Cats & Dice (demo)
A downloadable game for Windows
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Cats & Dice is a dice-building roguelike all about getting the right synergies to pull off crazy combos and attain as high a score as you possibly can.
TheCats (maneki-neko) are the mainstay of the game. Every Cat has its own passive ability that can affect how you approach a run. All Cats generate a dice unique to them at the start of each round (for instance there's a Cat that will create a dice with only four on all sides). There is no additional drawing of dice from your deck and the like. These dice are then played to get a score. Reach the target score and you'll win the round.
With more than 60 Cats (and more to come!) to choose from, the possibilities are endless.
There are variousItems that can be equipped onto the Cats you own. These Items can add onto or even alter your Cat's passive abilities. Some grant additional effects onto the Cat's dice and allow you to customize it to your liking. These Items are not permanently attached to your Cats, so feel free to experiment and change your strategy.
The dice play as important a role as your Cats. You can get bonus points out of specific combination of dice. There's a number of rerolls per round you can use to reroll specific dice until you attain the desired outcome. Some dice can also havespecial effects that help in various ways, from adding scoring multiplier to gaining more rerolls.
The combination of Cats' passive abilities, dice effects, Items' effects and other game-changing choices you'd have to make during the course of a run makes for a deep roguelike experience with endless possibilities.
Give the demo a try and let me know what you think! Wishlist helps me out a ton so please consider wishlisting on Steam if it strikes your fancy!
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| Updated | 16 days ago |
| Status | In development |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Rating | Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars (26 total ratings) |
| Author | Yongjustyong |
| Genre | Strategy,Card Game |
| Tags | 2D,Deck Building,Dice,GameMaker,High Score,Pixel Art,Roguelike,Roguelite,Singleplayer |
| Links | Steam |
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I think I would like this game if I could play it. It just keeps crashing. Here's the report it spits out.
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I deleted it and redownloaded -- this is what I get even with a fresh copy. It's like it's stuck in tutorial.
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ERROR in
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gml_Object_global_Tutorial_Step_0 (line 463)
Very fun! If you know Yahtzee or Farkle, it will help!
So far I'm enjoying it! It admittedly took me a bit of time to fully understand it, though I think I might still not understand some parts. It helps that I've played Yahtzee and Farkle before, so at least I wasn't starting from 0. Other than that, I think it's fun! Can't wait to see where it goes!In case you need some ideas for more cats to add then here are some cats that seem kind of fair. (I don't know what cost to put on them so you can figure out the fair price for each cat lol) Here are the cats:
Double Trouble Cat
Dice:
1, 2 with double, 3, 4, 5, 6
Slots: 2
Effect: If the dice below is a 2, then give x2 multi per pair in hand
Sextuplet
Dice:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 with mark
Slots: 2
Effect: If hand contains 6 of a kind, x10 multi
Rocket Cat
Dice:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 with boost, 6 with boost
Slots: 4
Effect: None
Rich Cat
Dice:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 with a cantrip on a dollar
Slots: 2
Effect: x2 mult if you have at least $10
Interest Cat
Dice:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 with dollar and same-same
Slots: 2
Effect: Earn double interest
Reroll Cat
Dice:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 with reroll, 6 with reroll
Slots: 2
Effect: Multiplies multi by the amount of rerolls remaining
Unique Cat
Dice:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Slots: 3
Effect: x3 multi if hand contains "DISTINCT"
Retrigger Cat
Dice:
1 with same-same, 2 with same-same, 3 with same-same, 4, 5, 6
Slots: 2
Effect: +2 multi when a dice is scored
Round Cat
Dice:
1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3
Slots: 2
Effect: Multiply multi by the round number
Lucky Seven Cat
Dice:
7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 with mark
Slots: 2
Effect: Multiply multi by the amount of sevens in hand plus one
Times Four Cat
Dice:
1, 2, 3, 4 with two doubles, 5, 6
Slots: 3
Effect: None
Cloning Cat
Dice:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Slots: 2
Effect: x1 multi
permanently gains +x0.5 multi on 5 of a kind
permanently gains +x1 multi on 6 of a kind
Debt Cat
Dice:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Slots: 3
Effect: Allows debt up to -$10, but gives -$1 in payout of money is less than $0
Gamer Cat
Dice:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 with addition, 6 with mark
Slots: 2
Effect: +1 play, -1 reroll
Cat of Twos
Dice:
2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 with double
Slots: 2
Effect: Gives x2 multi if hand has at least two 2's
Fragile Cat
Dice:
1 with double, 2 with double, 3 with double, 4 with double, 5 with double, 6 with double
Slots: 4
Effect: Loses double after scoring
That's all. If you need to modify these cats to make them a little more fair, then be welcome to. Just be sure to credit me for these ideas if you add these.
Cats & Dice is a nice game, with high resolution graphics, music and sound effects, great as a fun pastime and with an options menu; I only downloaded the demo and I'm having a lot of fun, even if I don't know the rules of that video game perfectly, I'm learning them often. Congratulations for all your work and have a nice day. I hope you will publish the full version soon. It is a very complex video game. I'm developing a small video gamegame too, but I am at least a month away from completing version 1.0 (if you want, download the demo here). Thanks.
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I just wanted to say I love the demo! I've beaten it a few times now, and I just wanted to say I'd take a look at 5's. Sorry if it's something already brought up, but I found runs going all in on rolling 5 to be much stronger than everything else. Besides that keep up the great work! This is definitely a day one buy for me.
Really cute and fun!
The Balatro inspirations are clear, but the game definitely has it's own feel. I won the demo with a run where I was just rerolling as many 1s as possible and actually playing dice was secondary. Also the decision to make this game's equivalent of 'jokers' be cats is inspired.
If I could offer a couple pieces of feedback, I'd consider something a little more ambient for the background music. The current music isn't bad, but it feels a little intense for the gameplay.
I'd also place a little more emphasis on the Boon & Banes. Give them their own graphics and place them front and center of the screen. They're kind of the closest thing this game has to bosses, so they could use a little more fanfare.
Really look forward to seeing where this game goes. It's definitely earned a spot on my wishlist. Best of luck with development!
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, the music is just a stand-in for now, I'd probably get them replaced in the future.
I do agree with you regarding the Boons & Banes, it was even less impactful in the previous iteration believe it or not. I'd need more time to figure out how to go about this.
Thanks again for playing!
This is really fun! I love Balatro, so this is great.
I like all the art, I think the music gets just like a smidge repetitve, I wonder as a musician, if you could have any music in this, what would it be like? Would it be similar to this? I was getting like "Transport Tycoon" vibes from it.
Thanks for the fun game!
On Bonus screen, show the dice combination, much easier to get a quick overview of what you need.
Little more celebration when you win a round.
Would like if I double click it will automatic get selected, like when you hover a dice and press spacebar.
When on Payout screen, should be a button for you to continue, feels "wrong" to just click anywhere.
In the shop, maybe not have "exit" as a button for continue to next round, feels like you are about to exit the game or something.
Sometimes I did not know what was happening or what triggered what, think I had "Dice on the right gets +1", so maybe some animation or so, maybe it was and I am just tired now.
I might need to play more to see why and what dice I should put under what cat, what I did now was mostly "ah, I've the "nr 5 cat" and that gives me good bonus" and went with that.
Boon and Bane "perks" kinda get hidden and you will forget them, not sure if you can have an icon or similar that is always showing so you know what bane you have, but guess it can get kinda crowded in the UI.
Music, little too lively for my taste.
This is what I've now. Good luck and keep at it!
