Not wholly dissimilar to the excellent Swift & Stitch, the recently released The Cat That Got The Milk is a freeware indie game you, oh tasteful protector of the arts of a reader, should definitely try. At its basis, you see, The Cat That Got The Milk is a simple yet well designed twitch-arcade game that only lets you go up or down and handily press space to skip a level. Said simplicity is a wise choice* and will not make enjoying the game's artful take on modern art (and Russian constructivism) a chore; it is, after all, this take exactly (and those exquisite visuals too) that sets The Cat apart.
Anyway. You can see a magnificent, moving and quite playable version of Kandinsky's work and find out what I'm talking about by following this very link. And apparently by pressing space quite a bit.
*if you are in a rather more hardcore gaming mood, well, the game can also offer quite a challenge. And some pretty lofty high-score goals too.
Well said and a wise recommendation. This game is frantic in the best sense of the word. It's not an easy play-through but it keeps urging you forward. I downloaded the excellent soundtrack and have listened to it at least ten times through now.
ReplyDeleteNow that is a great idea dear Alex. The music is indeed excellent.. Off to grab it then.
DeleteOh, and cheers for the kind words :)
Just played it (finished in 8 minutes and 30 seconds). Very nice game. I could almost feel my brain learning the controls and the levels. My only gripe is that in some levels the margin of error was just a bit too small, but otherwise an excellent concept that I wouldn't mind seeing more of!
ReplyDeleteMe neither Jan Jacob, me neither. And that despite them few difficult levels.
DeleteThanks for writing a great article Gnome!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to you guys for the feedback, we're starting to feel like we should work hard to get the game to iOS with more levels. A Picasso inspired level would be fun! ;)
And one by Lissitzky too! Seriously though, you should really port your lovely cat to both Android and iOS. Just keep up the excellent work!
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