Cosmic Meows

A fast-paced 2D action-platformer where two cosmic cats fight, move, and survive as one.

About the Game

Cosmic Meows is built around a single core idea:

Two cosmic cats, fused into one controllable entity.

You control a unique dual-form character where each cat represents a distinct gameplay role. Mastering real-time switching between movement and combat is essential to survive corrupted worlds, hostile enemies, and unstable terrain.

One form specialises in speed, agility, and traversal while the other focuses on combat, melee attacks, and projectile-based damage. True mastery comes from knowing when to switch and how to chain abilities together.

As part of the core experience, the game introduces an Invincibility Mode inspired by the concept of a cat’s nine lives. In this state, the player gains massive power and increased movement speed, allowing aggressive playstyles. However, this strength comes at a cost — health continuously drains over time, making it a high-risk, high-reward mechanic.

Core Gameplay

  • Real-time form switching — seamlessly swap between two cosmic forms
  • Momentum-based platforming — tight, physics-driven movement
  • Projectile combat — ranged astral attacks with knockback feedback
  • Dash traversal — close gaps and evade enemies at speed
  • Shared health — one health pool across both forms
  • Merchants & skill progression — earn points and unlock abilities
  • Invincibility Mode — trade health over time for extreme power and speed

The Twin Forms

Movement Form

  • Fast, agile, and momentum-focused
  • Dash through enemies and gaps (once unlocked)
  • Best suited for exploration and evasion

Attack Form

  • Slower but highly destructive
  • Uses melee and projectile-based attacks (once unlocked)
  • Designed to control enemies both up close and at a distance

Power-Ups & Tactical Control

Power-ups are collected during exploration and stored for manual use. Nothing is consumed automatically — you decide when to survive.

  • Healing Potion
    Restores a fixed amount of health when activated
  • Shield Charge
    Absorbs one incoming hit before breaking

How to Use Power-Ups

  • Hold Middle Mouse Button to open the radial menu
  • Move your cursor to hover over a utility
  • Release to select and activate the chosen power-up

Progression & Skills

  • Earn skill points through merchant interactions
  • Spend points in a branching skill tree
  • Currently unlockable abilities:
    • Dash
    • Projectiles
    • Stone Pillar
    • Invincibility Mode — massively boosts power and speed while draining health over time
  • Additional skills visible but marked "Coming Soon"

Controls

Movement

  • A / D — Move left / right
  • Space — Jump
  • Shift — Dash (Movement Form only, once unlocked)

Combat

  • Left Mouse Button — Melee
  • Right Mouse Button — Shoot Projectiles
  • C — Stone Pillar

Form, Ability & Interaction

  • E — Switch forms
  • P — Invincibility Mode
  • Enter — Interact / Talk
  • ESC — Exit dialogue

Inventory & Utility

  • Hold Middle Mouse — Radial Menu (Used to select items in inventory and type of projectiles)

World & Atmosphere

  • Hand-crafted 2D environments
  • Layered parallax backgrounds
  • Surface zones leading into underground caves
  • Alien ruins, corrupted creatures, and unstable terrain
  • Minimalist UI with strong visual feedback

Development Status

This is an early playable build.

✔ Core movement & combat
✔ Two playable forms
✔ Power-ups & interactive UI
✔ Dialogue, merchants, and skill points
✔ Partial skill tree implementation

Planned:

  • Boss encounters
  • Expanded biomes
  • More skills and upgrades
  • Story events and polish

Credits

Developed by Studio Kamikaze
Built with Unity

Assets & Credits

This project uses assets created by talented artists from itch.io. Huge thanks to all of them for supporting the indie dev community.

Characters

Icons & UI

Backgrounds & Environment

More information
Published 13 days ago
StatusPrototype
PlatformsHTML5
AuthorSam27112004
GenrePlatformer, Adventure
Made withUnity
Tags2D, Pixel Art
ContentNo generative AI was used

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