Shield Cat

Devlog

• 082523 Shield Cat Patch
  August 25, 2023 by Jess

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  EDIT: A couple bugs were immediately found due to some last minute changes I didn't fully test out. If you've played the game and you see your save file says something like "Fish Scales: 300/0" you've... Continue reading
• Shield Cat Demo EP
  July 01, 2023 by Jess

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  Surprise! I've released the Shield Cat Demo EP! It is a collection of songs from the demo, as well as several beta and unused songs from the development of the game. Please check it out over on Bandca... Continue reading
• 010823 Shield Cat Chapter 1 Build
  January 09, 2023 by Jess

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  Howdy! Coming at you today with - yes - a build of Shield Cat! I went back to the demo version and made a ton of quality of life improvements, to bring the game up to the standard I wanted for the SAG... Continue reading

  
• 090922 Shield Cat Patch
  September 09, 2022 by Jess

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  Howdy! Coming at you today with a patch to the Shield Cat Demo! This aims to fix many small quirks and bugs that were found, as well as make balance changes and tweaks aimed at making the game a bette... Continue reading
• Shield Cat SAGE 2022 Demo OUT NOW
  September 02, 2022 by Jess

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  Howdy folks! After nearly 2 years of hard work, Shield Cat is finally back for a brand new demo! Features of this demo include: Six big stages packed full of collectibles, puzzles, and secrets! Many m... Continue reading

  
• Hello? Is This Thing On?
  July 02, 2022 by Jess

  Whew, it's been a thousand years since I posted to Itch, huh? I've been busy updating the game and preparing for the next demo! I wanted to let owners of the game know that I've been uploading demo be... Continue reading
• Shield Cat Survey
  April 25, 2021 by Jess

  Hey guys! I've created a survey about the Shield Cat demo! In the survey, I ask about what you like or did not like about the demo, as well as your thoughts on some potential changes in the future. Th... Continue reading
• Shield Cat Post Demo Thoughts
  April 07, 2021 by Jess

  Howdy! I wanted to take some time to write about the Shield Cat Demo, how it went, what I learned from it, and where the game is going next. This is a long form post, so it may take a while to read. I... Continue reading
• Final Demo Update
  March 28, 2021 by Jess

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  Hey guys! Thank you to everyone who tried out the demo! A lot of people really liked it, and I'm glad! Today I'm bringing you the Final Demo Update which adds fixes and Quality of Life changes that wi... Continue reading
• 031521 Shield Cat Update
  March 15, 2021 by Jess

  Howdy! Coming at you today with some small changes, bug fixes, and QoL improvements to the demo! Here are the changes: ===== IMPROVED ===== Menu navigation has some visual polish on it now, where it'l... Continue reading
• Shield Cat Free Demo!
  March 11, 2021 by Jess

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  Shield Cat is an Action Adventure Collectathon game where you spin your tail and go go go! Check it out!!! And be sure to join the Discord and let me know what you think! https://discord.gg/NdYQXJUwRd... Continue reading
• 031021 Minor Bug Fixes
  March 10, 2021 by Jess

  Howdy! Bringing a small patch that fixes some bugs! ===== BUG FIXES ===== Fixed a bug where achievement wasn't being given for getting all Cat Coins in the forest. Fixed a bug where sometimes you coul... Continue reading
• 030921 Shield Cat
  March 10, 2021 by Jess

  Here we go! The final demo build that I will be presenting in a few days. Unless any major bugs are found, this is it! I wont be adding any new features or anything until after the demo. I hope everyo... Continue reading
• 030321 Shield Cat
  March 03, 2021 by Jess

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  EDIT: A game breaking bug was found with the pause menu and a patch was uploaded to fix this. Please be sure you download 030321r1!! Howdy! Coming at you today with a new build of Shield Cat as I work... Continue reading

  
• 022321 Shield Cat Build
  February 23, 2021 by Jess

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  Howdy! Coming at you today with a new build of Shield Cat! This build focuses primarily on fixing bugs and adding features as I prepare to release the Mini-Demo. I added Active Ability upgrades as wel... Continue reading
• 021821 The Big Ability Update
  February 19, 2021 by Jess

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  Hey guys! Coming at you today with a pretty big update! In this update, you can now use all those pretty petals you've been collecting to purchase Lance's abilities. That's right, there are 2 new Acti... Continue reading
• 021121 Shield Cat Build
  February 12, 2021 by Jess

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  Howdy! Today I'm coming at you with an update that has shorter patch notes, but actually brings quite a bit to the table. With this update. the refactor of Shield Cat is complete! Now I can focus on a... Continue reading
• 012221 Shield Cat Build
  January 22, 2021 by Jess

  Howdy! Coming at you guys with a new build today. Check it out! Here are the patch notes for the build release: ===== NEW ===== You can now go into Lance's house! There are now ambient sounds in the... Continue reading
• Bringing the Itch version of Shield Cat up to date
  January 01, 2021 by Jess

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  Hey there! I'm here today presenting a brand new version of Shield Cat! The SAGE Demo was great, but that version of the game had issues and I decided that the best way to fix them was to just restart... Continue reading
• Updated SAGE Demo
  September 07, 2020 by Jess

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  Howdy guys! Thanks to a lot of people playing Shield Cat (Thank you!!) and a ton of feedback I got from people, I've made a lot of changes to the demo to fix many bugs and adjust a few things. I also... Continue reading
• SAGE Final Build (Bug Fixes)
  September 02, 2020 by Jess

  Hey guys! This is not a big update, so there's not a lot to talk about. I just fixed a few bugs, including a game breaking one that's rather important! ===== HOTFIX ===== 090120r1 : Fixed a bug tha... Continue reading
• SAGE Final Build
  August 28, 2020 by Jess

  Howdy folks! This is the final build I'm creating for SAGE! It features a few bug fixes and improvements over yesterday's build. Unless a major bug is found with the game, this is the one I'm using fo... Continue reading
• SAGE Demo Preview 2
  August 27, 2020 by Jess

  Howdy guys! Coming at you today with an updated build that I would like to present for SAGE, so please be sure to check it out and see if you find any bugs. I fixed all the bugs that people found befo... Continue reading
• SAGE Preview Build 1
  August 22, 2020 by Jess

  Howdy guys! Today I'm bringing you a preview build of what I want to put for SAGE for the public demo! If you can, please check it out and let me know if you can find any bugs! You can also now use th... Continue reading
• Now Presenting: The Entire Cave Area
  August 12, 2020 by Jess

  The cave area is here and it is complete. There's no avoiding it (especially since the gate key is in there (but you can't actually use it yet so you can still avoid the cave... for now)) Here's a lis... Continue reading
• IMPORTANT: The Save Data Location Update
  July 22, 2020 by Jess

  Howdy! Coming at you today with a new build of Shield Cat! This one comes with a lot of features aimed toward making sure you don't accidentally leave a room when you don't want to, or fall off the le... Continue reading
• New Build - Half a Cave is Better than No Cave, Right?
  July 16, 2020 by Jess

  Howdy! Coming at you today with a new Shield Cat build. This one has a wide number of new features, changes, and bug fixes! So, I recommend that you download it for the hottest Shield Cat experience... Continue reading
• Music and Fancy Lance Letters Update! (Revised)
  July 04, 2020 by Jess

  REVISION NOTE A revised version of the build has been published that fixes a critical bug that caused the game to crash when trying to play Cosmic Defender. The new build number is 070320r1. Please be... Continue reading
• Quest for a Bug Free Forest
  July 01, 2020 by Jess

  Hey guys! Today's game update is mainly a bug fix update to address bugs that were found by myself and others after the bug fix update I posted the other day. Otherwise, nothing much has been added he... Continue reading
• Bugs Banished from the Great Forest Update
  June 27, 2020 by Jess

  Howdy! Earlier today I posted a new build. A lot of people tried it out and enjoyed it, and I'm happy! However, I received quite a few bug reports. In addition to those, I took this time to fix a fe... Continue reading
• The Great Forest Update
  June 26, 2020 by Jess

  EDIT: A bug was found when trying to save when no save files are available. The build has been updated to fix this Howdy! A year ago, I published my first build of Shield Cat to itch.io. The project... Continue reading

  
• New Build???
  March 19, 2020 by Jess

  Howdy! Today I'm putting a new build of Shield Cat! It has been a while since I put a new build, so here are the changes! Changed / Added The forest room has been completely overhauled! There's lot... Continue reading
• Code Optimization and Remappable Controls!
  July 27, 2019 by Jess

  Here's the latest version of Shield Cat! The following has been changed: - Collision engine has been optimized a lot more. I learned about bitwise operations and alongside other optimizations it runs... Continue reading
• Demo Build and Purchasing
  July 23, 2019 by Jess

  Howdy! I have posted the demo builds that I had posted to Patreon to itch.io, so that people can download them here. Also, people can now purchase the game to support me, rather than supporting me on... Continue reading
• The Collision is there now so no one can have any issues
  July 20, 2019 by Jess

  This isn't that big of an update, but it's still a good update: - Fixed the depth issue with Lance walking above the trees. Sorry my guy, you can't climb trees like that. - Sometimes the update checke... Continue reading
• If Lance is so good, why isn't there a Lance 2? (There is)
  July 19, 2019 by Jess

  Here's a hot new build of Shield Cat! Check out the changes: - Deleted Lance - Ok I'm kidding, but I redid his code from the ground up! - Lance has consistent speeds now, as well as a speed meter. You... Continue reading
• Lance's New Spin Physics
  July 13, 2019 by Jess

  Hot off the presses, a brand new build! Here's the change log: - Removed the special effect I was so happy with because it lagged everyone's computers lmao - Changed where Lance would angle toward the... Continue reading
• Lance spins on to Linux
  July 11, 2019 by Jess

  Today I had a galaxy brain thought about installing Linux Mint XFCE to a virtual machine, and then using Gamemaker Studio 2 in Windows to connect to that VM via SSL to create a Linux build of Shield C... Continue reading
• Shield Cat Fullscreen? More Likely Than You Think
  July 07, 2019 by Jess

  Here's a new build of Shield Cat! I know it seems like I'm putting a lot, but I'm adding a lot of big features right now lmao the updates will become less frequent as I get further into the game (I wo... Continue reading
• The Forest Room is Fancy Now
  July 06, 2019 by Jess

  Here's the hottest build of Shield Cat! And here's the change log: - Added a special effect to the forest room. Here's hoping it doesn't crash everyone's vintage computers. - Fixed the camera not goin... Continue reading

  
• DirectInput and Keyboards!
  July 01, 2019 by Jess

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  Here's a new build of the game! The following changes were made: - Lance will now respond to the first DirectInput controller inserted as well as the first XInput controller - You still can't remap th... Continue reading
• 062719 Room Selector and Controller Info
  June 28, 2019 by Jess

  Added a few things today - Game starts at a room select. You can visit some debug rooms, or view controller information - Controller page shows all connected controllers (except my 8bitdo nes controll... Continue reading

  
• Initial Upload!
  June 26, 2019 by Jess

  Here it is, my first upload to itch.io! This version of the game allows you to play as Lance, but you'll be constantly pestered by a few red spheres that follow you around. You'll need an XInput devic... Continue reading