Cat-Life Beta Announcement Created 15 years ago2009-09-06 22:35:15 UTC by The Wildcat

Originally imagined in 2003 as a mod for Half-Life, Cat-life has spent a great deal of time on hiatus over the years. After a long delay due to missing team leadership, the mod reorganized under current Team Cat-Life leader BiGToM. Yet the greatest missing component, a coder, remains absent. The biggest single set-back has been the cat's POV code.

However, as has been stipulated before, this mod about a cat trapped and ownerless during the Black Mesa incident has plenty of lives left. Earlier this week, BiGToM announced that an older piece of code from prior efforts had been successfully implemented. The original code had been fraught with bugs such as monsters sinking into the floor. Nevertheless, after a lengthy wait for a new coder [a wait that included a cash reward], the early code was modified and fixed.

Now, with corrected code in hand, Team Cat-Life is able to wrap up other portions of the mod. With this news, the team has also announced a target date for the first stage of Open Beta testing. Expect to be able to download and play the Cat-Life beta in November.

The beta will also include additional bonus content including maps that were cut from the project and some of the original concept.

To help celebrate, I've asked BiGToM for some new screen shots for the gallery. http://www.bwldevelopment.com/cat-life/cat-life-gallery

[ Two additional, exclusive screen shots have been included with this news item. They will not be added to the gallery. ]

I've heard of it before, and it's a cool idea, but it always seemed kinda gimmicky to me. I mean, cats in BMRF? Seriously...

Well why not?

I have mixed feelings about this mod. Some of the screens I've seen in the past are fantastic but some of the latest shot are a bit bare / blocky.

As long as the gameplay and mapping are up to par and it doesn't crash often, I'd get it.
(assuming it's small enough to download)
I hope to play this mod soon.