around an island could be a lot of fun.

ZhennaPerks5 Oct 2021, 06:31

These cats are the coolest. Really impressed with the use and implementation of the wind. Also, network code?!?! In a weekend?!!? That's pretty rad. I'd love to see a race set up or challenges to do. Enjoyed playing my friends, thanks for sharing!!

skooterkurt5 Oct 2021, 16:25

Plays great through Wine on Linux and I had fun. There were two others besides me while playing. I had no idea what I was doing though :D

jessefreeman7 Oct 2021, 00:46

Love the graphics and really nice concept. I like running around and controlling different aspects of the boat!

Mateu7 Oct 2021, 00:50

Wow this looks pretty cool. I wish I had somebody to sail around with :(
The visuals look great (sometimes the sin wave that curves the water was pretty obvious)
The sailing mechanics were well executed (a particle effect saying which direction the wind is going would be nice)
I'm sure the multiplayer also would have been fun, if I had somebody to play it with.
Solid game, and I'm sure if you had a large playerbase it could be a blast to sail around in.

Sirkovitch7 Oct 2021, 15:29

This is so cool ! The art is very simple but also very cute and it works very well. Controlling the boat and sailing with others is very fun. Its very impressive you were able to deliver that in so little time

ToxicComputer7 Oct 2021, 22:24

Cool game bro!

cromo9 Oct 2021, 01:41

Man, I wish I had someone to play this with. I wanted to see the boat tip over! I also tried to get onto the big island, but I couldn't get off the boat. Oh well. It's _very_ pretty, and it seems like it would be fun to sail around with friends.

KekkoDude9 Oct 2021, 17:11

Should try to set off a day and have a Cat-amaran race around the island. sailed a bit by myself and it's really satisfying, man i miss being on my boat now

tried sailing through the canal but i was stopped by the wind and got pushed out backwards, would love to see some more wind indicators, like a pointer on top the main mast, and perhaps some wind marks, cant remember the name for that phenomenon, on the water.

MichaelGameRus9 Oct 2021, 17:14

Nice short game

yodoG13 Oct 2021, 17:24

Awesome stuff! I think this could be really fun with a tournament mode or a way to play against other players. I imagine this game is best with friends, but it was also fun to learn the ropes (pun intended) by myself. I'd love to see this game expanded.

ardorugus18 Oct 2021, 19:37

That's a great concept, I think. But it doesn't work at all without sound or narrative. Maybe, it's just me, but I had no idea where it's going, and why am I doing this. Love the cats, though.

ItsHornUnicorn20 Oct 2021, 18:19

Cool neat idea for a complete game i think. It will be fun to have some adventures like in the Sea of Thieves or something like that with friends. I felt a lack of wind direction indicator and sound. Atmosphere is great, water is gorgeous. Nicely done

m1nus20 Oct 2021, 19:30

i have zero sailing skills but now i want to buy a boat. that was so much fun, thank you!