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How many puzzles did you get through?
Did not count, finished on this level:
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Were there any cats that weren't clear?
I kept confusing black cat that slapped new cats placed diagonally and orange one that yelled at already placed cats orthogonally but I think I got the hang of it eventually.
“Blobby” cat was the hardest to figure out - first time I got it to “replicate” I did not understand why. I thought its ability triggers when adjacent cat is discarded. Maybe introduce it together with a vanilla cat to keep things simpler? Only after enabling tooltips on the next level I fully understood how it works.
Also some levels require player to clear pre-placed cat - it made me question if the goal is to fill all the boxes or place all the cats in the supply or both.
Some time in the game I realised level names are themselves clues - maybe they should stay visible on the screen or the player should be able to peek at them.
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What did you like most?
Figuring out how new cats work. Sound design and overall aesthetic
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What did you like the least?
Orange yelling cat’s voice acting was a bit annoying, but I suppose that’s his deal.
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Hi Cometopuli! Thank you for taking some time to check the game out!
Blobby has been tripping up a couple of people, while he is really useful for making interesting puzzles he might be introduced a little early. But also I do agree with you about maybe introducing him with a couple of much easier puzzles with more basic cats.
Regarding your question about "if the goal is to fill all the boxes or place all the cats in the supply or both." It's both, all your cats need to be used and all of the boxes need to be full. Might need a couple more puzzles early on to reinforce this, thank you for the critique.
The level names staying up on the screen somewhere is such a nice QoL addition thank you!
Orange's yelling is a bit much I agree, especially when there are a few in a row. Need to follow my lead voice actor around the house with a microphone more I think.
Quick q for you because I might have spotted a bug in your screen shot, were you using a controller?
Oh, it's your own cat doing VA, that's so cool! He's doing great, definitely earned a snack for his part ;)
Tbh I'm not sure about the controller. I played the game with a mouse but then I hooked up controller for another game - not sure If had taken the screenshot before or after. If you need more of a QA focused playtest with a controller I could try to do it sometime. I have both XBox one and PS DualShock.