Start With No Cat by MaiMai
You’ve just moved into your own place at the Witch Academy. Obviously, the first thing to do is get your very own cat. And, as every witch knows, the only way you can get a cat is to collect 9 cat souls together
Visit abandoned houses to collect cat souls



CONTROLS
Move - WASD or arrow keys
Cast magic - SPACE

CREDITS
Michael Widmer - Programming
Mert Akbal - 3D art
HOUVV - Art direction
Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Wholesome" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Sneaky Adventure" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Prop models downloaded from Sketchfab with Creative Commons license
| Youtube | https://uidomaa.itch.io/start-with-no-cat |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/start-with-no-cat |
Ratings
| Overall | 577th | 3.435⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 856th | 2.913⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 771th | 2.909⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 771th | 3.022⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 284th | 3.957⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 362th | 3.109⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 593th | 3.304⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 11🗳️ | 1🗨️ |
Everything should be working now, and I've added more text and pictures now that I had some time.
Get yourself a cat!
@vividglo @fabula-rasa @stamestratagem @skdf
Thanks for the game !
And my personal best: The animation of the cat souls *-*
Really wanted to achieve all 9 to see the "real" cat. Also liked the small details (the real cat sitting on desk afterwards and the little cat souls behind the witch aah)
Nice entry!
One neutral feedback: Would be nice to have more cat sound effects ingame (meowing purring etc)
I don't really know why, but right now you just received 6 ratings.. maybe its a bug but if not: you have to rate other games and comment it, that your game is listed higher in ludum dare. Would be a pity if your game doesn't past the 20 ratings because if think this could be enjoyed from so much more people.
Have a nice day :)
I like the art, especially the first camera movement from book to 3d room, was surprising.
It would probably be better to have the witch aim in front of her, since having the shots go slightly to the side makes it hard to gauge your shots.
It was fairly easy to herd the cats into a big conga line, some better AI wouldn't hurt.
Overall though, a really nice entry.
Nice art style and witch character. Very good and helping educational (tutorial) tips and text bubbles. Aiming is not so easy like in those old school PS1 games. Good luck with your game! Very cool music, it adds atmosphere and gives more dive into game.
Bad – it is hard to aim with only keyboard.
Well done)
By the way! To get rid of the awkward text wrapping issue while your dialogue is being spelled out, instead of simply appending letters to the text UI element, start with the entire text string already written, but use rich text tags to make part of it invisible. Something like:
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