Game Recommendation: Cats Are Liquid
Feb. 25th, 2020 02:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
writerkitGetting it working on my laptop took some effort and a conversation with the developers' help forums (the world does not like Linux, although they said there is a fix coming for this particular bug), but now that it *is* working, I very much recommend playing Cats Are Liquid! It's only a dollar on Steam, and it's so well done!
It's a platformer, but mostly it's puzzle-based-- there are only a couple of levels that require speed, in the higher levels. Most of the time you can sit there and stare at it and plan how to time your jumps as long as you want. You are a glowing cat who can turn into a liquid (and later into a gas), trying to get through a series of rooms in order to find the exit from this scary colorful maze you're trapped in.
It's also *really* philosophical for a game that's pretty much all oddly colored geometric shapes, that contains no characters other than you, the liquid cat. Like, pay attention to that text on the screen; it's not just instructions-- they're leading up to an actual plot payoff there, and one that's way more nuanced and thought out than I'd have expected from a cheap glowing platform puzzle.
Oh, and turn the sound on; the music is a delight, and very important to establishing mood.
There are two games in the series. I am most of the way through the first one, which is "Cats Are Liquid: A Light in the Shadows." I already have game 2 on my Steam. (A gift frombenign_cremator, and definitely one that landed well.)
It's a platformer, but mostly it's puzzle-based-- there are only a couple of levels that require speed, in the higher levels. Most of the time you can sit there and stare at it and plan how to time your jumps as long as you want. You are a glowing cat who can turn into a liquid (and later into a gas), trying to get through a series of rooms in order to find the exit from this scary colorful maze you're trapped in.
It's also *really* philosophical for a game that's pretty much all oddly colored geometric shapes, that contains no characters other than you, the liquid cat. Like, pay attention to that text on the screen; it's not just instructions-- they're leading up to an actual plot payoff there, and one that's way more nuanced and thought out than I'd have expected from a cheap glowing platform puzzle.
Oh, and turn the sound on; the music is a delight, and very important to establishing mood.
There are two games in the series. I am most of the way through the first one, which is "Cats Are Liquid: A Light in the Shadows." I already have game 2 on my Steam. (A gift from
benign_cremator, and definitely one that landed well.)
