Tiny Shelter by rasboy
Play here
Enter a world where compassion and creativity collide in this unique cat shelter management game. Your task? To transform a small, cramped space into a cozy sanctuary for adorable feline friends. Our primary focus was on achieving visual perfection. One of our key strategies in pursuit of visual excellence was the meticulous use of frame-by-frame animation.
The HTML5 version in Itch.io works stable with Chrome. In our current version of the game, we're operating with limited content due to time constraints. However, we want to assure you that we're fully committed to enhancing a gaming experience in the near future.
To care for the cats in the game, simply click on a cat when it needs something, then click on the corresponding area to fulfill its needs. Keep the cats happy and healthy.
Changelog
- Optimized textures
- Fixed the navigation polygon for the smoother character animation
- Fixed the interaction with cats in the enclosures for the smoother player experience
Ratings
| Overall | 656th | 3.476⭐ | 86🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 873th | 3.03⭐ | 86🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 884th | 2.946⭐ | 86🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 807th | 3.274⭐ | 84🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 2th | 4.799⭐ | 89🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 39th | 4.31⭐ | 86🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 101🗳️ | 69🗨️ |
art styles remembers me this one of this one
wish my cats knew exactly what they want like these :laughing:
We were going to do the same idea but ended up taking our cats to a way darker place.
The assets, the animations, just everything about it is great.
The gameplay itself has a lot of potential, but in its current state it was a little bland, but as you mentioned- limited content. I can imagine this being a great little cat-shelter-management game with some more polish! Keep up the great work and thank you for your submission!
I don't know if it's just my computer, but on the Firefox browser, I have this problem when the character is walking:
As for your comment @navenka, we're thrilled to hear that you love the art and the overall mood of the game! We know about the issue you mentioned, so we recommend trying to play the game on a different browser like Chrome or using the desktop version, as these options may provide a smoother gaming experience
With a bit of challenge like scoring with bonus and malus when you don't take the task in time for exemple, this game would be great !
Expect for some more specific motivations in your future version, also a clearer UI hint when selecting cats XD
It lacks a bit of challenge but that's a reaaaally good start
GG
The only trouble I had is that it almost has no feedback on what you're doing? When you place cats to play the game, you at least can tell that they're playing, but when you place them near food, bath or med table, they just sit there with the same request bubble, making me question whether i fulfilled their request or not. At least some sounds when you pick up and place cats would feel nice, too.
It also seems to me that there's no penalty for not fulfilling cat's needs, so it raises the question why do I even need to do anything, especially if i can not tell wether i'm doing a great job with that.. I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to so with the poop request, tho. Is this perhaps a penalty?...
Other than that i see you tried your best to make a really nice and heartwarming experience! And I see it becoming a really nice full game once it gets done! So good luck with that! I hope you'll do great as well have a lot of fun doing it! <3
A tutorial would have been welcome, but the prompts the cats give are self explanatory enough that it doesnt feel strictly necessary. The visuals and audio are very cozy too and the cats are ADORABLE. There isn't much gameplay here, but I like the idea and I look forward to seeing what becomes of this!
- I think it could benefit from some more gameplay elements, like having to bring the cats back, and if they are left at a station for too long they would get unhappy, since now they just teleport back.
- it seemed like either all cats wanted something or none of them did, which made me go between panic and boredom, which I don't feel is what you were after.
Some sfx would be amazing, purrs and meows would steal players' hearts :smiley_cat:
Had lots of issues with clicks. Had to click multiple times to register to action.
At this stage it is more of a chill experience than a game (it is ok if that is what you intended)
'Keep the cats happy and healthy' is not a challenge as they are always happy. It probably needs a timer challenge to change their moods if you make them wait too long. For example they might escape if they get really angry, so you have to keep up with their demands to keep them in your shelter. And maybe some new ones join if you do really good. So you keep going until you have no more cats.(or when all cats are adopted) This opens the opportunity to have a time score so people can replay to best themselves or others.
That was a long text, thanks for listening to my TedTalk :D
Well done with the submisson, had fun experiencing it!
I'd only suggest to put more attention on game design in the future: the main mechanic is clear, but the player doesn't feel engaged in the game if there is no feedback about how are they doing, be it good or bad. Cats seem always happy, so you can't "lose"; neither there is a reward if you perform well.
Overall very nice entry, I think you have great potential :D