Cat Stranding by 0x01F0

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made by 0x01F0 for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

This is a homage to a game with a certain delivery man 🐳

Due to the Cat Stranding event, people have been forced to live inside their homes. The only one who can withstand the night is Beth, the delivery cat.

Plays best with a controller! 🎮

Xbox works fine and a PS4 controller + DSInput should work too.

Use the compass! 🧭

Instruction.png

Make deliveries and get new packages 🚚📦

Leave one..

Instruction-1.png

Get a new one..

Instruction3.png

Default keyboard settings ⌨

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Yes, the people are barrels 😁🙈

We overscoped and did not have time to fix everything 🚧 ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Here's a map if the compass isn't enough 👀🗺

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Credits & licenses

Plugins

https://github.com/MothCocoon/FlowGraph (an awesome scripting flow plugin)

https://github.com/EverNewJoy/UE4GamepadUMG (makes it possible to use your controller as a mouse in Unreal)

https://github.com/NotYetGames/DlgSystem (dialogue trees!)

Animations

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/lowpoly-cats/

Fonts

Trick, Treat or Sleep (Renn Henn)

Varela Round (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Varela+Round)

Updates:

Version 1.1:

Fixed dialogues that broke and probably made it impossible to progress. Removed rocks that hid packages needed to progress.

Ratings

Overall 547th 3.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1262th 2.905⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1162th 2.905⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1446th 2.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 297th 4.119⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 579th 3.2⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 215th 3.952⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

Dioinecail
04. Oct 2021 · 21:54 UTC
Hi, great game, 10 out of 10, remember you guys since ludum dare 43 or something i think :D
Edit: just checked, i remember "Gainz 4 Cash" game it was a banger!
Dioinecail
04. Oct 2021 · 22:15 UTC
100% better than Kojima's game

![555.png](///raw/897/8/z/4617d.png)
🎤 0x01F0
05. Oct 2021 · 14:21 UTC
@dioinecail thank you!! we overscoped a lot and it didn't feel great handing this in yesterday.. so these comments really brightened up my day :heart:

how fun, so we meet again :D I remember your Noir Vampire game, it had a really nice mood :)
Raphaeltan
06. Oct 2021 · 16:36 UTC
peaceful, cool game. spent quite a lot of time on this one
Teegan
06. Oct 2021 · 18:30 UTC
Really chill and peaceful atmosphere, definitely feels like it meditative game you can just relax to. Unfortunately even with the compass and the map I got lost at one point and couldnt find my way to the next waypoint (I think it was the last or second to last delivery), but overall cool vibe!
Ravenmages
06. Oct 2021 · 18:31 UTC
I really, really like the mood your game creates. The graphics suit your game perfectly. Game is relaxing and fairly fun. Good job :)
crazyrems
06. Oct 2021 · 19:15 UTC
Yes you pretty much did death stranding in a weekend. It feels empty though but the amount of work to make it this beautiful must be huge!

Controls feels nice but a bit stiff, tree hitbox are oversized, but you deserve the title of "dream game made in a weekend" hands down.
Copito
06. Oct 2021 · 21:38 UTC
This was a neat design and kept me interested well enough to complete it, the first time I played I totally missed the package at the start and ran around for 10 minutes before getting bored and quitting so maybe it'd be nice to make that first package a bit more obvious
julieanneg
07. Oct 2021 · 00:36 UTC
This game was super interesting! I haven't played Death Stranding so I'm not sure how much is an homage and how much is original. It's really beautiful for a game made in a weekend. The whole world has a hazy, dreamlike feeling. I did start to get the "unstable" feeling when the rocks/trees starting shifting size, and from some of the conversations with the homeowners. I like the mood and the visuals, especially the animation and fur on the character.

I like the sound design here also -- the compass is satisfying to open. I ended up holding down the 'C' key the entire time so perhaps I would have liked to been able to toggle the compass instead of having to hold the button down.

After collecting the box where the person says, "You never came to visit me", I ran down a hill to deliver to my next house --only to hit an invisible wall.
It seems like the collision boxes might be too large -- it caused an issue when I was trying to run through a field of rocks, and prevented me from running around the side of the house:

![image_2021-10-06_202543.png](///raw/553/24/z/479c0.png)

This did take me out of the immersion as did some of the faceting on the cliffs. But otherwise I was impressed with how much you got done. I might suggest shortening the amount of running at the beginning of the game, just so players can get some context more quickly (I ran all the way to the village only to realize I had to pick up the package and run right back!), but otherwise it was really cool experience!
Mickxe
07. Oct 2021 · 17:17 UTC
@julieanneg Tighter collision boxes are definitely on our to do list, thanks for trying our game!
LDJam user 269293
10. Oct 2021 · 21:49 UTC
Cat 10\10
Death stranding 10\10
Result is 10\10
BoroBoro
16. Oct 2021 · 10:43 UTC
Cute cat, cute barrels, cute everything! Had a lot of fun playing this one. But the collision boxes need some fixing :laughing:
coolestdoggie
16. Oct 2021 · 14:30 UTC
So great experience! Thank you! I love the graphics and music!
ardorugus
17. Oct 2021 · 14:53 UTC
Sorry, the game was ruined for me, when I realized this cat won't jump. A simple fun taken away. That's a cat disaster. But the overall idea is quite nice.
🎤 0x01F0
19. Oct 2021 · 15:05 UTC
@ardorugus I believe the word you are looking for is CATastrophe? :smiley_cat:

it's a work environment risk for a delivery cats to jump because they might forget it whilst carrying packages and hurt their backs :scream_cat:
:no_entry_sign:

jokes aside, thanks for the feedback, I wish to have it too, it was too hard to add at the time :cold_sweat:
ryjcio
19. Oct 2021 · 21:57 UTC
Art style is rly impressive for a game made in 3 days. How did you animate the cat? Is all by hand or maybe you have some magic trick? ;)

Although I need to say that level design was rather confusing and distance to walk from my perspective was too long for such a small game.

Anyway great entry!
🎤 0x01F0
20. Oct 2021 · 18:06 UTC
@ryjcio yeah, the animations of this asset is the magic trick :tophat: :rabbit2: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/lowpoly-cats/ I would be afraid to meet someone who animates that in 3 days, must be some kind of demi-god? :scream_cat:

Thanks for the kind words and feedback :heart_eyes: