The spirit cat, protector of the valley and guardian of Meow Mountain, took a slightly too long nap. In that time, the\nvalley fell into disarray - the protective barrier keeping evil spirits at bay has collapsed, and the weary villagers\nhave stopped worshiping their feline protector. Can you restore peace to Whisker’s Valley?
\nfinished it on 2nd attempt, cz of the hidden one was overseen in first run :p took me 5 minutes to complete and I’ve killed maybe 2 or 3 spirits. the story line and chat is very fitting pixel art is very well maintained for a 13kb game, having objectives is a nice touch and the map is designed perfctly as a flow start to end, if u time all alters order u only need to run it once and return to power the barrier after restoring all the alters. best of luck in your future of making games good job.
\n","games":["The Familiar"]},{"typ":1,"at":410464933,"re":410378426,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"5 minutes seems alright. Hopefully in the next version I can add more variety to the story and more challenges
\n"},{"at":410418582,"author":"Emre Guneyler","login":"eguneys","gh":3844764,"url":"https://eguneys.github.io/jsgames/","text":"Well put together composition. I really liked the difficulty where you are not forced to kill everything and can just skip past them. Secret elements are at the right dose just a classic top down adventure with solid art and design with no fancy shenanigans. My only complain would be I couldn’t see the end text because I spammed the space button to fill up the bars lol.
\n","games":["Mor Chess 2","Mor Chess"]},{"typ":1,"at":410464862,"re":410418582,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Unfortunately I ran out of time to add a fancier ending in the comp. I want to add some animation at the end in the director’s cut.
\n"},{"at":410430088,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"Loved this game, graphics, music and idea all really good. With more time and KBs you could improve the battles / fighting or even go Pokemon style!
\nOn leveling up having new abilities would be nice, so you can do more damage, fight the different mobs in new ways etc.
\nThe mobs were a little easy to skip.
\nOver all well made and fun!
\n","games":["Yarn Run"]},{"typ":1,"at":410464758,"re":410430088,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Definitely on my TODO list to add different abilities and spells, but unfortunately I ran out of time
\n"},{"at":410497392,"author":"shaurya6903","login":"shaurya6903","gh":69159153,"text":"I really liked the game, the concept is so good!!! But I noticed something strange — I didn’t actually kill any monsters, I just ran beside them, and when I started the altar, all the monsters disappeared.
\n","games":["DarkLine-Paws"]},{"typ":1,"at":410551633,"re":410497392,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Running away is very-cat like, but maybe you’re just too good ;) I need to up the difficulty level in the next version.
\n"},{"at":410514552,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"Ah, a feline zelda with a huge map for 13kB\nI like the story, the graphics style, the music and the overall gameplay very much.\nKudos for creating such a believable cat using only a handful of black pixels!
\n","games":["Miami Mice"]},{"at":410580034,"author":"F肯尼","login":"kennyfully881230","gh":208875314,"text":"I think this game is perfect! I have no complaints. Thank you for making this game! May God bless! Please make a longer version of this game!
\n","games":["Heimao"]},{"at":410654002,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"Very cute graphics and audio (we chose the same music!!). Very enjoyable gameplay. Great work.
\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"at":410674371,"author":"qufakuz","login":"qufakuz","gh":157382081,"text":"really enjoyable game, i love the sound and graphic
\n","games":["Cat and Spikes"]},{"at":410735654,"author":"Mohammed Saud","login":"rottencandy","gh":20013884,"url":"saud.wtf","twitter":"rotttencandy","text":"Lovely art style, the use of emojis is very clever, it did not feel out of place at all. The special attack when surrounded is really cool.
\n","games":["Non-Mewtonian Cat"]},{"at":410783535,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"Such an original game! Love the great variety of enemies, and the music is pleasant and not intrusive.\nI just wish we could interact with the houses a bit more.\nThanks for your work! 👍
\n","games":["Cat Survivors"]},{"at":410972626,"author":"smhaaker","login":"smhaaker","gh":10542292,"text":"A very cute game with a nice map. Loved the graphics on this one. Enjoyed it a lot. Felt like a old Zelda game.
\n","games":["CatNFish"]},{"at":410991967,"author":"Anthony Cosgrave","login":"anthonycosgrave","gh":1410114,"url":"https://imtoospexy.com/","text":"I really liked the concept of this game. I enjoyed playing it and it looked great too. The sound effects were good, “Bolero” seems like an odd choice for the music however. I really liked the idea of not having to actually fight anyone but at the same time the bonus attack animation when surrounded was cool! The style and story really reminded me of “Hyper Light Drifter” at times.
\n","games":["Chickpocalypse Meow"]},{"typ":1,"at":411007810,"re":410991967,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Thank you. Bolero was chosen because I want a song that could progressively get more complex as the game goes, like Bolero does. In this version, at first there’s only some base, then the melody starts after the initial dialogs. I didn’t have time for more, but I wanted to introduce more music instruments each time the player repaired a statue. So the music with have a crescendo and increase of intensity as the game goes. Sadly, I didn’t have time or space left for that.
\n"},{"at":411012619,"author":"Eoin McGrath","login":"eoinmcg","gh":96340,"url":"http://eoinmcgrath.com","twitter":"eoinmcg","text":"This really cool! You did a great job cramming so much into the 13k limit. I also really enjoyed your post-mortem. Great job!
\n","games":["KleptoKitty"]},{"typ":2,"at":411029928,"author":"Christer Kaitila","login":"McFunkypants","gh":2111957,"url":"http://www.mcfunkypants.com","text":"The graphics are so amazing. I love how it smoothly zooms out when you start, and the tree sprites had a lovely shiny rounded look that I appreciated. The minimap looks so cool, I love how it progressively reveals the world as you explore, just like a good rpg game. The music did not fit the game at all, and the bass notes are not in tune with the melody, so I think the music does the game a disservice. But that is very minor,and to have included music in an already big and complex game - all in under 13kb total, is a real technical achievement and worthy of kudos nonetheless. Fantastic work.
\n"},{"typ":1,"at":411072964,"re":411029928,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Thank you for the feedback, it’s very valuable!
\n"},{"at":411064882,"author":"Homer Dilpleu","login":"HomerDilpleu","gh":66157330,"text":"The pixel art is great, the game is smooth and fun to play. I like how you progressively introduce the history and axplain the world. Great job!
\n","games":["Wash the cat"]},{"at":411190637,"author":"Magnus Lindh","login":"MagnusLindh","gh":26601704,"text":"Almost unplayable on my old Mac due to lagging. Possibly you can speed up the game by only drawing the visible part of the map. Looks like a fun game.
\n","games":["Don't forget to feed the cat!"]},{"typ":1,"at":411191206,"re":411190637,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Ooof, I’m sorry to hear that! I do actually render only the objects that are visible, with a bit of a margin for moving smoothly around. I won’t pretend it’s an optimized game in the slightest! It’s my first time making a game with so many objects on the screen. I’ll make sure to keep a closer eye on performance next time.
\n"},{"at":411277005,"author":"Gleb Volkov","login":"malec-palec","gh":2181873,"twitter":"volkov_ayyy","text":"What a cozy, Zelda-like cat adventure - the pixel art, smooth feel, and reveal-as-you-go minimap are awesome for 13k. The “cornered cat” power-up and run-or-fight choice keep it fresh; I’d just tweak the music vibe and add a touch more challenge, but it’s already a blast!
\n","games":["Catapoolt"]},{"at":411332894,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"This has good atmospehere and theme matches the competetion theme. It has nice little animations. Not too challenging first so it is easy to play further.
\nTo improve:
\nThank you also reviewing out game. :)
\n","games":["Midnight Paws"]},{"typ":1,"at":411351747,"re":411332894,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Agreed about the music. I want to continue developing the game and make the music progress as the game progresses. But I might need to come up with a custom melody
\n"},{"at":411333314,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"Cute and cohesive graphics. The game plays better now that we use “space” for all actions, great upgrade of the controls since the alpha version. The mini map is a nice touch, and I sometimes used to better to understand if I was going in the right direction.
\n","games":["Triska the Ninja Cat"]},{"typ":1,"at":411349409,"re":411333314,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Thank you. Your early feedback was very valuable!
\n"},{"at":411348270,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"An awesome game, played to the end
\nLoved the artwork, the theme and the music
\nI thought it was a nice touch to have the world in the shape of a cat
\nThe pop ups were good, although I was happy to just explore and find things to do as I went along
\nAs you advised I tried to avoid combat and that worked pretty well, although some of the NPCs were quite “interested” in me
\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"typ":1,"at":411349387,"re":411348270,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Thanks for playing and for the kind words. I wish I had a more rewarding ending for players that play the whole game!
\n"},{"at":411359208,"author":"Zach","login":"Beanminchild","gh":199300398,"text":"This game is fantastic, love the art the music is superb! Love how it builds as the game goes on.
\nI also love that you have a story! SO many games overlook it but I think stories make games so much better.
\nThis game is right up my alley and fits the theme beautifully.
\nVery complete and well polished game nice work!
\n","games":["BlackCat_Hacker"]},{"at":411373176,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"I’m always amazed at these adventure games.\nOverflowing with theme and fun to play.
\nThe sound effects, the music and the graphics were very well done.
\nGreat entry!
\n","games":["Black Cat's Herbs & Brews"]},{"at":411607257,"author":"smiley405","login":"smiley405","gh":66162073,"url":"https://rlimbu.com/","text":"Playing this game felt so good! Smooth camera panning, good graphics and music, and the controls were really well done.
\nWhen I fully restored the barrier obelisk, I was sent back to the beginning of the level — is that it?
\nI played through it twice from start to finish, just in case I missed something.\nI really wanted to explore more and would love to see more levels.
\nHad an awesome time playing this game!
Yes, that’s it. There is a final dialog, but most people accidentally pass it because they are spamming the space key :’) I’m working on a more satisfying ending for the director’s cut right now.
\n"},{"at":411650703,"author":"Andy Sommerville","login":"aksommerville","gh":1869768,"url":"http://aksommerville.com","text":"Awwwwwwesome! I can’t believe you fit this in 13 kb.
\nOne gripe: It looks like you started to support gamepads but stopped partway. In controls.ts, you’re reading axes[0] and axes[1], cool, but nothing from gamepad is mapped to the action controls. When a game supports keyboard only, it’s no problem, I can have my gamepad pretend to be a keyboard. But when it’s partial like that, alas, no luck :(
\n","games":["Nine Lives"]},{"typ":1,"at":411673704,"re":411650703,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":":’( You’re right. I did remove gamepad support in order to save a few bytes, but I guess it was not a clean removal. To be honest I never tried a gamepad, and I didn’t know people used it, it came as part of the game template I used. I’ll fix it in the director’s cut and I’ll be sure to be mindful of that next year.
\n"},{"at":411790150,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"The map size is truly impressive🌍! It’s great to be able to fight, sneak around, repair altars, teleport… and the animation when repairing an altar is just amazing.
\n","games":["Witchcat"]},{"typ":1,"at":411790507,"re":411790150,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Thank you! The way I made a “big” map is simply that all paths are a handful of straight lines, plus a few circles, and the rest if full of trees, with a little randomness. Same for the villages. This way I didn’t have to encode every single object position in the game. I think I was not very efficient doing it, and will definitely explore a more compact way to encode the map.
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":411927194,"author":"Noël Meudec","login":"Noel-FB","gh":71314518,"url":"https://facebook.com/instantgames","text":"This is a fantastic-looking game. It truly has it all: tight controls, great music and sound effects, a little bit of storytelling, NPCs, and a good variety of enemies. Nothing much to add; it’s a very solid entry for this game jam! A final boss battle would have been the icing on the cake.
\n"},{"typ":1,"at":412029435,"re":411927194,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Thank you. I’m currently improving lots of things in the director’s cut, namely making the ending more satisfying. A final boss would be a great idea. Will add it to my TODO list :)
\n"},{"at":412033350,"author":"Attila Horváth","login":"attilahorvath","gh":4081005,"text":"Beautiful game, very well done!
\nI love the colour palette you chose, the animations are very well rendered and the music really rounds out the mood! The protagonist cat is super cute and the story is sweet.
\nI also enjoyed that the game emphasises a nonviolent approach and you don’t really need to fight the spirits.
\nI encountered one bug though: at first I was careless enough to get myself killed but restarting the game seems to not reset everything correctly, so any damage would instantly kill me from that point on and the quest markers also kept piling up. Really not a big deal, just needs to reload the page when it happens.
\nThe game is a bit short but that’s understandable due to the size limit.
\nAlso, gamepad support would be perfect for a game like this.
\nGreat job, congrats on releasing this!
\n","games":["A Voiding Your Problems"]},{"typ":1,"at":412034565,"re":412033350,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Thank you so much. I glad you enjoyed it. I hope to make the game a bit more complex one day, if motivation strikes.
\nThat’s a very good catch! I’ve found the bug culprit and fixed it for the next release. It was in the event manager. I was not clearing the events between games. Thank you for spotting that bug.
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