Boots the Cat is one evil animal. She always has been, always will be. But now she is worse than ever. Boots the Cat has figured out that she can use the witches Black Cauldrons for her own benefit…
\nOn each level, Boots has to collect ingredients and then get into the Witch Hut. Once in the hut, Boots must get the Key for the next Hut, optionally dump ingredients in the Cauldron with Space or South Button, then run out of the door.
\nAvoid Priests at all costs!
\nEach level has two distinct phases: Action and Step by Step.
\nAction
\nRun through the woods and gather mushrooms (be careful, you can only carry 1 to start, and then it goes up) while you avoid Priests that are hunting for you. Once you have gathered your mushrooms, then find the Hut and go inside.
\nStep by Step
\nYou are now inside the Witch Hut! You should really unload your ingredients into the Cauldron, but you don’t have to; you won’t lose them but you won’t get points yet either! You must get the Key however. Once you’ve collected the key, book it out the door before the Witch gets home!
\nUse WASD, arrows, or gamepad. Press Space, gamepad button, or click to begin/restart. Space and South gamepad button are for dropping or using ingredients.
\n","source":"raptor0999/js13k-2025","stars":0,"comments":[{"at":410396090,"author":"LawftyGoals","login":"LawftyGoals","gh":42514030,"text":"Uncomfortable controls in this one, the theme itself is fun but the gameplay lets it down. There are glitches like being spawned off screen in the witches house or priests being spawned inside of trees and vibrating cause they can’t get out.
\n","games":["Blackhat's Black Cats"]},{"at":410609163,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"Cool idea! Tried to play a few times, but the game kept freezing. Really disappointing since it’s obvious a lot of effort was put into this.
\n","games":["Cat Survivors"]},{"at":410634357,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"Congrats for releasing. Nice audio. Graphics could be worked a bit more.
\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"at":411013753,"author":"Anthony Cosgrave","login":"anthonycosgrave","gh":1410114,"url":"https://imtoospexy.com/","text":"The music is really good. The visual style is interesting.
\nThe collision detection is very strict and might be a little too large for some objects, my first attempt at playing I was trapped by three trees/shrubs and couldn’t get out but there was clearly space between the cat and the objects. In one hut I got into I couldn’t see the cat character at all but when I moved I could see the “motions” counter change.
\n","games":["Chickpocalypse Meow"]},{"typ":2,"at":411028041,"author":"Christer Kaitila","login":"McFunkypants","gh":2111957,"url":"http://www.mcfunkypants.com","text":"Great work! The blocky graphics and background colours made me feel nostalgic for the Atari 2600 VCS, and this game evokes memories of the original “adventure” game cartridge and the E.T. game for me. I like that there are two different games in one, though I felt a bit confused once inside the house. Congrats on making a game in under 13kb and thank you for joining the fun!
\n"},{"at":411171724,"author":"Homer Dilpleu","login":"HomerDilpleu","gh":66157330,"text":"Very good music and the concept of having 2 phases is great. In the step by step phase sometimes I was not able to see the cat :( and sometimes I think there were not enough steps to get the key (but maybe it’s me). Well done!
\n","games":["Wash the cat"]},{"at":411261301,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"I like the idea of this game
\nThe graphics are a little basic, but work ok
\nThe music is really good
\nI picked up all kinds of items, but then wasn’t sure how to use them, I went over the cauldron in the hut but wasn’t sure what the ultimate goal was
\nThe first time I went in the hut I couldn’t see my character anymore, so didn’t know where I was or what I was doing next
\nThe steps countdown adds an element of haste to the play, I mean the preist was a little scary looking but luckily quite easy to avoid
\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"at":411350193,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"🌿 Movement feels smooth and the music is great! The bush hitboxes are way too big though. It also feels strange to switch from free movement to grid-based movement. The graphics are quite minimalistic, and priests don’t seem like a real threat.
\n","games":["Witchcat"]},{"at":411436957,"author":"Surma","login":"surma","gh":234957,"url":"https://surma.dev","text":"I have to admit that I am not sure whether I was succeeding of failing. I collected the mushrooms, and the crosses, but I could also walk past priests without anything happening. Then I managed to get into the hut but couldn’t interact with anything? I’m sure I am being dumb, but I think I needed a bit more guidance and visual feedback to grok this.
\nThe music in the hut was great, and I love the minimalist graphics, although it felt a bit sparse sometimes and the hitboxes were surprisingly large.
\n","games":["Swing A Cat"]},{"at":411456927,"author":"Emre Guneyler","login":"eguneys","gh":3844764,"url":"https://eguneys.github.io/jsgames/","text":"I got to Level 4, is that good?
\n","games":["Mor Chess 2","Mor Chess"]},{"typ":2,"at":411470169,"author":"Emanuele Feronato","login":"triqui","gh":389551,"text":"Cool game with two distinct gameplays, but graphics and sounds need to be improved. Also, you should give players more time.
\n"},{"at":411894243,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"You clearly but a ton of work here, but I think the game needs a fair bit more testing and polishing. The map is pretty big and there’s even background music. But the movements are pretty rough, and I don’t think the inside of the hut is working. The wacky graphics could even work in a retro style, if more carefully laid out.
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