Kitty Home Alone: A Drama of Fate

Game Concept/Game Demo (Still in progress, updates to come)

Warning: This project could potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy.  This project potentially disturbing content. Viewer discretion is advised. Play at your own discretion


As humans, we live our lives, and sometimes we forget those at home without the power to disobey us or speak for themselves. Play as the pet cat living in a one bedroom apartment, while the owner is busy gone, the cat relives memories and finds out more to what happened to the mother human. Unlock skills, toys, other playable characters and lore by exploring the apartment. Earn upgraded items by make choices that will affect the apartment and the wellbeing of everyone in the apartment. Overtime, the horrors of the past unfold as new horrors triggered by the past, begin to create limited time to figure out the truth. The cat has to find away to keep themselves alive along enough for the owner to return, if the owner returns. 

Controls (mouse and keyboard):


Move - WASD/Arrows
Look - Mouse
Jump - Space
Crouch - Ctrl (hold)
Interact - Left-click or E
Exit Demo - Esc (hold)

Controls (xbox controller):


Move - Left stick
Look - Right stick
Jump - A
Crouch - Left trigger (hold)
Interact - B

GAME JAM TEAM:

Designed by: Michelle Borrero
Programmed by: Ben Bair

Quotes from the Developers:


"Have you ever wondered how a cat spends their time all day when their human is away? Well, this is your chance to become that cat and figure it out! Just be aware, though, sometimes cats see things that humans don't." -Ben Bair, Programmer


"As humans, we forget those we leave at home and forget the truth behind animals, plants, and the unseen world. As the game designer, I wanted to remind people of those left behind at home, those watching who have no power, and yet get to live through whatever head of the household decides. This game is still in progress and being game tested, the game jam was to allow the programmer and I to learn to work together since I have zero training as a game designer. We plan to have a polished level this fall if not including more than one level. Adding more playable characters, game achievements, more objects and reactions, more lore and adding multiple endings, plus adding puzzles and multiple choice, including sound track we hope reaches the souls of humans. This game touches on elements of mental health in both the main character and other NPC. Giving way to introduce a light on animal mental health and human mental health. Not trying to shame anyone on having pets, I want to bring up the idea within the community about wellbeing of animals and how our actions do affect them. Hoping to include helpful ideas to teach pet owners how to keep their pets wellbeing the best they can. We plan to use resources of professionals to help guide us with such a game project." -Michelle Borrero, Game Designer

"During this game jam, our game tester and us were overwhelmed by the emotional toll happening while the game tester's father was in the ending days of his life. Sadly, we were not able to game test at all during this game jam. We went into this game jam, thinking we would be able to have our small team of testers be able to break the game for bugs to be fix for a full polish game. Life happens every moment of the day. We discovered we could develop a game demo together, this being our first game jam working together, first project ever together. It gave us better understanding of our skills and capability even in the worse of times with road bumps every hour of the day. Fitting for the concept of the game, as our own lives pushed us to our limits as we even forgot the sounds for the game. We are happy to dedicate this game jam to the loved ones who have moved on from this physical realm to the spirit realm. Plan to list the dedications in the game's full release." -Michelle Borrero, Game Designer

Created with Unity 2021.3

Packages and Assets licensed from the following creators:

Brick Project Studio

Red Deer

VIS Games

SpaceZeta

Archanor VFX

Studio Billion

Indie Cat

Jon Manning/Secret Lab