Manner again in 2018, earlier than Animal Crossing: New Horizons, earlier than the pandemic, and earlier than the Nintendo eShop was full of kitty video games, there was Cattails: A calming feline RPG that mixed the territorial nature of man’s second-best pal with the survival life-simminess of video games like Stardew Valley. We gave it 8/10 on the time, praising its “enjoyable mechanics, cheerful writing and beautiful soundtrack” as the right factor to whereas away the pre-Animal Crossing hours.
Good mews for cat followers: Cattails is getting a standalone sequel, known as Cattails: Wildwood Story, and it is also coming to Change! The sport is presently being Kickstarted, however whether or not you again it or not, it is already smashed its preliminary aim of $30,000 and is nicely on its approach to $250,000 as we write this.
Here is among the description from the Kickstarter web page:
Expertise life as a cat in a wierd wilderness. Prowl via dense forests, murky swamps, rocky highlands, and sandy seashores in the hunt for uncommon herbs and scrumptious prey. Construct and customise your colony’s base of operations and entice new residents to develop a affluent group. Meet a various solid of distinctive cats and produce again items out of your travels to make pals!
Cattails: Wildwood Story is a single-player sport, and attracts its inspiration from life sims (Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing), RPGs (Rune Manufacturing facility) and relationship sims to create a “distinctive cat-themed expertise”, together with loads of NPCs (non-playable cats, clearly) to befriend, woo, and quiet down with.
Not like your common life sims, Cattails has particular cat-mechanics, too — sneaking, searching, and even being unable to catch critters throughout hibernation season. You’ll be able to even take one other cat searching with you!
Take a look at the Kickstarter for extra data on Cattails: Wildwood Story, and preserve a watch out for the sport relating to Change in late 2024.
