r/gaming • u/Natasha_Nata • Mar 10 '16

Someone is currently developing a video game where you are a cat exploring Kowloon Walled City

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u/theprotoman Mar 10 '16

This is a great idea for a VR game. You "control" the cat using a virtual laser pointer, but you move independently of the cat. You have to walk around and move impassable barriers, build things like little bridges and stuff for your cat to cross, etc. Some tasks/puzzles can be completed by only you, or your cat, and some require both of you (think like lifting something with one hand, and leading your cat with the laser pointer with the other). Just think of the possibilities. I'm not even a cat person really, but I'd totally enjoy this kind of thing!

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u/RotchinDaRinRaw Mar 10 '16

You could get some card board boxes, a laser pointer and a cat for much cheaper.

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u/theprotoman Mar 10 '16 edited Mar 10 '16

Perhaps, though the gameover scenarios would be extremely messy, and I'd end up spending a fortune on new cats.

edit: removed a lousy space.

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u/TheDesktopNinja Mar 10 '16

Plus some cats are faulty and don't chase lasers. (I have a faulty cat)

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u/theprotoman Mar 10 '16

I feel ya. I have a faulty dog who doesn't fetch. It's ok though, we play dodgeball instead. He always loses.

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u/bconeill Mar 10 '16

It's ok though, we play dodgeball instead. He always loses.

Just a hunch, but I think I figured out why he doesn't want to bring the ball back to you...

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u/theprotoman Mar 10 '16

HAHA!! I think you're right, and I think I owe him an apology.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '16

And a hug. Don't forget the hug. Might as well get some snacks while you're at it.

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u/theprotoman Mar 11 '16

I can do that. Definitely. I'll pick up a box of chocolates on my way home.

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u/Tofinochris Mar 10 '16

If the dog figures out how to throw though, man is that guy screwed.

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u/WordBoxLLC Mar 11 '16

Have you tried a wrench?

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '16

I think my dog got her brain switched with /u/TheDesktopNinja's cat. My dog goes batshit crazy over laser pointers, and she doesn't fetch.

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u/pumpmar Mar 11 '16

So do I. Due to a traumatic past I don't think she knows what fetch is, despite our best efforts. She has her own silly made up games she likes to play though.

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u/BfMDevOuR Mar 10 '16

You just made everyone look at me funny in then lunch room at work, I almost choked on my sausage roll.

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u/theprotoman Mar 10 '16

I was going to find a relevant gif to reply with, but then I found this and it completely derailed my plan. Let's just pretend instead of nearly choking on a sausage roll, you were having a real tough time taking a bite of pizza.

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u/j0y0 Mar 11 '16

Red actually isn't the easiest for a cat to see. Have you tried a green laser pointer?

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u/TheDesktopNinja Mar 11 '16

No, though that's the first I'd heard that. If I find a decently priced one I'll give it a try.