Purrsuit of Happiness

Developed as a student project, actively maintained with 💜

Purrsuit of Happiness is a stark joyride through the cruel joke we call life. As a cat chasing happiness over an endless cityscape, you'll feel the sting of reality. The high-score system? It's there to remind you of others stuck in the same futile race. It's a darkly humorous mirror of our everyday grind, dressed up as a cat's rooftop run.

Controls

Jump on PC

• Space Bar or
  
• Left Mouse Click (click inside the game!)
• Hold them down to jump longer

Jump on touchscreen

• Tap  (tap inside the game!)
• Hold the tap down to jump longer

Tips

• You'll be able to hold the jump longer as you win velocity.
  
• Don't be too reactive! The more you jump, the harder it gets.
• Let it flow! You might get further than you think without jumping.
• Enjoy the ride! The game is about reaching happiness, but ✨you should never obsess over your goals✨.

Changelog

[26 JUL 2023] FIXED:
    – A bug that made the game break on load (which appeared after changing the PHP version in the API's server)
[19 JUN 2023] ADDED:
    – NEW scoreboards feature!
    – Touchscreen controls
    – BG Music
[14 MAY 2023] FIRST DEMO RELEASE.

Credits

• Cats Pixel Asset Pack by POP SHOP PACKS.
• Portal by RUXAR.
• Parallax Far City Background by LUCKY LOOPS.
• City Pixel Art Background by DAKHAN.
• Modern City Backgrounds Pixel Art by CRAFTPIX.
• City Parallax Yopta by FRONTEND PASHTET.
• Pixel art styled UI pack by JAKUB VARGA.
• Karmatic Arcade font by VIC FIEGER.
• Windows Command Prompt font by MCFOOD.
• SweetHope palette by ANUBI.
• Sprite Shader with GreyScale by RUDOLF CHRISPENS.
• Better Minimal WebGL Template by SEAN S. LEBLANC.
• Gold Bug Island by THE 126ERS.

Acknowledgements

• Early testers: Senso, Martí, Charlie.
• Song looping: cseara.
• Scoreboard testing: Senso, Guillem, Flors.
• Mobile playability and input testing: Senso, Charlie, Guillem, Flors, Maria, Martí.

Bug Report & Feedback

• You can report any bug you might find either via comment below or using this form.
• Let me know how the game made you feel via comments below!