“Cat and Spikes”\nA game with simple mechanics: just move right, left, and jump. However, when the cat jumps, gravity reverses.\nPlayers only need to reach the green button and complete 13 levels. (Good luck, especially on the last level!)
\nControls for desktop:
\nA = Left
\nD = Right
\nSpacebar = Jump
Controls for mobile:
\nLeft button = Left
\nRight button = Right
\nJump button = Jump
Difficulty is a bit too rough for me. Game is really fast and the hitboxes are very unforgiving. I think it would be nice if the hitboxes didn’t cause damage when you’re moving away from them (i.e. only damage the player if you’re landing on the spike, not when you jump away from it).
\nI got stuck on the 3rd level, but I think with a bit of polish it could be a really solid game.
\n","games":["CLAWSTRIKE"]},{"at":410341614,"author":"Cliff Earl","login":"Antix-Development","gh":17822130,"text":"A frustratingly nice little game :)
\nI found the cat was too drifty and sometimes the collision of the cat vs the spikes was not very accurate, leading to deaths when the cat was not very near the spikes.
\nI really like the minimalist graphics, it suits the game really well.
\n","games":["Black Cat - Nine Lives, No Mercy"]},{"at":410343200,"author":"Andy Sommerville","login":"aksommerville","gh":1869768,"url":"http://aksommerville.com","text":"I had some trouble with the hitboxes, to the extent that it felt a bit like gambling, “is this jump going to touch the spike?”. I wonder if it’s possible to make the spike collisions only damaging if you hit their top edge, and just prevent the cat from moving when hitting from the side?
\nBut all in all, this was a fun little game. My favorite so far!
\n","games":["Nine Lives"]},{"at":410343557,"author":"F肯尼","login":"kennyfully881230","gh":208875314,"text":"This is a very fun game and straight to the point! I had a huge struggle on the last level, but when I beat it I felt a sense of victory! I also tried this game on android, but the game didn’t scale correctly on my device. I assume it’s okay on other devices tho…
\nI took a screenshot after I beat the game because I wanted to show proof to anyone who says this game is unbeatable.
\nIf I had to make one suggestion, I would say please rework the collisions on the spikes. It’s a triangle for a reason, right? But most of my fails came when I hit collisions that were squares, which I didn’t expect in this type of game.
\nPlease further develop this game and put it into the app store!
\n","games":["Heimao"]},{"at":410382982,"author":"Andrew Higson-Smith","login":"ElementalSystems","gh":4255763,"url":"www.elementalsystems.co.za","text":"Played a few levels - is a clever mechanic and I enjoyed it.
\n","games":["Wake the Cat"]},{"at":410389495,"author":"Anthony Cosgrave","login":"anthonycosgrave","gh":1410114,"url":"https://imtoospexy.com/","text":"I really like the visual style. Might be a few of the spike - cat collisions that are a bit too tight at times where visually I thought I was safe to land. Some sound effects would add to the overall experience.
\n","games":["Chickpocalypse Meow"]},{"at":410392601,"author":"nihdao","login":"Nihdao","gh":74270287,"url":"adamalet.fr","text":"A very good puzzle game, some levels are very challenging, well done!
\n","games":["Clicker Pawry"]},{"at":410398574,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"A really fun game, the gravity flip genre is a really interesting one - having to plan routes ahead thinking of the safest route.
\nThe graphics were simple but effective. Had a vibe of the no internet dino game.
\nIt’s a shame that I couldn’t flip gravity until the last flip had ended in a landing. But I suppose if that were the case you could “spam” the flip button and end up “flying” making it more of a flappy bird game.
\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"at":410399272,"author":"Mohammad Jawad","login":"mhmdjawad","gh":22205462,"url":"https://pdemia.com/","text":"I managed to finish all 13 rounds even though it seemed a bit rigged too much since it kept dying even its not touching anything what so ever just that its a bit close, and sometimes same jump dont work. cool game well done best of luck
\n","games":["The Familiar"]},{"at":410408996,"author":"LawftyGoals","login":"LawftyGoals","gh":42514030,"text":"Issues on mobile with sceen zooming if too many inputs are pressed at once. Also som misleading hitboxes. Fair puzzels, fine gameplay.
\n","games":["Blackhat's Black Cats"]},{"at":410416346,"author":"Michael M.","login":"Schnark","gh":17846729,"url":"https://schnark.github.io","text":"A simple but nice game! I had to disable “search as you type” in my browser settings to play the it. You should call .preventDefault() for all keyboard events to properly handle this.
⚡ The gameplay is cool and reminds me of VVVVVV! Loved it, even if I didn’t made last level jump\nHitboxes are not very forgiving — they seem to be rectangular, while the spikes looks triangular. Adjusting that would improve fairness.
\n","games":["Witchcat"]},{"at":410425308,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"It’s like VVVVVV but with a cat 😁 I enjoyed that game so this was pretty enjoyable.
\nI like the simple graphics 👌
\nOn mobile it plays pretty well but only half my (portrait) screen was being used: 1/4 for the game area and 1/4 for the controls.\nPlaying in landscape mode is impossible.\n(I’m on Android Firefox)
\n","games":["Black Cat's Herbs & Brews"]},{"at":410483317,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"It’s really my kind of game! but sadly the in-game rules are hard to read (white on white) , and even after reading them, the cat stays stuck on the ceiling in level 2 :(
\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"at":410485740,"author":"Can Altıparmak","login":"c6p","gh":80478,"url":"c6p.netlify.app","text":"Nice gravity switching game. Simple graphics suits the game. On mobile, the game is too small. Even on desktop, while playing on the keyboard, the hitboxes make the game hard to play for me. Pity, the level design seems nice.
\nAlso it would be better if progress could be saved, so players don’t have to start over when returning to the game.
\n","games":["SnapCat"]},{"at":410489723,"author":"smhaaker","login":"smhaaker","gh":10542292,"text":"I like this. Straight forward game, easy to understand, and clean. I also like the fact that you squeezed it in so few KB’s
\n","games":["CatNFish"]},{"at":410499513,"author":"Zang0l0tino","login":"Zang0l0tino","gh":167128079,"text":"Nice game to play, the gravity reverse is a good mechanic, but it can get a little tricky to get some jumps. Also, since you weren’t tight on size it could’ve been good to add some music. Good luck!
\n","games":["The Black Cat's Escape"]},{"at":410505048,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Interesting game! It’s fun and challenging. The controls are straightforward. But I can’t pass level 5! I know how to pass it, but it’s beyond my abilities to pass it. Does it really get even harder after that??\nThe graphics are cute and effective. You had so much space left, you could have added some sound effects!\nThe white text is overlapping the white game background.
\n","games":["Meow Mountain"]},{"at":410518541,"author":"Sebastian Dorn","login":"sebadorn","gh":1146318,"url":"https://sebadorn.de","text":"The game speed is tied to the monitor refresh rate. It is probably designed for 60 Hz, so with 120 Hz everything moves twice as fast.
\n","games":["Black Cat Potions"]},{"at":410584936,"author":"Himanshu Bisht","login":"igamerx","gh":44287861,"text":"Nice level-based game. I see the imperation from the game called vvvvvv, so I can expect that it is meant to be difficult. Overall, I enjoy it. Nice entry.
\n","games":["The Ninefold Gambit"]},{"at":410736286,"author":"Mohammed Saud","login":"rottencandy","gh":20013884,"url":"saud.wtf","twitter":"rotttencandy","text":"The difficulty ramps up very quickly, but it is satisfying to complete it. For some reason the game ran faster on my pc than on my phone.
\n","games":["Non-Mewtonian Cat"]},{"at":410781872,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"Fun game, though it turned out to be pretty tough for me 😅 My reflexes aren’t as quick as they used to be, but thanks for making this! I really want to challenge myself and beat it one day.
\n","games":["Cat Survivors"]},{"at":410829131,"author":"Benjamin Boyd Austin","login":"bbaustin","gh":18755168,"text":"4.15kb! That’s the smallest I’ve seen so far.
\nNice, simple graphics and gameplay mechanics.
\nI actually couldn’t get past level 3, haha. I think it would be nice if there were some “warning” if you’re about to horizontally collide with a spike. It seems like you need to get really close to spikes in order to make certain jumps, but I was accidentally just walking straight into them
\n","games":["VOID Cat"]},{"typ":2,"at":411169050,"author":"Jupiter Hadley","login":"Jupiter-hadley","gh":97069389,"url":"www.jupiterhadley.com","twitter":"Jupiter_Hadley","text":"This is a simple yet effective game! I think the levels are designed well and I enjoyed playing it!
\n\n"},{"typ":2,"at":411512841,"author":"Emanuele Feronato","login":"triqui","gh":389551,"text":"Good VVVVVV like gameplay, the cat moves too fast and the collision management is a bit punitive, but this game has potential to become something really interesting.
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