Once the first pillar is cleared, the others all come to life and your charged with finding several sets of items for them. I have no idea what a stone pillar will do with some mice, squirrels, rabbits, and a hare, but who am I to judge. As you approach the first, it begins to glow and shortly thereafter it reveals that it wants you to bring it a bunch of dead animals.

They take you to a temple which holds many strange standing stones. Not long after you begin your journey and are settled into your den, Coco will turn up to ask for your help with something. While on the subject of Stardew Valley, let’s get on to the main story. Much like Stardew Valley, you can improve friendships by giving gifts to the other townscats. After a cat nap, you can take a turn around your village and get to know your kitty comrades. Glory to the forest colony!Īfter you join a faction you are provided a den to sleep in. The two other cat factions – my sworn enemies – are the mountain colony to the north and the swamp-based Mystics to the east. The forest cats live in the vibrant green, western side of the map. They then offer to take you to join one of the three local cat colonies. Once the opening vignette is over you’re greeted by Coco, a mysterious black and white cat who teaches you the basic mechanics of the game, including foraging, hunting, and fighting. More variety here would have been most welcome. The music is pretty basic as well and reminds me of something that you might hear in The Sims. The changing seasons will bring more colourful trees and plants, more vibrant grass, but underground areas remain quite visually uninteresting. My only real complaint here is that there are some areas that are super drab, and while I realise that this is supposed to be a very outdoors and earthy game, it could have been perked up in a few parts.

The character portraits are well done, animals can be identified, the local flora is nice, and the gameplay is such that having high definition graphics really wouldn’t add anything. The graphics are rather simple, low-res pixels, about the quality of a 16-bit era console title. You find yourself alone and without the kitty knowhow that a more wild cat might have. Cattails (Woo-oo), is a cat life simulation RPG, where you take on the role of a cute little kitty, who’s owner’s parent decides they’ve had enough of having a happy child who is learning responsibility for another life and dumps you by the roadside (You know, like a responsible adult would).

Lugaru temple in overgrowth