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An idea I had wanted to try for a while, and also an excuse to play with flixel. But not great.

Cat got Lost

From the evening session of a game jam today.

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source (as3 w/ flixel)

Sunday, October 25, 2009, at 2:56 am. Tagged , , , . Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

18 Comments

  1. HybridMind wrote:

    I had a good time with this game. The level difficulty seemed to fluctuate a bunch but the basic idea is simple and fun. The gameplay feels like unpacking data or a pattern which is pleasing to me.

    I like how if you move to fast you are punished for accidentally hitting doors you didn’t intend to which leads to restarts. I also like that you randomize the level orientation and color on every restart to make the player have to think a little each time rather than just memorizing a rote series of moves.

    What game jam is this from?

    Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 3:15 pm | Permalink
  2. stephen lavelle wrote:

    It was from a game-jam I organised at work; I haven’t set up a website for it yet; maybe on Monday.

    Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 3:38 pm | Permalink
  3. PsySal wrote:

    Awesome! I really liked this one, actually.

    Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 7:56 pm | Permalink
  4. lightstriker wrote:

    is something supposed to happen after you get what appears to be the “end game” screen? As… yeah. I dunno (“Cat, you’re etc. etc.”)

    Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 10:49 pm | Permalink
  5. stephen lavelle wrote:

    No. The end game screen is the end.

    Monday, October 26, 2009 at 3:20 am | Permalink
  6. ortoslon wrote:

    i made a playthrough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2vG1AOJnEE

    Monday, October 26, 2009 at 4:18 pm | Permalink
  7. Almost wrote:

    Very cool. Level commentary is a cute effect. Selective use of keys is a neat concept for puzzle games, keeping the map simple makes the game pretty easy, in a good way. (No overly difficult annoying puzzles that many puzzle games tend to have at least one of)

    Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 4:36 am | Permalink
  8. Alisdair wrote:

    Wonderful. Thank-you.

    Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2:19 am | Permalink
  9. Chiktionary wrote:

    Cat Got Lost won’t load for me.

    Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:19 pm | Permalink
  10. stephen lavelle wrote:

    do you have flash enabled?

    is the page loading at all?

    which browser/OS are you using?

    Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:25 pm | Permalink
  11. Capashin wrote:

    Impossible for colorblind people to play, yellow and (guessing) green keys look the same. Try blue instead next time.

    Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 12:13 am | Permalink
  12. stephen lavelle wrote:

    fair point.

    Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 12:33 am | Permalink
  13. wesunruh wrote:

    I really enjoyed this – wonderful casual game

    Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 5:08 am | Permalink
  14. Florion wrote:

    Awww… This is adorable. I love the level titles. <3 Gameplay is fun too. Miaow.

    Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:35 pm | Permalink
  15. fairyhedgehog wrote:

    This was fun! I liked the level titles.

    Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 7:59 pm | Permalink
  16. JANET wrote:

    reminds me of chips challenge

    Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 1:14 am | Permalink
  17. Hannah wrote:

    My cat enjoys this game. Every time the cat meows, he tries to paw at my laptop/shove his head under the laptop/pace around the laptop looking for this mysterious cat! The funny thing is, he’s never responded to cat sounds on the computer before.

    Friday, September 21, 2012 at 3:52 pm | Permalink
  18. Nathan wrote:

    > The funny thing is, he’s never responded to cat sounds on the computer before.

    Testament to its quality as a cat sound.

    Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 10:57 pm | Permalink