A minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat
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Cats are Liquid - ALitS: a liquid cat platformer
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- Liquid form that squeezes through tight gaps
- High-speed dashes across rooms in liquid form
- Move, jump and climb as the basic toolkit
- Abilities that break walls and let you float over obstacles
- Rooms that reveal their purpose as you progress
What Cats are Liquid - ALitS is
If you are deciding whether a quiet, minimalist platformer is worth an install, Cats are Liquid - ALitS is built around a single character. You control a liquid cat who has been locked into a world she does not understand, and who is trying to get out. Google Play shows the game with 4.73 stars from 30,655 ratings and more than 1,000,000 installs.
The developer describes it as a 2D platformer in a minimalist style, and the store files it under Action. Most of what the listing describes concerns movement and getting through spaces. The cat's ability to turn into liquid changes how she crosses a room, so the route through each space matters as much as reaching its end.
Running, jumping and climbing through rooms
Everything else in the game sits on three basic actions: moving, jumping and climbing. The developer presents these as the starting point, with the liquid form and later abilities added on top.
Climbing is listed alongside jumping, so vertical routes through a room are part of the core movement rather than a separate mode. Each room can be crossed with these three actions before the liquid form comes into play.
Turning to liquid to squeeze and dash
The defining mechanic is turning into liquid. According to the developer, this lets the cat squeeze through tight spaces that her normal shape cannot pass.
The same form is used for speed. The listing says the liquid state lets her dash across rooms at high speed. The form therefore serves two purposes: getting through narrow gaps, and crossing wide rooms quickly.
Abilities that open up new routes
As the cat plays, she picks up abilities that change how she interacts with the world. The developer names two of them: breaking down walls, and floating high above obstacles.
The description ties these abilities to skill. It says the player masters moving like a liquid cat, which suggests the new abilities are meant to be combined with the liquid movement rather than used alone. The abilities are described as things you discover during play.
Progress and the purpose of the rooms
The game is built from rooms. The developer says that the further you progress, the closer you get to discovering what these rooms are for, so progress carries a story purpose beyond reaching the next space.
The story comes through the cat's situation. She is locked in and does not understand the world around her, and the listing frames the whole game as her attempt to get out.
What's new
Improvements:
- Upgraded to a newer version of the Unity engine.
Fixes:
- Fixed certain texts in the Reset level pack being partially obstructed.
About this APK
The build we hold is Cats are Liquid - ALitS 1.6.18 (APK) for Android 7.1 and up.
- Version
- 1.6.18
- 55
- Requires Android
- 7.1+
- Size
- 84 MB
- Package ID
- com.lastquarterstudios.catsareliquid
- Format
- APK
- Malware scan
- Clean on 66 engines
- Permissions
- 9 declared
- Signed by
- CN=Juha Manner, O=LastQuarter Studios
- Certificate SHA-256
- 9d7d1643e866b6195e3278d8f6547130d7ebc1a23b8e5b9467bd84269fbff112
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