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Cats In Space by ldkuba

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made by ldkuba for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

CATS IN SPACE

Welcome to our relaxing game about cats in space. You play as a cat astronaut who's job is to seek out other cat astronauts chilling around on planets and asteroids. Since there's limited space on the smaller planets your task is to guide the lost cats to home planets which are large enough to live on.

Controls

  • A-D/left-right: walk on the planet surface when grounded
  • Space: charge up a jump in the direction of the mouse cursor, indicated by the arrow

You can pick up cats by colliding with them. They will then follow you until you reach a home planet. Home planets are scattered randomly around the galaxy. They are marked with a distinct, cat-themed texture.

home_small.png

The galaxy is not infinite, it wraps around if you reach the edge, so there is no real center. The counter on the top right will tell you how many cats still need to be brought home. It's quite big, so sit down relax and get ready to guide you fellow astronauts to their new homes!

Notes

Made with Godot 4.1.1 All art and music assets are our own.

Made by

Natalia Nawrocka, Anne Gilson, Jakub Nawrocki, Saman Miran

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/cats-in-space

Ratings

Overall 401th 3.741⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 457th 3.556⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 292th 3.685⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 922th 3.074⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 229th 4.161⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 107th 4⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 574th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 47th 4.269⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 30🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 377349
03. Oct 2023 · 00:39 UTC
Really cute! I especially liked the space background. Found it oddly relaxing to launch myself into space and see how long I could go without hitting a planet.
Riesyeti
03. Oct 2023 · 14:30 UTC
Cure cat game! I love how vast the world feels and how fun it is to fling around. Not sure if I will manage to find all 250 cats though 😸
SvenErik
03. Oct 2023 · 15:31 UTC
Very cute aesthetics, really love the art there and the music fits in quite well. One of my cats got inside a planet somehow when launched and others managed to pass it luckily, I guess he wanted to dig a bit.
On the more critical note, it does get a bit tedious, perhaps 1-2 additional mechanics and some fancy bounce sound and the relaxation can continue on and on. Superb work on it though! :smiley_cat:
Cam Moore
03. Oct 2023 · 15:32 UTC
That was calming. The music was chill and the art was unique. Great work.
TheMejmun
03. Oct 2023 · 15:36 UTC
Thank you all for the feedback :)
TheMejmun
03. Oct 2023 · 15:38 UTC
@svenerik We did have a little bit more planned, but unfortunately time was not too kind to us ^^' Thank you for the feedback though :)
Ladylpcr
03. Oct 2023 · 15:39 UTC
So relaxing, I was drawn into the game. I love the graphics and the music, it's so soft
John Saba
03. Oct 2023 · 15:39 UTC
Cute and cool concept. 250 is toooo many cats to collect for me, but I gotta admit: I do want to see what 250 cats following all at once would look like :joy_cat: :. If the player could move faster, perhaps achieving the dream of a large posse of space cats would be in reach for us mere mortals! Also I think the game would get a boost from some meow sfx, and some more variation in landscape (spacescape?)
SvenErik
03. Oct 2023 · 15:40 UTC
@themejmun Ahh.. any chance for one post-ludum update, or a small tldr of what was planned? Piqued my interest :smile_cat:
JOZGames
03. Oct 2023 · 15:45 UTC
unlimited space, hehe
super8bitrafa
04. Oct 2023 · 00:02 UTC
This game took me by surprise. I have to admit that I was judging the game before I started playing and didnt think I would like it at all but as soon as I started playing I fell for this game. I have two cats and maybe that makes me biased but I really enjoyed my time with these space cats. I wonder if there were any hidden surprises I missed. Great atmosphere.It gave me a sense of discovery and wonder. Chefs kiss. Meow
vio
04. Oct 2023 · 00:35 UTC
very chill and relaxing, i enjoyed it! i found that i liked watching my line of cats drift through space and seeing where they would end up a lot. i also really enjoyed that other cats are still be jumping through space as well, it was so cute watching them fly by. the music definitely helped the atmosphere too. nice job!!
Acckaya_Sotona
04. Oct 2023 · 09:22 UTC
I dont have Windows, me have mac(((
Scottgamer28
04. Oct 2023 · 09:58 UTC
Nice relaxing game to get lost in. I was just relaxing collecting cats when I suddenly saw I had -20 remaining XD. Maybe would have been nice to add a little victory pop-up or change the text at the score would be nice.

Also love the art for the home planet
Miles W
04. Oct 2023 · 17:16 UTC
Really cool game! I love the orbit and varying speeds of launch :)
LDJam user 375706
05. Oct 2023 · 14:48 UTC
Cute game ! I like the physic of the game ! Graphics and sound are nice too !
Unfocused Locust Games
05. Oct 2023 · 14:53 UTC
Very interesting concept. Might work better as an arcade game with a time limit to collect the next cat, but this gameplay style is a lot more Zen!
Haotian Chen
05. Oct 2023 · 16:57 UTC
space cats!

i really like what you did with the gravity and the background looks fantastic
LDJam user 372635
06. Oct 2023 · 16:57 UTC
I gotta say, I really loved the game! The overall atmosphere, the simulated gravities and the way the cats jump between the planets are all so cute and beautiful! I found it to be a really relaxing experience and the controllers are also pretty responsive, which made the overall experience really pleasing! :) The only issue i found, and its a really really small one, is that in the middle of the game the cats were jumping themselves into the home planet, and suddenly the number of cats that were left jumped to be a negative amount, which I found to be a little bit weird, but still doesn't affect the experience itself, that is very good! :) congrats on this really nice entry!
🎤 ldkuba
08. Oct 2023 · 22:00 UTC
@svenerik the semester just started for us so unfortunately probably not :( although I’d love to work a bit more on improving the movement and ai as these are veeeery hacky xD
🎤 ldkuba
08. Oct 2023 · 22:03 UTC
@acckaya-sotona there’s a MacOS and Linux build too. Or are they not visible? We uploaded it ~5 min after the deadline
🎤 ldkuba
08. Oct 2023 · 22:06 UTC
@scottgamer28 @hinamarina that’s definitely a bug :( I didn’t have much time to test things that required a longer playthrough because most of them were added a few hours before the deadline xD
CharlieW32
10. Oct 2023 · 14:15 UTC
Good game with really nice music and art!
fabula_rasa
10. Oct 2023 · 14:25 UTC
It's indeed very relaxing! Both the music and the nice graphics support this meditative atmosphere of relaxation well. I like the world and the fact that it feels living - the cats jump around, meet, separate and can even find a home without your help.

I wish my character would be a different color, or be distinct in some other way (a funny helmet!) from other cats. But I'm guessing it's a design choice you went with. I might have missed something, but the largest cat home world seemed impossible to escape. I went around a few times and tried to jump as hard as I could, directing myself towards the closest other planets, to no avail. The lure of the big cat world was just too much ;)

Overall, it's a very unique jam entry!
Mein-kun
10. Oct 2023 · 14:44 UTC
That`s a really nice game) Saved it)
🎤 ldkuba
10. Oct 2023 · 18:27 UTC
@fabula-rasa sadly we didn’t have nearly enough time to test the extreme cases, so worlds that are too big to escape could happen. As for the cat sprites, we were planning to make different coloured cats with interchangeable helmets and cosmetic details but once again, not enough time :(
someone
15. Oct 2023 · 12:25 UTC
I think I can stop now.
![cat.png](///raw/361/z/604e2.png)
Super chill game. It was great drifting though the cosmos with a trail of cats. I was somewhat sad when I inadvertently hit a cat planet and they all left.
I love the artwork and the atmosphere.
The number tended to go down on its own suggesting the cats didn't actually need my help getting home.
Sabi
17. Oct 2023 · 15:35 UTC
omg so relaxing! Love it!