All right, I’m going to do it! I’m going to make friends with every cat!

August 12, 2015 10:16 AM

Herding Cats -- a feline puzzle game by indie game maker / big gay witch Anna Anthropy.

"mechanically identical to that other puzzlescript game! but this time it's about CATS! CATS" -- the author

posted by Narrative Priorities (19 comments total)

Hahah fun!
posted by the man of twists and turns at 10:19 AM on August 12, 2015

=^.^=

My lunch break is now shot. WIN!
posted by tilde at 10:21 AM on August 12, 2015

The sound effects are amazing! It's almost like there are real kitties in my computer!
posted by sacrifix at 10:24 AM on August 12, 2015 [1 favorite]

AH, I played this some weeks ago. It's short, but adorable!
posted by JHarris at 10:24 AM on August 12, 2015

(And, as I remarked to her over Twitter when she first released it, the kittycat sounds, while all synthed, are also great.)
posted by JHarris at 10:29 AM on August 12, 2015 [1 favorite]

What was the other puzzlescript game about?
posted by reprise the theme song and roll the credits at 10:47 AM on August 12, 2015

Thank you, now I CAN hug every cat! Previously.
posted by otherchaz at 11:14 AM on August 12, 2015 [3 favorites]

I came by to post that very same video, otherchaz.
posted by Gelatin at 11:19 AM on August 12, 2015 [1 favorite]

I'll just leave this here.
posted by HuronBob at 11:32 AM on August 12, 2015 [3 favorites]

Got as far as the "I'll need the cats to help me, though" level and nope. Does X actually perform any action other than starting levels?
posted by delfin at 11:40 AM on August 12, 2015

I think it's worth linking here to her itch.io page. (Some contents NSFW.)
posted by JHarris at 11:41 AM on August 12, 2015

And it's weird seeing people having trouble, because I blazed through this game when it came out, with the exception of that one level (there's always That One Level), and even that one didn't take me more than five minutes. Ah well, I guess I'll just have to live with the knowledge that I'm super great.
posted by JHarris at 11:44 AM on August 12, 2015 [1 favorite]

Hah, I got it, just had to actually pay attention and think for a minute.
posted by delfin at 11:54 AM on August 12, 2015

Kittenmari Damacy!
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 11:56 AM on August 12, 2015 [3 favorites]

I'm so glad there's so few levels. This could have been a real daywrecker otherwise.
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 12:04 PM on August 12, 2015 [2 favorites]

I'm imagining in the future, a small number of levels will be a substantial selling point for brain-wracking puzzle games. The "Lite" version will be 50 levels for $1.00, the "Full" version will be 10 levels for $10.
posted by JHarris at 12:35 PM on August 12, 2015 [4 favorites]

Look, don't kid yourselves, cats are no one's friends. If they had opposable thumbs, they'd be herding you.
posted by Frowner at 4:20 PM on August 12, 2015 [2 favorites]

Short and sweet. I love these kind of tile-sliding puzzle games, and I'm not sure why.

Seemed to be some superfluous control options, but I have decided to view those as tantalizing hints at future functionality.
posted by Sunburnt at 5:21 PM on August 13, 2015

Tetris seems to have been involved, here. And kitty sounds! And yes, tile-sliding.

Made of kitties and win.
posted by jrochest at 12:46 AM on August 14, 2015