“Every move you make the cat makes two. Can you get to the cheese before the cat gets you?”

Introducing my latest game - “Cat and Mouse”, which is a logic maze puzzle.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/364433025/

WARNING! This is one of the hardest games you will find on Scratch!

This game is a re-imagining of the “Theseus and the Minotaur” logic maze designed by Robert Abbott. All the levels were taken from the iPhone app of the same puzzle.

The cat moves towards the mouse horizontally first, then vertically. He will never move away from the mouse in any direction… knowing this means you can lure him into traps.

Arrow Keys/WASD or click/tap a square to move to.
Sometimes it's good to “miss a turn” and see what the cat does next - Press space or click/tap the mouse to force the cat to move again.



If you get stuck there is a reset button and an undo button at the bottom left of the screen, or press “R” to restart and “U” to undo the last move. (Alternatively, “Z” undo and “X” restart)

The game also detects if you've been in an identical position previously, and recalculates the number of moves you've taken accordingly.

If at all unsure about anything please play the tutorial levels first!

There are 50 levels. Good luck!

Level Designer Instructions:-



The tile image at the top-right displays the currently selected “wall” to be toggled on or off, indicated by the red arrow. Click this image to change the wall, or select the mouse, cat or cheese icons.

Then click the board to place/remove a wall, or the selected character.

Alternatively you can use keyboard shortcuts:-

1. Top
   
2. Right
   
3. Bottom
   
4. Left
   
5. Mouse
   
6. Cat
   
7. Cheese
   

Use the Size button at the bottom left to change the size of the maze (Caution - This will reset the maze!)

Use the Export and Import buttons to load and save levels.

Instant Replay Function:-

When completing a level, you get the chance to see an instant replay of what you've just done. These replays can be saved and loaded in the Level Designer, which will then automatically replay the level.

Cloud Data:-

Like “Paint the Maze”, this game will attempt to “remember” your progress by storing a cloud database of players. It can only store around 80 players, so if this game gets popular you'll probably want to make use of the “Personal Progress Codes” so you can save your progress safely!

Feel free to use this forum thread for save codes, custom levels, replay codes, or whatever you like!

Please report any bugs. Thanks for playing

I will slowly be adding “Instant Replay” codes here:-

1. 4#4#16#8#4#LJBDKOMCIBBCMEEG?LLLUUUDDRRRUU
   
2. 5#4#4#5#17#JBBHLIEABCIBAACMGMEG?LLLDDRD
   
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4. 4#4#1#5#11#NFFDLJHKIADKMEEG?RRRDDUULLRRDDDLU
   
5. 4#4#3#12#12#NDJDJAGKIGLKONEG?DLDLDURURURDD
   
6. 5#4#10#1#17#JFBBDKJAACIACOKMEEFG?DDLPLL
   
7. 5#5#11#25#17#JBBFDIECNCIBABCICIACMEEEG?UURRRRLLDDLD
   
8. 7#4#10#8#23#JBBBBBDKOIAAACIBAACOKMEEEEFG?RRRRUDDDLLLLL
   
9. 4#4#16#1#2#JFDLIHMCIBDKOMEG?LLULRRDRUULUL
   
10. 4#4#11#8#14#JBFDIAHKKMDKONEG?LULDDUUURRLRRDDDLL
    
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14. 5#5#10#11#11#JBDJDOKIGOLKONDKMFBCMFFEG?ULDLULDDDRRDULLUUURDRURLDLULDDDRRDLLLUU
    
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16. 8#6#26#48#48#JHJBBBBHKJAAAEADIGKIEBCOIBECNCIDOKNCJCKKNEFEGMGO?LUUPDDRRRURRRDRDD
    
17. 7#5#3#24#6#JBBDJHLKMACIFCIBGIAHKICNGOJCMEFFFEG?DDLDDRRRRRUUDLDLLLLUULUDDDRRRRRRUUULLUR
    
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To see them in action, paste them into the Level Designer..

I was surprised (and impressed) to find myself back at the level I left this morning when I reloaded just now. Also you have a big leaderboard and when I looked inside I thought you'd done some thing similar to me in stockmarket millionaire but… you appear to have done something cleverer, I haven't managed to work it out yet.

gor-dee wrote:

I was surprised (and impressed) to find myself back at the level I left this morning when I reloaded just now. Also you have a big leaderboard and when I looked inside I thought you'd done some thing similar to me in stockmarket millionaire but… you appear to have done something cleverer, I haven't managed to work it out yet.

Thanks! I used the same “cloud list” code I made for Paint The Maze, but like you I added a “Cloud Lock” variable to make sure only one person updates it at a time, as the Paint The Maze list used to get corrupted all the time when it was popular… (It's now been retrofitted with the same system)

I estimate I can store details of about 100 players in the 8 variables I'm using, because I'm delimiting the names with 00 rather than padding them to the full 40 digits (which is one of the reasons it kept getting corrupted!)

In Paint the Maze I occasionally go in and “archive” the people who have completed all the levels, to free up space at the bottom, and I'll probably end up doing that with this one too eventually.. Still haven't decided whether to add more levels or not - I can't believe two people have done them all already!

But like yours, if someone loses connection mid update the cloud will stay locked and no-one else will be able to update until I manually clear it, it's something I'll have to keep an eye on

I love this game! Its creative, and works great!

C0D3R_N wrote:

I love this game! Its creative, and works great!

Thanks very much!

I've been working at level 24 for 25 minutes. Great job!

joshpinto6 wrote:

I've been working at level 24 for 25 minutes. Great job!

Maybe it's been a little longer than that.

joshpinto6 wrote:

joshpinto6 wrote:

I've been working at level 24 for 25 minutes. Great job!

Maybe it's been a little longer than that.

You're doing well now though!

i have no id

how do you do lvl 6?

Great game! I love logic puzzles, and this one is so simple, yet so much fun to play. I like the Undo Button, because it stops people who get tired of having to start all over again from getting tired. The concept is interesting, and I like how you used the cat and mouse design. I would consider using something other than pen for the leaderboard, because it is super laggy. I also suggest maybe changing all of the assets to match eachother a little bit better, because for example the HUD is pixelated, while the title is a bubble font. While I am not good at reading other peoples code, I applaud you for keeping it relatively simple, and neat.

Help, I am stuck on level 8!! Send me replay please!

cs393676 wrote:

Help, I am stuck on level 8!! Send me replay please!

Here you go.. 7#4#10#8#23#JBBBBBDKOIAAACIBAACOKMEEEEFG?RRRRUDDDLLLLL

Here's a user-defined level, from @karkade35

5#5#1#21#24#JFBBHKNECLIBFAGIGJEDMFGNG

He says it's easy, but it took me a couple of tries

Here's a level from @spice04

5#5#1#21#5#NFFFDJBDJCIAAACIAAACMEEEG

Could I have a replay code for level 18?

im stuck on the tutorial

Narwhal240 wrote:

im stuck on the tutorial

Oh no! Make sure you read ALL the text, top and bottom. Which bit are you stuck on?

this game is fun and chalenging, I just can't get past level 18