Lost Cat by dddaaannn

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made by dddaaannn for LD29 (JAM)
A simple game with Python and curses. Run it in a terminal window.

Monday 6pm v0.1 lacks art for the shovel store, the intended level design, and, uh, a win mode. Consider yourself victorious if you reach the cat. :) More art, sound, and real level design coming soon.

And if you're really adventurous, try the ASCII art editor, and generate new levels with the level generator. You can pretty up the barn for me. :) No instructions provided, but the software is included. (The level editor just makes those simple stratified test levels right now.)

We had a whole cinematic story planned, so maybe future versions will see more of that as well.

Ratings

Coolness 33% 1823
Overall(Jam) 2.89 554
Fun(Jam) 2.35 645
Graphics(Jam) 2.61 639
Innovation(Jam) 2.67 529
Mood(Jam) 2.53 626
Theme(Jam) 2.82 530

Feedback

XrXr
29. Apr 2014 路 03:12 UTC
Wanted to support my fellow Pythoner, too bad I couldn't run it since I don't have Cygwin atm :( maybe later
Magdev
29. Apr 2014 路 03:28 UTC
really nice that you guys kept a dev log. It looks like you guys had a ton of fun with this
tomhunt
29. Apr 2014 路 03:28 UTC
I found the cat, but nothing happened. Also, the digging part didn't feel much like digging.
zzorn
29. Apr 2014 路 03:39 UTC
Nice use of character graphics!
Is it possible to interact with the cat though?
馃帳 dddaaannn
29. Apr 2014 路 05:37 UTC
Thanks all! Yeah no cat interaction yet. The event fires (see gameworld.log :) ) but I didn't have time to add a cinematic. Re: digging, the level design I had in mind was more maze-like, which would slow things down a bit but hopefully in an interesting way. The intended digging sound and a slight delay would probably help also. Thanks again!
taocayo
29. Apr 2014 路 20:36 UTC
Laughed at the cat animation. He's there waiting for me to do all the work. Typical cat.
robodylan
01. May 2014 路 01:28 UTC
As you can see from my ladt year entry i have learned that python, although a great langauge, just doesn't work for games.
Kaoin
03. May 2014 路 12:28 UTC
Very interesting use of cats! I approve!
Cake&Code
04. May 2014 路 09:44 UTC
Haha, that was really cool. I haven't played many terminal games (besides text adventures and BARELY any dwarf fortress) but this was pretty fun! I think if there were more to do it would be even more replayable :)
poxpoxpox
06. May 2014 路 18:50 UTC
Haha, the cat animation!!!
pichifino
10. May 2014 路 15:54 UTC
Like it