Meowspace

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.77
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.35
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.13
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.97
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.80
In this fast-paced game, you control a cute cat sprinting along the spacebar on a keyboard. Your mission? Dodge those pesky fingers pressing the spacebar. Survive as long as you can!

Art: Lizik Vin(Elizaveta Vinogradova)

Code: Pavel Grebnev, Alexey Agaphonov

Additional Design: Dmitrii Muravyev

Controls:
- WASD or arrow keys to move
- Shift to dash

Post-jam version with experimental touch support: https://gameraccoon.itch.io/meowspace-post-jam
Genres: action

Comments32

cawfee_art
cawfee_art2 Oct 2023, 21:42
poor kitten :o very cute game!
Meru
Meru2 Oct 2023, 21:43
It's so much fun and I love the music. The Dash is working fine and the speed is well adjusted so far.
Also: That sound the cat is making rocks.
Will play this again. It would be nice to have this with more levels and on mobile.
NoniGirl
NoniGirl2 Oct 2023, 21:44
Meow! Thank you for this entry - really enjoyed it :)
jimworks2 Oct 2023, 21:45
Loved the art and the kitty!
Gato
Gato2 Oct 2023, 21:46
Very funny use of the theme! Very cute cat
ArtofLuba3 Oct 2023, 02:02
Kitty is super cute but I got squooshed even after trying a dozen times.
Gary the Enchanter3 Oct 2023, 02:17
The space on that spacebar certainly felt limited. That was fun! I liked how pressing space actually pressed it in the game too! I was a little confused on the hit boxes for the fingers not just straight on the middle.
Yurain333 Oct 2023, 05:07
poor cat. Why flatten an innocent fuzzy?(((
You have a very fun game and a funny character
But we created a killer cat)))
Yurain333 Oct 2023, 05:07
boom boom meow
LDJam user 2511703 Oct 2023, 15:08
Meow?

Very cute game, literally fits the theme too, love it! The graphics were cute, maybe it would've been cool to add a bit more life to the game somehow though? Slight visual effects or something, not sure if it would've fit the vibe though what do I know, I'm not an artist :D
Controls were very smooth and responsive, dashing felt good. The audio also was a great pick, and even though opted out (assuming it's not your audio) it did add to the mood really well!

Congrats!
Ladylpcr3 Oct 2023, 15:26
That's a very cute and fun game !
LDJam user 2607203 Oct 2023, 15:38
Sometimes the simplest games are the most fun! Good job and great graphics!
p_zzz3 Oct 2023, 16:59
hahahahaha that poor kitty. simple but cute and fun to play!
Mayple
Mayple3 Oct 2023, 18:39
Nice cute game, pretty fun! My one feedback would be to allow the cat to push up against a finger after its slammed onto the spacebar.
Levi3 Oct 2023, 18:41
Nooooooooooooooo.
it's so cute,
when it squashed.
Thanks for the game :)
morgie5 Oct 2023, 05:12
I played For Whom the Baa Tolls from LD52 and am back for more!! This game is super cute and while it is soo simple it is exceedingly fun! Everything, from the art, music, sfx, sprite movement, is soo cohesive and well executed! Basically, everything is super polished!

I really like that the game forces me to calculate my next move and not just mash dash like I usually do. It adds an element of difficulty and strategy. :0 Thanks for making a super fun game and I'm going to play more so I can stare at this super cute cat. The way it slides on the spacebar is soo satisfying. :sob:
crylica5 Oct 2023, 06:00
super cute game. I think the movement feels a bit slow/unsatisfying, and you have to really make strategic use of the dash. Good job though, it's fairly polished for a jam game!
Dijkstra
Dijkstra5 Oct 2023, 09:41
awwww super cute and so much fun!
GameRaccoonauthor5 Oct 2023, 17:05
Thanks everyone for the kind words, really happy to hear you enjoyed it!
GameRaccoonauthor5 Oct 2023, 17:06
@gary-the-enchanter they supposed to be in the middle, but we did so many last minute changes so may have broken it :)
GameRaccoonauthor5 Oct 2023, 17:09
@mayple oh yes, that's a good point. Thinking about it, it is weird that you get squashed by a finger that is already fully down
GameRaccoonauthor5 Oct 2023, 17:11
@kepsert yes, audio is not ours (I've added links to the sources on the itch.io page).
As for the visual effects, we need to learn how to do them properly :sweat_smile:
GameRaccoonauthor5 Oct 2023, 17:19
@morgie oh yes, I've also played your previous game! and really liked it. Need to check out the new one.
I think we learned a lot from LD52. Thanks for playing!
GameRaccoonauthor5 Oct 2023, 17:23
@crylica yeah, we should have experimented with the movement speed and maybe inertia. I think we also set it for a smaller size of the cat initially and never scaled it when scaled the cat. Something to learn.
Lizik Vin5 Oct 2023, 19:04
Did any of you manage to get to this screen?
GameRaccoonauthor5 Oct 2023, 20:27
@lizik-vin, you just wanted to brag with your score, don't you? :laughing:
somewan6 Oct 2023, 14:31
So adorable! You created something cute with simple shapes. The double meaning of the word "space" is clever.
jk5000
jk500015 Oct 2023, 19:22
A sweet and funny little game. Like the visuals and the music. The gameplay idea is simple and fun. Overall a good and well made jam game. Well done.

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