Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer in a high-bit pixel art style which combines the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s - enhanced with new ideas! But most importantly: cat content!
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Catboy's animations are fantastic. I love the way his arms flail when running around, or how he bonks his head when jumping into the ceiling.
Overall, it's a short but sweet game. The first and last third of the game have story reasons for exploring each level, but the middle chunk of the game will just send you to a random level for no explained reason. Fortunately, each biome is well designed and fun to explore, with some fantastic music to jam to.
Overall, it's a short but sweet game. The first and last third of the game have story reasons for exploring each level, but the middle chunk of the game will just send you to a random level for no explained reason. Fortunately, each biome is well designed and fun to explore, with some fantastic music to jam to.
This was a fun shooting platformer (or Contran aka Contra + Mega Man). Love that the girl's name is WeaponGirl.
A fun beat-em-up/shoot-em-up/platformer where you play as a genetically modified cat trying to take down the evil scientist who created you and their dog army. As with most games in this style the runtime is pretty short, you can beat it pretty easily in one sitting, but would certainly be fun to run through multiple times trying to get 100% collectible completion on all the levels. The gameplay is more platformer oriented than most beat-em-ups but you’ll still be punching and shooting tons of enemies and some fun boss fights. The story is silly and fun too.
Would recommend for anybody who enjoys silly cat guys and 2d platformers/beatemups. I just started playing and this game seems pretty great so far, and i really enjoy the pixel art. Would be a full 5 stars if i could get the game to read my controller though.
Super Catboy was an impulse purchase due to the attractive price including the 20% launch discount. Luckily it was worth it. The game is trying to be an old-school platformer with a bit of Metal Slug shooting added to the mix. The game's pixel graphics are very detailed and its soundtrack is so beautiful, that it left a long lasting impression. The levels are very varied, there are bosses and stats are shown at the end of each level. Stats keep track of all the coins collected, the 4 cat pieces found and enemies defeated. Even though the game is trying to be a super nintendo platformer, it's not challenging like those games from that era. The challenge felt just right which is what I prefer. It took me 4.9 hours to complete the game according to Steam. I estimate that 30 minutes was used on testing things. So expect around 4.5 hours to 100% the game in its current form (patch 2). The length is fine considering the price.
So far, everything has been positive. But there are some flaws unfortunately. The main one is how upscaling is handled in the game. You're only getting scaling options up to x5 and you get to pick either nearest or bilinear. Those options simply don 't look good on a 1440p monitor. All the sharpness is lost and it looks like a pixelated mess. I played the game with x3 and the rest of the screen was filled with black background. Either add better scaling options or better yet, add native resolution options. The game is missing certain options like achievements and cloud saves. There are some other minor flaws here and there but they don’t detract from what the game has to offer. The developer did mention that they want to add achievements, trading cards and more ways to check your stats in future updates. They’ve been polishing the experience already and it can only become better if they keep it up.
They did a good job with their first game. And there is potential for more greatness. I'm looking forward to what this developer will offer in the future.
Update regarding scaling options:
I’ve had a brief discussion with the devs. The game is upscaled this way deliberately because they’re trying to replicate how games used to look on televisions and keep that experience on modern monitors. While I am not fan of this look, I respect the thought put behind it. No promises were made, but they did mention they might try out different scaling options for fans like me. Even if it’s only a thought, massive respect for caring!
So far, everything has been positive. But there are some flaws unfortunately. The main one is how upscaling is handled in the game. You're only getting scaling options up to x5 and you get to pick either nearest or bilinear. Those options simply don 't look good on a 1440p monitor. All the sharpness is lost and it looks like a pixelated mess. I played the game with x3 and the rest of the screen was filled with black background. Either add better scaling options or better yet, add native resolution options. The game is missing certain options like achievements and cloud saves. There are some other minor flaws here and there but they don’t detract from what the game has to offer. The developer did mention that they want to add achievements, trading cards and more ways to check your stats in future updates. They’ve been polishing the experience already and it can only become better if they keep it up.
They did a good job with their first game. And there is potential for more greatness. I'm looking forward to what this developer will offer in the future.
Update regarding scaling options:
I’ve had a brief discussion with the devs. The game is upscaled this way deliberately because they’re trying to replicate how games used to look on televisions and keep that experience on modern monitors. While I am not fan of this look, I respect the thought put behind it. No promises were made, but they did mention they might try out different scaling options for fans like me. Even if it’s only a thought, massive respect for caring!