Only Way is Down Gameplay Trailer

Embark on a purr-fectly perilous adventure as this lil kitty cat took an unfortunate cat-nap and ended up stranded sky high! With no way but down, unleash your feline agility and platforming prowess to navigate your descent through the urban jungle in this whimsical and gravity-defying escapade!

Demo will be available on Steam over Steam Next Fest on the 10th - 17th of June. Only Way is Down will be available on Steam and Epic Store.

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[paolaaldini]

Cat falls like a sack of onions, cracks me up every time.

[akshaytrehan]

For a cat she is bad at walking on ledges

[papagiorgio]

Now will I be able to play as a bear that poos? Fingers crossed

[Arcin]

0:59 now that's just bullshit. Idk if its gunna be that janky but if you can fall just from stuff like that. Too jank. I don't think people will want that but hey I'm not the one making it just putting out my thought on it. Going to be streamers walking along the edge being like clearly fine and just fall. I mean obviously its a game pitted against you but that's too much.

[sanafabich]

A cat dying from falling 2 meters? Really???

[VariousThings]

So enough folks have climbed up things in rage games that it is now time to descend in one. Fair. Looks like it'll provide many youtubers a lot of rage and us a lot of entertainment.

[coolfever]

this is wholesome! please release this on android too 🙏🏻

[AutomotiveVP]

Sure, here's a corrected version:

I was trying to think of a concept for 'The Only Way is Down, ' and you beat me to it. This is a perfect concept for the name! Well done and good luck! 🎉

[jordanjamison]

I love platformers, but looks very unfair when if your foot barely touches the edge you die. Seems lazy. Cats are smarter than that.

[AetnaTheLavaWitch]

I was considering buying the game until I saw the death animation.

Looking at a cat that dies, like he is being shot by a bullet or have a brutal stoke just for landing after a fall we all know he would survive easily, is a big NOPE. It's just break the immersion or the will to learn the game at all.

Even more if i already know i will see that poor scene every 6-10 s while learning the game at the begning.

[dcorbe]

this looks like an annoying game to play

[reptarien]

Okay I get that this is supposed to be a rage game, foddy-an esque, whatever, but how could you forget the number one addage of cats: they ALWAYS land on their feet?

[Leon-pius]

Yo they made Little Kitty Big City if it was backwards

[ryanmccampbell]

At first it's like "oh it's just a cute wholesome platformer". Then you realize "oh it's Getting Over It but with cats".

[charliegrs]

I've always wanted to play a game where I control a drunken cat

[mnym]

Just played the demo and I want to give my thoughts before the full release.

First thing: The camera controls.
Instead of having the camera controls be super tight, the camera feels like it's always being pulled by a rubber band. Coupled with the cat always running in archs when going left or right (which is fine by me, although cats should be able to do very quick turns even while running) makes precise movement difficult for unfun reasons.
I'd say it makes controlling the cat, at least while you're running on the ground, feel very sluggish.

Second thing: mid-air cat-control.
As soon as your paws leave the ground you can change directions like you're playing Gradius. Even the camera controls are a little tighter when you're mid-air.
You can change directions and gain velocity wherever you wish once you press the jump button. At some points the game got a lot easier when you forwent taking it slow and just jumped and realigned while in the air. That's a weird design choice, if it was intentional to be this way.

These two points make playing it just feel a little awkward overall. I never felt like i was in full control of the movement. It felt like I just had to wing it at some points until I got through, which is unfortunate.

Don't get me wrong, I still liked it and will probably buy the game once it's actually released. The cats controls are fine, although the mid-air control is a little nuts.
The camera is really my biggest gripe with it. I hope something will be done about it by the time of its full release because as of right now I didn't feel like a nimble cat making precise and calculated jumps to get down safely. I felt like a drunk cat who just winged it until it worked.

[Artofficial]

oh another one of these streamer games