Cats Hidden in Paris News

Hello everyone!

The following changes are now live:

• Valve has reviewed the game and it is now Steam Deck verified!
  
• New icon for the cat meow volume setting since the old one was not clear enough
  
• Fixed a bug where seagulls would only make a sound when the timer mode is deactivated
  
• Fixed a bug where the cursor would change to the hand when over the position of the zoom icon while in-game

Regarding the Steam Deck support, which also includes gamepads in general, there is currently a slight issue with the panning that sometimes requires zooming in and out to explore the whole image. It's nothing game-breaking but fixing it is rather time-intensive and with everything else happening, I have not gotten to this yet. But I will in August for sure. :)

Speaking of all that is happening, Cats Hidden in Italy comes out in less than two days! And I just published the store page for Cats Hidden in Georgia, which seriously blew me away when I first saw it! I can't wait to share that with you later this year.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2485180/Cats_Hidden_in_Georgia/

Peace & Love
Patrick

Hi,

The Speedrun Achievement is now no longer unlocking for everyone and working as intended again.
Plus the achievement text has been updated to reflect the new time.

Thank you S0FTERSIN for making me aware of this issue!

Peace & Love
Patrick

Hello everyone!

Over 2400 reviews in 3 days and 99% positive. I'm honestly speechless. Thank you!
EDIT: the speedrun achievement no longer exists.

The following changes are now live:

• Speedrun Achievement time changed to 3min. This works retroactively, meaning if you achieved a time lower than 3min in the past, the achievement will unlock when you start the game again.
  
• The first time you play the second level (DLC), the timer mode gets deactivated because some were unaware that this can be done in the settings.
  
• Accidental clicking on zoom 2x/3x when going to settings is no longer possible.
  
• In-game screen position will now reset when changing zoom settings to prevent visual glitches.
  
• Fixed a minor bug where the level 2 button would appear while not being in the main menu upon purchase of the DLC while still having the game open.
  
• Fixed a minor bug where the in-game timer in the top right corner would display the times after 10min as 10:3 instead of 10:03.
  

Peace & Love
Patrick

Hello everyone!

WOW! I did not expect such an overwhelmingly positive response from everyone! Thank you!
Also, thank you for all the feedback. Here is what this update brings:

• New Setting: switch between 2x or 3x zoom
  
• It's now possible to scroll down to the bottom while being zoomed out
  
• The birds can now also be clicked on while in timer mode
  
• Zooming is now immediately prevented upon finding the last cat to prevent some weird bug that Killerblue found.
  

When having 3x zoom active, there is no fancy transition but it just snaps in place when going back to 1x because I couldn't make it work otherwise. It was constantly glitching out. If one of you happens to be an expert with Clickteam Fusion 2.5 I'd be happy to take a look at the corresponding code section together.

In case you're wondering why the level is just so slightly bigger than the screen, it is because my lovely artist drew the background in a different dimension than requested (and has since then disappeared). All future releases will be like the DLC: no scrolling is needed while zoomed out. ^^

That's about it for now. I hope this update didn't break anything. And if it did: please be patient with me. I am now going to sleep after a very very long day but I am looking forward to reading all new comments, messages and reviews when I wake up again.

Peace & Love
Patrick

Hello everyone!

It made me very happy to read all the positive comments about the demo and I hope the full game will be able to bring you even greater joy!

I wish you lots of fun finding all the cats, trying to get the speedrun achievement, competing with your friends in who gets the best score and last but not least, searching for all the little interactions I have hidden throughout both levels! :)

Peace & Love
Patrick