Do NOT Take This Cat Home

Btw, I'm using it to teach english to my sister!

Best game ever! Gives me Lovecraft and Coraline vibes all of the time. Great storylines and ending(s)!

This is literally the best game I played in my LIFE! (not including the slight trauma that I got but I can bare with it) Tbh I'd take this cat [monster] home no matter what <3

Hey pixie! So I've been binging playthroughs of your game and, my cat shadows brother had died in a horrible tornado, what makes it worse is that I'm in a different country, my parents are babysitting them, it isn't in my parents control for life and death so I don't blame them for having my cat passing away, not their fault anyway, seeing your success in a game makes me smile, I see that anyone can succeed if they work hard, and I've also enjoyed your game sooo much, thanks for making such an amazing game, and making my day.

PLEASE HELP

I really love this game and I'd like to play it again from the beginning, but I cant understand how to reset the progress:(
Thanks in advance and thanks to the developer for this game<3

just beat the game. I LOVE IT

This game is so so so good. I usually don't post comment anything but i really enjoyed playing this, and even cried lol.

Here to talk to past self. It won't let me because it says it may not be free from Malware. Does anyone know how to get rid of that Malware warning??

Hi! So, I tried to get the game, and I have an apple computer. It doesn't let me download it. I mean once I go to my files or what ever, it doesn't let me open it. Does anyone know how to fix it?  

How do you restart the game completely? the game was completly amazing but I really wanna play it all over again like compleatly is their a way to?

i finished it all in one day INSANE game (in a good way) when IT began to cry i couldn't help but feel really bad for it (maybe its a part of me too LOL) but i cant figure out one of the ending i think its the very last one yk when the game goes back to normal after everything all the endings are just the same and its saying i didnt get the final ones but i have saves from them am i just being stupid

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!!!!!


-SPOILERS-




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?