Would You Like A Cat Sim Game?

[Spacescifi]

No one that I am aware of has done it, but I think someone should.

In a game where you play as either a male or female cat. In the style of a visual novel like Our Personal Space.

Your actions decide:

1. Your relationship with owner.

2. Your stress level. Having fun lowers it, danger raises it as well as owner being upset at you for having 'fun', so careful play is required.

3. Energy level. Affected by exercise or lack of it.

4. Health, as you can get injured or die taking risks.

5. Much more...you can dominate the neighborhood as top cat, fighting other cats to that end,  influence your owner not to neuter you, but also be forced to mate due to instinct (also if female you will die or bleed to injury you don't mate sooner or later). You can make your owner love you,  hate you, both, save their life or drive them to insanity. Your choice. Or even end up a feral cat!

I was inspired by these cat stories:

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-smartest-thing-your-cat-has-ever-done

 

What do you think or how would you do it?

Edited November 14, 2020 by Spacescifi

[cubinator]

Not before my VR space station simulator.

[Nuke]

i remember playing alley cat on my grandpas computer when i was a kid. got to love that four color cga goodness.  does that count?

when i think of cat simulator i dont think of a virtual pet type game but rather a fps (first person scratcher) type game where you can hunt and kill things at will. it would play a lot like the alien portion of avp games. levels would include a lot of climbing and jumping as well as stealth and stalking of prey. progression would start you with house cats, feral cats, move up to small wild cats and then do big cats. multiplayer could be pve of sorts involving a pride of lions. would allow you to explore all aspects of a cat's behavior from the cat's point of view. i never understood why wildlife simulation isn't a genre. people enjoy nature shows so why not simulations?

Edited November 14, 2020 by Nuke

[sir rocket]

2 hours ago, Nuke said:

when i think of cat simulator i dont think of a virtual pet type game but rather a fps (first person scratcher) type game where you can hunt and kill things at will. it would play a lot like the alien portion of avp games. levels would include a lot of climbing and jumping as well as stealth and stalking of prey. progression would start you with house cats, feral cats, move up to small wild cats and then do big cats. multiplayer could be pve of sorts involving a pride of lions. would allow you to explore all aspects of a cat's behavior from the cat's point of view. i never understood why wildlife simulation isn't a genre. people enjoy nature shows so why not simulations?

this looks like something i might want to try

[Spacescifi]

2 hours ago, Nuke said:

i remember playing alley cat on my grandpas computer when i was a kid. got to love that four color cga goodness.  does that count?

when i think of cat simulator i dont think of a virtual pet type game but rather a fps (first person scratcher) type game where you can hunt and kill things at will. it would play a lot like the alien portion of avp games. levels would include a lot of climbing and jumping as well as stealth and stalking of prey. progression would start you with house cats, feral cats, move up to small wild cats and then do big cats. multiplayer could be pve of sorts involving a pride of lions. would allow you to explore all aspects of a cat's behavior from the cat's point of view. i never understood why wildlife simulation isn't a genre. people enjoy nature shows so why not simulations?

 

I think my OP version would explore cat/human relationships, and would be quite helpful to anyone who wishes to own a cat, and amusing to one who does.

Your version...if accurate to reality, would be rated Mature for showing graphic violence.

Also if accurate to reality, cat player would have to rest,  as cats are NOT endurance animals. I have even seen cats fighting to the death take repeated time outs to pant before going back at it!

[Nuke]

2 hours ago, Spacescifi said:

 

I think my OP version would explore cat/human relationships, and would be quite helpful to anyone who wishes to own a cat, and amusing to one who does.

Your version...if accurate to reality, would be rated Mature for showing graphic violence.

Also if accurate to reality, cat player would have to rest,  as cats are NOT endurance animals. I have even seen cats fighting to the death take repeated time outs to pant before going back at it!

im all for grimdark nature simulation. i guess like most flight sims you can time warp through the boring stuff. 

human cat interaction would be an interesting so long as its from the cat's perspective. i actually did a search for this a couple days ago and found about 50 virtual pet type games with cutesie graphics, and almost all from the human perspective. as a long time cat slave i know that cats are a lot more sinister than that. they actively train their humans and are constantly extorting things from their human, and inter-cat politics has its own interesting dynamics. i swear that the consumption of cat litter grows exponentially with the number of cats, to them its some sort of contest to see who can stink up the box more.  and then you got your time shares where cats take turns holding on to certain locations in the house. like you can get out of your chair 3 times throughout the day and each time you will find a different cat sitting there when you come back. or how our alpha cat despite being damn old, deaf, and being a bag of bones with barely enough energy to stand can still manage to hold the top position in the pecking order (the other 2 cats are either very large or very muscular and could take the top spot easily). of course one other problem with making a game to explore cat behavior is that said cat behavior almost never seems to be set in stone from minute to minute. 

something in the same vein as goat simulator would also be funny as hell. 

Edited November 15, 2020 by Nuke

[Spacescifi]

1 hour ago, Nuke said:

im all for grimdark nature simulation. i guess like most flight sims you can time warp through the boring stuff. 

human cat interaction would be an interesting so long as its from the cat's perspective. i actually did a search for this a couple days ago and found about 50 virtual pet type games with cutesie graphics, and almost all from the human perspective. as a long time cat slave i know that cats are a lot more sinister than that. they actively train their humans and are constantly extorting things from their human, and inter-cat politics has its own interesting dynamics. i swear that the consumption of cat litter grows exponentially with the number of cats, to them its some sort of contest to see who can stink up the box more.  and then you got your time shares where cats take turns holding on to certain locations in the house. like you can get out of your chair 3 times throughout the day and each time you will find a different cat sitting there when you come back. or how our alpha cat despite being damn old, deaf, and being a bag of bones with barely enough energy to stand can still manage to hold the top position in the pecking order (the other 2 cats are either very large or very muscular and could take the top spot easily). of course one other problem with making a game to explore cat behavior is that said cat behavior almost never seems to be set in stone from minute to minute. 

something in the same vein as goat simulator would also be funny as hell. 

 

I dare say that we understand cat behavior well enough to satisfy the human amusement factor.

As for being top cat, cats do like others more than others, other times, cats may simply fear and respect another cat and not mess with him even though he has become old.

Perfect example: Just because your grandpa is old does not mean you will take his food away from him.

Animals do not have a conscience, but in their own way, they do love, respect, and or care for others, whether cat, human, or other pets.

You don't need a conscience for that. Even serial murderers have been known to not harm those they actually do have a bond with.

Animals are no different.

Edited November 15, 2020 by Spacescifi

[kerbiloid]

A Cat Sim Game.

Eat because hungry.
Eat from boredom.
Scratch the chair.
Sleep.
Ask to open the door.
Ask to open the door.
Ask to open the door.
Scratch the chair.
Look in the opened door. Pass by.
Sleep.
Vomit on the couch.
Eat because hungry.
Liquid around the boots.
Sleep.
Eat from boredom.
Have a toilet.
Eat because hungry.
Scratch the chair.
Sleep.

[munlander1]

Personally, I don't think it is a game I would purchase.