Today we bring you great mews: we are working on a new floor for A Building Full of Cats! This is one of the more requested updates since the game's launch. It took a while until we find something that worth adding to the game and that makes sense for the future of the series. Plus: this next update will be completely free! ːwinkycatː
Since we are currently working non-stop on A Castle Full of Cats to finish it in time for Halloween, we don't have a release date for this update yet.
Also, we started a small devlog for ACFoC! We'll try to make this for all of our future games, so if you're interested in this kind of content, please don't forget to follow our games, otherwise you won't be able to receive any of the notifications. Here's the first one of our devlogs: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2070550/view/3323115666462677078
Hope you like it! Love & Purrs, Devcats ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ
Patch notes
- Fixed a bug in the hint system - Fixed a typo
Hint System & more
Hi humans!
We have read all the forum posts and reviews about the game and made a list of changes. This update is supposed to improve the game based on your feedback. ːwinkycatː
The game has a hint system now, but you can only use it once on each floor.
Another announcement we have for you is that we had implemented new achievements: you can now decorate your profile with some cool letters!
Special thanks to Amber Mos for the Dutch localization! And also a huge thank you to user @eifelkenny and his wife to correct some of the German localization.
Here's a list of what has changed:
Hint system
50 new achievements
Dutch localization
Changed some lines on German localization
Set the menu to open 2X faster
You can now open the menu with the right-click
If you liked this game remember to wishlist A Castle Full of Cats!
That's it for today! Hope you enjoy the update! Love & Purrs, Devcats
New plans
Hi, lovely humans!
Today is the most special day of all the year: International Cat Day!
"It was created in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, to raise awareness for cats and learn about ways to help and protect them" -- and that's what we've been doing (and will continue to do) in all of our current and future games: showing you humans that cats are just as cute and loving as dogs and we cats need care, love and protection just like them. ːfofino2ː
Now to the mews!
Here are some of the news about our games:
A BUILDING FULL OF CATS
Trading Cards and emoticons are here! ːlovecatː
The hint system is coming in a few days. This next update will also include a Dutch localization.
CATS LOVE BOXES
We had plans for releasing Cats Love Boxes this month. We really believe in this game but the wishlists are WAY bellow than our other games. ːsweatcatː
That's crazy of you, humans... It's a game about BOXES! How can someone not be excited about that? ːcrycat2ː
Because of that, we postponed Cats Love Boxes launch to the end of the year.
COZY ROOM
That's the game we're willing to launch next. We don't have a release date yet but we hope to launch it in September.
A CASTLE FULL OF CATS
A Castle Full of Cats development is going well and we believe it will be a worthy successor to A Building Full of Cats. ːwinkycatː
A demo will be available on the October edition of Next Fest, so you can play the game before buying it.
SUDOCATS
There is going to be a small content update later this month, which will also include 2 new languages: Japanese and Russian.
Well, that's it! Enjoy your cats and cats games today most of all days, in homage to all feline friends in the world!
Thank you again, humans! ❤️
Love & Purrs,
Devcats
Trading Cards!
Hello again, humans!
After (not) so much wait, we've finally achieved Steam's approval for profile features and showcasing!! \o/ Now you'll be able to have cats (and Fofiño) as emoticons, cards, badges and profile backgrounds! Thank you everyone for all your amazing support!! We wouldn't have come this far without you. ːfofino2ː
By the way, we've made many people upset with the Steam's Worst Achievement (we were trying to raise awareness on how important it is to adopt a cat, but apparently we failed ːfofinoː). So...
...to make it up to you guys, we now present you Steam's Best Trading Card! ːwinkycatː Fofiño purrs happily again now!
And last, but not least: many of you are asking us for alphabet letters to decorate your profiles, so new achievements are coming!
See you again, soon! Love & Purrs, Devcats ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ
More Languages & News
Hello, humans! As promised, here is the update with the new languages.
Languages Update
Turkish
Polish
Hungarian
Special thanks to Seweryn Karapuda who did the Hungarian translation for the game! We wish we could translate the game to every language available, but unfortunately this is not cheap and the game is selling poorly in some countries. ːfrog_worryː
Coming Next
The hint system is not finished. We hope to bring you this update next week.
Right now we are focusing on the Zodiacats update that is coming REALLY soon!
Portable Cats
We can confirm that A Building Full of Cats is coming to Nintendo Switch later this year!
Thanks again for all the lovely e-mails and messages you are sending us! It means a lot! ♥ Love & purrs, Devcats ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ
Update and News
UPDATE
Traditional Chinese is now available in the game
Corrected some typos
Fixed minor visual glitches
What's next?
• More Languages We already hired Polish and Turkish translators, not just for this game but also for our upcoming games.
• Hint system We are working on a hint system. These new updates are coming in the following weeks.
The future...
We have received several requests for a DLC or sequel. We already have something very cute in mind, but with a little twist...
"A Castle Full of Cats" is a hidden object game with a metroidvania structure, so... this is a catvania!
Fofiño was cursed by an evil force and transformed every cat in the castle into a dark (yet cute) creature. Now only Lily can save her soulmate and release the castle from the spell!
Fear not, our dear humans: this castle is still going to be heartwarming and surely put a smile on your face! ♥ (Hopefully!)
It's going to be a bigger game, with several rooms and many alternate paths. Check out the page for more info!
"A Castle Full of Cats" is coming on October 28, to celebrate Halloween!
That's all for today. See you again, soon! Love & Purrs, Devcats ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ
Patch Notes and more
Hello, humans!
We can't be grateful enough to you! A Building Full of Cats got 80 reviews in 2 days! Thank you everyone who's helping us to be successful cats and having a better life! Thus, we can also help other cats in need! ♥
We've made several small patchs in the last 2 days. Here's a list of what has changed:
Changed some render properties to make the game less demanding
Fixed Fofiño fading animation bug
Fixed sometimes ESC not working on 5th and 6th floor after fiding Fofiño
Fixed minor visual glitches
Fixed japanese and simplified chinese pointing to the wrong language
Coming soon
We've just received the Traditional Chinese localization and we're working on it. We are also hiring localization for more languages.
Above, Fofiño sends his best regards (specially for those humans who decided to go "yes" in you-know-when)
See you again, soon! Love & Purrs, Devcats ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ
Devcats plans for 2022
Hi there!
It’s been 4 months since we launched our very first game as Devcats and we are very grateful for the players’ reaction.
We’ve traced plans for Devcats in 2022 and we’d like to share them with you! ;)
There’s one factor that’s really important to a game on Steam: wishlists. That’s why we’ve been revealing so many games in advance. We need to have as many wishlists as we possibly can by the day of each game launch, otherwise said game will be completely lost amidst all the other current releases.
So, we politely ask you: if you’re interested in our games, remember to add them to your wishlist and follow them, so we can stand a chance among the others. ?
Even if you don’t wish to buy the game right at its release, having considerable wishlists and followers helps us to gain some projection inside Steam’s algorithm. That’s right, even cats are dependable on algorithms now... :(
All of our games are being included in the DEVCATS BUNDLE at their release – therefore you can always buy the game with an extra 20% discount if you have our previous games!
This is our main announcement of the day! You’ve just won a free game!! Cozy Room is a virtual room where you can enjoy the world’s most amazing companionship: Mr. Fofiño!
Decorate your room and do whatever you need in this relaxing environment. Customize your room and unlock decor items by solving puzzles that tell the rescue story of our dear Fofiño (latin word for “cute and fluffy”).
You can also build your own playlist, directly from your computer, with your favorite music.
Cozy Room is planned to be released in August/September.
SUDOCATS
Despite Zodiacats being our first release, Sudocats was our very first game – we had some setbacks in the project and that’s why there were so many things done wrong. We solved all Sudocats problems in the first month and now we’re updating something strongly requested by you all: real cats pictures! Below, an example with our CEO Judy:
This image is not merely illustrative: Sudocats WILL BE LAUNCHED in Nintendo Switch!
Sudocats update will be online next week.
ZODIACATS
We’re planning to add a glossary about sign attributes (we’re doing our homework to be as precise as we can). Also, the next update might come with a surprise… ;)
Zodiacats updates are on hold for now, unfortunately. That’s because of…
STEAM NEXT FEST
We’ll be participating with A Building Full of Cats’ demo. We have just a few weeks to finish the game, which is going to be released as soon as the festival is over. As we’re just five cats, we need every paw we have here (darn it, we wish we have thumbs!!!)
We had plans to launch a demo for Cats Love Boxes for this festival as well, but it seems we’re running out of time. We’re still working on it, anyhow. Its release is planned for July.
THE BLUE CAT
This is currently our main project – therefore it might take way more time to be ready. It’s possible that we will release some other non-announced-games before launching The Blue Cat. Stay tunned!
That’s all folks!
Hope you liked our mews!
Love & Purrs,
DEVCATS
