See footage from the game where you play as a stray cat traversing a futuristic city of robots.
“Eighty-percent of the team are cat owners,” Martin-Raget says.
“We really are very close to our cats and know them very well.”
A ‘Stray’ cat explores a futuristic city in the game from Annapurna Interactive.Annapurna Interactive
The premise is a bit of a mystery and solving it is part of the experience.
It’s a stylized neon-lit world with parts overrun by nature.
He’s not joking.
The cat of ‘Stray’ stretches while exploring the mysteries of a strange city.Annapurna Interactive
His team have incorporated everything they’ve learned from their months of surveilling their own felines into the game.
you could even leap into a robot’s lap for a nap.
They may be surprised, but they’ll be so charmed by your cuteness they’ll relent.
A cat communicates with a robot with the help of his A.I. helper B12 in ‘Stray.'.Annapurna Interactive
If desired, “you’ve got the option to basically sleep all day,” Martin-Raget says.
Martin-Raget explains the process of making the game with a cat protagonist was “quite challenging.”
He notes, “The classic constraint of video games are harder to manage with a cat.
A cat flees from creatures called zurks in ‘Stray.'.Annapurna Interactive
Objects that used to be decoration are now platforms.
you’ve got the option to really move anywhere, including small places.
It was a series of really technical and artistic challenges for this specific game.”
The cat jumps from floating object to floating object before finding a path along small crevasses on the wall.
Strayis a game that rewards exploration.
It’s notallpuzzles and cat naps.Straybecomes progressively more difficult.
But no matter how many new skills the cat gains, you want to return to the basics.
In other words, letting your inner cat come out.
