See that nice big TV just sitting there defenselessly? Push it off and watch it crash to the ground. Jump up on high shelves and knock all the books, vases, and other bric-a-brac to the floor. As the cat, the whole object of each of the many levels is to simply break stuff. You’re a cat who is pissed off about, well, cat things, and goes on a rampage.Ĭatlateral Damage is largely a one-note sort of samba. There’s no story, no lofty goals, and certainly no moral or ethical grounds contemplated here. The game is literally just about a cat running through a house and breaking everything.
Originally created at a game jam, Catlateral Damage is a first-person journey into the hell that is cat ownership. This one facet of the cat’s nature is the core focus of the game and, on that level, Catlateral Damage is an unmitigated success.
Despite the internet’s obsession with cuddly pictures of the wee minions of hell, underneath that fuzzy, demure exterior lies a destructive creature of pure hate. Chris Chung, the developer of Catlateral Damage, claims to love cats, but after the playing his game, it’s pretty clear he understands cats are inherently evil, awful creatures.
