A downloadable game for Windows

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Zebulon the cat is lost in a strange place, but he has a lot of courage and curiosity quickly replaces fear as he explores and unravels the world around him. It also helps that smelly green food is everywhere to grab!

No matter the traps and falls, Zebulon can always get back up, he will learn new tricks and reach higher and deeper places. Even death is not the end but only a slight set back and an invitation to wander further

  

Zebulon is a tiny 2D platformer with metroidvania mechanics where you will have to use skills and observation to awaken Zebulon's powers in a world filled with surprises and tricky environments

The game is also available on Steam and Nintendo Switch!

Your purchase here comes with a Steam key

This game is made using “fantasy console” Pico 8 with its recognizable 16-color palette, crunchy sweet 128x128 resolution pixel art and 4-channel chiptune

Thanks to the use of Zepto 8 emulator, an optional wide mode is included to go beyond Pico 8’s usual square screen, as well as visual filters to tweak your experience (scanlines, CRT, toon, minit...)

The Pico 8 cartridge and all source files are included too, you can pick them up if you want to play it in Pico 8 itself or see how the game was created

7 challenges modes exists in Zebulon, each game mode is associated with an achievement: 

  • Normal mode : Explore the game and find powers and collectibles 
  • Bonus mode : You will need to find every bonus before finishing the game 
  • Explorer : no map for you, have fun wandering around and make your own path 
  • Minit : you die every minute, you better go fast or you will never get anywhere 
  • Half-Minit : you die every 30 seconds, only for the bravest of cats 
  • 9 lives : you can only die 9 times, like every cat 
  • Deathless : just don’t die, not even once... 
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
AuthorNuSan
GenrePlatformer
Made withPICO-8
Tags2D, Cats, Cute, Exploration, Metroidvania, Nonlinear, PICO-8, Pixel Art, Retro
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish, French
InputsKeyboard, Xbox controller, Gamepad (any), Playstation controller
AccessibilityColor-blind friendly, Subtitles
LinksSteam

Purchase

Buy Now$4.99 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $4.99 USD. Your purchase comes with a Steam key. You will get access to the following files:

zebulon-a-lost-cat-windows.zip 2.2 MB
Version 1.2
zebulon.p8.png 47 kB
Version 1.2
zebulon_fr.p8.png 47 kB
Version 1.2
zebulon-a-lost-cat-sources.zip 48 kB
Version 1.2

Development log

Comments

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Zebulon was a good cat. I’ll remember him. Wanted to play this for quite a while, am happy to finally get around to it.

I loved how interconnected that little world was. All the different routes really helped getting back to points of failure. And on subsequent run they allowed for some fun routing.

I am also really impressed with how smooth the controls are. It feels really polished and there were barely any moments which felt like the controlls failed me (except in the water), which I didn’t expect from a PICO-8 game.

I also love Zebulons animations. They look really fun and complement the character controller surprisingly well despite how chaotic they are. And the little animation for the end of every run is extremely well done. I just had to watch it to end off a run.

Something I only noticed on my later runs is just how neat the Overworld looks. Even if it is very small it has what I think are meant to be normal building, the rooftops on top, and a little Forest area with a lake.

The challenges for subsequent runs resulted in a really relaxing difficulty curve. With the last few ones having some actual challenge. My favourite were likely the Minit and Half Minit challenge. Those two work absolutely perfectly in such a small game.

I also wanna say that the music was a really fun listen. Especially the energetic part even if it was a little overly chaotic just felt great. i always tried jumping along with the melody, which did result in me missing some jumps because I was way too eagerly playing along with the music. But it was fun.

Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️ it's so great to hear from people having fun with the game! It gives me some actual motivation back, take care!

we don't have windows but we really like how you incorporatedthe sfx into the trailer music

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thanks! At some point we hope to make a Linux and Mac version but it will take time. If you ever have the software Pico 8, this game has a version for it, and so it can be used on all Pico 8 capable hardware (windows, linux, mac, raspberry pi)

Really enjoyed this game!  Great intuitive play control.  Zebulon was a good kitty!

I played it on PICO-8.  Thanks for including that version as well.

De retour plus tôt que prévu :)

Wow j'adore le mode widescreen! 🤩

very good