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***Do NOT Take This Cat Home***

It's your day off, but the weather is really bringing you down.

Among other things. 

But... you're drawn to the distant sound of something calling out to you...

You follow it to a dark, lonely alley. And at the back of the alley, in a cardboard box...


...is a cat.

A very cute cat.

What will you do?

Will you selfishly ignore it and go enjoy your day off?

Will you befriend it only to abandon it anyway?

Or...

...Will you take it home with you? Surely you will, right?

Right. Who could say no to  that face~?


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32K words! (3-4~ hours of gameplay, depending on reading speed)

39 unique endings 1 true ending

Original Soundtrack (available for download!)

Surreal atmosphere, animations, minigames and more!


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WARNING!

This game is not suitable for children or the easily disturbed. It includes depictions of horror elements, human/animal violence and death, abuse/abusive relationship(s), disturbing images, loud noises, flashing images/lights and more. 

Individuals suffering from anxiety, depression or certain fears/phobias may not have a safe experience playing this game. For full list of content/trigger warnings go to 'About' section in the game's main menu. Or download .txt file below!


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TRANSLATIONS

Português (BR) -  George Ribeiro


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I DID NOT UPLOAD "DO NOT TAKE THIS CAT HOME" TO THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE OR TO ANY OTHER WEBSITE AND I DONT PLAN ON DOING SO FOR NOW.

Please don't download any apps claiming to be my game as they might be viruses!

Updated 3 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(708 total ratings)
AuthorPixeliminal
GenreVisual Novel, Interactive Fiction
Made withRen'Py
TagsCats, Creepy, Horror, Indie, Multiple Endings, Psychological Horror, Ren'Py, scary, yandere
Average sessionA few hours
LanguagesEnglish

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DoNOTTakeThisCatHome-1.0-pc.zip 926 MB
DoNOTTakeThisCatHome-1.0-mac.zip 892 MB
Content Warnings Full List.txt 1.4 kB
Endings guide.txt 5 kB
DoNOTTakeThisCatHome OST.zip 145 MB
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its kinda dumb

Hello Pixeliminal,

We saw that your game just received a Portuguese localization.

As a group of junior Game Localization Specialists, we would like to renew our interest in an Italian Localization of your game.

It would be awesome to exercise our translation skills with your game.

We are sure the Itch.io Italian Gamer's community will be glad to see a proper Italian localization for this game.

You can contact us via email: [email protected]

You can also find our LinkedIn personal contacts on our Itch.io page.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

We wish you a great week ahead.

The Star Words Team

 

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LOVE THIS GAME. it really opened my eyes to a lot and it gives a good long enjoyable play!!!

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those this game have any virus before i play it, just asking

I got no virus its just that if you don't like gore or disturbing things like that i wouldn't recommend but this personally was right up my alley :)

i loved this game! I was wondering if you wanted to add more languages. I'm a Spanish localiser and it would be a pleasure to translate it (for free)! i sent you a message on twitter :)

I love it! It's actually scary 😭

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I'm so glad people find this game scary XD Thanks for giving it a try! I hope you enjoy yourself!

Haha no problem at all! I very much enjoyed it.  I'm looking forward to more projects!

I loved getting all the endings!!!!

I'm glad you had fun! Thanks for playing!

I am still unlocking more ending seriously the game has 40 endings which makes it more enjoyable to explore more options in the game I loved every details about the game from the art style to music to how the story played thanks for making this game I hope there's more Games out of you guys !

Thank you so much for trying out the game! I'm glad that you're enjoying yourself so far!

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I cried in the ending :sob: !! SPOILER ALERT !!



Even after everything this kitty has done to us I rlly didnt want it to die, it makes me realize that if there were no challenges in life, it would be boring, but great game as always!! Ive been so obsessed that ive been making a pt.2 in my head lol

Thank you so much!


Yeah, the ending is really bittersweet since despite everything, you spent a lot of time with IT making a connection :'D Messed up as that connection was XD

Glad you enjoyed the game! Thanks for playing!

you're welcome!! You're really talented honestlyy

This Looks Like A Fun Game. I Should Try It Out!

If you do, I hope you enjoy it!

I cry in the final, this game is incredible.

That's kind of you to say, thank you so much for playing to the end :')

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The game is awesome! I loved the final plot twist where you see your own cat. Also, is there any way I can contact you privately? Thank u:D

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the game and the ending!

I have some links on my profile page where you can message me :D

I've just finished the game and WOW! What an experience! The story really impressed me. The discrepancy between the cat's cute appearance and the horrors he inflicts on us... The number of different endings, each more unexpected than the last...

We feel concerned by the character, his problems and I understand his attraction for the cat, despite what he does to him.

The ending leaves us thinking that our character has healed his wounds and is ready to move on.

Thank you for all this! 

I'm glad you were able to connect with the protagonist and that the story resonated with you. I did my best to make the cat as adorable and off-putting as I could to add to the horror and make the happy ending feel earned.

Thank you so much for playing! I'm happy you enjoyed it!

You have any plans on putting this on android? If not, that's fine! Just wondering.

Sorry no plans for it, the game doesn't seem to work on android.

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this game fucked up 3 of my friends so bad one of them got too sick they couldn't watch stream anymore, another started having anxiety problems and the other almost cried 3 times and almost puked 5 times or more

10/10 game loved it!!!!!!!!!!! yippiee hurray!!!!!!!

XD Glad you liked it! Thanks for playing!

My apologies to your friends XD

i want to take the cat home

OwO

This Game was an absolute treat, 10/10 I love kiggie 

Thank you very much!

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This game was lowk good asf. I had so much fun with this game and the game is never too bland, its always interesting the whole way through.

9/10 i love this game s

Thanks so much for playing! I'm glad you had fun!

I want to ask that I already got all 40 endings but I see that there is still the ''...'' and when I click it  shows if I want to play with IT again. What happens when u click yes.. lol

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lets you go to the load menu

It brings you back to right before beginning the endgame endings, and allows you to load any save files you have as usual.

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Damn, this was a hair-raising game but despite all that I still shed some tears for the  IT cat 🫠

:') I'm glad the story touched you so that you still had some sympathy for IT even after everything. Thank you for playing!

what is the ?????

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I played this, got all 40 endings, and i've gotta say the only really disturbing part of it (for me) was the part where the "human/animal violence and death" tag is really necessary, or ending 36. I'm fine now even if no one cares to hear it but that part kinda scarred me :D anyways love the game, it was really good and I enjoyed it overall, love the art style and story!

PLEASE LET ME USE IT AS INSPIRATION FOR A CHARACTER IN A BOOK I'M WRITING (also what is IT's name I think we all want to know)

Oh no! XD I'm sorry that part scarred you! Thanks so much for playing! I don't mind you using it for inspiration, I'd love to see the outcome in your book! 

IT actually has no official name. IT was just messing with you~ OwO

Oh thank you for letting me use inspo! The character's name is Vexa in my book, and she's an outer god that represents Darkness and the Abyss, just so you know what kind of thing IT is being inspiration of

And it's ok that IT has no official name I find that cool, and I'm doing ok now I'm not as scarred as before but it still made me a lil sad is all :) Your game was really amazing

Hello! Haven't talked in a while but, I'm a violinist, and I would LOVE to supply you with sound effects or sound tracts, I'll do it for free too btw, also if you ever make a new game, I would love to translate it into Spanish

Hello! It might be a while before a new game comes out, but I really appreciate the kind offer, thank you!

Np!

are you working on a new game rn???

I've been brainstorming a few ideas (I've got plenty XD)!

I didn't know what to expect honestly; I will be playing more!

Thanks so much for trying out the game!

This is probably my favorite horror game of all time, do you plan on making any more games after this one?

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I'd like to because this was a lot of fun to work on! It might end up being a different genre or another horror, but I'll see what I end up with XD

I just finished watching a gameplay of this game and it's really good! This game DESERVES the horror tag. As I as watching I was wondering what program did you use to make this game? I'm guessing ready because I think k recognized the text font.

Thank you so much! 

The programs I used:

Ren'Py for the programming, 

Medibang for art, 

and Beepbox/Audacity for music/sound fx editing

I wish I there was an alternate ending for keeping "IT"

trueee

Sorry! Does ending 37 count? OwO

Very creepy! Never expected a cat to be this creepy, but good job! Also, the fish ending one. very unusual. but good, unusual! very well thought out!! one of my top games I have ever rated. 9/10!!

Thank you very much!

Ive seen nothing but fire from this game

and the lack of a android port saddens me deeply 

altough I've also heard that androidifying a game can suckkkk

Sorry! I did try, but it just wasn't working out

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I absolutely loved how we also have to persist as a player, making the lesson learned by the protagonist so much more valuable. And question, I achieved all the 40 endings listed but also got two ?? endings that don't show up in the list. Are there any more of these I'm missing?

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No, you got them all! The first ?? ending is technically non-canon since the rest of the game wouldn't have happened if you left it there. And the next ?? ending is just part of the story.

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Sweet thanks for the reply! 

I have to say thank you for making this game. I played it up to the very last ending. I don't want to go too deep into it, but even with the completely unrealistic events happening in the game, it felt so real. The cycle, the hope of change within the cycle. The pain within the cycle. The loneliness. The taking advantage of the said loneliness. A new appreciation of life and the simple choices you have after breaking free. The simple joys. And the weird fondness I had for the "cat" even as he said, "I hate you." I can't tell you how real that final conversation felt. But the greatest moment for me was seeing that sweet kitten at the end, waiting for us in our once lonely apartment. It spoke a thousand words about the "our" healing and journey at the end. I loved this, so thank you for sharing with me that feeling.

Thank you so much for sharing your feelings with such kind words! I'm glad the story resonated with you and that you liked the ending especially. Thank you for playing to the very end, though I know it was bittersweet.

Good job, BRAVA!

Thank you very much!

Let me just start off. This game is TRULY phenomonal. I LOVED it. I do not understand why there's no fandom at all though bc this deff beats doki doki imo. the symbolism and moral just hits soo hard and the true ending made me cry sm. PLS MAKE MORE GAMES PIXEL!

That's truly high praise since DDLC was one of my inspirations for the game! Thank you very much!

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i HATE the cat fuck you cat 

OwO

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Got nothing better to do, heres a video tutorial on how to run the game on linux (This is linux mint 22) This should also work on fedora or any other distro, Also, from what I know, the green lines in game is not a result of linux, i think my GPU is starting to die out :(

Thank you very much for posting this!

I had such a blast playing this game, I will record even more of this game. It caught me off guard sometimes and made me really uncomfortable. Really honestly well done on the game! <3 

Thank you so much for giving the game a try! I'm glad you're enjoying it so far! :D

The game got cutesy and creepy vibes especially when things got distorted. 

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Thank you very much for trying out the game!

yo vi ese en YouTub

Google translated:

¡Me alegro que haya llamado tu atención!

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