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Cat Herder by Nick Luciani

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made by Nick Luciani for LD 40 (COMPO)

Your pet shop is about to open, but what's this? Oh no! All the cats have escaped their pen!

Quickly gather up all the cats before the time runs out and they escape the store!

Use WASD or the arrow keys to move. Press SPACE to jump. Press E to pick up cats and items. Press E while holding something to drop or throw.

See how many days you can last before they get away!

**The WebGL version is a later version with music, sfx, and fonts!

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Windows https://drive.google.com/file/d/1edqP3I8LE-y386i1FGorHcMGBiN9lipI/view?usp=sharing
HTML5 (web) https://nickl.itch.io/cat-herder
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/cat-herder

Ratings

Overall 446th 3.167⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 512th 2.917⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 571th 2.611⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 390th 3.333⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 294th 3.417⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 157th 3.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

CaptainDreamcast
04. Dec 2017 · 05:49 UTC
After having lived through this Vietnyan, I now have a newfound appreciation for cat ladies and their eternal struggle.

It's a really good interpretation of the theme and a very addictive gameplay loop. It's really hard to stop playing once you're playing it because each session by itself is relatively short. I enjoyed it!
🎤 Nick Luciani
04. Dec 2017 · 06:01 UTC
@captaindreamcast Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed it!
sovogirl
04. Dec 2017 · 06:55 UTC
Fun! Cats going all over the place!
Although it's really hard to throw them. Sometimes they go to another direction!
... On second thought that exactly what cat's do
Sholf
04. Dec 2017 · 07:44 UTC
Fun game with a charming art! Good job!
11tomi12
04. Dec 2017 · 09:45 UTC
A cat got on the counter and I couldn't pick it up :( But funny game!
jk5000
04. Dec 2017 · 10:46 UTC
A very sweet and friendly little game. The graphics is simple and fun, and the game is easy to play. I would really have liked some music or sound effects in the game. But overall a fun little LD game.
Nammflow
04. Dec 2017 · 18:16 UTC
Haha, I was waiting for a too-many-cats type game. I just love this interpretation! As expected, CatHerder is frustratingly difficult! I love that even after you put so many cats in the pen, they will still jump out, just to piss you off even more :p
valkyrie
05. Dec 2017 · 21:06 UTC
Very accurate depiction of having too many cats. I liked the minimal pixel graphics.
Ace17
09. Dec 2017 · 17:43 UTC
LOL, great concept :-)
I liked the music and meow sounds!
ayame9joe
24. Dec 2017 · 08:45 UTC
Good graphic and atm. Lovely indeed. I don't know how to do with the cats however.