by Frost Sun
\nIt is almost midnight, and the darkness is deepening.
\nFind the mouse holes that lead to the next backyards.
\nBe quiet and hide in the bushes - or the black cat will catch you!
\nUse arrow keys or WASD to move.
\nThe game stutters on second level. Game play wise it’s basically unplayable, because you can’t possibly avoid the cat. The graphics has potential but doesn’t cut it.
\n","games":["Mor Chess 2","Mor Chess"]},{"typ":1,"at":410592429,"re":410590630,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"Sorry to hear it did not work for you, we thought we tested it to work good.\nBut check the video, it is possible to avoid the cat by timing the moves correcly. Not just hiding but passing it.
\n"},{"at":410689262,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"Thats an intense stealth experience, the music (and its changing volume) is very atmoshperic.
\nI really love the graphics style, the 3d-ish drawn mouse is very well done and the interaction with the flowers looks nice.
\nThe game is pretty hard, i made it once to the 4th yard. But i guess i just got impatient :-)
\nVery good game!
\n","games":["Miami Mice"]},{"typ":1,"at":410773646,"re":410689262,"author":"Tero Jäntti","login":"tkjantti","gh":1288746,"text":"Thank you for the comments!
\nHard it is, I’d say that 4th yard is pretty patient already. :) Unfortunately we ran out of time to implement ways to distract the cat or balance the gameplay more.
\n"},{"at":410756393,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"Very nice graphics, animation, sound and ambiance!
\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"typ":1,"at":410773681,"re":410756393,"author":"Tero Jäntti","login":"tkjantti","gh":1288746,"text":"We are glad to hear that. Thank you for playing! :)
\n"},{"at":410929380,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"Nice sounds and graphics, all runs and works well.
\nMade it to the 2nd yard finally! Has potential
\n","games":["Yarn Run"]},{"typ":1,"at":410981100,"re":410929380,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"Thank you. This came challnging,, so just keep trying further :)
\n"},{"at":410954378,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"Interesting concept! It took me a moment to realize I had to move when the cat looked away - I thought the trees would definitely hide the mouse better.\nGreat game overall! The music really builds up the atmosphere. Well done! 👏🎮
\n","games":["Cat Survivors"]},{"typ":1,"at":410981391,"re":410954378,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"Yes, we aimed to make the cat behave as realistically as possible, just like a real cat would. However, we didn’t explicitly explain this to players. So if you try to hide after the cat has already seen you, it will still remember where the mouse is. Thank you!
\n"},{"at":411014839,"author":"Anthony Cosgrave","login":"anthonycosgrave","gh":1410114,"url":"https://imtoospexy.com/","text":"Great graphics and audio. I have tried several times but have not gotten out of the backyard yet! I really liked how even though the cat is initially out of focus, you can tell it’s watching, waiting and then it pounces!
\n","games":["Chickpocalypse Meow"]},{"typ":1,"at":411016820,"re":411014839,"author":"Tero Jäntti","login":"tkjantti","gh":1288746,"text":"That’s great to hear that the effort we put to the atmosphere worked out nicely :)
\nTo succeed, keep an eye when the cat is about to jump and hide in a bush. But the cat can still hear you, so patience is needed. Perhaps the video would give some idea.
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":411055404,"author":"Michelle Duke","login":"mishmanners","gh":36594527,"url":"mishmanners.info","twitter":"MishManners","text":"Right on the 13kB limit, so nice job!
\nGreat gameplay, the controls are nice and smooth. I like that you have a “tutorial” level. The music is great, and the sound effects are nice touch too (would be great to have a couple more, like the rusting of grass, and the meowing of the cat). I did think the level difficulty jumped pretty quickly, but then again I wasn’t really watching the fence.
\nNot too much to say since it’s a nice fluid game, maybe adding some scoring system (like time spent on each backyard or similar would be cool, but not necessary, and you’ve already hit the 13kB limit too).
\n"},{"typ":1,"at":411111387,"re":411055404,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"Thank you for the video review! 🙂
\nWe would have included more sound effects if we’d had the time and space. For the Director’s Cut version, we’ll definitely adjust the difficulty and add multiple difficulty levels. We’ll also make it clearer that the bushes produce sounds the cat can hear.
\nThe game already has a high score system based on how many full backyards you’ve crossed. We’re considering adding another metric—such as the total distance traveled in meters—to give players an extra challenge.
\n"},{"at":411101612,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"The game is really cute and well designed. The music, the wind, the lightning, they all give a real sense of impeding doom, that I very much enjoyed.
\nI did feel like the game was a bit too hard from the get go. The bushes don’t slow down the cat, so is there a strategy for the mouse? Hiding under the bush and waiting is a bit boring for a game, and sometimes the cat still came and caught me. it was more effective to just always keep running in the middle of the map (as that’s where the mouse hole was every time). I feel like with a bit more interesting game mechanics this game would be real fun. Could me a good mobile game too.
\n","games":["Meow Mountain"]},{"typ":1,"at":411102201,"re":411101612,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"Thanks. Yes, running works now better than hiding or you need to be quiet also. We had just too few time to balance the game unfortunately. We might fix that in director’s cut.
\n"},{"at":411268035,"author":"Magnus Lindh","login":"MagnusLindh","gh":26601704,"text":"It’s hard to make a horror game in 13kb, but this is a good attempt. The gameplay is perhaps not the most unique - avoid the cat and survive to get to the exit. This is a family friendly game, perfect for kids. The cat is not too scary and the beautiful flowers will not induce much horror.
\n","games":["Don't forget to feed the cat!"]},{"typ":1,"at":411332403,"re":411268035,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"Thank you for review. It was meant to be more scaring but we did not have enough time to complete all our plans: more stealth based (cat not even go to backyard if you do not make noises but when it does, it will kill you if you don’t hide).
\n"},{"at":411276376,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"Cool game, nice graphics and good sound effects/music
\nIt’s a bit tricky that the cat jumps right in front of you when you’re hiding, making moving onwards really hard
\nI liked the flowers and bushes, the mouse was a really cute sprite
\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"typ":1,"at":411332591,"re":411276376,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"Thank you. Yes, it is challenging as the cat is (trying to) behave like a real one, cats are good as predators. Stealthing is not easy now, but just run when you can into the hole in right moment.
\n"},{"at":411347504,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"The game was scarier than I thought. Well executed, but it was very difficult for me. I never got past the first backyard. I think I have heard the same music before, but I’m not sure.
\n","games":["Triska the Ninja Cat"]},{"typ":1,"at":411425789,"re":411347504,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"Good that you enjoyed the atmosphere. Yes, it is bit challenging now.
\nThe music is a new one but it might have some familiarity to the tune from our previous game as I used it as a base. So it is unique but also it is hard to make any tune that does sound like any other tune at all in the world. :)
\n"},{"at":411618603,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"🐾 The game looks cool, but I really couldn’t manage to hide whenever the cat appeared. I tried several approaches without success. The procedural generation is very clean, though.
\n","games":["Witchcat"]},{"typ":1,"at":411618970,"re":411618603,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"Thanks you for comments. It is easier hide when cat is about to jump (it is on the fence) and not after. Or just run for your life! It will jump to front of the last position the mouse was.
\n"},{"at":411760339,"author":"Mohammed Saud","login":"rottencandy","gh":20013884,"url":"saud.wtf","twitter":"rotttencandy","text":"Lovely art style, and I really like the attention to details like rain effects, moving flowers when walking over them, and making grass transparent when hiding. I managed to get to yard 2, it was quite challenging.
\n","games":["Non-Mewtonian Cat"]},{"at":411982841,"author":"Kisimedia.de","login":"kisimediaDE","gh":5765485,"url":"www.kisimedia.de","text":"Really fun stealth experience! The graphics are gorgeous - The atmosphere is intense and engaging.
\nThe music builds tension perfectly, though the volume when the cat appears was a bit too loud for me! That tension-building is effective though.
\nGreat job on creating such an atmospheric experience in 13 KB!
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