Cats Them All! by arctic_allosaurus

Who told you cats fall on their feet? In our Ludum Dare 40 game "Cats Them All" you play as a hunk of a fireman, rescuing kittens from a hard fall. Rush to their aid powered by coffee and buns, hold them in your caring, well defined, sturdy arms until you find a carriage... Just be careful, the more you carry, the harder it gets! You don't want to break the nice old grandma's heart do you?
| HTML5 (web) | https://arcticallosaurus.itch.io/cats-them-all |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/cats-them-all |
Ratings
| Overall | 258th | 3.759⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 226th | 3.685⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 941th | 2.731⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 52th | 4.222⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 178th | 4.179⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 235th | 3.583⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 80th | 3.964⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 320th | 3.589⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 27🗨️ |
I like the grandma's comments :) Super game, I had a lot of fun.
 but animals were hurt during execution q.q...
I totally love that as the stack of cats gets higher, it reduces the height of playspace, like Tetris. It's a good, natural way to visualize the game's mechanics. Honestly, I didn't like this game at first, but I kept playing it, so it's got a satisfying hook that most LD games don't have. Well done!
Nice job!
I like how incredibly well responsive the game is.
I would have liked it better if I could have used the directional keys, but that didn't seem to work for me.
Sometimes it looked like I would catch the falling cat on my elbow, and then it simply passed through and got smushed on the ground. That was sad. Additionally, keyboard controls would've made character control feel less floaty for me.
A solid entry, nice work!
Who in their right mind would let poor kitties die? WEll I guess, I did ;)
Solid gameplay, fitting music and graphics. Well doen.
I actually liked the mouse control and how it lets me target where I want to go and not worry about it any more, even though my character is not quite there.
The cute overall graphics combined with the gruesome dead cat body reminded me of "Happy tree friends" :)
The only confusing aspect for me was the duration of the "charge" - sometimes the effect was over and I could not activate another charge even though there was some left.
My best is 88 :)