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Following the reveal of Catly at The Game Awards yesterday, the sport has now turn into a scorching subject on Steam and social media (for what seems to be all of the improper causes) – with claims this title and its creators have “direct ties” to AI, cryptocurrency, NFTs, and blockchain gaming. Some aren’t even satisfied it is an actual recreation, in accordance with The Gamer.
Digital Trends reached out to Catly’s developer ‘SuperAuthenti’ to verify if generative AI was getting used to energy this recreation and a PR consultant declined to remark:
“Digital Trends adopted up with the Catly staff to verify if generative AI is getting used to energy the sport, or if it was used within the manufacturing of its debut trailer. A PR consultant mentioned that the staff wouldn’t be going into additional element till 2025, and equally declined to share what recreation engine Catly is being constructed on but. While that doesn’t affirm or deny something concerning the challenge, it leaves some questions open as to why Catly is being marketed as technologically progressive, the way it’s in a position to ship solely distinctive cats to all gamers, and the way precisely an open-world recreation runs on Apple Watch.”
The similar outlet shared a second replace concerning the studio’s co-founder and their previous historical past which incorporates founding one other Hong Kong-based studio in 2022 that ended up engaged on “two blockchain video games”. Here’s a bit about considered one of these video games and the way they supposedly characteristic “the identical speaking factors marketed in Catly”:
“One of these was set to be Alien Meow, which GamesBeat referred to as a “digital cat Metaverse.” The description of the challenge given within the article options a few of the similar speaking factors marketed in Catly, together with extremely detailed felines and an open world of types. That recreation was explicitly marketed as a web3 challenge the place gamers would generate in-game worth from cat breeding. It’s unclear if the sport ever launched.”
If there are any important updates, we’ll let you recognize.
Original Story: If you’re keen on cats (and there are many us right here at Nintendo Life who do), then you definitely is likely to be considering trying out this upcoming open-world title referred to as Catly.
There’s no launch date simply but, however throughout The Game Awards this 12 months it was confirmed for the Nintendo Switch and a number of different platforms. It will apparently characteristic some MMO elements, in accordance with its Steam itemizing.
Here’s an official description (through Steam), and you may see the trailer in motion beneath:
“Step into a fascinating dream the place people and cats forge the final word bond. Collect tales and chase reminiscences by way of the eyes of each human and cat. Embark on playful escapades, craft cozy havens, discover vibrant landscapes, plant, giggle, race, embellish, create, steer robots, costume up, mingle, cuddle, groom. Heartwarming delights await in a story of breathtakingly lovely cats.”
