Herding Cats
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                        2015-07-25


I have just started reading Rise of the Videogame  Zinesters
[1] by Anna Anthropy and while I was looking  at  the  games
she made I  found  this  little  puzzle  gem  in  her  list:
[Herding Cats [2].

Herding  Cats  is  a  top  down  puzzler  in  the  style  of
Sokoban/Paganitzu/Adventures of Lolo with a very neat twist.
Instead of pushing boxes around and  blocking  baddies,  you
have to herd cats.  The mechanic  is  as  simple  as  it  is
tricky, because the cats stick to you once you get  next  to
their block and they will remain by your side for the entire
session. Thankfully you can undo moves, and - trust me - you
will need this.  You can easily end up with too many  sticky
cats,  meaning  you  can't   get   past   a   narrow   part.

I love the way the cats' furs change  color  each  time  you
reload a level and I'm quite envious of  the  player's  pink
hair.  Tried to do that once, but my hair's too dark to  get
properly blonde for coloring.

Herding Cats is pretty neat and difficult, but  (thankfully)
easy enough to finish in your  average  coffee  break.   The
perfect kind of game for days like these when I'm surfing  a
deadline's  waves  like  I  never  managed  to  pull  of  in
California Games.


Hyperlinks:
[1]: http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1583
[2]: http://www.puzzlescript.net/play.html?p=0ce1a363836151b78be0


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