{"id":2404,"edition":13,"categories":3,"features":1,"size":13215,"name":"Cat Survivors","authors":[{"name":"Elias Ku","url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174},{"name":"Alexandra Al"}],"description":"

An exciting story about a hunter cat inspired by Vampire Survivors game.

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We added a personal touch — we have a black cat ourselves, and watching her hunt made us really excited about this theme.\nThat’s why we decided to make a game about a hunter cat.

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To complete the game, you need to survive for 10 minutes, during which you’ll face battles, level up, collect boxes,\nand finally reach a romantic ending 💕

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We wish you a fun and enjoyable game!

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Controls

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Mobile

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Use touch screen virtual pad to move, and just tap upgrades

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Desktop

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Move with Mouse or Keyboard W A S D or ↑ ← ↓ →

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Choose Upgrade with Mouse or Keyboard 1 2 3

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From the authors

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This was our first time trying out this genre. We studied many similar games and really enjoyed working on our own\nproject. We plan to continue developing it, add monetization, and release it. Throughout the entire development process,\nwe shared updates in our Telegram channel.

\n","source":"eliasku/js13k-2025-cat-survivors","stars":11,"dc":"https://eliasku.win/s/cat-survivors/","yt":"qy2ndPHUXfs","post":"https://eliasku.win/blog/cat-survivors-js13k-2025-postmortem/","comments":[{"at":410362961,"author":"RatoGBM","login":"RatoGBM","gh":80184495,"url":"ratogbm.github.io","text":"

The fact that you managed to fit it into 13KB is insane to me.

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By endgame, the game becomes extremely laggy.

\n","games":["Laserpointer"]},{"typ":1,"at":410618043,"re":410362961,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Thanks for the feedback! I’m glad you made it to the end! At the finale, a huge number of particles and objects are generated during the explosion of all the enemies, and the last waves also spawn quite a lot of enemies overall. There’s still plenty of room for optimization in the game (which I had to sacrifice for time and size constraints), and I’ll definitely be working on that after the competition!

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It’s a very cool game! Cool music, gameplay, and art. I’ve made it to the end! And wow cool ending! You have also managed to create a living world where everything moves and is alive!

\n","games":["Black Kate"]},{"typ":1,"at":410617598,"re":410384312,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Thank you so much for the kind review! I’m glad you enjoyed the game and played it all the way through! I wrote in detail about the music in the post-mortem - check it out!

\n"},{"at":410427241,"author":"Sebastian Dorn","login":"sebadorn","gh":1146318,"url":"https://sebadorn.de","text":"

Surprisingly polished for a Vampire Survivors clone in under 13 KB, great game! A lot of sound effects, great animations, enemy phases and various upgrades.

\n","games":["Black Cat Potions"]},{"at":410437235,"author":"Gleb Volkov","login":"malec-palec","gh":2181873,"twitter":"volkov_ayyy","text":"

“Cat Survivors” absolutely blows past any reasonable limits when it comes to polish and content volume. The attention to detail, variety, and sheer amount of things to unlock or explore feel wildly generous. And after all that effort, you get a genuinely satisfying reward at the end - well worth the ride!

\n","games":["Catapoolt"]},{"typ":1,"at":411107432,"re":410437235,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Wow, thank you so much for such kind words! We’re thrilled you noticed all the little details and enjoyed the journey (and the ending reward) - that makes all the effort feel totally worth it!

\n"},{"at":410446729,"author":"Camilo Ramírez","login":"jucarave","gh":8118259,"url":"https://camiloramirez.dev/","twitter":"jucarave","text":"

One of the absolute bests, I honestly liked it more than the vampire survivor, I’m glad to see that you are planning on evolving it beyond the jam, I’ll definitively like to play the full version at some point. Great job!

\n","games":["Guardian Cat"]},{"typ":1,"at":410617378,"re":410446729,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Thank you so much for the feedback! We’ll definitely keep developing the game and sharing updates on our website, social media, and on X - so you’ll have the chance to join the discussions and suggest new ideas, which we would very happy about! Maybe even a few bats? 🦇🦇🦇

\n"},{"at":410460283,"author":"Mohammed Saud","login":"rottencandy","gh":20013884,"url":"saud.wtf","twitter":"rotttencandy","text":"

It’s one of those games that you could put on a store right now, and nobody would be able to tell that this was made in a game jam, let alone fit inside 13kb. Incredibly good.

\n","games":["Non-Mewtonian Cat"]},{"at":410484373,"author":"Benjamin Boyd Austin","login":"bbaustin","gh":18755168,"text":"

Awesome! I made it to the end with 1770 kills.

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It took me a second to understand how the cat moves. Pretty cool that you have to manually turn it around like a car (but that also makes it a bit harder to aim items like the knife)

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I loved all the enemy designs, especially the ninja turtle frog. Also very cool that the seasons change throughout the game. A lot of polish!

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I actually didn’t experience any lag despite there being a billion enemies on screen at the end. Very impressive

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Maybe just because there was so much happening on screen, I couldn’t tell what some items were doing (e.g., the flashlight and the tome). Maybe making the effects for those items a bit more obvious would be an area to improve.

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But yeah, overall, awesome game. I wanted to keep playing!

\n","games":["VOID Cat"]},{"at":410566246,"author":"Andrew Higson-Smith","login":"ElementalSystems","gh":4255763,"url":"www.elementalsystems.co.za","text":"

Fun - nice implementation -cute graphics - maybe a bit easy but I really like the seasonal changes.

\n","games":["Wake the Cat"]},{"at":410581011,"author":"dalps","login":"dalps","gh":96267363,"text":"

This game is scary good, I’m particularly in love with the animations which really push the Canvas API to the limit. The gameplay feels smooth as butter while gradually getting as hectic as the original Vampire Survivors. Each and every level up and tuna cans upgrade is super rewarding and the ending is so sweet. Overall, an incredible entry!

\n","games":["Trampofelines"]},{"at":410588951,"author":"smhaaker","login":"smhaaker","gh":10542292,"text":"

This is impressive that you were able to cram vampire survivors into 13kb. Good job

\n","games":["CatNFish"]},{"at":410590213,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"

🌟 Incredible experience! Beautiful graphics, great soundtrack, perfectly balanced difficulty and just the right length. Truly impressive work 👏.\nCute romantic ended!

\n","games":["Witchcat"]},{"typ":1,"at":410616913,"re":410590213,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Thank you! We’re really glad you enjoyed the ending and the pacing of the game. And a special thanks for playing it all the way through! ✨

\n"},{"at":410590559,"author":"Michael M.","login":"Schnark","gh":17846729,"url":"https://schnark.github.io","text":"

Very cute graphics that make the game really enjoyable!

\n","games":["Edgar's Mission"]},{"at":410601592,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"

Super cute graphics, sound and animation!

\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"at":410640253,"author":"Cliff Earl","login":"Antix-Development","gh":17822130,"text":"

Really nice. Lots of juice and great gameplay, but I love survivor games :)

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Great use of the canvas for drawing!

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I feel the game could have been a bit harder because I aced it on my first attempt.

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Nice ending too, aww.

\n","games":["Black Cat - Nine Lives, No Mercy"]},{"typ":1,"at":410643864,"re":410640253,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Thank you so much for such a nice review and for playing through the whole game! :) Regarding the difficulty, we intentionally kept this balance for the competition because we wanted people to be able to finish the game. We thought that if we extended it to 30 minutes, not everyone would get to see our beautiful ending. We respect your time, a lot of games worth to play every year! 🕒

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I had fun playing this game. The art style is simple but effective and modern, thankfully not yet another pixel art game. Good sound, sane controls on desktop, engaging gameplay; I have nothing negative to say about this.

\n","games":["They took my cat"]},{"at":410647551,"author":"Anthony Cosgrave","login":"anthonycosgrave","gh":1410114,"url":"https://imtoospexy.com/","text":"

Wow! This looks, sounds and plays great. I can’t believe it’s all under 13kb!

\n","games":["Chickpocalypse Meow"]},{"at":410742100,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"

Awesome game! From graphics to audio and controls. Hard to believe it fits 13kb!

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Good luck releasing it, I’m sure it will be successful!

\n","games":["Black Cat's Rise"]},{"at":410743703,"author":"Zang0l0tino","login":"Zang0l0tino","gh":167128079,"text":"

Good game overall, the concept is simple and a little addictive, though I feel like the game becomes a bit too easy past some point. Nice audio and pretty good graphics too, congratulations!

\n","games":["The Black Cat's Escape"]},{"at":410814771,"author":"Pinzarof","login":"Pinzarof","gh":233401864,"text":"

Игра супер. Последнее время только в нее и играю. Дошла до 54 уровня. В игре мне нравится все, и графика, и ненавязчивая музыка и герои. Оружие - класс. Например, мне нравятся пилы, бумеранг и огонь ))) Не смотря на достижения, хочется пройти эти 10 минут заново, дабы попробовать разное сочетание активных и пассивных навыков (карточек) и улучшить результат.

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Clever use of the “Black Cat” theme! The gameplay feels like a mini Vampire Survivors — chaotic, fast-paced, and surprisingly addictive for just 13KB. The cat-based powers are fun, great enemy waves and satisfying upgrades.

\n"},{"at":410841839,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"

This game has it all. Cute cat animation, weather effect, addictive gameplay and good implementation of the theme, lots of content relevant to cats. The game was easy, but I think that’s a good thing. One of my favorite games so far!

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Asked my son (8years) to play the game on mobile and he got hooked. For him the game was still difficult, but he tried several times trying different upgrades and tactics. Very popular!

\n","games":["Triska the Ninja Cat"]},{"at":410861365,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"

awesome graphics-style for that survivors game!\nI especially like the cats rendering and those adorable eyes!

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I played with mouse, keyboard and touch (on a Surface pro 8), all inpust are working great, but somehow i liked the keyboard best.

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Really great game!

\n","games":["Miami Mice"]},{"at":410906573,"author":"Emre Guneyler","login":"eguneys","gh":3844764,"url":"https://eguneys.github.io/jsgames/","text":"

I enjoyed the pretty animations and a cute cat, except I didn’t feel powerful at all, I was trying to run away from a huge crowd of enemies for the whole 10 minutes. Maybe I didn’t pay attention to upgrades but still finished it on my first try.

\n","games":["Mor Chess 2","Mor Chess"]},{"typ":1,"at":410913927,"re":410906573,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Thank you so much for your feedback and I’m really glad you enjoyed the visuals and the cat!

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It’s possible you ended up with a combination of upgrades that favoured survivability and mobility over raw firepower. And you’re absolutely right - running away is a perfectly valid strategy in this game! It’s often about crowd control and surviving until the timer runs out, which you mastered on your first try.

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Because the champions drop random upgrades that enhance your current build, choosing a certain path can sometimes make other types of upgrades appear less frequently. So that might be why you felt you missed some.

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I’m thrilled that the game’s balance allowed you to reach the end, and thank you again for taking the time to share your thoughts!

\n"},{"at":410917397,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"

I have run through the game twice now and both times were super fun! I know this genre has been done quite a lot, I even made one of these myself for the GameDev Jam. They are super fun when made well.

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This one was made… very well indeed!

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Love the cat and hot it moves, the glasses when you have the one power up was really cool and they even reflect light!

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Love how the weather changes and you introduce new waves of attacks.

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The enemies are all really good and add variety to the game.

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Was 10 minutes a limit that was starting the cause performance issues or did you want it to end there? Was suprised and loved the ending but almost wanted to keep going!

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Will test out another run as both my other runs were quite different but both seems quite easy to complete as long as I kepts running and dodging well, but that is the genre! It isnt supposed to punish you too much.

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Sounds, fullscreens, movement, replayability and potential to add more are all there.

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My fave so far!

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Outstanding - ps I think your game icon doesnt do the game justice

\n","games":["Yarn Run"]},{"at":410920349,"author":"Alexander Petrov","login":"baturinsky","gh":632779,"twitter":"baturinsky","text":"

Great graphics, especially the cat’s animation. Great entry overall, but I still ahve some nitpicks:)

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Gameplay is fun enough to enjoy the 10 minutes. But I wish there would be more depth to it, and maybe some lategame Vampire Survivor’s madness, when entire screen is obscured by SFX and things die by hundreds evey seconds.

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Some short text describing the weapon’s effect would be great. Could barely figure which weapons is responsible for which enemy-damaging particle.

\n","games":["All you have to do is Dream"]},{"at":410924813,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"

Lot’s of graphical thing happening here. Nice sounds, just missing background music. Bur overrall a very solid entry.

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Just quite easy (winning in first try, level 36). Maybe add hard more later on?

\n","games":["Midnight Paws"]},{"at":410928135,"author":"F肯尼","login":"kennyfully881230","gh":208875314,"text":"

This was a very fun game and a solid entry at that! In future updates, you should make it more clear what each and every item does in more detail. Also, it could be me but on larger monitors the game lags just a little bit. Anyway, thank you for making your game! May God bless!

\n","games":["Heimao"]},{"at":410935336,"author":"Randy Tayler","login":"randytayler","gh":4316074,"text":"

What a delight. I was never bored. This felt like a much bigger game.

\n","games":["Inside Cat"]},{"at":410935466,"author":"Romain Arnaud","login":"Rominou34","gh":17294713,"url":"https://osmova.com/","text":"

Very nice and fun game to play, I love the graphics, whi give the cat a 3D look even though it is just 2D elements.

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I like the upgrade system, and thought the game was super easy (just walking around and waiting for the cat to kill the enemies), until I got to the snakes which are actually submerging the map very fast.

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Congratulations for this entry !

\n","games":["Oggy's Curse"]},{"at":410939721,"author":"Stanisław Małolepszy","login":"stasm","gh":265818,"url":"https://piesku.com","twitter":"stas","text":"

I love the level of detail, everything just clicks together really well. The cat’s movement, particle effects, the UI, interesting upgrades, the day/night/season changes, different enemies. All of it so well executed and the end result is really fun to play. Great job!

\n","games":["Lucky Charm"]},{"at":410947602,"author":"Brian Hambley","login":"Hambo3","gh":10634997,"text":"

Reminds me of my uncle Pete who had a cat. Always had flies following him around and often bringing in massive worm things, the cat however mostly slept all day.\nA1 graphics, superb. A genre that will be copied again and again, and again. Good fun but you can only run around in a circle so much but still 5 star.

\n"},{"at":411009672,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"

Oh wow. This game was amazing. The animation is absolutely polished. Quite a fun 10 minutes. The diversity of monsters, powers and seasons is really impressive. I love how the monsters also come in different levels.

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The game is fairly easy and I never felt truly in dangers of loosing. The only reason is sometimes lost some HP was to try to get XP faster, but that’s not the goal. The goal is surviving 10 minutes, so actually running away is the best solution, I suppose :)

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I didn’t read the description before playing, so the ending felt like it came out of nowhere. This the protagonist already know the white cat before? Did they meet in battle and it was love at first sight? Why does the battle suddenly end at 10 minutes, was it all to impress white cat? I need answers!

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I appreciate the keyboard shotcuts instead of clicking buttons. The controls were pretty smooth.

\n","games":["Meow Mountain"]},{"typ":1,"at":411034871,"re":411009672,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

We’re incredibly happy that you enjoyed the game so much - we put our hearts into it!

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Why is it only 10 minutes long?
\nWe really wanted players to see the ending and enjoy everything we prepared without dragging it out. We know that during a game jam, participants spend a lot of time checking out all the games, and most people play them quite quickly. If we made the session longer or slowed down the beginning, many might not see our cute ending. But don’t worry - we plan to keep developing the game! We will add more enemies, weapons, longer sessions, upgrades between runs, new maps, and more. We’re also thinking on adding a high-score table and detailed post-game stats. And something else… :)

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Why this kind of ending?\nThis year has been special for us - we got engaged just two months ago! We wanted to add a little romance to the game ❤️

\n"},{"at":411027284,"author":"Reverend Stickle","login":"ReverendStickle","gh":215874048,"text":"

Really fun game, I like how the enemies match what a cat might actually hunt irl. Played it several times.

\n"},{"typ":1,"at":411109983,"re":411027284,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Thank you! 😸 We’re so glad you had fun - and happy you noticed the enemies were inspired by what cats would actually chase in real life. Great to hear you came back to play several times, that’s the best compliment! 🐈‍⬛

\n"},{"at":411027478,"author":"Homer Dilpleu","login":"HomerDilpleu","gh":66157330,"text":"

Congratulations this is a very very good game! It’s incredible how many details are in your game: variety of enemies, of weapons, great animations, changes on weather… But the most important is: it was fun to play! I have spent 10 minutes and it was great. Well done!

\n","games":["Wash the cat"]},{"typ":1,"at":411109463,"re":411027478,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Thanks a lot! 😸 We stuffed the game with enemies, weapons, and even weather changes - but you’re right, fun is the most important thing (that’s why we’re all here)! And if the Cat kept you entertained for 10 minutes, then mission accomplished! 🐾

\n"},{"at":411029814,"author":"nihdao","login":"Nihdao","gh":74270287,"url":"adamalet.fr","text":"

Oh… my… god, this game is gold! And for only 13kb ?\nWell done, I’m so happy with this entry

\n","games":["Clicker Pawry"]},{"typ":1,"at":411109689,"re":411029814,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Thank you! 😊 We’re really happy you enjoyed it - squeezing all of that into 13kb was a fun challenge, so hearing your excitement makes it feel totally worth it! 🐾

\n"},{"typ":2,"at":411061574,"author":"Michelle Duke","login":"mishmanners","gh":36594527,"url":"mishmanners.info","twitter":"MishManners","text":"

Right under the 13kB, nice work!

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I love the graphics, the animation is awesome. The dying scene was so cool, and I really like that the scenes change. All great work and the gameplay was fluid, intuitive and lots of fun. Nice job.

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I’m wondering if there might have been a slightly better music choice to make it even more addictive ;) the weapons are sooo funny too. Great job.

\n"},{"typ":1,"at":411109176,"re":411061574,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

We’re really happy you took the time to play our game on your stream and that you enjoyed the graphics, animations, and controls! We truly appreciate your feedback and recommendations. The music is currently repetitive and procedural - which is no excuse 😅. It’s a very small rhythm-machine code, but its simplicity and tiny size allowed us to use the remaining space for other parts of the game.

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We also watched the stream recording - it was fascinating to see your playtest and experience! Even when you started backing away from enemies at the beginning - that’s a player strategy we’ll definitely need to think about more in the future, so something interesting happens around character in that case.

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We really value your help and contribution to the community. Playing, analyzing, and giving feedback on 30 games in 5 hours is incredibly hard work (we also try to play carefully all games and review each with consciously and give advice if we can). Thank you so much! 😸

\n"},{"at":411061850,"author":"JimmySmells","login":"JimmySmells","gh":231127042,"text":"

best game ever\nexcellent graphics\nlove du ending

\n","games":["The Giver"]},{"typ":1,"at":411107229,"re":411061850,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Thank you so much! We’re really happy you enjoyed the game and the ending - your feedback means a lot to us! 🥰

\n"},{"at":411171413,"author":"Noumisyifa Nabila","login":"numshv","gh":149067096,"twitter":"numshv","text":"

mann i’m a sucker for this kind of game. This is hella adicting/ The graphic is good too!

\n","games":["Clawstruck"]},{"at":411177413,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"

I really love your game, it’s a lot of fun

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The graphics are brilliant, I like the way the cat animates as it moves around

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I like the various different enemies, which adds a lot of variety

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It’s great that you only need to worry about moving around and not shooting and aiming aswell, so it makes it very accessible

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I can just keep playing this game endlessly - amazing

\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"at":411193987,"author":"Johan Åhlgren","login":"skanejohan","gh":4025939,"url":"www.johanahlgren.se","text":"

Very nice graphics, great gameplay. Simple but addictive. Well done!

\n","games":["Tower of Terror"]},{"at":411210928,"author":"StormEx","login":"StormEx","gh":11086472,"text":"

A-mazing game, animations, art, gameplay, size, effects.

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Really enjoy it! I’ve played through it multiple times using different skill builds The main character is so cute, and I love that the cat doesn’t end up alone in the end. (pam-pam-pam, everybody must take a look on wining screen).

\n"},{"at":411212413,"author":"Koi","login":"imkoi","gh":17787772,"text":"

Wow, it impressed me a lot, i dont understand why, but it plays better than vampire survivals. Thanks for a game if developer read my feedback :)\nBUT PLEASE REMOVE WIN SCREEN!!!

\n"},{"at":411224830,"author":"qufakuz","login":"qufakuz","gh":157382081,"text":"

Amazing work, beautiful graphics and animation.

\n","games":["Cat and Spikes"]},{"at":411239152,"author":"Mohammad Jawad","login":"mhmdjawad","gh":22205462,"url":"https://pdemia.com/","text":"

either the game is designed so you become op too fast or I am good at the game, great graphics and gameplay, flawless flow of skills except tail whip was useless at start wont choose again except in the end where I start spaming the skills no time to think which cz it all become too fast to handle. also the shadow hurting things are soo op (especially compared to the useless whip) wish could have it sooner. the snakes were so funny and loved the coloring switching entities kind of remind me of tanks atari game should add an endless mode I could have spent more time without even realizing its so addictive and engaging well done :)

\n","games":["The Familiar"]},{"at":411288500,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"

Graphics are beautiful and the animations are super smooth.\nI wish I could keep going past the 10mins… but then again maybe I wouldn’t be able to step away from the game xD

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Really enjoyable! Well done!

\n","games":["Black Cat's Herbs & Brews"]},{"at":411329335,"author":"skyatmoon","login":"skyatmoon","gh":53244544,"text":"

Good job, a great survival game, qute animation, successful time killer

\n","games":["A Hungry Black"]},{"at":411359649,"author":"Zach","login":"Beanminchild","gh":199300398,"text":"

WOW this game is amazing I the graphics are so cute and the way the cat moves and its back catches up to it slowly is so adorable!

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I usually dont like these type of games but this one was addicting and so fun and there’s so many buffs its very addicting. Its one of my favorites of the Jam so far!

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The game is so well polished and feels like a full complete game I could see this on the App Store for .99 cents and I wouldn’t be mad at that!

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Fantastic work!

\n","games":["BlackCat_Hacker"]},{"at":411369302,"author":"sodium ","login":"shiturstupid","gh":208161057,"text":"

this was definitely my favorite one yet XD absolutely loved it! i wonder how did all of that good graphic, audio fit within 13kb! great work, it was super cute and fun to play :D

\n","games":["The Laser Cat"]},{"at":411385299,"author":"Kamil Żurek","login":"KamilZu","gh":113287322,"text":"

Really cute game with great mechanics of upgrades :) Cute main character :) Congratulations!

\n","games":["Claw'opatra and the Gods of Egypt"]},{"at":411452484,"author":"Elliot Nelson","login":"elliot-nelson","gh":58273,"url":"https://7tonshark.com","twitter":"7tonshark","text":"

Controls are responsive, the graphics look good, and the amount of varied upgrades and attacks really keeps you hunting for the next level. Nice work!

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Suggestion: my only suggestion is that the core gameplay loop never really changes, basically you keep circling around enemies picking up xp. Could force the player to change strategy by modifying enemy behavior e.g.: enemies that teleport in front of player, or maybe place bombs, or have area effects that you need to avoid, etc., so it’s not just a mob of predictable zombies chasing you.

\n","games":["Ashes of Ulthar"]},{"at":411538942,"author":"Surma","login":"surma","gh":234957,"url":"https://surma.dev","text":"

Holy moley this is a great Vampire Survivor clone. I had a lot of fun playing this. Really impressed with the visuals and the smooth animations. The music was great, the item progression felt surprisingly effective — it made me strong just enough to keep playing. It felt almost a tiny bit too easy, but I had a great time.

\n","games":["Swing A Cat"]},{"at":411563098,"author":"smiley405","login":"smiley405","gh":66162073,"url":"https://rlimbu.com/","text":"

Loved the concept! Meow Survivors for the love! Great graphics and music.
\nReally enjoyed playing it.
\nWon the game!
\nMy score:
\nTime: 10:00
\nLevel: 15

\n","games":["Biralo"]},{"at":411702890,"author":"stimhub","login":"stimhub","gh":111187790,"text":"

Great fun, and really impressive survivors prototype given the size limitations. For a few suggestions, my sense is that the strength of a survivors game really comes down to the fine-tuning – but it felt a bit like whatever I picked I’d win. Lost a fair few fps when too many mobs on screen, but just about playable, and very hard to optimise that in this space (it’s 13KB!!!). I didn’t really understand the theme, i.e., why a black cat: I see the description mentions cats as hunters – but a survivors game is sort of the opposite tonally, surviving the hunt of other creatures, and I don’t follow why there are snowmen 😂. Won at level 49, shredding the screen every which way. Well done!

\n","games":["Swing A Cat"]},{"at":411702981,"author":"Daivan Trinh","login":"daivan","gh":1457778,"text":"

This was the best game I’ve played so far. I love “vampire survivor” games and this game delivered.

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The fact that you have different weathers and cat outfits depending on the powerups was great.

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I managed to beat it easily but I still enjoyed it tons!

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Great job!

\n","games":["Run from the Black Cat"]},{"at":411726495,"author":"LawftyGoals","login":"LawftyGoals","gh":42514030,"text":"

Fun game, very nicely follows the vampire survivors format, what I appreciate with this game is the 2.5d isometric feeling you get on the cat and how the controls make it feel like your cat has some momentum to him. Enjoyable enough mechanics, its not clear what all the weapons/buffs do, like the flashlight, I have no idea what that did. The hitbox also seems a bit inconsistent at times, but none of it takes away from the core gameplay. I would have preferred that the game didn’t end until you were defeated by the enemies or something that would allow you to go as long as you wanted. As it is the end comes kind of out of the blue. Cute end scene though.

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Music was fine, and added to the experience.

\n","games":["Blackhat's Black Cats"]},{"at":411795314,"author":"Artsiom Trubchyk","login":"aglitchman","gh":193258,"twitter":"aglitchman","text":"

Polished for a first release, with charm to spare. Subtle progression and satisfying combat loop.

\n"},{"at":411811096,"author":"Andy Sommerville","login":"aksommerville","gh":1869768,"url":"http://aksommerville.com","text":"

Great graphics! The way things change over time kept me engaged. Frog wearing a hat is maybe the best thing ever.

\n","games":["Nine Lives"]},{"at":411883652,"author":"BoatPilot","login":"BoatPilotNAVI","gh":34218766,"url":"www.boatpilot.io","text":"

That’s absolutely unbelievable that such a cool game fits in less than a 13 KB .zip! Amazing game design, brilliant FX and smooth performance – keep it up guys, you rooooooock!

\n"},{"at":411951372,"author":"Attila Horváth","login":"attilahorvath","gh":4081005,"text":"

Wow, that is an astonishing amount of content packed into 13KB, very well done!

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The graphics, animations, music and sound effects all work great here. It even has weather change effects!

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I found the game kinda too easy though, the enemies were slow behind me and I was dealing plenty of damage so I never felt in any real danger. Balancing a game like this with loads of weapons, abilities and enemy types for the right amount of difficulty must be pretty complicated, I’d guess that’s where most of the addictive magic formula of Vampire Survivors comes from as the gameplay itself is otherwise simple.

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Loved the ending scene, very sweet with the cats!

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Amazing achievement overall, congrats on the excellent work!

\n","games":["A Voiding Your Problems"]},{"typ":2,"at":411981748,"author":"Victor Debone","login":"debone","gh":763457,"url":"https://javascri.pl/","twitter":"javascripl","text":"

Thanks for your submission! First, I can’t know how much effort you’ve put on the game, so don’t mind me if I get cliché or repeat ideas you simply didn’t get the time (or kb) to finish. Second, great you have finished and shipped a complete game!

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Amazing work on the character! The cat is cute, a bit funny and over the top at the same time. It was an enjoyable experience just to go around and watch it react so fluidly to the mouse movement.

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You did really well on the visuals and the enemies. There was a lot of variety and even different scenarios – the snow land was so well done with all the snowmen!

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Ah, let’s not forget the obvious but also the marvelous thing about all the games in here… all this under 13kb!

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During the play I couldn’t really make much sense of what each powerup did. At first I also thought I was building up towards some type of build – like focusing on one type of skill. To my surprise my initial choices didn’t matter much because I topped up all the types anyway.

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And of course these types of issues show up only in playtesting, which is a lot to ask for when you need to finish a game under a month and under 13kb.

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Finally, some more kudos on the ending of the game. I was not expecting it’d end and that it’d be a love story :) It was great that you took care of the animations and all the UI for that. It’s great to hammer the final boss one final time and get the sweet rewards of a well done ending screen :)

\n"},{"at":411982566,"author":"sdeseille","login":"sdeseille","gh":106524,"text":"

My second best game played.

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All is in place, shiny graphism, good music, good sound effect. easy to control but not too easy. I have been able to meet the white cat and finish the game.

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Great realization.

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