Nice! Thanks for inviting me to play this. This has a real old skool vibe to it and the cats are cute as HxLL! (If HxLL is cute). It made me dedicated to eradicate all aliens. Good powerups. Maybe for added difficulty you can make those destructible?
The graphics work. The game is easy, but for a Ludum Dare I don't mind.
It is a shame that you don't have sound, it would have made it better.

A nice tribute to your cat.

Ohh did filmonchik die?? :( .. That's sad man.. About your game, something feels really polished, idk if'ts animations or movement but that felt great. The game is very simple yet effective and a finished product. I'm not sure if you went for the theme (if you did I missed how, sorry). In the html version I kept adding bookmarks when shooting haha. Nice job!! keep rating others to get to 20!

Filimonchik :heart: I've also recently lost a fluffy friend :cat2:

Anyway...

Loved the game! The lack of sound was quite jarring as it felt like playing muted and the controls messed with my browser a little :stuck_out_tongue: it's alright though because it managed to give me a constant firing gun! Quite handy. Movement was smooth and the range of different weapons made saving the cute little cats all the more satisfying :grinning:

The graphics are brilliant! Consistent and cute style with some nice particle effects mixed in. Overall a solid entry, great job!

I'm sorry about your cat, and about the fact that you didn't manage to get this submitted for the Compo.

The game is simple, yet well-executed, and surprisingly addictive. Every time you see a cat get picked up, it's a mad scramble to get to the offending UFO before it takes off - and because the map is so large (by shmup standards) and there are other UFOs all over the place, it's actually pretty challenging to get there. I certainly couldn't manage it every single time, though I only lost about two or three cats per level.

There's a noticeable (but smooth) difficulty increase across the three levels, but the steady stream of power-ups helps alleviate it and also adds a true sense of progression. The graphics are very well-done, too. All it really needs is some music to tie it all together, and maybe some more levels with a greater variety of enemies.

Good job, well done!

At level three the health on those saucers got a bit too ridiculous for me, but I was relieved to see that the cats can survive a fall from high altitude! I like the variation in the attacks of the saucers, controls could have been a bit tighter.

Filimonchik can be proud! This is a pretty complete game and I loved playing it. The graphics are cute and the explosions are sooo satisfying. I hope you can get enough ratings, this deserves them.

RIP Filimonchik, you handsome devil!

This is excellent game for compo. It's hard to make anything really great in that time limit, but this is great.

Cute! I enjoyed it!

Nice game, I loved the graphics, the only thing that was bothering me were the controls - it felt too slow. But otherwise really good game!

Thank you for playing my game, the feedback and for the kind words everyone!

Yes, the game is a tribute to my fluffy friend who passed away while I wasn't at home - could not say goodbye. I was in Sweden in the gamedev community Spelkollektivet. We had level design workshop and a gamejam on site, and it was awesome. Here are some great games created by other jammers you should try: [Carl Currency - Expert Exchanger](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/carl-currency-expert-exchanger), [24 hours](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/24-hours) and [The Circle](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/$147168)

@webox - you're right - the game is not connected to theme - I had the idea to relate with the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: before destroying Earth Vogons decided to capture all Cats as they thought cats may become handy later in dealing with Mices. The theme was supposed to revolve around trading own spaceships and other stuff for captured cats with some venal Vogons.

@conk - sorry to hear that, but we can only be glad for having such lovely and playful companions, even for a limited time.

@f1krazy - hey, I contacted Mike and he was kind enough to set my game for the Compo.

@goerp yeah, *H*LL is definitely cute! x)

@dining-philosopher, @tommyflower, @cheesepencil, @yojammerjammer and @tamail - thanks! I will consider improving the controls in my entry as it was mentioned by most of you, also will browse through your games in a bit while..

Very well done, the graphics are pretty and have a certain flair.

The gameplay is simple but you can play it very well. What I really like is the map at the top of the screen.

Congratulations on your game.

Like the simple and fun game idea. I especially love the visual style and the idea with the UFO collecting the cats. It is a shame that the game has no music or sound effects. Overall a good LD game. Well done.

Some stuff about your game.
It's nice looking. Plus, the minimap at the top was a great choice so we can stay alert about everything.
I only wanted some audio here, but it's fine.

My sympathies about your cat; I know how hard that is.

I like how you expanded upon the Defender conventions by adding more power-ups (although I had a tough time hitting stuff with the rockets).

This is your 20th rating, so you should be able to get a score now! Nice work.