Questions about Catizens

[IcyMice]

Here you can ask us any questions about our game. You want to know more about gameplay aspects or maybe you got some interesting fan theories, ask us here, and we will answer you.

Also, the most interesting questions will be answered by developers in the next Q&A video. So stay tuned.

[neenz123]

Hi, so excited the game is finally out! Been patiently waiting since the demo. My question though, on the demo, once you had reached an area the fog would disappear permanently, but now it comes back as soon as my catizens leave that area. Is this supposed to happen? I prefer the way it worked in the demo!!

[omvinteren]

Originally posted by CharnelToad:

This game is advertised as being 'inspired by Rimworld' - does that include really dark content, or is this more lighthearted?

I would say that it is much more lighthearted, the insperation comes mostly from technical elements :)

[omvinteren]

Originally posted by neenz123:

Hi, so excited the game is finally out! Been patiently waiting since the demo. My question though, on the demo, once you had reached an area the fog would disappear permanently, but now it comes back as soon as my catizens leave that area. Is this supposed to happen? I prefer the way it worked in the demo!!

It is intended. The dissapearance of fog made the game too easy, so we decided to return it. This is a newer feature though, so we'll be polishing it during development :)

[AlsoKnownAsT]

'ello! I'm brand new; I'd never even heard about Catizens until yesterday, but I'm loving the concept and the graphics! SO CUTE! As an avid RimWorld player (2k+ hrs) who started playing The Sims back in 2001 when Hot Date was released, the description spoke to me. I think ultimately once it is more complete, this could become my new favorite game.

Couple of things though:
• I loathe the current fog mechanics: I can appreciate how having no fog at all can be too easy, but it is driving me insane that the fog comes back in areas I've explored. It bothers me so much that it may make the game unplayable for me quite soon. I can't keep track of all the cats shenanigans AND try to remember where I've been to gather the stuff that's laying around in the fog.
• Bed assignments: I've got a Bush cat who is assigned to a single cottage. They absolutely refuse to sleep there unless I specifically tell them to. I find them on the top floor of a random two story every time I look. So they constantly have a negative buff. Is it a bug or am I just doing something wrong? Same question, but for Tree cats. Buggers keep sleeping in the bottom bed of their house.
• I'd love a quick way to glance at my kitties and see what each is currently doing. I can see their traits on the list to the right, but not their current activity.
• Deselect other than Esc: it's just too far to be convenient and the UI takes up too much space. I keep trying to click on open grass to clear my selected cat or building, but nothing happens and I'm perpetually surprised and annoyed. Obviously a me problem, but maybe I'm not alone?
• Task queue: I'm addicted to shift clicking on my RimWorld colonists and assigning them a bunch of stuff at once. I'd love to see something similar.
• Task schedule: Something more akin to the RimWorld work schedule table where I can tell certain characters to prioritize certain tasks and not do certain tasks.
• Ability list: I'd love to look somewhere and see which cats can do which tasks. This might dovetail nicely into something like a task schedule, but at the very least a guide or tip or something about which traits/professions can do which types of tasks.
• Mining: I *think* only cats who are not professionals or apprentices can mine? If so, how come? It feels like this should be a profession.
• Energy drinks: Or some kind of movement speed buff other than roads.

Questions:
• Any plans to add walls and separate furniture in addition to the pre-fab houses?
• Any plans to amend the storage mechanics? Like restricting item types or Cats who can access that storage unit?
• Any plans for Twitch integration? Have viewers be able to send items or be assigned to a character or the like?

Sorry if I'm overwhelming! I tend to be a lot. Thanks for listening and keep up the great work!

[omvinteren]

Hello :) Thank you for your detailed review of our game!
For now there are no plans on anything you were asking about, but I'll transfer those ideas to the devs along with your feedback, so they can consider the possibilities :)

[ira]

Se sabe cuando podrán ponerlo en español? jeje

[omvinteren]

Originally posted by ira:

Se sabe cuando podrán ponerlo en español? jeje

We don't know yet :( Right now the development team is focused on gameplay, and additional translations will be considered later.

Todavía no lo sabemos :( Ahora mismo el equipo de desarrollo está centrado en la jugabilidad, y más adelante se considerarán las traducciones adicionales.

[SRK - Story/Show/Game]

I just bought the game. I can't play it because it won't let me save and I have no idea why.... Nvm. sorted it.

[Varaosa]

Are there possible to custom cat(s) after start sandbox game? When you start a game, you can only edit 2 cat(s) at start but, you get 4 of them & you can't edit those two &/or any of them afterward. Or can i?

[omvinteren]

Originally posted by Varaosa:

Are there possible to custom cat(s) after start sandbox game? When you start a game, you can only edit 2 cat(s) at start but, you get 4 of them & you can't edit those two &/or any of them afterward. Or can i?

There is no option to customise any other catizens after you create the main 2. At least for now. The game is still in development, and we get this question a lot, so who knows, maybe we'll add this mechanic later. I can't promise anything yet though :)

[Varaosa]

Originally posted by omvinteren:

Originally posted by Varaosa:

Are there possible to custom cat(s) after start sandbox game? When you start a game, you can only edit 2 cat(s) at start but, you get 4 of them & you can't edit those two &/or any of them afterward. Or can i?

There is no option to customise any other catizens after you create the main 2. At least for now. The game is still in development, and we get this question a lot, so who knows, maybe we'll add this mechanic later. I can't promise anything yet though :)

-Aww... :c

[Akumu2BA2(TTV)]

I'm on level 2 and I have tried every way conceivable of placing a bridge, long, short, high, low... and it will not let me place one across the river bank. I have 78 wood, 81 gold. And a level 10 architect.

[omvinteren]

Originally posted by Kimiko Nomura:

I'm on level 2 and I have tried every way conceivable of placing a bridge, long, short, high, low... and it will not let me place one across the river bank. I have 78 wood, 81 gold. And a level 10 architect.

Several players told us about this and we are currently looking into it. Could be a bug. Sorry for the inconvenience :(

[Tanzia]

Originally posted by Kotan:

Originally posted by vavacung:

Errr....How to close this purple log box? I don't know how I open it in the first place...

https://i.imgur.com/UtsH6ia.png

Oh, it seems that somehow they found a console that was cut from the build. Previously, it was called using the f12 key. Did you press any keys before the window appeared?

Originally posted by indy-anna:

Will you release the game in early assess?

Most likely, yes. But before that, we need to add quite a lot of content and finalize the story mod.

Originally posted by Sko:

Is the "Clumsy" trait supposed to cancel actions? I'm totally fine with the Catizens tripping and being slower to do things but having to give them new commands over and over and over is rather annoying.

Also, I'd appreciate some method of making them prioritize turning wheat into flour. At one point my Catizens were starving because I couldn't make bread because they just decided they didn't want to make flour despite me having 3+ Flour Mills.

Originally posted by Sko:

Is the "Clumsy" trait supposed to cancel actions? I'm totally fine with the Catizens tripping and being slower to do things but having to give them new commands over and over and over is rather annoying.

Also, I'd appreciate some method of making them prioritize turning wheat into flour. At one point my Catizens were starving because I couldn't make bread because they just decided they didn't want to make flour despite me having 3+ Flour Mills.

Oh, clumsy cats must continue to work after tripping. We will check this bug, thanks.

About the flour. Well, cats can be really tricky. Perhaps this will be fixed in the future. But remember that these are cats =)

Clumsy trait is STILL action cancelling, all my cats starved because she wont do anything but fall on her face.

[omvinteren]

Originally posted by Tanzia:

Clumsy trait is STILL action cancelling, all my cats starved because she wont do anything but fall on her face.

Hi! Thank you for bringing this to our attention, but we were unable to replicate this issue on our side. Can you please give us more info?
We'll need:
1. The version of the build. (Can be found above the main menu of the game)
2. A broken save file. Saves can be found in:

Win: C:Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Bad Optics\Catizens\savegames
MacOS: /Users/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Bad Optics/Catizens/savegames
Where USERNAME is the name of your PC.

3. Logs. They can be found in:

Win: C:Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Bad Optics\Catizens\Player.log
MacOS: ~/Library/Logs/Bad Optics/Catizens/Player.log
Where USERNAME is the name of your PC.

You can send us saves and logs through file-sharing services like GoogleDrive, DropMeFiles and similar ones that you like. You can also send them to our discord https://discord.gg/PZDetAKGBq or email them to [e-mail]