Do NOT Take This Cat Home

my toxic trait is despite being aware that IT is meant to symbolize an abuser the way it begged mc to not leave towards the end made me REALLY NOT WANT TO LEAVE :((( Especially the way it got angry when mc tried to say that IT didnt love them…..my heart

awesome game, will replay until i probably memorize all the lines

OH MY GOODNESSS!! I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I downloaded the game. When I saw the title my first reaction was "why? I wanna take home the kitty D:" and then I was done for afterward. Played the game and realized why that was a horrible idea.. Loved making the same mistake of going back to take the kitty home LMAO. Overall loved the game, loved the concept, and loved how cutely deceiving the little fella was. 

the most enjoyable hell ive ever experienced, the best game ive ever played, it took me and a friend 7 hours to complete, i work in 4 hours, its 3 am, i live an hour away. 
Thank you, please make everything you possibly can.
":)" -Friend

as a perrrfeshonal cat lover i would infact bring IT home 9/9 lives

10/10! I’m really impressed with the game narrative. Although I feel bad for the cat, a part of me don’t because of what he did.

OKAY but consider: it's just a little guy tho 

VERY GOOD 10/10, I really feel bad for the cat, it was REALLY a part of us

Ahh, this game made me cry so much. The final ending hit really close to home for me, but not in a bad way! In fact I think it healed me just a bit :') This was a terrifying and interesting game to play, I had a lot of fun getting all the endings <3 Thank you for creating such a wonderful game.

I cant play it help it says 'this computer is using software rendering its graphics drivers may be out of date or not operating correctly." when i try to run it everytime

This is from far the best game I've ever played on this plataform
10/10!!!

tbh chilling with "IT" would be such a vibe

LINUX RUN HOW-TO

For Linux Mint/any "flavor" of Ubuntu

Firstly, download and extract game (duh) to downloads folder

Secondly, open terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)

Now type in "cd ~/Downloads/DoNOTTakeThisCatHome-1.0-pc" (without the quotes.)

Then type "chmod +x DoNOTTakeThisCatHome.sh" (This makes the shell file executable.)

Finally, to execute, type "./DoNOTTakeThisCatHome.sh" ( you may also type "./DoNOT" and press tab.)

Reply if there is any trouble!

great game but why are the TW as long as a shopping list?

I really enjoyed your game! It’s both cute and scary, which I loved.

Could I have your permission to translate the game into Korean? I think many Korean players would enjoy it as much as I did.

Thank you for creating this amazing game!

woohoo! I finished the game in over 2 hours and oh my gosh... I was absolutely blown away by how detailed this game is! And the fact that it's free too... you've done an absolutely amazing job!!!!!


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the entire i was playing, I was trying to look for symbolism or reasons for what IT is, and after playing through all the endings, here is my take on the game:

the MC is portrayed throughout the game as lonely, riddled with social anxiety, and maybe even depressed. they're insecure and often down in the dumps, things only changing when they hear someone something call out to them, IT.

IT is a mystery. IT says they love us, yet we die over 30 times in different ways linked back to IT. sure, there are some endings where they show 'kindness' to us, such as the dog park ending where IT warns us to leave, and if we don't, we end up dying. but IT is in control of the universe and thus it wasn't the dog who killed us, it was IT.  despite that, IT is also kind as times. in one of the endings, the MC talks to IT about how lonely they feel, and IT comforts them. ofc the MC ends up sleeping next to them forever, but it's one of the more wholesome endings.

i believe that IT symbolizes an abuser, while the MC is the victim. just how MC felt a 'calling' to IT, in real life, abusers will often seek out 'prey' in order to fulfill their sick and twisted fantasies. and once they entrap the MC in a relationship with them, they won't let go. sure, at times they can seem 'cute' or 'innocent-looking' or even 'kind' in order to entice their victim to stay, but it will always end in the victim being harmed one way or another, just like how the MC is in most of the endings. 

when MC finally 'kills' IT, only for IT to come back, i believe it represents how a victim may try to forget about their experiences, go to therapy, etc, but they will always live with the trauma they went through. 

thus, they can either drown in their trauma and misery (just like in the 'join IT ending') alongside their abuser's other victims, or they can fight for a better future where they don't think about what's happened to them all the time. 

hence, in the true ending, MC says that they rarely think about IT or the things they've gone through anymore. and at the end, it's shown that they've even taken in a little black kitten that looks incredibly similar to IT, though not completely the same (scar on its right eye, green eyes). i believe this represents how MC has finally accepted their trauma, and is willing to take risks again and open up to other people (or animals). 

also, when MC questions IT about what they mean by 'daydreaming', i believe that represents either how victims daydream about what they could've done differently to prevent what happened to them, or how some victims, in order to cope with their trauma, reimagine the abuse happening to them again and again. for example, some SA survivors imagine themselves having a relationship with their assaulter in order to feel like they have some control, and if they're in a relationship with this person, then surely what happened to them isn't so bad. 

but of course, this is all my speculation! i'd love to hear the creator's thoughts on my comment and what their actual intentions were, but once again, brilliant job! one of the best games i've played on itch.io for sure <3

this game was so fun and  loved how the endings are so unique 

ohh dude, i love these! really brings me back the old times with the concept of fever dreams. all endings are SO SPOT ON!! (i got all of them <3)

THIS GAME IS SO GOOD! my toxic trait is i finished it in 4 hours and would still take i t the cat home, don't really see how its different from a normal cat tbh

I have a question? is the protagonist Male Or Female, What are their hobbies, I could use this Info For my fan fictions! and btw I'm giving these ideas for you! So maybe you could use this! But anyway! Back to questions what are their favorite color, singer, food? 

Nice game but toooooooooooooooooooo disturbing

this was an amazing game! we had a lot of fun playing it on stream. proud to say we got all 40 endings! great game with an even greater message :3

this game was incredible, I spent all my sunday on it and it was pretty scary despite the pretty cute art style. I swear I started getting genuinely scared of the cat's appearance xD. It was overall a great game (even if some deaths/descriptions felt a bit repetitive). Definitely would recommend it (to people who are looking to have a great time and an existential crisis).

If there was a word like "kino" for games I'd use it right here

i've been trying to do a true reset on the game but when i follow the steps, the game won't open at all. is there a solution to this?

did you record the "nya-a-a" chant yourself

Was not expecting this game to actually scare me. I don't play a lot of visual novel games but this is super intriguing. How come a cute cat can become so terrifying? Good job on the writing.

The catastrophic events you have just witnessed are, in all likelihood, less severe than the destruction that would actually occur in the event of a full nuclear strike against the United States.

It is hoped that the images of this film will inspire the nations of this earth, their peoples and leaders, to find the means to avert the fateful day.

There might be something wrong with me, I still wanted to take the cat home at the very very end, even if it wasn't cat like anymore and near the end where it was about to stop chasing you. The meows :( broke my itty bitty heart. I somehow managed to get all the endings without looking at the guide, my last one before THE LAST task was the one where you turn back to the cat after saying you were going to leave it, and just trauma dump on the baby. Also when you ate the chocolate after committing the deed, was hilarious. For completionism, I may have chosen to kick, kill and eat the dog. MY BAD lol! I found the dog ending funny and the guy that kept sitting in front of you at the movie theater, my brother said there should have been an option to spite him by pulling out a really tall hat from no where and sitting in front of him instead. This is most definitely the longest comment I have ever made for a game, you clearly spent a lot of time on this game and it shows with how well its written. The game was perfect and thank you for making it. :)