#a cattail tale

[cattailtales]

national cat day, you say?

#meet Frankie (ft. Ladybug in the last one) #don’t let her cuteness fool you she is a Menace #will fight u for chicky and treats #my children #my cats #cats #kittens #national cat day #a cattail tale

[maysoulrose]

This is Vasilisa the Beautiful. A Russian fairytale, from a beautifully animated film I grew up watching and hold dear to my heart.

I love the art style so much, I tried to incorporate it into my piece here, while still adding my personal style and flairs to it!

I really loved mimicking this style with all the shapes and details. It was really relaxing just throwing in whatever I felt like. I also LOVE drawing water like this!!! Just squished ovals all over hehe.

I drew this with the intension of using it as an embroidery guide... so hopefully I'll do that!

Also, upon looking for my first fanart I did, I found that I did it exactly 10 years ago! It's nice to see my progress as an artist <3

If you want to watch the Soviet film it's here on youtube! There's probably English subtitles, but I just listen to it as it is and enjoy the visual storytelling.

#vasilisa the beautiful #russian fairy tales #frog princess #vasilisa the beautiful fanart #fanart #art #detailed art #shapes #design #digital art #frogs #lily pads #pond #illustration #self taught artist #artist #maysoul art #cattail #swamp #pond plants #beautiful art #aesthetic #animated film #fantasy #fantasy art #fairy princess #princess stories #Youtube

[pumpkinnkidd]

i cannot recommend playing cattails wildwood story enough i was an alpha backer for it and seeing it from start to finish has been so cool

it is such a lovely game if you can i would give it a try!!!

#pumpkin.txt #cattails wildwood story #i love this game so much #i love the first one a lot too and untold tales the old wc game #everything falcondevelops makes is awesome haha

[aa0akaace]

Cattails oc cattails oc

#because it isnt out on the switch yet im pretty sure #so i wont be able to play as this character yet but the character customization is exiting #anyways aurora here they are #aurora #cattails wildwood #cattails wildwood story #cattails #cat tales #my art

[cyrusborg]

happy yule & merry xmas !! this was my ninjago secret santa gift 4 crimsonarts, and the event was organised on this server !! thank u ninjago fandom 4 being so kind to me all these years, and i hope to see u all next yr :))

#ninjago #lego ninjago #jay walker #cole brookstone #bruiseshipping #geodeshipping #secret santa #fanart #ninjago bad bitches fr #obligatory cattails and warriors untold tales mention #i hope i drew them right 😭 #electric rock is their band #theyre in a band btw #jay is an electric guitarist cole plays drums #they do vocals together #theyre a pop punk / metal band

[themis-cattails]

Themis' Fortune - page 275

Read from the beginning here!

#themis' fortune #cattails game #cattailsgame #cattails #cat tails #every day they're out there chasing... cat tails! woo-oo! #(i get the duck tales theme in my head so often this way)

[talesfromthebacklog]

Tales From The Backlog: Cattails

7/10

In the simplest way I can put this: It’s Stardew Valley but with cats!

With. CATS.

At least that’s how I saw it initially described. And it’s a pretty accurate description for what it is. It was also $3 on sale with a newly released sequel. Which I view sequels as a potential indicator of quality. Not necessarily high quality but played enough where developers thought: “Yeah. More than one. People might like that.”

And I do. I do like this game a lot. It deserved an expanded sequel. It’s a life sim RPG where you are a cat abandoned on the side of the road by your owner and you are taken in by other local cats into a cat colony. It’s cute. I like this game SO MUCH. The sequel looks even better!!!

My cat’s name is Butter. Let’s talk about it!

I like cozy games. But cats aren’t really my thing? I like them. I like petting them and all that junk. But cats are like horses. The people who like cats are REALLY into cats. Just like horse people. You know? Meaning: Cat games aren’t my thing. Horse games are.

I don’t even remember how I stumbled across this game. I think it was blind luck because nothing about the art or the name denotes what kind of experience it will be other than cat.

Hence why I didn’t use it as the opener pic. The art is cute though. Though on Switch this same art is really pixelated when it was used as the title screen. And not in an intentional way. It comes across like it was blown up too big on the screen.

And I play in handheld mode 90% of the time. Not a complaint, just an observation.

Regardless of how I ran into the game, what was in this $3 package?

A pretty great experience actually. Simple. Cute. It had more content than I expected it to. It is not an empty experience.

Like Stardew Valley there are various familiar elements:

There’s the cat shrine, which is like the community center. You bring various specific goods to unlock things. In this case it unlocks little puzzles to work on throughout the map which also reward you. While not finished this is a breeze to get through.

There’s the town bulletin board in which you complete quests to earn special currency to get special items.

There are marriage candidates. You can get married to another cat. I can’t decide between Krampy and Alisa. Very different vibes.

Yes you can have kittens and they can look like a mix between the player character and your spouse. Ridiculous. I LOVE THAT. This is the gameplay I want to see!

I’m pretty satisfied with the writing of the NPCs. Not the most top tier but a lot of these style of games get overly childish dialogue. Cattails does not suffer from this problem. Thank lord. It doesn’t need to be mature but like… I don’t want to be able to hear you pronounce the word frog with a w just by looking at the text. You know?

Fwog.

The map is almost completely open world. You have to earn your way into little sub areas, but in majority you can do what you want to do and see what you want to see. The game actively rewards you for checking nooks and crannies. The game doesn’t hold your hand and direct you too much though. The game lightly nudges you in the right direction when you follow the main story. Some mechanics aren’t explained well, like the cat colony control thing (I’ll go into this more in a bit). The game is gracious enough to have a short mechanics tutorial though. I love short basic bread and butter tutorials. Some folks like this kind of stuff, some don’t. Just know that out the gate.

Then there’s the mole mines. You dig for treasure and sell it to the moles for special currency to get special items. There’s no crafting element though.

And with no crafting there is no chests, storage, etc. but this is balanced well. Prey is abundant (you will die if you don’t eat) and you aren’t crafting so storage is entirely unnecessary.

There are seasonal festivals with mini games and special prizes. Those are cute.

Then there are the differences. Starting with no farming. Kind of a special rarity. A lot of the cozy game genre leans on farming pretty hard. Maybe almost too much so despite how much I love it. At least in this first game. The second game had screenshots that had farming (Not a complaint.). This game largely depends on you hunting and foraging. It’s cute and different. I like that. The hunting is actually pretty fun too. Weather and season affects your hunting. You have to tie yourself and stalk prey.

On top of the hunting there is very light combat. This is either in the mines or against other randomly named cats in the over world (and the cat names do NOT disappoint). You get to choose which out of three colonies you join. From here on out you are in a constant territorial dispute. On your map screen you can see which areas of the map are dominated, or in the process of domination, by your colony and other colonies. There are two territorial disputes a day to help you sway favor in these zones.

And of course cats from your colony are there to help you! The only, thankfully abusable, downside is that the number of cats generated to both help and attack you are random. But if the numbers aren’t in your favor you can just literally exit and come back until they are.

Combat itself is basic. There are skills and items you can get that do small things to help (like poisoning your claws with local plants? Brutal! I love it). But while basic it is still entertaining to be in little cat wars.

Especially since it also allows for other “towns” to exist. Which a lot of these types of games really lack. There’s something appealing to me about needing to travel to a separate community as a player. I feel like it makes the world seem bigger.

Which you must earn your way in by offering gifts to these communities. It’s basic but I’m hoping by the time I finish and play the second game they will have expanded on it because it’s super fun to see your colony dominating the area. I didn’t expect this game to hit like it did.

It also has an experience point mechanic. Completing pretty much any activity successfully will net you experience points. Hunting, fighting, mining, etc. You then spend those points to raise your skills which can unlock additional special abilities. Again. Basic but in an extremely functional way. Basic isn’t always bad.

There is better cat customization once you enter the game but you gotta earn it. Which feels fair. There is nothing that is painfully out of reach. I do wish there was a baby bit of house customization but I get why it’s not there. It’s literally not needed.

…But it would be cool to have a cat tree in the house or upgrades to make it visually more appealing. That kind of stuff. I’m hoping the sequel expanded on this too.

The art style in majority is… alright. Except for Krampy. That plague doctor mask is so… good. It’s looks so silly. I kind of wish they leaned on that kind of style more? It’s good but could use a stronger sense of visual identity. Which they definitely provided for the sequel. The assets and general world look a lot more lived in and full.

There’s also small things missing that aren’t a big deal breaker but I want to see in the future. Like a relationship chart in the menu. There’s no dedicated map button. The mini map is largely useless. The game emphasizes you have to take care of yourself and I wish there were one or two more survival elements to keep the player on their toes, especially since the current survival mechanics are almost too manageable.

I like that sleeping doesn’t heal you. You need to either find meds or get healed at the doctor. And both are in plenty supply. You’re never hurting that bad where it’s not easy to get healed.

You’ll notice I haven’t mentioned much about the story. Mostly because the story isn’t terribly remarkable. You gotta get the world back in balance by finishing the community center cat shrine. That’s the story. It doesn’t need to be deep though. Let’s be real. That’s not why you’d play the game. You’re playing for cat and gameplay. It does that job fine.

Overall, I wasn’t expecting this solid of an experience. If it had a physical I’d be apt to recommend it to the folks who are more inclined to like these kind of titles. I would say likely out of the two you can probably skip the first game and just head right for the second for that expanded experience.

But also the first game was $3 when I bought it. Hard to beat that price point when you’re trying a new game out for the first time.

By the looks of it I can expect an even stronger experience from the sequel. Which I’ll get to.

…Eventually.

……Someday.

#stardew valley #cozy game #cozy games #cattails #tales from the backlog #nintendo switch #nintendo #gaming #tftb #video games #gamer #indie game #steam #steam games #cattails game #Furry? #cats #cat #cat game

[ladylemrelle]

Been playing some Cattails!!! I love it 😻

Wish we could have Untold Tales on switch too lol tho I understand why that can’t happen.

#the lady plays #cattails #cat tails #nintendo switch #Warriors untold tales #warrior cats #feral cats

[funnylittledrawings]

bideo gamne

#batsy art #for context regarding hammerwatch I am not crying bc I'm afraid of bugs I am crying bc I don't want to hurt them. #games #simanimals #portal #portal 2 #cattails #pokemon go #warrior cats untold tales #seal world #lego star wars #clangen #the sims 3 #the sims 4 #minecraft #subnautica

[realm-of-our-own]

Katydid Town Residents: Martin!

Quick description: A Fun-loving Zoologist who lives with his brother and loves the color blue. Father of Bella.

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality: Pansexual

Gender: Cis Man

Likes: Creature Adventuring, Chris, Bella, the color blue, animals, Chocolate Chip cookies.

Dislikes: Any sort of hunting trophies, pollution, Animal abuse, Billionaires.

Dialogue:

"Hey, I don't think I know you! What's your name bud? (Name)? Well it's a pleasure to meet you! I'm Martin, and the green guy pretending he's invisible is my brother, Chris!" (First introduction)

0-star friendship:

"What are you doing here?" (Intro)

"Do you mind? You're scaring the creatures."

"I'm surprised natural selection hasn't gotten you yet."

"I don't know what my bro sees in you." (If you're in a relationship with Chris)

"Hurt my daughter, and I'll hurt you." (If you're in a relationship with Bella)

1-star friendship:

"Hey! How's it going?" (Intro)

"Watch your step! The weather's perfect for worms!" (If it's raining)

"Did you know that the Crows are currently in their stone-age?"

"Did you know that the blue whale is the largest animal on the planet?"

"You should talk to my bro! I know he's not very social, but he's pretty cool once you get to know him!"

"Can you give my daughter this Blue bonnet? They're her favorite flowers!" (Quest)

2 to 3-star friendship:

"Hey-Hey! What's up buddy?" (Intro)

"Wanna go on a hike with me? The weather's perfect for a day out in nature!" (During Spring/Fall)

"Hey, I found this (item) while cleaning out my backpack! Problem is, I've already got like 20 of these, so why not give it to you? No need to thank me! It'd be a shame for it to go to waste." (Gifting)

"Happy birthday, bud! Huh? It's not you're birthday? Weird... I could've sworn... Well, Anyways! I got you this! Uh, happy not birthday?" (Gifting)

"My bro says I get distracted too easily, but I can't help it! There's just so many cool creatures all around us!"

"I gotta say... Katydids are a weird thing to name a town after. I mean, they're cool creatures don't get me wrong! But, aren't there better options?"

4 to 5 star friendship:

"Well if it isn't my bestest bud! Uh, don't tell Chris I said that..." (Intro)

"Sometimes people tell me that I've spoiled Bella rotten, but, I know that's not true! She's got a heart of gold and It's not her fault that most can't see that! Plus, all I've done is treat her like the little princess she is!"

"Before we moved to Katydid Town, during the apocalypse... Me and Chris got separated from our friends and had to survive on our own. Those were dark times, Chris hardly spoke at all, and I regularly had to remind him to take care of himself. The stress did awful things to him, and I never wanna see him in that state ever again. Woah! Got a little depressing there! Sorry!"

"Believe it or not, things are actually way better now then they were before the apocalypse. I know it sounds crazy but, let's just say that there's a damn good reason why I hate billionaires."

"We've never actually managed to get him tested but, I'm pretty sure my bro has autism. I know it might not seem obvious at first, but once you really get to know him it becomes clear as day."

(Part 2 coming soon)

#maladaptive daydreaming #Wild Tales Paracosm #wild kratts #cattails #martin kratt #chris kratt

[famderfries]

me finishing a long day of playing Cat Stardew valley on my laptop so i can play regular stardew valley on my phone

#its like a reward #the 'cat stardew valley' im talking about is cattails lmao #its on steam. #yes its a warrior cats game. yes it was only changed for copyright reasons. yes it was the same dude who made untold tales #apollo says stuff #cattails #stardew valley #stardew #sdv

[cattailtales]

lmfao thanks North Carolina I needed this laugh

#BLUE ALERT. LOL. LMAO EVEN #a cattail tale

[anqaspond]

i love cattails and all but if they had sprites like untold tales i would love it more

#cattails #untold tales #mine

[ventus-selphus]

cattails looks just like warrior cats untold tales..

#text #iirc i thought their developers were some of the same i dont rmember tho #eithwr way i fuckin Loved untold tales as a kid so im very excited to try cattails #yes i was a warriors kid

[aa0akaace]

Talon fan art, he's a bit cranky sometimes but he's got the spirit

#talon #talon cattails #cat tales #cattails #cattails wildwood #cat #my art

[mowu-moment]

ranking food tokens by how much personally i want to eat them

- Throne of Eldraine -

i have reason to distrust this meat pie thing, not only because of its wails of anguish but it also seems to have burst a bit in the oven. still not honestly opposed, at least the dishes are clean. 5/10.

how does one unpeel a curly banana? why are there sliced-open fruits on what appears to be a stone in the woods? where is the light coming from? i'm going to be taken by the fae and it's not even gonna taste too good while i'm at it, these things look dirty. but idk i don't mind someone else taking the wheel of my life rn. 2/10.

again, concerns about the floor food, but at least it looks more like some deliverygirl got eaten by a wolf and dropped her basket than a trap. someone already took a bite, though, maybe i should leave it be. 4/10

i have been invited to the Goblin King's Feast and while i don't fully agree with his choices i will certainly partake. boar looks wonderful apart from the hair. 7/10

- Commander 2020 / Strixhaven Commander -

i'm pretty sure cattails are poisonous to humans (not to mention the actual poisons in there) so i unfortunately can't oblige gyome's swamp soup. that crusty bread looks pretty nice though. i'll pick this thing apart like high school cafeteria lunch. 3/10.

- Modern Horizons 2 -

i at least know who cooked this one, and i trust asmor a decent bit, but this is still food for demons, so maybe it's not too good for me. goddamn do i wanna know what it tastes like though. 4/10.

- Unfinity -

i'm considering these two together. as a filthy american, i am allured by these fat-filled foods, but as a lad with a tiny stomach, i doubt i could eat enough to feel good about not wasting it. astrotorium's about excess, goddamn. the only funfair burger i've had was the best thing i had eaten in months, but it also made me ill the rest of the day. i really do want some infinity fries though, those look like the golden mean between a steak fry and a curly fry. 6/10.

- March of the Machine Commander -

meanwhile this looks like a texture nightmare. like i respect it, i imagine it's filling and fulfilling, but i don't think i ever could eat more than a bite or two. bread looks a little worse than gyome's but only a little. 5/10.

- Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth -

my white ass loves a charcuterie board. and i'm not going to be intimidated out of it by not eating enough, since it's all in snack-sized bits already. definitely gonna overindulge this sucker. i'm nervous about some of those spreads though. 9/10.

this looks like i'm in a dream, is it actively cooking? or still hot? i can't identify what's in that pan anyway. i'm leaving it alone out of respect. wouldn't mind a drink though. 2/10.

this is not food. for humans. 0/10.

- Wilds of Eldraine -

this is a king's feast i am properly intimidated by. i'm more into it than the Goblin King's, particularly that triple-layer blueberry pie or whatever that is, but i'm going to have to be as polite as possible lest i get a face full of flaming beer. 8/10

i'll probably be eaten before this can eat me, and it barely looks like food, but at least i go down with sugar in the mouth. 1/10.

ogh. that egg looks divine. the bread looks amazing, there's a full glass, i've got like beans or mermaid tears everywhere. we've even got seasonings back there. the best damn breakfast i'll ever have. 10/10.

i would still probably eat this over nothing. there's onion, at least. i will either be hexed or violently ill, but like i could at least get it down. and maybe the witchmother is testing my strength and she'll reward me after slurping an eyeball. a convenient lie to tell myself. 2/10.

- Doctor Who Commander -

y'know, four, i think i would like a copyrighted candy. they look sad and british, which is on point. but like it's not actively killing me like half of these. i think anyway. i don't know doctor who. 6/10.

what is this? i have no idea. custard? raw batter? giant dunkaroo? is he dipping fishsticks? it doesn't look like it's done cooking, like do we need to put it in a fryer again? i'd say it's inedible but it's not poison stew so i have to be nice. 4/10.

get AWAY from me. this is a PERSONAL vendetta. i would rather try to eat spiderwebs. plus he's already eaten half of it. -10/10.

- Fallout Commander -

i can't be too mean since this is literally apocalypse food. i think i prefer this over poison stew? like i recognize it at least, even if it's foul and moldy. man has to eat something. 3/10

i'm not convinced there's actual soda in here. is this just a perspective shot or is this a giant prop soda? i don't like cola anyway. again, worth it in an apocalypse i suppose. 4/10

this soda i trust even less. it glows? does this give me magic powers in the fallout world or does it just kill me slowly? i think it'll kill me slowly anyway. i need fluid to survive in apocalypseland but damn i hate for it to come to this. 2/10.

#mtg #i haven't had breakfast yet today so this is driving me a little looney