{"author_link":"\/users\/exilegl","author_name":"exilegl","author_uid":1000755,"comments":[{"id":844720,"author_name":"DrummerManSam","author_uid":"drummermansam","epoch":1664808282,"text":"I think the art style is really cute and the music and sound effects are cool. Grabbing enemies and feeding the cat feels a little wonky but its interesting having to move around and feed the cat at the same time so I think that's super cool. Nice job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":846859,"author_name":"Hora-Timer","author_uid":"hora-timer","epoch":1664828865,"text":"I can not play. the extension is in .jar","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":846883,"author_name":"Budark","author_uid":"budark","epoch":1664829027,"text":"Same like @hora-timer ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":846940,"author_name":"Theo Hussey","author_uid":"theo-hussey","epoch":1664829400,"text":"I get this error when trying to run on linux:\n```\ntheo@x:~\/Downloads$ java -jar Void\\ Cat\\!\\ -\\ LD51.jar\nWARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred\nWARNING: Illegal reflective access by org.lwjgl.LWJGLUtil$3 (file:\/home\/theo\/Downloads\/Void%20Cat!%20-%20LD51.jar) to method java.lang.ClassLoader.findLibrary(java.lang.String)\nWARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of org.lwjgl.LWJGLUtil$3\nWARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal reflective access operations\nWARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release\nInconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-lookup.c: 111: check_match: Assertion `version->filename == NULL || ! _dl_name_match_p (version->filename, map)' failed!\n```","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":846944,"author_name":"exilegl","author_uid":"exilegl","epoch":1664829425,"text":"@hora-timer @budark Sorry about that, it'll run on any system as long as you've got Java installed","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":846967,"author_name":"exilegl","author_uid":"exilegl","epoch":1664829575,"text":"@theo-hussey Hmm, what Java version are you using? (Thanks for the crash report)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":846983,"author_name":"organicpencil","author_uid":"organicpencil","epoch":1664829734,"text":"VICTORY  \nThe graphics are absolutely adorable. I feel kinda bad about chucking all those mushrooms etc into the void, but we do what is necessary to survive.\n\nOn Linux had to downgrade to OpenJDK 8 for it to run.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":847819,"author_name":"Theo Hussey","author_uid":"theo-hussey","epoch":1664835278,"text":"@exilegl I am using openjdk 14.0.2 2020-07-14\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":847830,"author_name":"exilegl","author_uid":"exilegl","epoch":1664835362,"text":"@organicpencil Thanks :) Could you try running the new jar I uploaded under your normal (more recent) java version and let me know if it works? It'd help a lot - I rebuilt it properly and it should work with newer java now\n(Also send a screenshot if possible, I want to see if the window size is correct)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":848056,"author_name":"exilegl","author_uid":"exilegl","epoch":1664836339,"text":"@theo-hussey Thanks, could you try running the new jar?","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":848552,"author_name":"organicpencil","author_uid":"organicpencil","epoch":1664838275,"text":"@exilegl the new upload works on my system default (11)\n\n![voidcat.png](\/\/\/raw\/4f9\/41\/z\/51918.png)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":848627,"author_name":"exilegl","author_uid":"exilegl","epoch":1664838636,"text":"@organicpencil Awesome, thanks so much! <3","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":856412,"author_name":"BobFish","author_uid":"bobfish","epoch":1664893143,"text":"Fun game! the graphics are great and its an interesting concept which I enjoyed. :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":856454,"author_name":"Leon Regula","author_uid":"leon-regula","epoch":1664893440,"text":"THERE ARE So MANY HEARTS!!!!! YEEEEEEAAAAAAAYYYYYYY","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":861273,"author_name":"Theo Hussey","author_uid":"theo-hussey","epoch":1664918479,"text":"@exilegl It works for me too now :) Fun and unusual game, maybe could do with being a bit harder.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":866721,"author_name":"Dominic Graziano","author_uid":"dominic-graziano","epoch":1664982577,"text":"![catvoid.jpeg](\/\/\/raw\/3c9\/81\/z\/52566.jpg)\nI did it! The game is cute and the music was an excellent fit for the look\/feel.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":867267,"author_name":"LDJam user 300184","author_uid":"300184","epoch":1664988863,"text":"Very cute, I love all the art! I found it much more fun that I thought, and I really like how you eat enemies. It was fun to grab a bunch of them at once. Great job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":867843,"author_name":"ThatzNiko","author_uid":"thatzniko","epoch":1664994098,"text":"The graphic feels a little bit blurry but overall it was fun","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":871286,"author_name":"IQuant","author_uid":"iquant","epoch":1665039071,"text":"Neat! Sadly it's kinda short and there is not much reason to replay it. Good job otherwise!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":876056,"author_name":"Ironfred","author_uid":"ironfred","epoch":1665132505,"text":"Simple idea but great execution, I had a fun time playing. Maybe, the void should also move? seems like the \"meta\" was to stay at the sides since you could just grab food from anywhere. Still, well done! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":876068,"author_name":"ActuallyTheMoon","author_uid":"actuallythemoon","epoch":1665132869,"text":"The increasing grab radius is a really good feeling progression-mechanic. I just wish the game had a personalized mouse cursor, since the default windows cursor sort of blends in with the sprites\/background. Love the music and the cute cat! Cool game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":877876,"author_name":"Sk Katea","author_uid":"sk-katea","epoch":1665171066,"text":"Awww, such a cute cat you have ... i like the artwork","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":877898,"author_name":"Rlewins","author_uid":"rlewins","epoch":1665171490,"text":"I liked the artwork, very cute :) ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":880105,"author_name":"tigerfinch","author_uid":"tigerfinch","epoch":1665246133,"text":"Cool idea for a game, kind of wish the theme part of the hole expanding wasn't there, and it was more like a level you wandered through, like Katamari but with enemies. Had a fun time playing it though! The art and music were really really nice.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":880150,"author_name":"LDJam user 54618","author_uid":"54618","epoch":1665247458,"text":"LOVE IT!\nTook a few tries to figure it out.  It's really satisfying how the grab radius increases as you go :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":880344,"author_name":"loveapplegames","author_uid":"loveapplegames","epoch":1665252710,"text":"Fun and interesting game, though not very challenging. I like how progress goes faster later in the level.  Graphical style is cute.  I think it would look even better if the characters had drop shadows.  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