Sweet Whiskers and Savage Claws

This is the first game I've made for two jams:

Pixel Art Game Jam | The challenge: Make a pixel game

and 

Furry game jam 2023 | The Theme: Combo

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The Story:

This short tale follows Macie in her struggle to impress her new feline stepdaughter Harper. Harper is a testy child that isn't easily amused, especially not by some mouse hardly bigger than her paw. "Why would Mom choose her over Dad?" she thinks. "He's bigger and stronger, right? So why?" But Harper doesn't realize that size doesn't always matter. 

About the Game:

This game is more focused on the story which is broken up every now and then with a short minigame. The minigames are not meant to be challenging and are themselves there to drive the narrative. In creating this game I wanted to practice my storytelling. My hope is that it has a little impact despite being very short.

About the Restriction/Theme:

In accordance with the Pixel Art Game Jam the game's visuals is of course pixel art. I've restricted myself to a resolution even smaller than the Super Nintendo's to ensure those little squares were a core part of the aesthetic. And as per the furry jam, well, they're furries. The theme "Combo" also inspired the union of the cat Dylan and the mouse Macie. I figured that'd be a quirky combo of lovers. It's also my reasoning for including the surprise ending.

Controls:

Controls vary with the minigame but generally:

• | W, A, S, D | to move, jump, descend (Arrow Keys also work)
• | SPACE | to jump
• | E or G | to grab items
• | Left Click | to throw items / shoot and advance dialogue
• | Right Click | to cancel your throw
• | P | to pause (during minigames)
• | R | to resume the game after pausing
• | ESC | to quit the game on the downloaded version

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Credits:

All Music by Ben Burnes: http://www.abstractionmusic.com/

fun fact: 97% of the game's memory is just music

Tool Shoutout:

SFX created with Chiptone: https://sfbgames.itch.io/chiptone

Font made usable at low resolutions with: https://snowb.org/  (makes bitmap fonts)

Fonts by Kenney:  https://www.kenney.nl/assets/kenney-fonts

Bugs:

• The browser version may have audio issues. Refreshing the page will resolve it though you'll have to restart. Alternatively, you may wait for it to fix itself. It usually does eventually.
• The reticle in the third scene may behave funny when demons are close together, however, this is rare.