It's so cute! But I can't pick up the cats

I like how you used the theme and the game itself was nice, but I had some lag issues and the music got really choppy. I had to stop playing because it was giving me a headache. D:

Gotta make sure I __never__ accidentally subscribe to that service. The whole game was very cohesive. It certainly lived up to the theme and had a very good old-school 8-bit implementation and had me laughing from the get go. Though, I did feel a bit overwhelmed as it seemed like everything was thrown at me a bit too fast. Also, I think I would have preferred to use two hands for control. Let my left handle movement while my right picked up, fed, purchased, etc. Overall, great job!

Just as a 2nd data point, I didn't notice any lag or choppiness.

@fussenkuh My laptop isn't the best, but it should still be able to run something like this. :P

Cute entry, but I found that it had a few too many issues for me to be able to have a really good time with it:
- Biggest issue is that picking up cats seems to be bugged: I assume this is how you're meant to send them off for permanent adoption, but since you can't pick them up you kinda just get stuck with more and more cats (it's also a *huge* let-down to be told how to pick up a cat and then not be able to, haha).
- Another issue was that the progression of time feels way too fast. Having days pass by really quick makes it feel more stressful, which supports the theme, but I found that I barely had time to figure out what I was doing before I'd already adopted three cats. It might make sense to have the first few days start off slower, and then ramp it up over time to give it more of an approachable difficulty curve.
- The audio distortion was a nice touch, but I couldn't tell what it was tied to; it was grating even when I thought I was doing a pretty good job.

I think this could be a fun little management game if a few of the issues were fixed!

@sean-s-leblanc

Thanks!
Interesting, picking up cats works in the downloaded version but not the web version. I didn't test that. Also the audio issue is a big problem on the web version, will need to fix that up.

I think I'll definitely slow down time to make it a bit easier after watching someone else play it.

@samdancer this seems to be a bug in the web version only, i'll look into what's going wrong.

Is it the audio distortion that causes it to cut in and out really fast? Or was I actually lagging? ._.

EDIT: Let me know when you fix the audio issue. I'd like to give it another shot.

@cmlsc sounds like it's lagging, shouldn't be any distortion.

Updated the web version and fixed some bugs which allow picking up cats and hopefully fix some of the audio issues. However still having some audio problems after long running, but added a menu to allow turning off the music.

I think _maybe_ the audio problem on the web player is fixed now. Let me know if you still get weird stuttering as the game goes on.

Got this error with the downloaded version.

Very cute, hectic game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) [I fixed this video to have proper audio!]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA0ovyGILHs

Wow there is quite a lot going on here for a 48 hour game. It gets pretty hectic as cats get dropped off one after another. I got a Harvest Moon kind of feel while playing it and that's a good thing. In real life for me though, one cat is plenty. Nice job.

Graphics look very nice, but sometimes I don't know which object is what. Oh and it has cat on cat action right there O_O

This gets overwhelming fast! There's little time to get anything done in a day, and I end up picking up cats on accident, having to move them out of the way to get to what I want. It really fits the theme very well.

The audio seems to be fixed now! ^-^
Also, is it just me or do you get less cats than before?

Amazing amount of content! It's a bit hard, I was overwhelmed by cats pretty fast and I also had little money. I kinda lost the game before even finishing the tutorial. But there is a lot of things to do and the game is fun. I brought cats to the adoption center, but didn't know what to do there.

@nusan if you have the required cat I think it'll highlight it and you just press x.

@fussenkuh controls were designed for 2 hands. Left = Z,X Right = Arrows.

@cmlsc thanks! glad that fixed it!

@nusan I agree, it's too overwhelming too quickly to the point it's really hard to make use of the adoption centre. I've added an option to slow down the rate of cats.

Adoption centre was one of the last things I added before falling asleep, so it's not very well done.

Interesting game, nice idea. Gets hard very quickly, too quickly to really enjoy the game.

What a stressfull cute story game...

The hard part for me is to have the good age for adoption. It's a bit hard to keep it in mind, wait and then, research the good cat. I think color, health and personality wold be enough...

Also take the good cat/object is difficult, mostly near food, but it's a funny thing in my opinion...

It's a really nice entry :) Gets super hard really quickly! I wasn't a great fan of the controls, it can be confusing sometime, especially because the control "tip" is hidden on a regular basis by another information.
That's funny because we actually made a very similar game :D

Man! Same concept as my game, but WAY BETTER! You implemented having to clean the litter and everything! Great job!!

You must have made some bug fixes, because I didn't notice anything wrong with the game. It's pretty much perfect!

I've got to say, this feels a lot like owning a real cat. With maybe less butt in your face... Awesome job as usual!

Brilliant concept. Brilliant game. First game I rated that I got lost in, spent at least 30 minutes feeding these virtual cats and I don't regret it.

Gosh this game was so cute and wonderful. The text noise was slightly annoying, but I had so much fun playing this. Good job!

Amazing how quickly my existence became focused solely on feeding cats and cleaning up their shit! There's a valuable lesson about pet ownership in that I feel. I think I will take it a bit slower on my next playthrough.

I love the art and the concept, but I did not like the audio so much, it was a bit grating. Good game overall though!

I was scared the cats in the boxes would die, so I always opened them very quickly. Might have been a strategic mistake! :P

I love the graphics and the animations, the introduction, and the general game mechanics. My cats would always crowd around my the feeding bowls, so their state is hard to see. Music gets repetitive after a while. The shops were inconvenient to reach.

Love the pixel art & theme, very cool.

A great concept related to the theme, very well applied, congratulations for the game!

Um ótimo conceito relacionado ao tema, muito bem aplicado, parabéns pelo jogo!

Got so sick and tired of my cats I trapped them in every room until they all couldn't stand the smell anymore :). Great game and well executed.

Cute little game here, would have loved to be able to zoom in the game because it can be quite hard to read what's happening sometimes...
Very lovely though <3

Awesome game, Beautiful art

nice game!1
maybe a bit too fast, sometimes is really hard to see objects and keep track of stats
but good gameplay overallllll

Really nice game! I just wished the time wasn't passing sooo fast and there would be more guidance like how to correctly dispose. Going for shopping is also quite demanding - I'd like to order a few at once and get a box delivered :3

Fun little game. I love hectic games and yours is very good!

I love cats! This game made so much fun, i got really hectic and tried my best but in the end I lost my house! :(

Nice using of the Theme, I found the controlls kinda odd, but that could be because I have a qwertz keyboard layout!

Funny miscommunication in the intro. Great job on the graphics. Sometimes it's hardest to use such a low res. The controls were a little weird while using wasd (which I usually prefer to arrows), but once I switched to arrows it wasn't a problem hitting z and x.

So cute! and difficult! I had some problems identifying items sometimes, but after a while you get the hang of it. Great job!!

What a cute simulation cat caring game! But sad case i'm not a cat lover, the game are definitely should this group!

really like the very simple pixelart and style of the game, but the sound was a bit to annoying to me