Cats & Dice News

I'm pleased to announce Cats & Dice is finally releasing on Steam Early Access!
Get your cats and start rolling your dice!

[h3]Watch the Launch Trailer:[/h3]
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[h3]A Dice-building, Big-number Roguelike[/h3]
- Assemble a set of cats that synergize and work well with one another.
- Equip your cats with items to further enhance their abilities.
- Your cats also provide your "deck" of dice. All cats have a unique set of dice.
- Master the synergy between cats and dice to overcome the ever-increasing score requirement and win!

[h3]Play Cats & Dice Now![/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3128280/Cats__Dice/

[h3]Regarding the Demo[/h3]
As Cats & Dice has undergone significant changes since the demo version, I've made the decision to take down the demo from the Steam page as I think it no longer adequately represents the game. HOWEVER, for those who must try the demo first, you can do so on the itch.io page.

Changes from the Demo:
- For your Boon/Bane picks; a Bane will now only affect you for a single round (much like a "Boss" fight), whereas a Boon will stick with you throughout the rest of your run. The Banes will also be much stronger to compensate for its temporary nature.

- A Quest system has been added to the shop. Should you choose to take a quest on, it may reward you in various ways in exchange for taking on more risk for the next round. In short, it's a risk/reward system.

- More cats and items and a rarity system.

- To win you'd have to make it through 24 rounds. There's also endless mode if you're up to the challenge.

- Many more changes much smaller in scale so I won't be listing everything out.


This is just the beginning as the game is in early access. There'll be more features and content to come. Enjoy the game and I hope you have fun! Join the community on discord.

Cheers,
Yong

[h2]Release date announcement[/h2]

Hi all, I am pleased to announce that there is finally a release date for Cats & Dice - May 12th!
Check out the new trailer below:

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[h3]Changes to the game[/h3]

Besides new Cats and items, there has also been a number of changes made to the game that are not reflected in the demo.

One such example is the Boon/Bane system. After looking at feedback and rigorously playtesting it myself, I've made some tweaks to it. A Bane will now only affect you on the round you pick it (much like a "Boss" fight in a sense), whereas a Boon will stick with you throughout the rest of your run. In the previous system where you'd accumulate Banes, it felt too stifling having to constantly plan and play around all the restrictions you'd get. And as you get more Banes it only gets worse.

Of course, to compensate for the fact that a Bane will only affect you for one round it now has much greater impact than before. Each Boon/Bane option will still be randomly paired together so you'd have to weigh the pros and cons of your decision.

Other changes are much smaller in scale, so I won't be listing everything out. Thank you for your continued interest in Cats & Dice, if you'd like to be reminded when this releases, a wishlist and follow would be very much appreciated. Also feel free to join the community on discord!



Cheers,
Yong

This is a bug fixing update. It should cover all currently known bugs in the demo.

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]
- Reroll cost reduction (ticket) in shop now works correctly and should keep the 1st reroll cost at $0 even after you exit and reload your run midway through a round.

- Restarting the game during certain moments can result in the Cat/item you've just bought reappearing in the shop. This has now been fixed.

- Mousing over cats or items in the shop while they are just popping up will sometimes result in them being matched with the wrong sprites or even render them invisible. This has now been fixed.

- Selling a Cat with item(s) equipped now display the correct amount of $ you'd get (Cats + items). Previously there was a visual bug where you'll still get the right amount but the $ indicated is wrong.

- Gecko Keychain and Sticker can sometimes trigger when other Cats trigger their passives (they should only be triggered when the Cats they are equppied on trigger their passives). This has now been fixed.

- You can get wrong numbers from Shieldmaiden buffing Sunstones if you have multiple Sunstones equipped on a single Cat. This is now fixed.


Thank you for playing. I am working hard on the upcoming Early Access release. Feedback will be appreciated as always so please leave them here on the forum or in discord.

Cheers!
Yong

Hi all, this is a little late but let me wish everyone who is reading this a happy 2025!



First of all, a bit of a regrettable news but the release of Cats & Dice will be delayed. I've previously mentioned a January 2025 release, but it looks like that will be a little too tight for me. The game still needs a bit more work to smooth out the rough edges. I am still aiming for a Q1 2025 release though so hopefully it will be just a slight delay.

[h2]Final demo update[/h2]
This will also be the final demo update as the early access release draws near.

[h3]Quality of Life[/h3]
- All sprites for the cats are now in the game (say goodbye to the W-I-P cat for now).

- General polish such as screen transitions.

- You can now take Steam screenshots.

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]
- The "Sunstone" item is now able to affect other sunstones when equipped on the same cat. Previously a Sunstone will increase the passive number of all abilities/items except for other Sunstones. This means stacking Sunstones onto the same cat now will be way more powerful than before.

- Missing Chinese text for certain items have been fixed.


If you encounter any bugs, do let me know either here or on discord. I will be providing another update once I have an actual release date ready. Until then, thank you for your continued interest in Cats & Dice!



Cheers,
Yong

This update to the demo is mostly for bug fixes and certain quality of life features that have been requested.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
- Using "Bane Removal" ticket on the 'nullify bonus' bane now works correctly without having to exit to the title screen.

- Buying an item by placing it in an already occupied item-slot will deduct its cost twice. This has now been fixed.

- Fixed the game potentially crashing if you're loading a save-file that exited mid-way through a tutorial.


[h2]Quality of Life changes[/h2]
- There is now an option for windowed borderless fullscreen.

- You can now drag and drop dice/cats/items instead of pressing once to pick them up and then pressing again to drop them.

- In addition to the spacebar, you can now press 1-6 with your keyboard while hovering over a dice to send it straight to the position you want. If the dice-slot in that position is already occupied, it will displace the prior dice.

- While holding a dice, dropping it onto another dice in the dice-tray will swap the two dice. Previously this is only possible for dice placed in the dice-slot.

- Added a short-cut button (it's to the left of the dice-slots) where one click will slot in all dice automatically. This is mostly for situations where you are all out of rerolls, or you are going to win/lose regardless and it does not matter where you place the dice.


[h2]Polish[/h2]
- Better presentation of cats/items change when you reroll in the shop.

- Added shadows for cats and they now slowly float around their positions. The floating also serves a informational purpose where if you get the bane that restricts cats from changing positions, they will stop floating and simply stay still like before.


Thank you for playing. Feedback will always be appreciated so please leave them here on the forum or in discord.

Cheers!
Yong