It's Raining Cats and Blocks!

It's Raining Cats and Blocks is a local multiplayer game for 2-4 players in which you and a friend play as cats competing for glory. Dodge and climb falling blocks, throw bombs, and crush your opponent in order to win.

Completed in 7 days for LoJam2024. The theme was "Obstacles do not block the path, they are the path". 

Winner of Most Creative Use of Theme and People's Choice!

How to Play

Player 1: WASD to move, F to jump, G to pick up/throw blocks.

Player 2: IJKL to move, : (colon key) to jump, " (quotations key) to pick up/throw blocks.

Blocks can be picked up by holding DOWN + PICK UP when standing on top of a block. They can then be thrown in a direction of your choosing.

Collect 10 fish crates before your opponent to win! Throw the trophy into the water to play again.

Experimental features (Likely has some bugs): The game is also playable with controllers, allowing up to 4 players to play together.

Credits

Art and programming by BootleBen and Deptar

Most sound effects were generated using BFXR and modified in Audacity, however there are some exceptions:

• Cat meow by Lukey1028 from Freesound.org
• Church bell was modified from a sound by from Freesound.org
• The background music is Easy Cheesy from  Zapsplat.com 

Tips

• Bombs will trigger when you step near, but with good technique, can be disarmed and used to your own advantage.
• Throwing blocks downwards gives an upward boost, and can be used to reach higher positions.
• Holding cloud blocks increases your jump height -- they are very light.

Known Issues

• Controller support may not work with certain browsers
• Pause menu is a bit incomplete
• Picking up a block may occasionally duplicate the block