a tramp It seems to be a trend in the “game” because in addition Records for the number of concurrent players on SteamIt is even a trending topic on social networks such as Instagram, Twitter or TikTok The novelty of this game with the participation of a stray cat reached “food” Those who don’t particularly like video games, but rather cats.

And it is that on the Internet, when we talk about the new game created by Annapurna Interactive and Bluetwelve Studios, it is the pets that attract the attention of users, because they are recorded that they pay too much attention to the graphics of the video game. .

So The stray cat was too realistic For “gamers”, but also for their furry friends, because short videos and clips Cats and dogs pay a lot of attention to screens When playing a video game, they sometimes put their “little hands” on the TV to grasp the various elements displayed.

But that’s not all, even on Twitter the so-called “Cats Watch Stray” (@CatsWatchStray), which has uploaded and compiled almost every video on the web of cats and dogs reacting to the game, which was only released on July 19 of this year. So if you spot a pet showing interest in Stray, why not upload it to social media and tag this account, maybe it will get noticed.

However, it’s also worth taking some care while playing if you want to avoid crashes because Many cats and dogs seemed to be about to jump on TVs and monitors With an interest in capturing characters.

In addition, this interest of animals in game graphics, which gives the impression that “they want to get on the screen”, can be motivated Stray’s feature is that the cat will follow by pressing a button.

These are other reactions that users managed

On the other hand, an interesting aspect of this game, which has only been out for 5 days and is already breaking records on Steam, is that its “lovable protagonist” is inspired by a real stray cat.

Swann Martin-Raget, a producer on the game’s development team, revealed in a post on the official PlayStation blog that the character entering this cyberpunk world is based on Murtaugh, a real-life stray cat.

This cat is one of the pets that the co-founders (Viv and Kula) have and was found hiding under a car on the streets near Montpellier, France. He was picked up from there and is much better now, also nicknamed “Boss” he was a great support during Stray’s development.

However, the cat that helped the animators represent the behavior of a real cat in the game was not Murtaugh, but Oscar, a pet of one of the team members, so he was in the studio almost every day. Try to replicate their attitudes in a video game.

Finally, the BlueTwelve Studio team mentions another cat named June, who was also in the studio most days to help animate the stray hero. However, they defined it as “leader, executive, president and director in charge of research” who is responsible for the proper functioning of the team.

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