Cat's Got Your Tongue

Oh no! There's a cat thief running amuck, and they have the power to steal other cats' MOUTHS! Use detective reasoning and spot-the-difference prowess to catch this troublesome feline!

Instructions

Use the mouse to click on cats. You may accuse any cat of the crime.

Tap the arrows on screen to move from room to room.

When the timer runs out, the cat thief will steal the mouths of the other cats in that room. Don't let 4 crimes happen or you lose!

How do you determine the criminal? Simple! The culprit is the only cat who will move between rooms! Find the cat who's been switching rooms and put 'em in their place!

Credits

This was made in 6 days for the 2024 "Do You Wanna Jam?" jam using the Pico-8 engine centered around the theme "Inside Out." You must learn the placements of the cats "inside  out" (aka thoroughly), in order to detect the outlier.

The code, art, music, and sfx were made by me during the jam.

Cursor script courtesy of gamax92. https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=22278#p

Notes

Very fun jam! This was my first game jam using Pico-8! Even though I feel like I could have made the game easier and faster using something else, I still enjoyed the challenge. I wanted to add extra animations to fill out the scene (musician cats, bartender cats, receptionist cat, etc.) but I ran out of cartridge space :|