🐈cat trapperP R OOutsmart the cats. Win their trust.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS YOU

Good trouble takes patience.

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0cats returned home
☀ The little courtyardLEVEL 01
A quiet afternoon
YOU
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A GAME OF TRUST & TIMING

Quiet steps.
Clever traps.

Set a trap. Bring good bait.
Give them a little space.

Choose a language to start.
Patience is your best piece of equipment.
Keyboard shortcuts
↑ ↓ ← → MoveT Place trapB / X Kibble / tunaH HideS SneakQ / F Next trap / catP Pull cordE Collect catC / R Clinic / returnN Net selected cat1–4 EquipmentSpace PauseEsc Cancel walk? Field guide
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Choose your avatar, then start your first round.

Colony overview

Roaming
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Caught
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In clinic
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Ready to return
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Returned
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Counts cover the current neighborhood. Mood reflects the game’s roaming cats, not a health assessment.

SELECTED TRAP

No trap placed yet

Choose equipment, then click “Place trap” and pick open ground.

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Neighborhood clinic OPEN

Open daily 08:00–18:00 · game time

Walk over to check in cats or refill your bait.

Trap → collect → clinic → recovery → return. Every step counts.

A little feline ethology

Ethology is the study of animal behavior. Observe before you act.

Read signals together

A relaxed body and soft eyes can suggest ease; tense posture, ears held back, and fleeing can suggest fear. Context matters more than one signal.

Choice builds confidence

Give shy cats hiding places and time. Keep movements quiet and predictable, avoid staring, and let them approach on their own terms.

Watch individuals

Keep a colony record: identify each cat, note who has been neutered, and record changes in health or attendance. Notice new arrivals as well as familiar faces.

Return is not the finish

Continue regular food, clean water, shelter, and monitoring after TNR. Return cats to the place they came from, following veterinary recovery guidance.

Further reading: Cats Protection: body language · Cats Protection: shy cats · Alley Cat Allies: colony care · Alley Cat Allies: TNR

FIELD GUIDE

Earn their trust.

  1. Place a real trap. Choose equipment, click Place trap, then open ground near a cat. Your avatar walks over to set it.
  2. Bait it. Select the trap and add kibble or tuna. Tuna attracts cats farther away and speeds up investigation. Bait goes stale after 65 game seconds; refill supplies at the clinic.
  3. Retreat. Click a marked hiding spot or move well away. Cats flee if you get too close. Sneaking reduces your speed and how easily cats notice you.
  4. Watch the cat. The box trap shuts automatically. With the drop trap, wait for “Inside the trap” and pull the cord. Pull too early and they scatter; wait too long and they steal the bait.
  5. Collect, care, return. The cat travels in its trap, which stays occupied until return to the colony. Start with one trap and room for one cat. Clinic drop-off and collection are only available from 08:00 to 18:00; care continues overnight. Wait at the clinic if it is closed.

Keyboard: arrows move · T places at your feet · V walk mode · S sneak · H nearest hiding spot · B bait selected trap · P pull cord · E collect trap · C clinic · R return · 1–4 equipment. Tab through cats and traps to inspect them.

The net unlocks in level three: sneak within reach, inspect a calm cat, then choose Use net. You need a spare transport trap. It can miss and needs a 10-second cooldown.

Game mechanics compress real TNR. Work with an experienced rescue and a vet in real life; recovery is much longer, and nets require specialist handling.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLINIC

A safe stop.

Drop-off and collection: 08:00–18:00 daily.

1. Examination2. Neuter & vaccinate3. Recovery

Time is compressed for play. Cats are returned only after the vet clears them.

TRUST EARNED. CATS HOME.

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TAKE A BREATHER

Rescue paused.

Cats, bait, and clinic timers are on hold.

CAT WATCH

BEHAVIOR NOTE

Coat identifies appearance, not personality. Observe each cat as an individual.

Trust
Fear

The game pauses while you observe.