Qubyte Interactive and MiniCactus Games have announced that their brand new game, Unlock the Cat, will hit Switch this Thursday 13th January.
Taking inspiration from classic Klotski puzzles — that's sliding block puzzles to us layfolk — the game sees players attempt to rescue a cute little kitty by moving a variety of objects around a board in order to open up a path home for the stranded creature.
Judging by the trailer, which you can check out above, this one looks to be a pretty chilled out affair with a nice relaxing vibe to its visuals and soundtrack. The game is also currently sat on a "Very Positive" user rating on Steam, where it released back in March of last year, so that's encouraging!
You can check out some more brief details from the game's official press release as well as a few screenshots below:
Challenging and captivating puzzles
Simple controls
Unique gameplay
Beautiful and minimalistic graphics
Amazing soundtrack with relaxing songs
Will you be helping kitty to make its way home later this week? Let us know below.
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It just looks ok. I feel like I would get old of this real fast.
You've heard of Uncanny valley? Welcome to Uncatty Valley!
Wonder how much they'll charge for this seeing as you can get it free for any phone. The one I downloaded had cars and lorries for blocks if I remember correctly.
@Yas and there has been a tabletop game for that for decades, called Rush Hour, IIRC.
This one looks nice. But, it's still the same I would assume?
I own this on PC. It’s a lot of fun and very relaxing. Also quite challenging at times.
@jipiboily @Yas …but this is 100 times cuter because they used a cat instead of a car!
Seeing these pictures reminded me of an old (early 1990s) computer game that I used to play frequently called “Rodent’s Revenge”. It was a simple game (you play as a mouse, trying to escape from cats by pushing blocks around) but one that I really enjoyed. Would like to see that come to the Switch (but I think it might be owned by Microsoft.. so maybe not much chance of that).
No idea what do they mean by "Unique gameplay", this looks 100 % like reskinned Rush Hour (which is in turn derived from Huarong Dao / Klotski).
Anyway the theme is nice and I really like Huarong Dao / Klotski puzzles (Rush Hour not so much) generally speaking, but I won't be buying this one because I already have various editions (DS and PC).
@Nintendzoey Not exactly the same, but check out MouseCraft on Switch.
@Tandy255 Yes, thank you for the suggestion. I have not looked at (or noticed) this game before. I watched a quick gameplay video of it. Looks nothing like Rodent’s Revenge but it does look like the kind of game that I would enjoy. 👍
What the... The is the exact same game you can get for free on a phone, only with a fresh coat of paint. Pass.
Pretty sure that cat is a pre-made Unity asset.
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