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About the StoryOne afternoon, the most important cat around (read: the only one in the house) must set off on a quest fraught with peril, soul-searching, and friendship – all in the name of taking a snooze. Game Details
Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: January 16, 2016 Current Version: revision 3 Development System: Twine Forgiveness Rating: Polite IFID: CC70F12B-7B81-47A3-8C59-598F60E3FB94 TUID: 79f1ic623cvxtpio |
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You are a cat. Find a place to nap., December 28, 2016[Time to completion: 5-10 minutes]
Fun fact: in the past two years, there have been at least one game with 'cat simulator' in its title. What's not to like? It's certainly fun to speculate on cats' motivation for their inscrutable behaviour, and since domestic cats live in such proximity to humans, it does make one wonder what they think of us, as a species.
In this cat sim, the titular cat is a lazy domestic cat looking for a spot to nap. It's broadly branching, largely relaxing and self-aware: 'good' and 'bad' endings are indicated as such (although is there really a bad ending, if you're still a cat at the end of it?); there is even a list of AMUSING things to do, as in some parser games. A short, pleasant diversion.
A restless soul, October 26, 2016A short, silly little game about being a cat looking for a place to rest. You are rather picky with your spots, a cat of your stature can't just sleep anywhere, y'know? It's an amusing exercise in anthropomorphism, imagining what the reasoning behind typical cat behavior is. If there is one thing I had a problem with is having good and "bad" endings in a game where the stakes are pretty low and it basically boils down to "uh oh, you found a... less than comfortable place to rest." That's still pretty funny though.
Achieves its aim: to be a small game depicting a cat's life, August 22, 2019This game was one of the author's first games, and it is small and simple.
However, it matches my ratings system well. It achieves emotional impact in that it makes you think of being a cat very well. It puts you in the mindset of the cat and all the actions are things my cat does.
It's polished in its smallness, and the interactivity work well, as it doesn't feel like lawnmowering to play and the links are placed well, better than many longer works.
It's also descriptive, and that's 4 of my 5 stars right there.
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