
Meowditation
🚨Attention!!! The sound parts of this project play very badly on some emulators, including the one offered online at itch.io!!!! 🚨

I recommend downloading the rom and testing it on real hardware, or failing that, using the BGB emulator. All the other emulators I've tried make a shrill feedback noise during the digitized sound parts, which makes the experience quite unpleasant to listen to, whereas on a real Game Boy, apart from a few crackles, it's still listenable!
“Meowditation” represents a cat's reflection on the day ahead, with morning and the need to sleep, noon and the desire to eat, afternoon and romantic encounters, and evening and the need to fight to secure its territory!
This is my contribution to the Game Boy Showdown Jam 2025 “Cutscene Edition”, where the organizers let our imaginations run wild!
To make it, I used Gb Studio and Gimp, as well as my Game Boy Camera for the credit.
I drew inspiration from Tronimal's work on sound digitization for the sound parts, with real cat purrs, meows and hisses, and from Robert Doman's demonstration for the character's graphic animation.
Everything else was just a matter of using tile swapping to represent the different parts of the day, and a few Gb Studio functions. I hope you enjoy it, and don't hesitate to check out the Jam's other projects!
Thank you for your interest. I'm planning a review of the various projects on my Twitch channel, so don't hesitate to drop by if you're interested (Replay on Youtube).

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🚨Attention !!! Les partie sonores de ce projet passent très mal sur certains émulateurs, dont celui proposé online sur itch.io !!! 🚨
Je conseille de télécharger la rom et de tester sur un véritable matériel, ou à défaut d'utiliser l'émulateur BGB. Tous les autres émulateurs que j'ai pu essayer font un larsen strident au moment des partie sonores digitalisées, ce qui rend l'expérience assez désagréable à l'écoute, alors que sur une vrai Game Boy en dehors de quelques grésillements cela reste écoutable !
"Meowditation" représente la réflexion d'un chat sa future journée qui arrive avec le matin et son besoin de dormir, le midi et son envie de manger, l'après-midi et ses rencontre amoureuses et le soir et le besoin de bagarre pour assurer son territoire !
C'est ma contribution à la Game Boy Showdown Jam 2025 " Cutscene Edition" où les organisateurs ont laissé libre court à notre imagination !
Pour le réaliser j'ai utilisé Gb Studio et Gimp, ainsi que ma Game Boy Camera pour la partie crédit. Je me suis inspiré du travail de Tronimal sur la digitalisation de son pour les partie sonores avec les vrais ronronnement, miaulement et feulement de chat et de la démonstration de Robert Doman pour l'animation graphique du personnage, tout le reste n'est qu'utilisation du tile swapping pour représenter les différentes parties de la journée, et de quelques fonctions de Gb Studio.
J'espère qu'il vous aura plus et n'hésitez pas à aller tester les autres projets de la Jam ! Merci. Je compte faire une review des différents projets proposés sur ma chaîne Twitch donc n'hésitez pas à passer une tête si cela vous intéresse (Replay sur Youtube).
Updated | 24 days ago |
Published | 26 days ago |
Status | Released |
Category | Other |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | Johndo Studio |
Tags | cat, cat-game, Cute, Game Boy, gb, jam, meow, meowditation, pixel, showdown-jam |
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Now we know what cats are thinking, when they head home! Thank you! :)
Thank you, it's a good thing my cat told me all about his day, otherwise I'd never have been able to create this game ^^.
Perhaps we should listen to our cockroaches and make a nice animation too, as we don't have a cat! Maybe next year… :D
Nice animation!
Thanks, I had originally tried to make a jaguar, but it was a bit too resource-hungry so I switched to chat :)
Really nice running cat animation! My entry also has a running cat, but with a different approach on the animation
Yes, I went to see and note your participation, in fact I was hoping to see other people with animations based on the world of cats, yours with butterflies is superb!
Nice! Great cat movement animation and the little window into their thoughts was really fun 🐈⬛🌃
Thank you, I've downloaded Robert Donan's excellent tutorial for animating the cat, I'm glad you liked it :)
Wow I really like this! The ending credits were so funny and they caught me off guard!
Thanks, I love using the Game Boy Camera on a daily basis so it seemed obvious to put it as a credit in this project :p