If you're after something cute and cosy to curl up with this Christmas, you may need to look no further than Stars In The Trash, a new cat platformer (catformer?) that looks like it's walked straight out of Disney's classic back catalogue.
Animated by a team of artists who have previously worked for the House of Mouse, this hand-drawn adventure sees you placed in the paws of Moka, a spoiled cat who decided to escape the creature comforts of home and see what life's like out on the streets.
Expect platforming puzzles, cat interactions, and claws-out combat, but the real selling point is that art style, which combines classic hand-drawn animations with lush watercolour backgrounds for a particularly cosy vibe.
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You'll find a rundown of the game's key features and a handful of screenshots below:
· Explore a beautiful hand drawn watercolor world
· Feel the magic of the animated movie classics
· Discover the power of friendship
· Live an emotional journey
· Be a cat
Stars in the Trash is now available on the Switch eShop for £13.49 / 14,99€ / $14.99, and there's even a 30% launch discount now running until early January.
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I'm not entirely sold on the art direction, especially considering the screenshot in the top left. I am a big cat lover and cat dad of four, so I might consider getting this if it's any good! 😸
Overall beautiful and not just when it comes to how it looks - absolutely interested in this myself now that I know it exists first and foremost and it's also on Switch (not sure when I'll have the time to play it, but I'm getting it immediately and even more so considering the current discount)!
Looks more like a European cartoon from the early 00s from like germany, Italy or the Netherlands than anything disney ever made.
Interested for sure, but I do wish the characters didn't pop so much, it leaves them looking disconnected from the world. Also, the camera looks a little fast and a bit jerky.
This gives me more of a European children’s book or animation vibe. Not everything 2D is either classic Disney or anime, you know.
@PinderSchloss Yes! I was about to say the same thing. Who did work with Disney for a long time, so the article is on the right track, too.
Why no review?
this looks great! I want to get it
Classic Disney back catalogue ... I absolutely disagree with that. And the voice over sounds so disconnected from the rest.
It's nice to see such games highlighted by NL. This one is certainly not for me.
Hand-drawn adventure + Cats = purchase assured.
Besides, it seems to have pretty good reviews on metacritic.
@PinderSchloss Yeah, I was about to say, it's more evocative of Don Bluth than Disney. That being said, however, Don Bluth did work for Disney before leaving and founding his own studio, so you could make the argument that it could still be Disney, albeit a very specific era of the company.
This is really cute. I have a cat sleeping on my lap right now, so... I'm obviously biased here. Might have to grab this.
@PinderSchloss Totally. As it is, the idea that I have for a Zelda anime (based on a webnovel that I am currently writing) would see Ufotable animate it, not Ghibli. I know that many people say Ghibli or no one at all, but I just don't think they're the right choice for a Zelda anime. And I stand by that.
It’s not all that ‘Disney’ it’s just hand-animated and 2D, but the hand animation is lovely and nice to see.
The environment art really lets it down though and sadly drags the visuals as a whole. There are point where, nice animation aside, it was unpleasant to look at. You should never have backgrounds with thicker line art than your characters’ line art for one. A shame, but at least it looks done by a human and that goes a long way for me!
Looks a lot like The Aristocats. Everybody want's to be a cat!
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