Ludum Dare #50compo

Crazy Cats

by ladymarengo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.36

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.36

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.64

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.09

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Nice evening with wine and Catflix... What could go wrong?

Unfortunately the lights are out and now you have to keep an eye on your crazy cats in a dark room. How long can you delay the inevitable?

Controls:

Move the flashlight to find the cats in the darkness. If a cat is doing something bad, keep shining on it for couple of seconds and it will go away. Remember that you have two cats!

This is the first time I did a game all by myself. It was hard but I liked it! Hope you'll like it too :)

There is no way to make a game in two days without bugs so be kind :) Wasn't tested in browsers other than Chrome. Sometimes cats are so obnoxious that they don't care if you shine the light on them, you can try reloading the page to temporarily fix it.

If something is not working - try it in Chrome and try to reload the page (maybe even couple of times).

UPDATE: After the deadline added small fix for cats not reacting to light because it was a common problem.

Genres: survival

Comments17

Papaya4 Apr 2022, 12:38

Cool and funny game, I like the concept. I have a cat at home and I confirm it is like this LOL. One bug I found was that the cats can sometimes overlap, and you can shine the light on both of them at once. Also, I think an indicator (visual or sound cue) that shows when you are about to lose can be helpful,

Daniel Foutz4 Apr 2022, 12:42

This is so cute! The art is absolutely fantastic, great job on that. This game is really hard. I think the time that it takes for the cats to destroy objects is too unforgiving and starting out with two cats right off the bat makes it pretty much impossible. I played for a good while and couldn't get past 8 seconds. That's a pretty easy thing to fix though. With lowered difficulty and some sound effects I think this would be a great and SUPER cute little web game. Catflix!

Lighty_the_Light4 Apr 2022, 12:44

Soooo cute!

But so hard :cry: . I survived only 10 secods.

I think it took too long for the cat to stay back maybe?

Nice work!

Arcobaleno4 Apr 2022, 12:44

+ funny rule
+ cute graphic , cute cate
- need more tips
- need more content

Frib4 Apr 2022, 12:44

This game is brutal, lol. My best attempt was 8 seconds... wish I had two flashlights :D
Sometimes I had the feeling that the cat wouldn't stop even when shining on it for multiple seconds, which meant the other cat was causing mayhem making me lose.

jk50004 Apr 2022, 12:46

I like the story and the gameplay idea is fun. It not easy to 'survive' for more then a few seconds. Overall a good and pretty well made jam game. Well done.

KirKami4 Apr 2022, 12:53

Funny, but broken. I can clearly light up a cat and it's still ruins stuff

Gonzo135 Apr 2022, 00:16

So cute game! Cool story, pretty graphics and mood! Great work!

Jesús González5 Apr 2022, 06:24

Crazy cats indeed.

Ladymarengoauthor5 Apr 2022, 06:43

@kirkami I added a small fix for the cats, hope this bug won't happen again!

badoomtch5 Apr 2022, 09:43

I enjoyed this game. It is quite hard, I didn't manage more than 8 seconds, but it fits the theme well. I love the concept and art. Great submission!

onnofal6 Apr 2022, 20:04

Cats breaking stuff! Hah, who does not survive at least a minute doesn't like cats. Great idea and perfect drawing. I really miss audio, some meow when being caught in a crime would be great addition. I did not mind cats overlapping, was like a bonus to disturb two at once and watch how they jump each into their own direction. The look they all have when they are not working on anything for a moment is gold and you know they are up to no good in next few secs anyway.

lesinvisible7 Apr 2022, 10:25

Very cute graphics and overall premise. The only thing I wished for - is more gameplay variety. As the game feels a bit limited in this department even for a jam game.