A surreal story-driven game that uses puzzle-solving, turn based battling, and open world navigation to help Van Cat track down his evil uncle and put an end to his nefarious plans!
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Positive (20) - 90% of the 20 user reviews for this game are positive.
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Jun 6, 2024
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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“The project so far has been iterated through several times, so it's pretty polished and ready to be put out on a big platform. Although it isn't on the scope that I want to final release to be on, I do think it's important to get closer with the community and get an outside perspective on the game at this stage.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“About a year.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

We plan to have these elements in the full game:
- An extension to this current chapter, and two more chapters exploring Soviet and modern day Armenia.
- Better visuals, smoother animation, refined lighting and particle effects and other aesthetics
- More immersive SFX and music
- More comfortable mechanics and UI
- More interaction with NPCS; a greater feel of the open world aspect of the game
- LESS BUGS!”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The current Early Access version gives a good understanding of what the full version will be like; It's about 30 minutes of gameplay involving open world exploration with plenty of puzzle solving, interaction, cutscenes and comedy.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“The Early Access version will be free and the full version will be priced, along with other bundles and merch.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“You can join our Discord server here to get updates on the game or to talk to each other about games you like!

You can also find social media updates on Instagram @vanakatumeoww”
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About This Game



This is an open-world story about VAN CAT (that's his name, no affiliations with vehicles), a duduk player from a regular family, who tracks down his CULT-LEADING UNCLE through spacetime to talk him out of creating a WORLDWIDE DICTATORSHIP!!!

Explore three surreal, immersive worlds swirling with music, light and color, inspired by the Ottoman Empire, Soviet Armenia and modern day Armenia to rescue your best friend, talk some sense to your weird, weird uncle, and destroy his time machine.

This Game Includes:
  • Unique visuals by the developer herself
  • Beautiful music
  • Sunlight and other cute lighting to make it feel like you're actually outside and touching grass
  • Battling mechanics
  • Puzzle solving, using pattern recognition to unlock doors and find hidden keys...
  • Open world exploration, I don't want to control you :D

System Requirements

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macOS
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+) , Windows 10 and Windows 11
    • Processor: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
    • Memory: 1530 MB RAM
    • Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable.
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Hardware vendor officially supported drivers. For development: IL2CPP scripting back-end requires Visual Studio 2015 with C++ Tools component or later and Windows 10 SDK.
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: High Sierra 10.13+
    • Processor: Apple Silicon, x64 architecture with SSE2.
    • Memory: 1550 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Apple officially supported drivers. For development: IL2CPP scripting back-end requires Xcode. Targeting Apple Silicon with IL2CPP scripting back-end requires macOS Catalina 10.15.4 and Xcode 12.2 or newer.
    Recommended:
    * Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.

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