Cat Stack

Welcome to the Cat Stack Pre-Alpha! 🐱

This is an early pre-alpha build designed to test balance physics, control responsiveness, and the core gameplay loop. It does not represent the final product and contains placeholder assets.

What is the game about?

A mysterious red light appeared high in the sky, and cats have an absolute cosmic urge to reach it. Their solution? Kidnap an ordinary human (The Carrier) to serve as the living foundation of a massive feline tower.

• Automatic Stacking: Cats drop from the sky and snap onto the top of your tower automatically.
• Hold the Balance: As the tower grows taller and heavier, run left and right to absorb the wobble and maintain equilibrium without letting the structure collapse.
• Roguelite Structure: Clear stacking rooms to unlock Special Cats with unique physics-altering modifiers.

Controls:

• A / D (or Left / Right Arrows): Move Left / Right
• Shift: Dash / Quick burst of speed

What you can test in this build:

• Physics & Momentum: Responsive ground movement and dynamic tower balancing.
• Safe Zone Visualizer: In the Options Menu, you can toggle an option to make the Safe Zone visible on screen to see exactly how your balance tolerance behaves as you move.
• Initial Special Cats Pool: End-of-room reward cards granting passive and active perks.
• Early Hazards & Obstacles: Preliminary destabilization events like the giant yarn ball.
• Dynamic Camera System: Top-focused main view paired with a ground-level helper camera.

Upcoming Content for Future Builds:

• 4 full vertical biomes (The City, The Sky, Outer Space, and the Psychedelic Zone).
• Zone Bosses and dynamic weather events.
• Persistent meta-progression featuring Quantum Tuna and equipable Medallions.
• Final soundtrack, audio polish, and full Steam Achievements integration.

Steam Release & Development Status:

• Cat Stack will be officially released on Steam in the future.
• This project is made entirely by a Solo Developer working during spare time.

Feedback is appreciated!

1. How does the ground movement and dash feel while catching the balance?
2. Did the Options Menu toggle help you understand the Safe Zone mechanics?
3. Which Special Cats felt the most impactful?

P.S. (Developer Note):

Personally, I feel I need to buff the stat upgrades for all cats so that the impact of stacking them is much more noticeable. Additionally, while some Special Cats already feature clear visual cues for their active effects, others currently lack them due to development time constraints.

Credits & Attribution:

• Font: Pixellari by Zacchary Dempsey-Plante.

All rights reserved. Cat Stack © Alex Ricardo Cabrera Magaña.