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Kidding guys! Don't worry! We said we would do a December posting and this time we will deliver.. On time...

So in this update for the first part of the month, we wanted to give a quick update into a few things:

• An update on UI and Settings
• A glimps into the upcoming animations for cat interactions
• The discussion on clothing ideas
   

UI and Settings
Early on in our development, we had some drop down menus that were up in the corner of our screen, and after some discussion it came about that the ideal way to handle those would be to allow everyone to move them to their desired areas. We loved this idea and came to a realisation that with our desktop environment, we should do what we can to avoid these sort of situations. So... INTRODUCING... THE ALL NEW...
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CUSTOMIZABLE UI! Ahhh ahhhh the community goes wild


 

Yeah... I probably overhyped that a bit! So to keep things simple -- we decided that in any places possible, we are going to use a new system that works with the player in order to set up custom UI areas. Want your cats to only play within the bottom right of your screen? You got it! Want to have some extra big icons because you have a very large screen at a distance? We got you covered! You will have a lot more control over all the additions we are adding, which will also hopefully alleviate any concerns you may have had with using your desktop and catpanion.

On the topic of interactions, we have some new updates on the topic of animations we wanted to share!

Cat Interactions
In our November Update (2024) we mentioned that there is some progress coming along on all the new cat animations we have planned. We wanted to share a sneak peek into what these animations will be; but the art for these are not quite ready so we decided for today we are going to be sharing some early concepts instead!


 

So as you can see, there is a lot of new animations coming to our little catpanions. It's a big task but we are up for it! We wanted to make our catpanions feel and behave just like our non-virtual, and so we are aiming to reach their wacky little behaviours in these new ideas. We do have one more to share, and its by far our favourite. You mentioned being able to pick up cats and move them; but how do you do that in a 2d space? Well...


 

LOOK AT IT!!!! LOOK HOW ADORABLE THIS LITTLE CATPANION IS BEING HELD LIKE A LIL BABY... cough sorry -- the cuteness really gets to us on this one.

Clothing Discussion
Clothing is a topic we have mentioned but haven't really discussed yet. It's still very early on for this topic but we did want to ask for your feedback -- What items would you like to see on your catpanions?

Currently we have the following ideas:

• Basic T-shirts
• Basic Long-sleeves
• Baseball Caps
• Crown (Hint hint early supporters)
• Bowties
• Rainbow Propellor Hat
• Rainbow Hoodie
   

All of these (except crown and rainbow items) will be available in a variety of colours too! If you have any other suggestions you would enjoy seeing in the full game -- let us know! We look forward to hearing feedback from you again!

Closing Statement
Thanks again for reading! We are really happy to have all your support during this time, and we plan to keep bringing more information to you as it becomes available! Don't fur-get to have a good weekend!