Unity · C#

Running Cat

2025Unity · game · 2D game · C#

Running Cat is a 2D Unity platformer: a mischievous cat sprints through a small town, dodging police and cat-catchers, grabbing coins, and racing a countdown. It was a four-person student game where each teammate contributed a level. I was the top contributor and built the core game systems — the cat's movement, the police and enemy AI, camera follow, coins and energy, the countdown timer, the level selector, and the hint system — plus the tutorial and the first level. The playable demo I maintain features my two levels.

This one also had a second life: the little running cat became a recurring character on this very site — it lives permanently in the light theme, and it's the prototype for the site's hidden easter egg.

Key features & challenges

Built the core game systems in C#: cat movement, police/enemy AI, camera follow, pickups, countdown, level selector, and hints.
Designed and built the tutorial and the first level.
The live itch.io demo features my two levels.
The cat lives on across this site — a light-theme fixture and the hidden easter egg.

My contributions

Four-person student game; I was the top contributor.
Built the reusable gameplay systems (movement, enemy AI, camera, pickups, HUD/timer, hint system) in C# / Unity.
Designed and built the tutorial level and level 1 — the base the rest of the game reused.
Maintain the playable demo, which features my two levels.