Neko Atsume

[semiotic_pirate]

Okay. I'm hooked. As someone who is rarely an electronic game player, this is quite a coup for Hit-Point, the developer. It's passively interactive for the most part. You put out things for cats to interact with, and, depending on whether they like your set-up, you get any number of them interacting with your scenario. Different beds, toys, platforms, heating/cooling appliances, food, and interactive landscape items. They leave you fish, which you can use to buy more things for them to play with, and will also leave you neat little memento tokens if they're really happy. Positive reinforcement without too much activity (compared to action-based game interactions).

Some people are calling the game therapeutic. And I'm here to tell you that it works, as long as you don't let it consume you. It's fun setting out different things to see which cats are attracted to which objects. It's a delicious way of just relaxing and chilling with cats, whether you have them in your house or whether you're allergic and just need the zen experience remotely.

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[snippy]

Me too, all of that. I find it soothing, both to set things out and to watch the kitties play with things, or curl around toys, or just sit. And if I don't play for a day and they all wander off, all it takes is setting out fresh food and maybe changing things around to attract some kitties back.