Catto is a top-down survival game where you control a cat character defending against waves of increasingly difficult enemies. Collect experience points, level up, and choose from various ability upgrades to survive longer and achieve higher scores.
\n","source":"chewear/catto","stars":3,"comments":[{"at":410335039,"author":"Rémi Vansteelandt","login":"remvst","gh":3472387,"url":"http://www.remvst.com/","text":"Got to level 16, and as someone who really likes Vampire Survivors, this was fun to play. Difficulty-wise, I think the difficulty needs to ramp up a bit more slowly. Everything is really fast really quick.
\nOther than that, add sound effects, music, more visual effects and this could be a really solid game!
\n","games":["CLAWSTRIKE"]},{"at":410336837,"author":"Andy Sommerville","login":"aksommerville","gh":1869768,"url":"http://aksommerville.com","text":"I think the upgrades came in too fast, it became basically impossible to lose. After a few minutes, it crashed at the upgrades modal (I think I had just maxed out everything):
\nVM306 game.js:1 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set properties of null (setting ‘textContent’)\nat updateHighScoreDisplay (VM306 game.js:1:943)\nat initializeGame (VM306 game.js:1:1145)\nat Image.onSpriteLoad (VM306 game.js:1:558)
\n","games":["Nine Lives"]},{"at":410338189,"author":"F肯尼","login":"kennyfully881230","gh":208875314,"text":"It’s a very fun game. I will try my best not to spoil it for everyone else, but I had a problem when I leveled up so many times and had no more things to upgrade. The game didn’t have an exit out of the level up menu for situations like that. Other than that, I had fun playing the game! Thank you.
\n","games":["Heimao"]},{"at":410339495,"author":"Cliff Earl","login":"Antix-Development","gh":17822130,"text":"Nice little survivors genre game. From the cover image I was expecting a platformer of some kind :)
\nNicely done.
\n","games":["Black Cat - Nine Lives, No Mercy"]},{"at":410339796,"author":"shaurya6903","login":"shaurya6903","gh":69159153,"text":"IT is a GOOD surviving game but it lacked some few key features like a story point, also everything was tooooo fast i was able to beat the game in 10-12 minutes max,
\n","games":["DarkLine-Paws"]},{"at":410342672,"author":"Ilya Smirnov","login":"ilyasmirnov03","gh":93539775,"text":"It’s a fun little game, I like how the controls and the upgrading system feel, pretty satisfying.
\nHowever, the game deserves a little more balancing to be done. The game starts off challenging, you have to move to not lose too much HP, but once you get an upgrade you tear through enemies too easily IMO. At one point I could just stand at one place, and have enemies come at me, die and drop xp, which I could then collect and gain many levels at once :D
\nAlso, when I hit the 26th level, the game got stuck at the upgrade choice dialog - as there were no upgrades left.
\n","games":["Unlucky Street"]},{"at":410344921,"author":"RatoGBM","login":"RatoGBM","gh":80184495,"url":"ratogbm.github.io","text":"Very obvious vampire survivors clone.\nHowever, the game is just too easy and you can’t go past level 26 because upgrades run out.\nMovement controls are really boring, after the first few upgrades you just sit at the center behind the firepower and wait. Any actual movement or dodging is difficult and pointless.
\n","games":["Laserpointer"]},{"at":410376719,"author":"stimhub","login":"stimhub","gh":111187790,"text":"Impressive little Survivors game – fun and very fast to beat
\n","games":["Swing A Cat"]},{"at":410378710,"author":"John Stimac","login":"jcubed111","gh":14258407,"url":"jstimac.com","text":"Cute little sprites, and the core gameplay loop is fun. I wish the enemy types had more differences, and there were more upgrade options.
\nIt also seems like the upgrades scale too quickly: once I upgraded claws a couple times nothing could hit me.
\n","games":["Mewnbeams Adventure"]},{"at":410378918,"author":"Andrew Higson-Smith","login":"ElementalSystems","gh":4255763,"url":"www.elementalsystems.co.za","text":"Good fun to play - like the rapid level progression -always getting new toys to play with keeps you playing!
\n","games":["Wake the Cat"]},{"at":410382373,"author":"Lucas Werle Melz","login":"lucasmelz","gh":75343742,"url":"https://lucasmelz.github.io/portfolio/","text":"The game was fun to play. I wish the special habilities were a bit more aesthetically enticing, but good job overall by making the game in 10.42kb!
\n","games":["Stray Cat"]},{"at":410386162,"author":"Mohammad Jawad","login":"mhmdjawad","gh":22205462,"url":"https://pdemia.com/","text":"well done work on making this work so neatly, very fun and enjoyable and can pass time. good luck
\n","games":["The Familiar"]},{"at":410386907,"author":"Anthony Cosgrave","login":"anthonycosgrave","gh":1410114,"url":"https://imtoospexy.com/","text":"I enjoyed playing this, my best was Level 22. I think some death animations for the enemies and some sound effects would really add to the overall experience.
\n","games":["Chickpocalypse Meow"]},{"at":410391992,"author":"nihdao","login":"Nihdao","gh":74270287,"url":"adamalet.fr","text":"Very cool game, I enjoy a lot playing to Vampire Survivor-like games!\nI got stuck at a level because there was no upgrade available! Moreover, I was forced to zoom out at firrst to see all the screen!\nWell done!
\n","games":["Clicker Pawry"]},{"at":410396867,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"I like the game, the power ups are nice, the variety of attacks is good.
\nAfter a short time I found I didn’t need to avoid the enemies and just needed to go after the green dots. But that was still fun.
\nMy only annoyance was each power up required clicking with the mouse despite the game saying you could play with just the keyboard, so the constant switch between mouse and keyboard wasn’t comfortable
\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"at":410413414,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Cute fun game. In terms of strategy, it seems better to ignore weaker power ups like the whip and the hairball and focus on maximizing the others.
\n","games":["Meow Mountain"]},{"at":410417180,"author":"Zang0l0tino","login":"Zang0l0tino","gh":167128079,"text":"I think it’s a pretty good game overall, though in my opinion the theme could’ve been a little more adjusted to “black cat” rather than simply cat. The gameplay is fun and a little addictive, and it’s relatively innovative and easy to understand, so congratulations for that. Lastly, I feel like the game could’ve been complexified a little, because at some point you’re basically invulnerable, and I believe the game is broken when you gather exp if you already have all the upgrades (maybe it’s just me having issues to figure out how to leave the menu). Good luck!
\n","games":["The Black Cat's Escape"]},{"at":410417750,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"I love vampire survivor likes. Graphics are really nice, powers are fun and well executed.\nThe XP gain feels a bit too fast and could use some balancing. There’s no real ending, and after the last upgrade the game gets stuck. (and no ZQSD support)
\n","games":["Witchcat"]},{"at":410474660,"author":"Javi Agenjo","login":"jagenjo","gh":393515,"url":"http://tamats.com","twitter":"tamat","text":"Classic genre, I enjoyed some the game until it said Level Up! I couldnt continue.
\nI felt the XP should work exponentially, otherwise you jump from level to level faster every time.
\n","games":["Pacific Black Cats"]},{"at":410482316,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"Cute, try to add sound next time!
\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"at":410511820,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"Solid cat survivors game. Needs more upgrades :-)\nAnd sound effects would be neat.\nmore particle-effects (small dust-clouds when an enemy is defeated, trails behind the furballs, etc.) would elevate the gaming experience.
\noverall: good job
\n","games":["Miami Mice"]},{"at":410557900,"author":"workshopcraft","login":"dazsim","gh":545144,"url":"http://www.workshopcraft.com","twitter":"workshopcraft","text":"impressive gameplay loop, very fun. only issue I found was I reached level 26 and ran out of upgrades which stopped me progressing further.
\n","games":["Project Panther"]},{"at":410812654,"author":"Magnus Lindh","login":"MagnusLindh","gh":26601704,"text":"The game is fun and looks good but the is no sound. It works very well until the upgrades run out. I suppose the game could be harder. I didn’t even care about the enemies - I only collected the green dots.
\n","games":["Don't forget to feed the cat!"]},{"at":410838639,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"Nice take on the genre, was fun to play and become more powerful!
\n","games":["Yarn Run"]},{"at":410887232,"author":"smhaaker","login":"smhaaker","gh":10542292,"text":"Decent vampire survivors clone. nice graphics. I found it a bit hard to follow the player once more enemies got on the screen. Good job!>
\n","games":["CatNFish"]},{"typ":2,"at":411051323,"author":"Michelle Duke","login":"mishmanners","gh":36594527,"url":"mishmanners.info","twitter":"MishManners","text":"Lovely GitHub README.
\nCute cover artwork. I love the 8-bit graphics too. Would be awesome to see some sound effects and music to make this more immersive.
\nThe gameplay feels a little unbalanced; it starts super well with level 1, then levels up too quickly to enjoy and get into the game and really understand and appreciate it. Then I go from essentially being invulnerable to game over way too quick. I like the concept and the graphics, let’s make those shine with some intuitive gameplay.
\nGreat starting point and can’t wait to see more. Would also love to see a scoreboard.
\n"},{"at":411062918,"author":"JimmySmells","login":"JimmySmells","gh":231127042,"text":"du mice were after me and dogs
\n","games":["The Giver"]},{"at":411125421,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"Great game! I really liked the variety of enemies, smooth animations, and comfortable controls.\nThere’s definitely room for improvement, though: adding music and sound effects would be a big plus (even if it costs +2KB). It would also be more convenient to select upgrades using the keyboard without having to touch the mouse.\nAnother idea - you could add a bonus round or a special challenge between waves to alternate between tension and reward.
\nExcellent work! 👏
\n","games":["Cat Survivors"]},{"typ":2,"at":411160443,"author":"Ania Kubów","login":"kubowania","gh":51362610,"url":"javascriptgames.online","twitter":"ania_kubow","text":"A super cute game - but don’t be deceived, a lot going on under the hood! Well done!
\nI live how easy the game was to pick up thanks to the game instructions being explained throughout game play (in the example of the level up pop up). It makes it easy to just jump in and enjoy immediately. The corner info container made it easy to understand what things such as the green pellets were for - for example.
\nThe graphics came together really nicely - with some music and sound effects this could be elevated even further.
\nGreat entry!
\n"},{"at":411291705,"author":"Gleb Volkov","login":"malec-palec","gh":2181873,"twitter":"volkov_ayyy","text":"I had a great time with Catto - cute 8‑bit visuals, smooth controls, and that satisfying Survivors-style power creep. The balance snowballs fast though: XP and upgrades ramp too quickly, and the lack of audio/VFX and keyboard upgrade selection hurts immersion. Tighten the progression and add sound polish and it’ll really shine. 🐾
\n","games":["Catapoolt"]},{"at":411694584,"author":"Benjamin Boyd Austin","login":"bbaustin","gh":18755168,"text":"This was fun! Nice job\nThe graphics were nice! With the single screen, it reminded me a bit more of “Super Smash TV” than Vampire Survivors
\nI would increase the difficulty perhaps..! Once I got the top-level “rotating paw” attack, I didn’t need to move anymore!
\nBut yes, fun one! Well done!
\n","games":["VOID Cat"]},{"at":411864707,"author":"Mezriss","login":"Mezriss","gh":615453,"text":"I was wondering if it’s possible for anything to get through a barrier of rotating paws, but then the game ran out of upgrades and got stuck, so I guess not.
\n","games":["Onamazu"]},{"at":412033586,"author":"Attila Horváth","login":"attilahorvath","gh":4081005,"text":"Nice survivor type game, well implemented.
\nIt gets a bit easy once I have a lot of upgrades, I felt pretty much invincible at that point. Also, the game seems to run out of upgrades quickly enough and after that point there is not much else to do.
\nI liked the different enemy types shown with emojis, they look cute! The cat character, too!
\nSome audio would be great but good job overall!
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