Played through this game intermittently over the last two days. I achieved all 40 endings and LOVED it! 10/10. The story, lore, art - it is all so well done for a free game.
I'm speechless, that was legit the most incredible game I've ever played!! Literally everything about this game is perfect, I swear im not exaggerating
ESSE JOGO É ABSURDO DE BOM!!! cara eu simplesmente estou chocada com tantos finais, porra o final do filme com o DEMÔNIO aparecendo no espelho me fez ter um ataque do CARALHO. Apesar desse jogo despertar todos os meus medos e ansiedade eu amei cada final assustador e doloroso que teve, passei do labirinto de espelho de primeira, (fiquei muito feliz porque eu tava com um puta medo de alguma assombração PULAR NA MINHA CARA). Eu adorei a arte, como cada cutscene é única e nem um pouco tedioso, a trilha sonora absurda(tinha vezes que eu até esquecia que tinha um gato endemoniado querendo me matar c: ) EU CHOREI JOGANDO CARA, eu simplesmente adoro/odeio coisas que dão susto e acabei não aguentando sjskdkskddgjdjdhhd( sempre que o jogo apagava a luz eu cobria meu olhos instantâneamente, principalmente na parte do esconde-esconde) O final do esconde-esconde acabou comigo de formas inimagináveis, eu senti tudo que a MC sentiu dentro daquele maldito armário. E a história???? Simplesmente PERFEITA, você vai avançando no finais e vai descobrindo mais e mais, pode apostar que eu não irei esquecer essa experiência tão cedo. Ah! E claro não esqueçam de "Nya-aaa-aaah!" Até a próxima 👁️
Muito obrigado por suas amáveis palavras e por jogar! Fico muito feliz em saber que você gostou e sua história. Também estou feliz que os finais tenham sido assustadores e divertidos para você!
hi, I found out about this game just today and went through it enthusiastically, I really liked it, can I make a Russifier for the game so that I can attract a little attention from Russian-speaking players? If you can't, then nothing, but I think it's important to ask permission first :D
Wow, you really did not fuck around when you put all these trigger warnings at the beginning. I honestly didn't expect it to get this dark, but I really liked it!! :)
The Endings are all so unique, I've played through all 40 (even though I had to go back to get End 37 and then had to do the whole 'Left, Ahead, Right' Minigame again ;-;).
I also love that this game is free even though, it is so huge, I audibly gasped when I went to the Endings Menu, expecting like 7 Endings and then being bombarded with 40
tysm for this game, i already recommended this to a friend, keep the good work up! <3
I contacted Google about it through their report system and email, but it didn't really do anything. All I could do was leave a warning in the comments for people who might try to download it because they want to play it on mobile. I tried downloading it myself a while ago to see if they copied everything, but it was weird -- like a fake unity game that kept loading up ads. I wasn't sure if it was a virus, so I deleted it right away.
Since Google didn't really help, I don't think I'll upload any possible future titles to their Play Store.
Eu amei esse jogo, ele é muito bem desenvolvido e espero que em breve ele tenha uma versão para celular, para mais pessoas participarem dessa experiência incrível por si mesmas
Vegan propaganda, nothing wrong with killing mice?!? Creature was designed, by god, (The Christian one) to be eaten. If it wasn't, then why isn't it poisonous? 20 mice often my dinner.
Más que un Gato Negro (SHORT GAME by Pixeliminal) | DO NOT TAKE THIS CAT AT HOME (GAMEPLAY). Si te gustan los Videojuegos diferentes, con temas y gráficos especialmente dedicados, con este GAMEPLAY te enseñamos por qué debes jugar a este DO NOT TAKE THIS CAT AT HOME. Con este Short Game by Pixeliminal, Es tu día libre pero el clima realmente te está deprimiendo. Pero... te atrae el sonido distante de algo que te llama... Lo sigues hasta un callejón oscuro y solitario. Y al fondo del callejón, en una caja de cartón... es un gato. Un gato muy lindo. ¿Qué vas a hacer? Quieres egoístamente ¿Ignorarlo y disfrutar de tu día libre? ¿Te harás amigo de él?sólo para abandonarlo de todos modos? O... ¿Te lo llevarás a casa? Seguramente lo harás, ¿verdad? Bien. ¿Quién podría decirle que no a esa cara? Añade este Videojuego a tu WishList y Apoya a los Desarrolladores aquí | https://pixeliminal.itch.io/do-not-take-this-cat-home #donottakethiscatathome #itchio @Pixeliminal
That's weird, I'm not sure what the problem could be. You shouldn't need to install Ren'Py.
Did you extract the files first? When you do, in the extracted folder, the application should have an icon with a picture from the game. There's DoNOTTakeThisCatHome (for 64 bit) and DoNOTTakeThisCatHome-32 (for 32 bit). You don't click on the .PY or .SH files.
I did extract and try to use the apps, for some reason every game I install that has two options of apps (the 64 and 32 ones) I can’t open neither, this is not a problem only happening in this certain game I noticed
There are a lot of interesting themes taking place in this game. While it speaks of someone with a really specific history stepping into the positioning of finding It in the alley, I think the feelings of loneliness and desperation can be applied to a lot of connections with form and lose with others. I got every ending (I think!)
I am unfortunately someone who would continue trying to take the cat home until I got absorbed I think. I just.. understand loneliness and having a desperate need to fill a vacancy not with self love and purpose but turning my affection outwards. I have three cats of my own, all rescues or adopted from rescues, so I really enjoyed the true ending. I just wish I could take It from the box and show it how to be real friends. True friends. What love is, and how to return it, and hopefully less of the pain that comes with that kind of connection.
I really like the message at the start of the story as well. I appreciate you, author. I hope you are doing well. Thank you for this experience.
Thank you so much for playing the game! I'm excited to watch your gameplay of it!
I can empathize with your point of view too! The idea that one might have to choose to save their self rather than someone else feels so horrible. It goes against one's own empathy too; the more we understand someone's pain, the more we want to help them! While I don't think it's something everyone can or should do themselves, I believe that kind of self-sacrifice does have its place as a course of action when the time is right and I admire the type of person willing to take that risk -- and I hope that if the time ever comes, I'd be able to do the same.
The times where someone should walk away from a toxic situation that could have had a good outcome, or are forced to walk away due to circumstance are utterly tragic. But I really think that if it didn't end in death, there's hope beyond that tragedy that can sometimes lead to enlightenment in the other person and spark the beginning of them changing, even if it's without the help of the one they hurt or pushed away. At least I'd hope so. We can only ever control our own will to change; we can't force it in others -- not even to save them.
Sorry for the long reply! This game kind of took over my life for nearly a year so I have a lot to say about it and its themes, haha! Thanks again for trying out my game, I'm glad you enjoyed it and its story. I'm doing well and I hope you are too!
Not into horror, but I happened to see this streamed on Twitch and I really enjoyed the art, the creativity in horror aspects, and especially the ending. It made me a little emotional, honestly.
I'm glad you liked it even if you're not into horror! I usually shy from horror myself out of fear, but sometimes something will draw me in and then I can't look away.
I like the choice of random cApiTAL letters to cause uneasiness in the viewer. You could also bring down the saturation on the green text just a little (not too much so it keeps the pop of color) to help it fit more with the background.
Do you plan on releasing more similar games with this style and/or plots? Visual novels with a good plot, deep story, beautiful graphics, and others that genuinely got my blood pumping are treasures. If you do make more games like this on itch.io PLEASE LET ME KNOWWW RAHHHHHHH
I hope to! I really enjoyed the process so I'm definitely hoping to make more visual novels or games in general. Next thing might not be horror or a visual novel, but I've grown to love both too much to not come back to them eventually!
oki thank you for responding! Also after the (last?) ending (the one with the new cat) the option to continue the game changes to '...' and after that, the last 4 endings (37,38,39,40) aren't there. Is that the end of the game or am I mistaking anything maybe im just pretty dumb :') Should I continue on with the game? (if that wasn't the ending that is)
ooo, a horror game including human/animal violence and death, abuse/abusive relationship(s), disturbing images and loud noises.. perfect to play at 2;23 AM so i can get traumatised just before i go to sleep!
it was AMAZING. Thank you for this masterpeice of a game. The last ending made me cry because it was so sweet how the player finally got had peace. The game was a mix of sweet and scary at the same time. 10/10 game. I wish i could find more like this
It depends on what you want to use the variables for -- like storing numbers and persistent data or music and images. Depending on what you want the variables to do, there's different ways to implement them in Ren'py.
I read forums and stuff to see if there were certain things I could do but I started with watching the videos in these playlists:
If i make a fan "DLC" of the game should i post the entire game or just put the rpy files in a zip and a folder with the custom image the fan dlc would use with a notepad instruction on installing it
Simply.
option 1: put it as a simple download (entire game)
option 2: put the rpy files in a zip, add the Image folder called "DLC" and have a notepad request to move it to your game folder and if it asks to replace anything hit "yes"
**Sorry this is so late! I wrote this days ago but then came back and saw that itch.io had saved my reply, but I hadn't actually pressed "Post reply"!
For most of the backgrounds, I found reference photos on Pexels.com and redrew them at bizarre angles. I heavily edited all of them in Medibang: blurred them out, added chromatic aberration, inverted colors, added overlays with saturated colors or noise for fuzzy effect, etc.
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Played through this game intermittently over the last two days. I achieved all 40 endings and LOVED it! 10/10. The story, lore, art - it is all so well done for a free game.
Thank you very much for playing all the way to the end! I'm glad you enjoyed the game!
I definitely liked this game
Thank you, I'm happy to hear that!
милая кошка страшная чёрная
(=ↀωↀ=)
It would be cool if the game changes a little bit after you choose to revive the cat monster during the end.
It would've been, but I guess the story for me had been finished by that point. So I wanted to end on a high note, haha!
I'm speechless, that was legit the most incredible game I've ever played!! Literally everything about this game is perfect, I swear im not exaggerating
im so very glad I found this game <3
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Does the cat have a name? if not can the cat have a fan-made name?
also i love the cat ajwks- hes adorable
The cat doesn't have any official name, so headcanon names are always welcome!
Thank you for telling me! and will there be any other games?
wow what a sweet kitty! sweet, totally innocent little cat. could do no wrong... absolutely not!
(=ↀωↀ=) Absolutely not!
hey!! nice game, are u interested on translating the game to other langs so u could reach more ppl? i'm Spanish native, so i might help if u want ofc
I'm not able to hire a translator at the moment, but hopefully sometime in the future!
i used an autoclicker and saw a cat in kechup for 1 second
JUST ketchup, that's all it is! Possibly.
ESSE JOGO É ABSURDO DE BOM!!! cara eu simplesmente estou chocada com tantos finais, porra o final do filme com o DEMÔNIO aparecendo no espelho me fez ter um ataque do CARALHO. Apesar desse jogo despertar todos os meus medos e ansiedade eu amei cada final assustador e doloroso que teve, passei do labirinto de espelho de primeira, (fiquei muito feliz porque eu tava com um puta medo de alguma assombração PULAR NA MINHA CARA). Eu adorei a arte, como cada cutscene é única e nem um pouco tedioso, a trilha sonora absurda(tinha vezes que eu até esquecia que tinha um gato endemoniado querendo me matar c: ) EU CHOREI JOGANDO CARA, eu simplesmente adoro/odeio coisas que dão susto e acabei não aguentando sjskdkskddgjdjdhhd( sempre que o jogo apagava a luz eu cobria meu olhos instantâneamente, principalmente na parte do esconde-esconde) O final do esconde-esconde acabou comigo de formas inimagináveis, eu senti tudo que a MC sentiu dentro daquele maldito armário. E a história???? Simplesmente PERFEITA, você vai avançando no finais e vai descobrindo mais e mais, pode apostar que eu não irei esquecer essa experiência tão cedo. Ah! E claro não esqueçam de "Nya-aaa-aaah!" Até a próxima 👁️
Translated from Google:
Muito obrigado por suas amáveis palavras e por jogar! Fico muito feliz em saber que você gostou e sua história. Também estou feliz que os finais tenham sido assustadores e divertidos para você!
MEU DEUS SIM VEYR, PQP FOI UMA EXPERIÊNCIA QUE ACHO QUE NUNCA VOU TER DENOVO, FOI TÃO BOM
DEMAIS MANO, queria poder apagar minhas memórias desse jogo só pra eu sentir tudo de novo, surreal de bom!
What happens if you flip off the cat/it?
A: nothing
B: fight bacc
C: Cat tilts head like it doesn't know what you're doing...
...while it gleefully concocts a way to make you eat your own fingers. All of them, EXCEPT the one you used to flip it off with.
This game is just incredibly COOL. I have 39 endings out of 40, but after a good ending, I don't even want to break the idyll, lol
I was worried about the relationship between the main character and the cat more than for my own damn
Thank you so much for playing to the end!
decided to play this game and I was not disappointed ! Very cute and definitely not creep at all !! (My gameplay if anyone is interested)
https://youtu.be/UXTV6wdy0CA?si=9jk-4W5e-zdhJOfV
I enjoyed watching your reactions to the endings! I hope you enjoy the rest of the game, thanks for trying it out!
is it possible to add a Simplified Chinese official translation? If so, we can help with that
I'm not able to hire a translator at the moment. I've mostly been letting people do it if they want to or if they're translating for school projects.
man, I wish this game had a fandom :(
you're the reason why i'll try this game
It'd be nice, but some people have started posting stuff; like this awesome art by @ezzyloid on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ezzyloid/status/1777930875805814951
hi, I found out about this game just today and went through it enthusiastically, I really liked it, can I make a Russifier for the game so that I can attract a little attention from Russian-speaking players? If you can't, then nothing, but I think it's important to ask permission first :D
I can help with the translation :)
me too)
yay, little team for translate, where i can contact with you too?
oh, cool, how can I contact you? Sorry for long the long wait
That sounds cool! You can if you want to; thank you very much for asking, I really appreciate it!
thank you very much :D
When does this game end exactly? i am trying to speedrun it but i do not know when it ends.
When you get 35 endings, the game will guide you through the last few. It's over when the credits roll and you get to the final menu screen.
THX. But speedrun.com doesn't accept visual novel games >:(
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Translated with Google:
希望有一天我能将它们正式翻译！感谢您尝试我的游戏！
Wow, you really did not fuck around when you put all these trigger warnings at the beginning. I honestly didn't expect it to get this dark, but I really liked it!! :)
The Endings are all so unique, I've played through all 40 (even though I had to go back to get End 37 and then had to do the whole 'Left, Ahead, Right' Minigame again ;-;).
I also love that this game is free even though, it is so huge, I audibly gasped when I went to the Endings Menu, expecting like 7 Endings and then being bombarded with 40
tysm for this game, i already recommended this to a friend, keep the good work up! <3
I'm glad you enjoyed the game and all the endings! They were fun come up with!
LOVED THIS VIDEO GAME! The horror is uniquely surprising every time and I can never predict what will happen.Check out my Game Play Below!
I enjoyed your reactions to the endings you played! They were really funny! Thank you for trying out my game!
KITTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(=ↀωↀ=) --"Nya-a-a-a-aaah!"
Absolutely loved this and really want to make a series getting the endings. So good!
Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy the rest of the game!
stolen?
Yeah, unfortunately.
I contacted Google about it through their report system and email, but it didn't really do anything. All I could do was leave a warning in the comments for people who might try to download it because they want to play it on mobile. I tried downloading it myself a while ago to see if they copied everything, but it was weird -- like a fake unity game that kept loading up ads. I wasn't sure if it was a virus, so I deleted it right away.
Since Google didn't really help, I don't think I'll upload any possible future titles to their Play Store.
Eu amei esse jogo, ele é muito bem desenvolvido e espero que em breve ele tenha uma versão para celular, para mais pessoas participarem dessa experiência incrível por si mesmas
Thank you so much!
Vegan propaganda, nothing wrong with killing mice?!? Creature was designed, by god, (The Christian one) to be eaten. If it wasn't, then why isn't it poisonous? 20 mice often my dinner.
You are right. I like you...
-- I T
great game best hour of my life spent
Thank you for playing!
Más que un Gato Negro (SHORT GAME by Pixeliminal) | DO NOT TAKE THIS CAT AT HOME (GAMEPLAY). Si te gustan los Videojuegos diferentes, con temas y gráficos especialmente dedicados, con este GAMEPLAY te enseñamos por qué debes jugar a este DO NOT TAKE THIS CAT AT HOME. Con este Short Game by Pixeliminal, Es tu día libre pero el clima realmente te está deprimiendo. Pero... te atrae el sonido distante de algo que te llama... Lo sigues hasta un callejón oscuro y solitario. Y al fondo del callejón, en una caja de cartón... es un gato. Un gato muy lindo. ¿Qué vas a hacer? Quieres egoístamente ¿Ignorarlo y disfrutar de tu día libre? ¿Te harás amigo de él?sólo para abandonarlo de todos modos? O... ¿Te lo llevarás a casa? Seguramente lo harás, ¿verdad? Bien. ¿Quién podría decirle que no a esa cara? Añade este Videojuego a tu WishList y Apoya a los Desarrolladores aquí | https://pixeliminal.itch.io/do-not-take-this-cat-home #donottakethiscatathome #itchio @Pixeliminal
Thank you!
i love that game.
i love that cat.
i love that story.
i love that music.
i love that chose.
i love that developer.
i love that color.
i love that meaning.
i love that dog.
i love that eyes.
i love that guy.
i love that cinema.
i love that theatre.
i love that history.
i love that setting.
i love that picture.
i love that room.
i love that phone.
i love that box.
i love that monster.
i love that dialogue.
i love that human.
i love that blood.
i love that meowing.
i love that sound.
i love that paw.
i love that speakin'
i love EVERYTHİNG ON THİS GAME!!!
I love you!!! ryomensukuns, you are my cat.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the game!
"i can fix him"
him:
Do you intend on making an Android release for this game?
Pixeliminal has already stated that they doesn't intend to put it on a app store. Check game description 👍
dude this game freak me out fr.. but.. I ENJOY IT ANYWAYS!! GOOD JOB on making this game!!! its an amazing game and i love it!
Thank you!
Idk why but i cant play it T-T i downloaded the pc ver and there's two apps but none open, not even when i try to open as admin
do you have Ren'py?
i dont think so, do i have to install it separately?
That's weird, I'm not sure what the problem could be. You shouldn't need to install Ren'Py.
Did you extract the files first? When you do, in the extracted folder, the application should have an icon with a picture from the game. There's DoNOTTakeThisCatHome (for 64 bit) and DoNOTTakeThisCatHome-32 (for 32 bit). You don't click on the .PY or .SH files.
I did extract and try to use the apps, for some reason every game I install that has two options of apps (the 64 and 32 ones) I can’t open neither, this is not a problem only happening in this certain game I noticed
There are a lot of interesting themes taking place in this game. While it speaks of someone with a really specific history stepping into the positioning of finding It in the alley, I think the feelings of loneliness and desperation can be applied to a lot of connections with form and lose with others. I got every ending (I think!)
I am unfortunately someone who would continue trying to take the cat home until I got absorbed I think. I just.. understand loneliness and having a desperate need to fill a vacancy not with self love and purpose but turning my affection outwards. I have three cats of my own, all rescues or adopted from rescues, so I really enjoyed the true ending. I just wish I could take It from the box and show it how to be real friends. True friends. What love is, and how to return it, and hopefully less of the pain that comes with that kind of connection.I really like the message at the start of the story as well. I appreciate you, author. I hope you are doing well. Thank you for this experience.
Thank you so much for playing the game! I'm excited to watch your gameplay of it!
I can empathize with your point of view too! The idea that one might have to choose to save their self rather than someone else feels so horrible. It goes against one's own empathy too; the more we understand someone's pain, the more we want to help them! While I don't think it's something everyone can or should do themselves, I believe that kind of self-sacrifice does have its place as a course of action when the time is right and I admire the type of person willing to take that risk -- and I hope that if the time ever comes, I'd be able to do the same.
The times where someone should walk away from a toxic situation that could have had a good outcome, or are forced to walk away due to circumstance are utterly tragic. But I really think that if it didn't end in death, there's hope beyond that tragedy that can sometimes lead to enlightenment in the other person and spark the beginning of them changing, even if it's without the help of the one they hurt or pushed away. At least I'd hope so. We can only ever control our own will to change; we can't force it in others -- not even to save them.
Sorry for the long reply! This game kind of took over my life for nearly a year so I have a lot to say about it and its themes, haha! Thanks again for trying out my game, I'm glad you enjoyed it and its story. I'm doing well and I hope you are too!
It's in screens.rpy file and starts at line 710
I copied the code for the About page and then edited it and added code to make it change as the player got various endings
GAH It finally works
Awesome! I hope you're having fun with your mod!
This was such an exciting game to play and I love the ending!!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the game!
Not into horror, but I happened to see this streamed on Twitch and I really enjoyed the art, the creativity in horror aspects, and especially the ending. It made me a little emotional, honestly.
Thank you very much!
I'm glad you liked it even if you're not into horror! I usually shy from horror myself out of fear, but sometimes something will draw me in and then I can't look away.
I made a banner for Do not take this cat home Third choice, i think i did good?
That looks good!
I like the choice of random cApiTAL letters to cause uneasiness in the viewer. You could also bring down the saturation on the green text just a little (not too much so it keeps the pop of color) to help it fit more with the background.
Do you plan on releasing more similar games with this style and/or plots? Visual novels with a good plot, deep story, beautiful graphics, and others that genuinely got my blood pumping are treasures. If you do make more games like this on itch.io PLEASE LET ME KNOWWW RAHHHHHHH
I hope to! I really enjoyed the process so I'm definitely hoping to make more visual novels or games in general. Next thing might not be horror or a visual novel, but I've grown to love both too much to not come back to them eventually!
oki thank you for responding! Also after the (last?) ending (the one with the new cat) the option to continue the game changes to '...' and after that, the last 4 endings (37,38,39,40) aren't there. Is that the end of the game or am I mistaking anything maybe im just pretty dumb :') Should I continue on with the game? (if that wasn't the ending that is)
You don't have to! It's just a way for people to replay parts of the game without having to start ALL the way over or losing their saves.
ooo, a horror game including human/animal violence and death, abuse/abusive relationship(s), disturbing images and loud noises.. perfect to play at 2;23 AM so i can get traumatised just before i go to sleep!
Maybe get a night light and emergency hot cocoa ready! I hope you enjoy the game!
it was AMAZING. Thank you for this masterpeice of a game. The last ending made me cry because it was so sweet how the player finally got had peace. The game was a mix of sweet and scary at the same time. 10/10 game. I wish i could find more like this
Thank you so much!
Ok i kinda found out how to add stuff, though im still having trouble adding variables
It depends on what you want to use the variables for -- like storing numbers and persistent data or music and images. Depending on what you want the variables to do, there's different ways to implement them in Ren'py.
I read forums and stuff to see if there were certain things I could do but I started with watching the videos in these playlists:
Visual Novel Design's "Ren'Py Essentials":
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMdFGlfdL57MSSForRZZBJtS-N9thXSA6&si=keI05hqF...
Zeil Learnings's "Visual Novel using Ren'Py":
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlZCSNfSKux2hXoo46rbBIVzl-7pZFRQh&si=F4tSIpid...
Learning the basics makes it easier to see what the code in mine and others' Ren'Py games is trying to do. I hope that helps! Good luck!
If i make a fan "DLC" of the game should i post the entire game or just put the rpy files in a zip and a folder with the custom image the fan dlc would use with a notepad instruction on installing it
Simply.
option 1: put it as a simple download (entire game)
option 2: put the rpy files in a zip, add the Image folder called "DLC" and have a notepad request to move it to your game folder and if it asks to replace anything hit "yes"
I think option 2 would be best. Thank you for asking!
Curious how is the backgrounds made?
**Sorry this is so late! I wrote this days ago but then came back and saw that itch.io had saved my reply, but I hadn't actually pressed "Post reply"!
For most of the backgrounds, I found reference photos on Pexels.com and redrew them at bizarre angles. I heavily edited all of them in Medibang: blurred them out, added chromatic aberration, inverted colors, added overlays with saturated colors or noise for fuzzy effect, etc.