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How Buddy’s parents met - a jigsaw puzzle tale

All you need is love and a cat. Discover a romance through the eyes of the cat Buddy in this minimalist jigsaw puzzle game, told in 6 scenes illustrated by @Katia.Numakura with her lovely art style.

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Mens Sana Interactive
Publisher
Mens Sana Interactive
Release
February 14, 2020
6 years and 171 days ago
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Very Positive245 reviews89.8%

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About the Game

Cats are amazing friends and witness so many special moments in its parents’ lives. They are quiet but watch everything. Secretly support the pursuit of love and happiness. In this jigsaw puzzle game, find six of these moments with Buddy the cat.

  • Get involved with this love story, with moments of unlikely coincidence, uncertainty and closeness.
  • Set up the jigsaw puzzle scenes at five different levels of difficulty.
  • Beautiful illustrations created especially for the game by artist @Katia.Numakura .
  • Relax with an immersive and exclusive soundtrack.
  • Features include zooming the scene, highlighting border pieces, highlighting pieces from a specific quadrant, shuffling the remaining pieces, previewing the scene, dragging the board.
  • Complete the puzzle and unlock the image for download. Share it to express your love ❤! Use it as a desktop background to inspire your day 🌞!
  • Play it if you love cats 🐱, love jigsaw puzzles 🧩 or just love ❤!

UPDATE: New additional scene to celebrate Steam Trading Cards. What happened 4 years later?
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