Why Early Access?

“Meow Time: cozy cat room already offers a complete and fully playable core experience, but there are still many areas we would like to improve and expand.

Through Early Access, we hope to stay in close communication with players and continue improving the cat's behavior, room interactions, decorative content, productivity tools, and other features based on actual player feedback, gradually bringing the game closer to the complete experience we envision.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We currently expect the Early Access period to last around six months to one year.

The actual length of Early Access may change depending on development progress and player feedback.”

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

“The planned full version will build upon the Early Access version, with the goal of further expanding and refining the overall experience.

In terms of gameplay, we plan to add more ways to interact with the cat, including new toys, a wider variety of direct interactions, and additional gameplay centered around the cat's everyday life. We also hope to gradually expand the ways players can care for and spend time with their cat, including interactions related to everyday needs such as food and litter.

We also plan to continue adding furniture, decorations, and scenes, giving players more options for decorating and creating their own room.

The cat itself will be one of our main areas of focus during Early Access. We plan to further refine its behavioral logic and animations, add more everyday details, and introduce new interaction animations. There is still room to expand smaller details such as the movement and expressions of the cat's ears and tail, and we hope these additions will make the cat feel more natural and lively.

We also plan to continue expanding the game's audio and other audiovisual content. There are currently sounds and other audio elements that we would like to include but have not yet added due to recording, quality, production progress, or other considerations. We plan to continue improving these areas throughout development.

For the productivity tools, we plan to further improve the functionality of the existing tools and explore additional features based on players' needs and feedback.

We will also continue adjusting game balance, usability, and smaller details throughout the experience. Compared with the Early Access version, we hope the eventual full version will offer more content, more detailed cat behavior, and a more polished and comfortable overall experience.

Specific features and content may change depending on development progress and player feedback.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The current Early Access version already includes the main core content we planned for this stage of development. The overall structure and core gameplay are largely in place, making it a relatively complete experience that players can continue to enjoy over time.

For room customization, players can freely use furniture, wallpapers, flooring, wall decorations, and other items to create their own room, with features such as free-form placement also available. Compared with earlier versions, we have also redesigned and adjusted parts of the decorating system and its visual presentation to make room customization feel more natural and intuitive.

The main cat-related gameplay systems are also fully implemented. Players can feed the cat, take care of its litter box, pet it, play with it using toys, and watch it sleep, play, explore, and go about its everyday life around the room.

Long-term changes based on the player's interactions with the cat are also part of the current version. As players spend more time together and interact with the cat, it can gradually develop greater trust and attachment toward the player. These changes can in turn affect some of its behaviors and interactions, giving the long-term companionship experience more of a sense of everyday life.

Desktop Wallpaper Mode is also available directly in the Early Access version. Players can run the game scene as their desktop wallpaper while using the productivity tools separately from the main game scene, or disable those tools when they are not needed. The current desktop mode has also been adapted to support different screen resolutions and multi-monitor setups.

The game's productivity tools are also included, such as the Pomodoro timer, Todo list, calendar, white noise, and music features. We have also added new tools and activities on top of these, including a camera and photo album.

The current Early Access version therefore does not depend on a major unfinished core system before it can provide the intended experience. We are continuing development in Early Access because there are still many things we would like to add, expand, and refine, including cat behaviors and animations, additional interactions, furniture and decorations, scenes, audio, and other details.

We will also continue making adjustments and improvements based on players' actual experiences and feedback.”

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

“Yes.

We currently plan to offer the game at a relatively lower price during the earlier stages of Early Access and gradually adjust the price as the amount of content and the overall level of completion increase.

As new gameplay, interactions, furniture and decorations, cat behaviors, and other content are added, the price may increase at different stages of development. The final price at the full release will be higher than the initial Early Access price.

If we plan to adjust the price, we will announce the change to players in advance through Steam announcements.”

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

“We are very excited to have players involved in the continued development of Meow Time: cozy cat room, and we hope to keep hearing your thoughts and feedback as development continues.

Players can reach us through the in-game feedback feature, the Steam Community, and other available channels. Whether it is a problem encountered while playing, thoughts about existing content, or ideas for new gameplay and features, we will read and carefully consider the feedback we receive.

Player feedback will be an important reference for us when improving the overall experience, refining existing content, and planning future additions.

Since the release of the Demo, we have already received a great deal of player feedback through these channels and have made a number of changes and improvements based on some of those suggestions. During Early Access, we hope to continue this kind of communication and allow players' actual experiences with the game to contribute to its ongoing development.

Of course, not every idea suggested by the community will necessarily make it into the game. We will still consider the game's overall design direction, development circumstances, and the experience as a whole when making decisions, but we will take valuable feedback seriously.”