💬discussion

[pure parrot]

hello, there is an error in the recommended requirements in Bongo Cat, perhaps 4 GB of RAM is needed instead of 4 MB

[frail adder]

oh, yeah, thanks 😄

fixed! thank you

[pure parrot]

Okay, I'm looking forward to coming out, but I'm off. Goodbye 👋

[vapid rover]

feature wish (not sure if already planned tho since it seems obv): selection btw different kind of cats. 🐈‍⬛ 🐈
or go even a step further and be able to change it into bongo dog or bongo rabbit? 🐰

[vapid rover]

would love to be able to individually move the elements (including the cat) on my screen so there are no overlaps

[frail adder]

just left and right?

i think i can add that real quick

[vapid rover]

yes that would be enough 🙂 👍🏼

[frail adder]

first version of that should be live soon 🙂

[tacit holly]

Didn't know I need ANOTHER cat in my life until today 😄

[safe blaze]

can you see how common/uncommom the items are?

[elder junco]

Right now its shown on the store page 🙂

• if you check your steam inventory you can see what type they are

[safe blaze]

the pop-up with "new item" and the symbol is really long, is it possible to click it away or reduce the time of the pop-up? otherwise it feels a bit interrupting

[mystic scarab]

I like the concept 😄 !

[frail adder]

this is just testing internally haha

[mystic scarab]

I like the idea though, also as for the studio to have a player ecconomy

[mystic scarab]

I just realized my hats are too big 😄

[spark sand]

😄

are you on the beta branch?

[mystic scarab]

Nope. But 4k monitor and weird scaling I assume

[spark sand]

ah yes I dont think we have tested a lot of resolutions yet

use the beta branch

it will fix the hat size issues

[frail adder]

for testing only use the beta branch please 😄 we can't auto update the main branch

[mystic scarab]

How boring 😉

[frail adder]

i mean

a hat like that would be cool hahaha

testing some hats right now 👀

[tight zodiac]

I think that hat is JUST the right size! 😂 ❤️

[frail adder]

if you are testing the beta
if you click on the cat or somewhere on the ui and press 0 you can cycle through the new hats 👀 testing only

[safe blaze]

this is amazing

[safe blaze]

can you also get those items in the chests or is that just something to circle through?

[frail adder]

for testing just circle, soon ™️ in chests

[spark sand]

got the mini cat 😄

[tight zodiac]

Whoops sorry for starting a thread in the devlog 🙈

Got this one, it feels appropriate.

[safe blaze]

it is I, Caesar

[vapid rover]

✨

[lost palm]

It's purrfect for my study sessions at the moment.👀

[brisk moss]

And when is the release?(translator)

[frail adder]

Demo will be released next week with an exclusive item just for the demo players
And then shortly after that if no critical bugs occurred we will release the full version 🙂

[brisk moss]

Niceeee))))

I coder for C#

Sorry for the my english, he in development

[brisk moss]

Your game will add gamification to my activities, which will increase my engagement and efficiency.

[frail adder]

i swear, i'm working 20% faster with that

😄

[vapid rover]

jedes mal wenn ich meinen pc neu hochfahre resettet sich der klick counter. wäre cool, wenn er sich speichern würde. bzw ideal wäre, wenn es sogar über 2 PCs hinweg synced wär (katze trommelt bei mir sowohl daheim als auch auf dem office pc) 😄

[frail adder]

ja hatte ich eigentlich auch eingebaut, irgendwas scheint aber mit steam cloud nicht zu funzen :/
habs gestern abend nochmal gepasst, maybe funzt es dann ab jetzt

[vapid rover]

werd dir beim nächsten mal hochfahren bericht erstatten 😄 🫡

[sweet flame]

i think i have a problem😅

well i tried moving the inventory button (i guess i overdid it) and it disappeared from my main desktop screen.

I tried to re-enter the game several times, but it didn't help

[frail adder]

good point, let me add you a button 😄

[sweet flame]

how can i help solve this?

[frail adder]

just wait until my update goes through 😄

[forest musk]

Wha, you can MOVE the inventory button?

[frail adder]

already on it

[sweet flame]

got it🫶

[sweet flame]

I meant the menu button, next to the click counter (I’m answering the screenshot with this button, I hope everything was understood correctly from the beginning). Sorry that I didn’t clarify what exactly happened to me.

[frail adder]

i understood

update should be live in a few minutes

i even had this comment in the code xD

but never implemented it

[brisk drift]

bogo only shows up if the taskbar is on a specific monitor. 😅

[frail adder]

are you one of the few hidden taskbar players? 🤔

[brisk drift]

no I just move it to me secondary monitor after starting my computer.

[frail adder]

hm weird, i will check that 😄

[vale elk]

Help me, my counter is missing.

[frail adder]

did you move it away?

[brisk drift]

one moment there. another moment gone xD

[vale elk]

Yes, and now I can't find it 😄

[frail adder]

ok give me a minute, once the steam update is ready (you will see it) then you can press F1 if you click on the bongo cat once

this will bring it back 😄

[frail adder]

ohh this is probably because you have your taskbar move with your main active screen i'm guessing

[frail adder]

if you restart steam it should also instantly find the update

[brisk drift]

I believe so. is there a way to make it stay xD

the kitty not the taskbar

[vale elk]

Yes, thanks for the help, But is there any way to transfer the cat to 2 monitors?

[frail adder]

not yet, will take a look on that 😄 i parent it (kinda) to the windows taskbar
so you would need to set the windows settings to always display it i think haha

[frail adder]

not yet 😦

[vale elk]

😦

[frail adder]

i will try to get it done later this week 😄

you are not the only person requesting this haha

[vale elk]

Okay, thank you)

[brisk drift]

😂 this is such a cute app. and perfect companion for studying 🙂

[forest musk]

@frail adder just a quick question though, if demo items aren't tradeable, wouldn't they just clutter the players' inventories?

[frail adder]

yes they would 😄 and i'm sorry for this

but it will be shown in the demo of the game, the full app will have another inventory

[sweet flame]

and how does item drop work, I have 3300 clicks here and haven't received a single item😅

[frail adder]

click the click counter once

you can get an item every 25 min

[sweet flame]

ooooooh

[forest musk]

Got this amazing item around 1800 clicks/taps :D

[frail adder]

if the chest pops up click it

[frail adder]

can you see the name somewhere? this seems to be a bug 😄

[forest musk]

Nope, and also please check this out

[sweet flame]

i have the same trouble

[frail adder]

yeah this happens if you didn't play enough, timer should be 25 min

was the initial timer scuffed maybe? let me check

[forest musk]

Difficult difficult lemon difficult T_T

[frail adder]

try it again in a minute or so. and let me know if this worked

[frail adder]

or can you see the invisible item?

[forest musk]

Nope
Maybe that's why I can't pick it up? Because the game thinks I've already collected it?

[frail adder]

yeah, let me check actually

[spring wave]

Not sure if somebody already reported this: If you have the fps counter of steam active it appears not at the top left as normal but at top of the lower 20% of the screen on the left.

[frail adder]

yeah because the "window" is in the lower third
i already asked steam to disable their overlay but have to wait until the support answers me 😦

[brisk drift]

it wont load my reward even though I waited for the chest and had 1k clicks

[frail adder]

yeah rewards seem to have issues right now

already looking into it

[brazen owl]

Can the cat be moved? I want to enjoy dota 2, but she's blocking my inventory.

[frail adder]

hahaha yeah i'm thinking about a nice way to "detach" it haha

[mint birch]

bongo cat is already making its rounds in bt 😂

being able to move the cat would be awesome

btw, do you get anything from having more clicks /key presses? if so, I found an exploit

[frail adder]

no you don't 😛

what is bt?

or can you exploit the steam achievements? then please let me know, but i'm guessing you can't hehe

[mint birch]

bayreuth 😛

[frail adder]

ah 😄 nice

[mint birch]

no nothing with steam; haven't tested it out with any other inputs, but when pressing Fn + F5 on a laptop to change volume, unitys input system counts each volume change as an input

and apparently, that key press sends inputs even if the volume is already at max or min lol

[frail adder]

hahahaha

i guess i have to limit it to normal keys on a normal keyboard 😛 thanks for reporting it! will have to fix that for the full launch because there are achievements

[mint birch]

oh btw marcel, does the cat have a fps cap?

[wise torrent]

Hi! I've finally waited for the demo. Thank you for your efforts.

I see that the issue with the cat's placement has already been brought up, and I'd like to second that, since it slightly overlaps with system data in some of the programs I work with 🙂

Additionally, I wanted to ask you to consider adding the option to hide the app icon in the system tray.

Thanks!

[frail adder]

60

[frail adder]

wait you can hide the app icon? will take a look, love the idea 😄

And yes, will try to get an update out this week

[mint birch]

ah ok, thanks

[frail adder]

do you want it uncapped? 😄

[mint birch]

I had the fear of it being uncapped 😅

did you test to see if a cap of 30 is noticeable?

well, thinking about it, with how small of an area needs to be rendered, a few less fps will propably not have a big performance impact

[frail adder]

i noticed it a bit 😄

[mint birch]

yeah fair enough

I've been requested to carry on a feature request: if something else goes fullscreen, make the cat partially transparent and move it down from the taskbar to the edge of the screen

[frail adder]

hm partial transparent could be cool, but yes i will probably want to cat to be movable if a fullscreen window is detected

[mint birch]

another quality of life feature request: being able to also scale the size of the cat (with constraints)

[wise torrent]

Each "drop" consume 1000 points? I mean with meta progressing, will "drop" require more then 1000?

[frail adder]

it will cost 1000 all the time, something which is achievable after 25min of working imo 😄

[wise torrent]

Looks to low for me :C
Gained 3k with 30m interval

There is more fundamental question -- are you logging score somewhere outside client or it's just local number.
Looks like 1k is hard culler for cheating with local data.

[stoic crane]

Will the items we earn in the demo transfer over to the full version?

[elder junco]

wait for the moment when you chill at home and watch some youtube videos 😄 I generally save up and spend it then

[frail adder]

ok maybe i will set it a bit higher 🤔
and it's a local number but the limiter for drops is the steam backend so you can't cheat 🙂
and for the achievements for the full version it's also steam verified

[frail adder]

unfortunately not, steam doesn't allow that 😦
but you will get the exclusive gamer hat if you played the demo 😎

[stoic crane]

yeah I thought that is how it would work just wanted to make sure

[wise torrent]

Oh, you underestimate me xD Watching yt on x2 and doing smth parallel its ok

[wise torrent]

Limiter — Of course. I mean, if someone just changes the local variable of points to an extremely high value, like "99999999" and gains drops every 30 minutes without typing anything?

Yes, I understand that the steam system gives drops based on time, and the overall typing for gaining points might seem somewhat superficial (if we're talking about GD). But...

I'm not entirely sure how Steam items work, but I'm quite certain you could implement a subsystem that requires spending points. Otherwise, I foresee players accumulating "over 9000" points that will ultimately become useless in the long run.

[frail adder]

you can't unfortunatly (atleast not without a dedicated server)

we will have steam achievements for those

and it will take you some time to get them 😛

[mint birch]

do you plan to handle edge cases like vertical taskbars, the taskbar being on the top of the screen, or the taskbar being hidden?

[wise torrent]

huh? Hold my beer... brb

[frail adder]

if you find something let me know (you can also dm me 🙂 ) i'm not an expert in steam sdk stuff either 😄

[wise torrent]

discussion is out of steam sdk context 🙂 I just speaking about gameplay loop, cause i see that idea could be fun 🙂

Give me some time and i'll show what i mean

[rugged terrace]

hi. they didn't give me anything for 2k clicks, is that how it should be, or is there something wrong?)

[frail adder]

was there an X when you clicked on the chest?

[rugged terrace]

I didn't have a chest..

[frail adder]

click on the counter

there is your timer

[rugged terrace]

oh, ok

thanks)

[frail adder]

you're welcome but yes i think i should make it more obvious in the beginning 😄

[rugged terrace]

ahahaha, there is such a thing)

[trail current]

Hi guys, I have a problem, I lost my button with the settings and the number of clicks of the cat, how do I put it back in place?

[frail adder]

click on the cat and press F1

this should reset it

[trail current]

thx

[simple summit]

Is it possible to move the cat?

[frail adder]

not yet, already on my todo for the next few days 😄

[dark finch]

How can I remove hat?

[frail adder]

you can't right now 😄 sorry

[arctic osprey]

Hello. Do you collect information on pressed keys? Does your application use internet access?

[frail adder]

No it does nothing with the key presses, and it does not use internet access, it's only connected to steam for the drops but no internet connection, that was very important to me 🙂

[arctic osprey]

Thanks 🙂

[stiff dawn]

Hi, how do I find out the rarity of a hat?

[frail adder]

you can see it in the steam inventory or you can see the small border around the items in the game

[stiff dawn]

this common?

[craggy venture]

Any way to turn of mouse click counter? Want to use it for text count

[frail adder]

i will add this when i introduce settings 😄 i like that!

and i respect that 🫡

[craggy venture]

Thank you! Any way to count only spacebar and letters? For better text counting?

[ivory seal]

What is this timer for?

[frail adder]

until you can get the next hat

[tawny minnow]

LOL
A giant cat is attacking a subway car.
Haha, it looks really funny.
I'm waiting for the release!

[vital flame]

Cat truck driver, much nicer with a partner

[stiff dawn]

it's hard, why is the error frequent?

[ivory seal]

How do I remove the hat?

[frail adder]

i'm not 100% certain yet, but i asked steam already regarding this, not sure if the items drop too often or what happens there, but wait a few minutes and try again

[frail adder]

you can't right now but i will add an option soon 😄

[stiff dawn]

After about a minute, I get to pick it up, I got this hat 👌

[ivory seal]

Ohhh, okay

[simple summit]

the number doesn't decrease, is this normal?)

[frail adder]

if the buy goes through it should deduct 1k 😄

if you click on the chest you should get an item

[simple summit]

Haha, thank you!

[native citrus]

Hello, I like this app, can I write here suggestions for new elements or improvements?

[frail adder]

yes please!

[native citrus]

How do you like these ideas:

• lower the cat to the very bottom in fullscreen apps;
• track gamepad buttons;
• ability to change the cat itself, not just hats;
• in addition to changing the cat and hats - click animations, for example, particles of earth.

[spare plover]

I would like you to add a feature for throwing the cat onto the 2nd monitor

[sweet gorge]

I guess its possible to do with "win+tab" thing just drag the cat (i dunno this work or not, don't have second monitor)

[frail adder]

1. i want to let you place the cat around (also supporting multiple screens)
2. yes! low prio right now but i want to support that in the future
3. i have the system in my code already in place 😄 but i wanted to see how people recieve the game before pushing more into art/custom items
4. particles are hard to show in steam imo

[spare plover]

Even shift win arrow doesn't work

[sweet gorge]

Also i've thought of feature of making custom hats for cat for 5/10k points or by modding

[sweet gorge]

Oh

[sweet gorge]

Or cat skins too

[frail adder]

yeah this is because i have to force the window to be where it is 😄 but will fix that soon haha

[sweet gorge]

@spare plover have u tried to start cat on 2nd screen instead of 1st and trying to drag it?

[spare plover]

Do you have some kind of issue tracker for git?

[spare plover]

I tried it, it starts on the main monitor, so far the solution is to change the main monitor to another but it’s still inconvenient

[sweet gorge]

Oh, sadly

[frail adder]

i have my notepad 😄 because i'm doing all the coding that's my issue trakcer haha

[vale elk]

113r clicks and 1 hat :Q I'm very lucky

[spare plover]

https://tenor.com/view/luna-cat-crunchy-cat-glasses-cat-luna-glasses-cat-gif-12732289841207803174

[sweet gorge]

By the way, Marcel, how about add an ideas channel?

[spare plover]

To structure tasks, I advise you to at least create a channel and direct users there

[frail adder]

i mean right now i try to read everything and i take notes if i like ideas or they come up often 😄

i will wait a few days how everything develops and then create a new channel if needed, i don't like it when people need to look through 20 channels to find the right one to post something 😄

[vale elk]

and how to find out the rarity of a hat?

[frail adder]

either in the steam inventory or you can look at the border in the cat inventory (quite hard to read tbh :D) i want to add filter for rarity but low prio right now

[patent quarry]

will it work with vertical posed taskbar soon?

[native citrus]

Idea
If possible, change the cat's animation itself when idle - flying letters, closed eyes, inflated circle near the nose, etc...

[frail adder]

when you can move it freely around then it should work with vertical as well 😄

[patent quarry]

well

it looks pretty cool
waiting for the release

[spare plover]

I don’t know if there was a proposal before, but I suggest changing both the direction of the cat’s viewing and the y coordinates on the screen

[patent quarry]

also waiting for the settings option e.g.:
size, options, position (for all monitors if they are), hiding rules (if smth is opened so hide it), bind hotkey for the settings to hide button, hide click counter and may be smth more
and adaptation for windows 10 (it cover tray icons)

[main elm]

Hi, is there any possibility to move bongo a little bit?

[elder junco]

Hey 👋 not yet! But we are working on it.

[spare plover]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-cry-cat-kitty-tears-gif-24106422

[patent quarry]

btw which language and tools used to make this program?

[elder junco]

It's made using unity.

[elder junco]

Soon! ™️

[patent quarry]

but it is not just a game in a window - it is overlay on desktop like it make in "Outcore" so im interested what makes this possible

[spare plover]

winapi?

[elder junco]

I don't really understand it either 😄 Marcel can probably explain it tomorrow.

[patent quarry]

okok so im waiting also for it 🤠

[frail adder]

yes win api 😄 you can render a transparent window and also get the taskbar height etc

but now sleep sleep 😄

[random sierra]

how to use bongo-cat with top taskbar?

[elder junco]

Unfortunately this is not possible yet! But we are working on making the cat movable.

[random sierra]

Okay, I'll keep an eye out for updates.

[calm yoke]

What about different phrases with different hats?

[elder junco]

That would be pretty cool 😄 Or just more phrases in general 🤔

[dense charm]

😭

logitech g102
8000 dpi
2560x1440
@elder junco

[elder junco]

😅 yeah. We need to fix that. I have the opposite problem on my 4k screen where it goes really slow. We forgot to add proper DPI scaling. Just move it veeery carefully for now 😛

[worn harbor]

How do I get hats?

[dense charm]

it also moves really fast when i switch to 400 dpi

[elder junco]

Just click the counter. You will see a timer. Every 25 mins you can get a random hat for 1000 clicks!

[worn harbor]

Sick!

Thanks a ton!

[elder junco]

good to know!

[worn harbor]

Hey, I accidentally dragged my bar off the screen, is there a way to get it back?

[elder junco]

Yes. Click on the cat and press F1

[pine pasture]

Hi, I noticed that the cat's paws don't tap quite right, if you click very fast, something like 30+ CPS, or even stops altogether. I just wanted to give my feedback, otherwise the program is goat👍
Upd. The counter stops counting clicks if the CPS exceeds ~25, as does the cat, I hope this can be changed in the settings in the future.

[normal patrol]

heyo
whats up with that icon? cant really remove it

just clicked it and claimed something.

didnt worked for past 10 minutes tho.

nvm, thanks <3

[torn roost]

Is there setting of bongocat? I'm using 4k monitor but it's too smol for me....

[eternal gull]

can u move bongo cat??

[mystic blade]

how do i move the cat

[worn harbor]

The cat doesn't move, yet, they're hoping to work on it in the future

[ivory seal]

#❓faq

[rugged sinew]

hey, so, just a weird note. I have 3 monitors (technically 4 with a drawing tablet but its not used) and it picks up clicks across all three. but doesn't pick up presses of keys on one of them. so is there a limit of 2 monitors?

[frail adder]

that's super weird and shouldnt be the case

is one of them running a full screen game/app?

[rugged sinew]

I have Idle cave miner on that montior but if I move it, it still doesnt pick up my typing (in discord)

its not full screen though

and the program does pick up mouse clicks

on that monitor

my monitors are all Display port so there cant be a disparity with that

sorry for the spam, but I think its a discord issue? moving discord to any of my monitors doesnt work

[frail adder]

no worries i will try to replicate it later 😄

[rugged sinew]

I do run discord as admin

Yeah, I think the issue lies in me running it as admin in the settings. running it not as admin has allowed the cat to pick up clicks and types now

[frail adder]

ohhh

interesting

thanks!

[rugged sinew]

[mellow hemlock]

Hello everyone, how do I make a transparent background? 💀

[frail adder]

it should normally work automatically :/ are you using any software for your background or similar? and is your taskbar active?

[solar hollow]

Is there a way to move the cat or assign it to a different screen? I would want to set it on my second monitor

[frail adder]

already working on it, will try to get the update out today 🙂

[solar hollow]

perfect, thank you very much

[mellow hemlock]

There are many processes running in the background, I tried to close each of them, but it didn't solve the problem. I do not even know what it could be. The taskbar is activated.

[elder junco]

is this your desktop or a video in the background? Maybe it can't handle some DRM stuff.

[mellow hemlock]

Live wallpaper for desktop background processor "wallpaper engine", nothing changed when I turned it off.

[frail adder]

ok but good chance that's the issue, i will check that later

[woven apex]

I have wallpaper engine too (not The same wallpaper though). Cat worked fine.

[valid crescent]

A very cool cat, but I do not have enough options responsible for the visibility of the cat on top of all windows, I would like to see it during games and another

[frail adder]

during games you should see it if you play in borderless mode

[valid crescent]

Indeed, thanks, low intelligence occurred)

[woven apex]

Can i somehow start bongo cat on a pc without steam? Will it work if i'll just copy files from steam folder?

[frail adder]

no that shouldn't work sry, i need steam for the items

[dense charm]

why

[frail adder]

can happen (i think a steam issue) wait a bit and try again

[stoic crane]

How will we be able to tell what rarity the items are will they be colored differently?

[lapis plover]

Why does it have timer of 25 minutes?

Will it stop working after timer ?

[woven apex]

It will give you item for 1000 clicks

[lapis plover]

What if i dont have 1000 clicks

Like, does it add clicks after timer expires?

[elder junco]

We are still improving the item frames + will probably add some text that tells you when you drop a new one. But for now you can either check your steam inventory, or the colored frames.

[elder junco]

If you don't have enough after 25mins, you can just keep on clicking and typing until you have enough.

[lapis plover]

Oohhh

Understood

Thx

[hallow lodge]

for some reason, my skins don't want to be displayed(

[frail adder]

can you send me the logs please? via dm

did it work before the update?

[hallow lodge]

no

[hallow lodge]

a couple of minutes

[pine pasture]

the cat's size scale and click bar are missing

[frail adder]

what do you mean by that?

[pine pasture]

The cat is too big, and I would like to move the counter to another place of my choice on the screen.

[frail adder]

i see, yeah currently that's not possible
i decided against it because by allowing that i would need to render a way bigger window than i have to right now, if that request comes up multiple times i will add it, i hope you understand

[pine pasture]

ok😔

[native citrus]

Hi!
Now the cat can be moved and it is not tied to the disappearing taskbar. One problem - the menu disappears.
And it won't appear until the taskbar is in hidden mode.

[elder junco]

You mean the counter and the menu button are behind the taskbar?

[native citrus]

Close, but no
When this feature is enabled, there is no counter and menu

[frail adder]

can you disconnect it from the taskbar and then hide it? will check when i'm back at my pc

[woven apex]

not snapping while on 2nd monitor. (main 2k. second 1080p)

[mint birch]

That change makes sense then. Would the window size still be fine if you allow us to move the cat 1-2 cat-lengths in each direction of the counter? Having the counter and item box always be in front of the cats face feels rude

[sweet flame]

Can someone tell me what does it mean "snapping"? Don't really get it... When I change this parameter, nothing changes

[frail adder]

if you enable it and you move the cat over your taskbar then it snaps to it

[sweet flame]

ooooh

hmm, it looks like he snaps to it, even when this parameter is disabled

[frail adder]

let me check 😄 it shouldn't haha

[smoky hearth]

yea if you are very close to the bar

marcel where do i drop suggestions?

[frail adder]

you are totally right 😄

i will fix that

[frail adder]

you can drop them here 🙂

[smoky hearth]

can you add a sweat animation when typing quicker?

[crude sluice]

so it seems like i cant drag the cat to my second screen task bar, because its a vertical monitor and is lower than the first monitor

[frail adder]

yes, already looking into that, and also into the hiding taskbar issue 😄

[echo warren]

like guy higher here ig move the counter will be really nice thing ,its pretty annoying to see chest message with size of all bongo cat, and can i ask how to wear hats now(im just stupid)?

nvm i found how to wear

my bad

[frail adder]

yes i will make the counter movable again soon, sorry

[crude sluice]

this one isnt important but is there a way to see what all can be unlocked or no

[frail adder]

there is way but i don't want to spoiler people 😄

[crude sluice]

ah got it

[echo warren]

sounds interesting

btw is there a hat with earflaps or monocle? ig this ones obvious but will be pretty funny

[crude sluice]

oh yea will the items we collect from the demo transfer into the full release or no

[frail adder]

unfortunatly not, steam doesn't allow that, but we will drop everyone who played the demo an exclusive and tradable item

[crude sluice]

OOoooh sounds cool

[ornate frigate]

Hi, i have a question about the game. I'm always hiding the bar, and when i'm doing it, i can't see what's under the cat, just like the screens. (1 hidden, 2 not hidden)

[frail adder]

yes already fixing that 😄 will push the update out soon

[ornate frigate]

And i clicked on the chest, i received nothing 😦

[frail adder]

is there a X?

then you need to wait a bit

[ornate frigate]

ok

[brisk drift]

I let my kids use my computer for their homework.. they now tap on the buttons more than ever 🤣 they love the cat.

[cunning horizon]

just yet i had opened the chest. in popup it showed, i got Green Party Hat, but in inventory added Flower Costume

[dim ether]

I had the same problem, it shows a purple cap in popup, but in inventory it's actually a paper ship.

[echo warren]

and i get a weird bug,i opened the chest and get blue painter beret,when i get it i wear it and it full dissapear, i mean from cat and from bongo cat inventory,but after few seconds it returned,small bug but i just wanna say about it

[magic garnet]

it slows down the input. is it possible to fix it?

[old jasper]

I can see the 1000 chest, but I can't claim it? clicking on it won't do anything
Is there any way to fix that

[frail adder]

you need 1000 taps/clicks 😄

[frail adder]

uh this is weird i will check it tomorrow

[proper laurel]

yay

suggestion: add a shop or smth like that.
i have too many extra inputs (53k)

[frail adder]

i can't 😢 steam only allows me to playtime drop, else i would need a dedicated server and that's something i don't want to do, but i'm already thinking about a few mechanics which will cost points 😄

[tawny minnow]

Someday I will fully dress him up as a clown

[frail adder]

the godlike combo

[tawny minnow]

Damn, now I don't know what else I can add to the start.
Start - train video
Icon: cat

Well, here’s the beauty!

[proper laurel]

alright seems good enough

cant waiit

[old jasper]

I made it to 1000 and claimed it but got nothing, is that as it should be?

[frail adder]

was it your first item?

[old jasper]

I think so

[frail adder]

steam seems to be bugged with the first one, i have legit no clue why

[old jasper]

ok ty

[proper laurel]

my first one was fine

i dont know when was it cuz it been 8h since i launched the cat

[patent quarry]

can you made a tray icon for it which will contain some settings (hide meow-meow text, size, rotation ...) for reason if they are unavailable in shortly use (vertical taskbar case as well)?

[proper laurel]

dont click the cat and meow meow wont appear

[patent quarry]

and what if i want to see for example custom text or click counters?

[frail adder]

hm do you want it in some tray icon or are settings ok? right now a few things are already in the settings and i want to add a few more there (scale f.e.)

[patent quarry]

yeah
sounds really good

there is no settings option so it will be good to be in a tray icon

[frail adder]

oh your counter is missing?

[patent quarry]

yeah
it doesn't appear in taskbar's vertical position

[proper laurel]

i GOT BEER

[old jasper]

I got some hats but... how do I wear them?

[frail adder]

you open the inventory (the 3 lines) and click on one of them

[old jasper]

when I do that it opens Steam inventory, and yes, I can click on hats there but it does nothing
no hats in the cat menu itself

[frail adder]

try to restart the game

if it doesn't resolve, please send me your logs via dm

i'm guessing a networking issue with our image cdn

[dusky glen]

can i off this?

[old jasper]

thank you, fixed
I have 4 hats on steam tho and it shows me only three of em but it's ok

[frail adder]

give me a few minutes, preparing an update right now 😄

[dusky glen]

ty

[low idol]

tysm❤️

[low idol]

Would you like to add a function to replace the counter with a cartoon keyboard?

[ivory seal]

For some reason my inventory sometimes becomes empty

After restarting it became completely empty

Restarting Steam didn't help either

[hazy wedge]

my inventory dissappeared and i can't claim new items

actions are still counting up

oh, clicking and dragging bongo cat around my screen a lot fixed the claiming items

now i can see newly claimed item in inventory, but not old items

[wheat edge]

I'm having the same problem

[stoic crane]

yeah same it only happened to me today tho it has been fine before I would guess that they may have broken something with the last update

[torn roost]

Same on here my cowboy hat is gone....

[magic garnet]

would be nice, thanks.

[magic garnet]

i think its okay, the app has just been released

dev'll fix it

Anyway it exists in your steam's inventory so you won't lose it completely

[torn roost]

Well there would be nice more customizable things with point. For example... sound effects?

[frail adder]

damn 😦 i guess something broke

can a few people send me their logs via dm please?

[ancient iron]

Tell me how I'll send it

[frail adder]

%userprofile%\LocalLow\Irox Games\BongoCatDemo
Player.log

keep in mind that your username gets logged so dm it to me please, thanks!

[young furnace]

i still dont have my items :/

[frail adder]

can you try it in a different network? or can you send me your logs via dm?

[hallow gust]

Turn off the cat, then goto steam page, click "update"

[winged jetty]

For some reason I can’t pick up the reward, the button doesn’t respond to clicks

Yesterday everything was fine. Is this due to an update?

[woven apex]

You have less than 1000 clicks 🤔

[winged jetty]

....

I'm stupid

Can these things be sold or exchanged for something later?

[woven apex]

Not in demo. You will be able on release

But on release it will be New wiped inventory

[winged jetty]

Cool, when is the release?

[young furnace]

oh got it works now, i tried this already didnt work first time, thanks ^^

[woven apex]

🤷🏻‍♂️ Im Not dev so no idea.

[winged jetty]

So there is no point in farming items now?

[woven apex]

No economic point. You still can look at cool/fun hats on cat

[frail adder]

not decided yet but latest beginning of march

[winged jetty]

Will the inventory actually be cleared during release?

[frail adder]

yes, i can't transfer any items, steam doesn't allow that unfortunately
but you will get an exclusive item when you've played the demo

[hallow gust]

Yee cool!

Maybe any promocodes from discord exclusive for demo's?

[frail adder]

i don't think that's possible would love to tho 😄

[pseudo jackal]

Hello! How do I find out what kind of rare clothes are on Bongo Cat?

[frail adder]

you can see a slight border in the ingame inventory

steam seems to not display the quality tag in your steam inventory because the items are not tradable i think

[pseudo jackal]

Can I make a help window with a collection of clothes and an indication of their rarity?

[sage plank]

eee bunny cat

[frail adder]

ah yes i fixed it

you should see the quality now in your steam inventory

[pseudo jackal]

happy

[pseudo jackal]

yea

[glad lotus]

Guys, sorry for such a common question but, how do I get hats?

Can someone explain hat-receiving system to me?

[sage plank]

1000 clicks = 1 hat every half hour

[glad lotus]

Tysm, and I also have on more question

What does snapping do?

[frail adder]

it lets you snap the cat to your taskbar when you drag it around (currently only on your main screen)

[flat jungle]

Will there be a MAC version?

[frail adder]

not planned right now, but a few people got it running on mac

[flat jungle]

it s not available in steam as i understand?

[frail adder]

no, someone used an emulator i think? not sure how they managed to pull that off 😄 sry

[flat jungle]

thanks anyway

[vocal sandal]

hello, I want to suggest one rather important setting that I have not found or it has not yet been implemented. Some people, yes, there are not many of them, but they still exist, the task bar is on the right, left or top, but we cannot move the bongo cat to any other plane except the bottom of the screen

[frail adder]

you can't attach it to the other styled taskbar if that's what you mean

but you can just drag and drop the cat around as you like

[vocal sandal]

understood, but in the future I wanted to be able to rotate the cat

[kindred garnet]

Also about bongo cat settings, can u add size change to the cat?

[mint birch]

how about a "know-feature-requests" channel or something? Tho with how often #❓faq is overlooked, I'm not sure if its gonna do much 😅

[frail herald]

Full immersion! The cat is also wearing a cowboy hat
However... It does not respond to keystrokes on the gamepad 😟

[patent quarry]

how about changing click counter's position option?
or flip the bongo vertically

btw
if the bongo is too close to an edge of screen then menu got cropped and it is uncomfortable

[noble plinth]

Hi. Some suggestions:

1. Make an option in the settings to hide the cat when the user opens a full screen app
2. That when the hiding taskbar hides, the cat would go down to the bottom of the taskbar and when the taskbar comes up again, the cat would come up with it
3. That the chest icon would disappear in 3-5 seconds after appearing

Ещё меня удевляет то на сколько много тут русских на сервере

I also have some distance between the taskbar and the cat

[sweet fern]

hello everyone, what should i do in this situation??

[vernal lagoon]

have you tried restarting?

[tawny minnow]

Can you show all the hats available in the game?
Especially the rarest ones

[sweet fern]

the game? yeah, many times, but the previous problem has a full line in the bottom of the screen

[frail adder]

i don't want to spoil anything but you can find it via google 😉

[sweet fern]

and now it's just a square

[frail adder]

@sweet fern i wrote you a dm asking for you logs, maybe i can debug it

[sweet fern]

oh, sorry, i didn't see the message

[dense charm]

@frail adder add russian chat 😭

[noble plinth]

I would also suggest you not to add any other types of cosmetics besides hats, but instead increase their variety. Give hats different patterns, a chance that they will appear with some rare effects and etc, like in TF2. It would be cool if it would be possible to make a system of cases as in CS2

[ivory seal]

For this they need English-Russian speaking moderators

[dense charm]

there are literally dozens of english-russian spekaing people

on this serv

[ivory seal]

i see

[frail adder]

i want that later 😄

[frail adder]

this is the main issue, i need to moderate another channel or have people be mods, i will give it a few weeks and then decide (then i also know who is more active and could take the role as a mod f.e.)
hope you understand ❤️

[noble plinth]

Also, make it so that when you click on the kitty it would say the words that are most often entered by the user. However, partly this cute program will turn into a keylogger

[frail adder]

yeah this is something i don't want haha (the keylogger thing), but someone also suggest to maybe use a steam thread and it picks a random comment 😄

[noble plinth]

Also that the kitty would move on the RMB, and on the LMB it could be petted

[frail adder]

i like that idea 😄

[noble plinth]

What do you think about creating a separate channel here on discord where anyone can write anything they want and that's what the kitty will say? Also write in the rules of the channel that only meowing is allowed, but ppl will 100% write xenophobic, homophobic, n-phobic messages, which will be said by the cat, because of which this news will get into more media and the application will become even more popular.

[frail adder]

yeah i want to avoid that.. :/ always the issue with a discord, also quite hard to moderate if it grows big
but i think a few people here could help out 🙂

[noble plinth]

yeah i want to avoid that.. :/
And I, and I'm sure most of us, find it funny. If there are any complaints about you, you can always say you can't moderate everything

[frail adder]

nah, i believe in the good in people 😄

[noble plinth]

If the user is afk for a while, the kitty plays the Idle animation, for example it just puts two paws on the table already

[magic garnet]

good idea btw

[brisk drift]

I'll happily help out. 🤣 i have already been told multiple times i have a god complex for telling people to not be rude 🫡🤣

[buoyant valve]

nani?

[magic garnet]

Usually it takes about 10-20 seconds for a new hat to appear in your inventory

As i saw

[vernal lagoon]

I agree, it would be better to make funny/motivating/cute comments.

[inland trench]

Got a bug when redeeming a chest: the pop-up showed that I received the leaf hat but in my inventory I got a jar of pickles
Not a complaint, just letting you know. Very happy with my jar of pickles 💕

[brisk drift]

There is a pickle hat? 👀😱 i need to get tapping.

[elder junco]

Yes it feels like sometimes it shows the last hat you got. We will look into it 👀

[brisk drift]

It is beautiful

[inland trench]

Our pride and joy

[inland trench]

My last few drops, hope this helps
what I got > what was displayed
gold ribbon > gold ribbon
straw hat > leaf (not 100% sure)
rubber duck > rubber duck
pickle jar > leaf
Yarn ball > yarn ball
Punk hair > punk hair
Green party hat > leaf

[buoyant valve]

still the black ribbon is not showing

[feral ridge]

Probably already was said before. But would love to see rarity in Bongo and not opening steam each time

[iron sentinel]

???

[frail adder]

give it a minute or so, that is a steam issue

[austere crane]

Hi, is there a way to leave only the cat?

[gloomy lance]

If you open up the menu and press F2 there it should disappear

[austere crane]

Thank you

[stoic crane]

You can see the rarity they have a little colored outline on them it is hard to see tho

[feral ridge]

ooooo, i guess they need some more color to them because common and uncommon looks almost the same on some monitors

[stoic crane]

yeah they have said that they are going to look into making it easier to see we just have to wait

[frail adder]

i will update it tonight 👍

[mint birch]

fav hat until now

[vernal lagoon]

me need this hats 😄

[frail adder]

i just released an update, this should fix the issue, it might be less performant but maybe it's not noticable, let me know if the issue persists 🙂

[noble plinth]

Problem fixed, but now if you bind a cat to a taskbar, the cat will be “in the air” when the taskbar is hidden:/

[frail adder]

what would you like to happen? should the cat move to the bottom?

[noble plinth]

There is also some distance. You can't go any lower.

[noble plinth]

It would be nice

[frail adder]

yes, i had a minimum set 😂 i guess the taskbar can be smaller than that, will change that with the next update

[noble plinth]

Will there be a community market lol?

[frail adder]

with the full version yes

[ivory seal]

@frail adder i think it would be a good idea to add a FAQ section directly to the app settings

[frail adder]

in the game itself?

there is so little space 😭

[slender ledge]

make the menu bigger

[frail adder]

yes but i don't want the game to be too big haha 😄 it should be a tiny little cat in the corner 😄

[ivory seal]

or at least add a small user guide

[slender ledge]

it would be cool if in the discord you could gain an emote of the cat wearing a hat like it does in the game

[mint birch]

i would so love if discord roles could add stuff to the profile pictures

like a small hat to the ppl with the bongo cat role

[frail adder]

is that possible?

[mint birch]

not as far as i know

from what I know only a user themselves can affect their profile pic, and add special effects only with nitro

but I also dont have a lot of experience as a server admin lol

[slender ledge]

ive seen on some servers that the more you interact you get like points. and im thinking the more points you get the more emotes and stuff you get

but idk how they work

:/

there could be little gnome emojis for economix

just saying

[frail adder]

i agree, i thought we had one but we reorganized the whole server once and maybe this was also deleted 🤔

[slender ledge]

do you think you could bring it back?

[frail adder]

i will check tomorrow 🙂

[slender ledge]

k

[frail adder]

going to bed rn haha

[slender ledge]

gn

[chilly vale]

Is there somewhere I can see what other hats there are?

[lyric kayak]

how does one acquire hats?

[brisk drift]

When you have 1k taps click on the counter, it will have a countdown. When that reaches 0 there will be a small pop up above it with a chest. Click the chest and it should give you a new hat 🫡

[lyric kayak]

You're a blessing. thank you. I got to 10k to see if it was a tap requirement

[brisk drift]

Happy to help. 🫡

[slender ledge]

Hey i made a custom hat for the cat. If you wanna see it I’ll gladly send it around 4 to 5 pm (eastern time)

if you want it

[noble plinth]

sure

[torn roost]

after update, i can't get the item

[torn roost]

nope it fixed

[signal elbow]

have some problem: i'm using 2 monitors
there's no more space in main monitor to place bongo cat, so i moved cat to second one.
auto-snapping(is this name right?) doesn't works, so my cat can stay anywhere they placed. not only taskbar, they tapping everything... can stay everywhere... as like in zero-gravity.
how can i fix this cat to stay on earth?

[maiden crow]

this program needs it to run as a Wallpaper Engine in the background and not appear active in the steam

[frail adder]

yeah this can happen some times

[frail adder]

you place it perfectly 😛
no i already looked into snapping on the second monitors but it's quite hard :/ will have to investigate that further sry

[frail adder]

not sure how they do it, i'm 99% sure they either have no steam connection or steam disabled some things for them 😄
is there any advantage to you when it runs in "background"?

[maiden crow]

Wallpaper can also work without connecting to an incentive, yes..
Well, personally, it annoys me a little that the widget is displayed as an active application)
I also noticed that if you turn on any game, the cat is displayed on top of it
, sorry if "in the background" is written incorrectly. I'm Russian, I use a translator, I hope you understand what I meant.

[frail adder]

yeah i understand
i mean to initial focus for this game was that you have a small companion who sticks with you
but i'm already thinking about adding an option to the settings so you can disable the always on top thing someone else also mentioned it

[magic garnet]

I also noticed that if you turn any game, the cat is displayed on top of it
Isn't it nice? Just place your cat on any ui's element))

Like this guy did

For example

А зачем я тебе на английском отвечаю, если ты русский?)

Вообще интересно, почему эта игра именно среди русскоговорящих так сильно популяризировалась

И да, все, что ты пишешь, вполне понятно

Я, конечно, не гуру английского, но в целом нормально))

[maiden crow]

ахах внезапно

[magic garnet]

it looks like russian chat would be more popular than any other chat x)

[magic garnet]

Да ничего внезапного

Тут очень много русских

Я, кстати, ещё когда твои сообщения на английском читал, понял, что ты точно переводчик юзаешь)

Потому что обычно так никто не пишет, слишком грамотный текст

[magic garnet]

Ну процентов на 90% был уверен

И также на 90% был уверен, что ты русский))

[magic garnet]

i guess if you'll create russian chat, it won't be hard to find mods

Although how many russian ppl know english without using a translator 🤔

[frail adder]

please stick to english for now

[frail adder]

it will be, because there are a lot of new people on this server and i have to wait a bit to see who's active and who could become a mod, hope you understand

[magic garnet]

No worries, i was talking to that guy only

Nothing useful there

[frail adder]

then write in dms pls, it's really hard or nearly impossible to follow that 😄
and i want to hear the feedback or if people have issues

[magic garnet]

Yeah you right, mb

[torn roost]

could you make an exit button in the setting just for close the bongo cat?

just in case.....

[noble plinth]

I agree

[hybrid steppe]

just a suggestion: it could be nice to add Romanian language as well
at least I'd use it

I mean to the game (because I see you're discussing chat languages or smth)

[frail adder]

@hybrid steppe i just added it!

[vernal lagoon]

Friends, is there anyone who can help install the Russian localizer? I don't understand what to do a little bit/Друзья, есть кто может помочь установить русский локализатор? немного не понимаю что делать

[frail adder]

you need to create an account on the page, then you can suggest and vote on the translation
If something has enough upvotes it gets approved and i can add it to the game

[hybrid steppe]

awesome!

[vernal lagoon]

a, tnk!

[gritty hamlet]

I’m totally into these cute little kitties! When I click, “Meow Meow” pops up—and I’m hoping there’s a sound too.

[frail adder]

not yet, but i want to add it before the release 😄

[ornate frigate]

Hu, i made suggestion for the french translation, but it's not in the %ages on the website, have i done something wrong ?

[vernal lagoon]

I need a helmet hat, I need my little tankman))

[frail adder]

the percentage increases once people start to vote on things i think, and the website is sometimes a bit slow, maybe you need to wait

[ornate frigate]

Ok, thanks ^^

[hybrid steppe]

just noticed while adding translations...
the images (and some text for buttons actually) are old screenshots, now UI looks different with new settings

[frail adder]

fair, but doesn't change the meaning 😄 i think (and hope) that's fine 😄

[gritty hamlet]

I can't help it

[pseudo jackal]

@frail adder Can you add craft? Something like 50 common = 1 uncommon...

[brisk drift]

I think they were talking about adding an exchange where you turn in x amounts of dupes for another random hat

[sage plank]

https://tenor.com/view/bongocatlg-gif-24564821

[hallow gust]

Hey! What is Snapping for?

[hallow gust]

This will be perfect

Ama Commons King

[wheat lark]

it slightly snaps to your taskbar if you drag it close to it

[hallow gust]

Oh, like magnet

[wheat lark]

yeah

like this

[stable willow]

Hi! Is it possible to reset the presses ? Let me explain my question 🙂 I want to keep track of how much I type in a day. Maybe some kind of additional window with a number for the day.

[magic garnet]

ye, this has already been suggested

i think dev will add it

cause it would be useful for many ppl

[frail adder]

no not possible right now
you are not the first one asking so i will take a note on that 😄

[magic garnet]

why isn`t it possible?

[frail adder]

i mean it's not implemented yet 😄

[magic garnet]

got you

but there may be a problem with opening chests, cause it costs 1000 🤔

for example, all-time clicks and daily clicks might be separated

and it will be variable - to show the daily clicks or all-time clicks on counter

[vernal lagoon]

The price is quite low

[magic garnet]

ye, but maybe somebody isn`t typing much

[frail adder]

hm, would you like a stat in the settings menu? or do you want to see it all the time?

[magic garnet]

and anyway it would be good to see daily clicks and all-time clicks both

in my opinion

[frail adder]

all time clicks will be something you can see once the achievements are out (with the full version)

[magic garnet]

sounds good

btw @frail adder, wouldn`t it be better to create a forum for suggestions?

instead of the default chat

[frail adder]

nah, i think it's fine right now 😄

when it launches or the server escalates then maybe

but i want to avoid spreading chats/infos over too many channels

[magic garnet]

people could be able to rate suggestions so you could understand what people wanna see in the game the most

[stable willow]

I think it is possible to choose separately in the menu what variant to show. To be able to click between them.
Another option is to show the daytime ones on the scoreboard, and the general ones in the menu, since hats are bought for them.
Well, or completely get away and hats only for the daytime give 😄

[silver ermine]

what to do with this? I had internet failure, i think it is related

[frail adder]

try again i a minute

steam issue :/

[vernal lagoon]

Wait, but daytime is different for everyone.

[frail adder]

i like the toggle idea

[magic garnet]

I think it is possible to choose separately in the menu what variant to show.
ye i also thought about that

it would be nice

[frail adder]

he means day counter i think 😄

[vernal lagoon]

hm ok

[stable willow]

It's customary to reset the time to 0 Greenwich Mean Time.

[frail adder]

i can use your local pc time 🙂

[magic garnet]

game will check system time and if its >00:00 and its the first launch of the day, counter resets

or smth like this

[magic garnet]

also you could create a separate forum for suggestions of new hats in addition

its not much needed right now, but when server will grow up, it might come in handy

lol, i've just noticed that when you play the game that's also displayed on top of other windows and click where bongo-cat located (but you dont see him), it switches on it x)

[frail adder]

wild

[magic garnet]

is it possible to be fixed?

btw thanks for fixing a delay

[frail adder]

should be, is the game running in full screen?

[silver ermine]

nice

[magic garnet]

ye

[magic garnet]

i wanna this hat too :<

what rarity does it have?

[silver ermine]

white!

[vernal lagoon]

good catch

[magic garnet]

kinda off-topic, would be better to use #🌞general

and give me your burger :P (plss :))

[frail adder]

nah, everything related to the game can be posted here

we only have these channels because we have to, to have an onboarding message 😄

[magic garnet]

but its a dicsussion, somebody told me that only suggestions should be here

[frail adder]

nah you can post everything related to the game here 😄

[magic garnet]

okay

btw, someday you could add ability to rotate the cat by any degree, just for fun)

that would add a lot of new places

[crude flume]

It would be great to remove this protrusion from the hat, it's a little annoying that it's not perfect in shape.

[slender ledge]

this i made last night

[slender ledge]

its a little bit crappy but idk

[inland trench]

Would it be possible to add size scaling or a "large" toggle? My display has a pretty high pixel density, so my bongo cat is very small. Would love a big boy bongo cat 🥺

[jaunty jungle]

I want it bigger!.. I NEED THAT CAT ON HALF OF MY SCREEN

[frail adder]

😄 i will look into that tomorrow (probably not half of your screen but 200% scale or something 😄 )

btw someone else here having the issue with a black background? trying to debug it right now 😄 (so please reach out)

[brisk drift]

It kept me company while I was playing games tonight. bear and breakfast gives a lot of taps 😂

[jaunty jungle]

Thank you so much)) for everything. It's the cutest idea humankind ever invented

[frail adder]

thank youuu ❤️

[noble plinth]

Yay

[noble plinth]

It would be very nice

[magic garnet]

i don`t

[magic garnet]

what`s about rotating it on any degree?)

[frail adder]

probably later, it's just me myself and i doing all this 😄

[pastel quail]

Hello, sorry for my english, i have same problem, how i can fix it?

[magic garnet]

no-how, only developer can fix it (никак, только разраб пофиксить может)

[frail adder]

i'm already talking with him regarding fixes

[noble plinth]

btw non-Russians don't realize that a closed parenthesis is our equivalent of “:)” (пендосы не шарят что скобочка - это значит что ты лыбу давишь)

At this rate, we'll teach the admins Russian xd

[magic garnet]

nice idea 😄

[magic garnet]

i`ve already seen this somewhere

but i forgot 🫠

[ivory seal]

[low lodge]

Would you be open to opening a suggestions channel to keep those types on things organized?
I understand if not, just a thought as I had something small to suggest if you were taking them. At end of the day I love it the way it is so that's okay too

[noble plinth]

And a separate channel for bug reports

[low lodge]

I was just typing that 😄

Understandable though given you're the only one working on it 🙂

[frail adder]

just post them in here, i have my small todo list right now 😄
if the discord keeps growing like this tho i will probably create on soon haha

[magic garnet]

it`ll be nice

and like i`ve already told, imho it would be good to make a separate channel for hats only

[low lodge]

Okay
Was wondering if maybe a way to manually reset own counter in settings should you want to for any reason
My reason for wanting this is to see how many times I click my keys during a certain game that requires lots of clicky clicky clicky

[frail adder]

too many channels 😢

[low lodge]

Could just make a single thread in a suggestion channel for hats only too

that way everyone just posts in one

[frail adder]

i agree, someone else also mentioned it, will try to add this soon 🙂

[magic garnet]

i just think there`ll be a looot of hats suggestions

[brisk drift]

There are ticket bots out there as well that can make it easier to have bug tickets. You can then close them when the issue has been resolved.

[low lodge]

Free ones too ^

[magic garnet]

so its better to separate them from other ideas

[frail adder]

too much overhead haha, i hate taskmanagement tools xD

[brisk drift]

Forums are great for suggestions as well as it avoids people making the same over and over again. 🤭

[frail adder]

hats are a different topic, i have 2 artists i'm working with that create them and for the beginning i just told them to create whatever they want 😄 worked out quite well haha

[frail adder]

forums i agree

[magic garnet]

hats are beautiful, nice work they did

[frail adder]

but i don't like that you have multiple channels in the beginning and the discussions start to be here and there haha

[frail adder]

will pass this on to them 🙂

[brisk drift]

I got my pickle hat today and it is the best. 🤣

[low lodge]

forums good for bugreports too so not a million people reporting same thing you already fixed
could even do a single threaded section
where you have two labels "suggestion" and "bug report" so all in one category
then close them or use a reaction to mark completed / looking into or something along those lines

[ivory seal]

[ivory seal]

very good idea

[low lodge]

Incase this makes visually seeing it better
Anyway, your program, your discord, just thought I'd add 🙂
Had a very large community at one point so thought I'd throw my two cents in

[magic garnet]

you`re right

[frail adder]

you all call that will work? i guess i will give it a try 😄 will set it up in the next few days

lets gooooo

[low lodge]

i mean you still gonna get some silly peeps not using things correctly but im sure mods/helpers will point people to the right space and maybe in long term will make your life easier 😄

[frail adder]

fair fair haha

[low lodge]

anyway, thanks for the fun little app and much praise!
Glad you were able to fix the holding shift thing because I felt incredibly guilty holding it and gaining points lol

[frail adder]

hahaha

yeah it was a mistake 👀

i made some update to fix the key delays but in the same update introduced this issue haha

[low lodge]

I was running in a game holding shift and was like NOOOO

xD

[frail adder]

seems to work 😄

#1337544835292467250 exists now!

[low lodge]

#1337550196732723200

Don’t hate me if I fill suggestions when I get home 😅 I am perfectly fine with being told “no” or “out of my scope” if not something in your vision for it

[frail adder]

put in everything you can image 😄 if enough people also want that there is a good chance i will add it haha

[low lodge]

Ok one more thing
Do you have means of accepting a donation?
Not for things just as a thank you?

[frail adder]

no 😛
a positive review on steam haha

[magic garnet]

it`ll be more clear if you will rename channel, cause not the bugs only there

[frail adder]

i mean in the final game the steam items will be tradable, by that i hope to finance most of the development costs

[low lodge]

Or you could just let me throw money at you dammit lol

[magic garnet]

and you could pin "Hats" suggestion, it`ll be useful later

and btw, where can i see a full list of hats?

not to suggest already existing ones

[frail adder]

hm, i want to prevent people from getting spoilered
and i will pass the list to the artists at one point and i hope they know what they already did 😂

[magic garnet]

i want to prevent people from getting spoilered
hmm, i hadn`t thought about that

best you can do is to place it under a spoiler ig

[low lodge]

Or maybe just allow the dupe suggestions that way not ruined for the couple of peeps that wanna be surprised when they get one

[magic garnet]

ye, i think there won`t be too many duplicates, so this will work

[low lodge]

Hopefully people look through thread once it’s much bigger and see if something previously suggested

I very much see this little thing blowing up lol

[magic garnet]

i made a typo while was typing "Bongo cat", auto correct decided that it`d be better be "Boing cat" x)

i`ve run out of ideas so far

definitely enough now xD

i`d go sleep now

good night guys

[frail adder]

good night 👋

i'm going too 😴

[magic garnet]

what`s your current time?

[magic garnet]

i`ve suggested a lot, hope people will choose what they like best

[frail adder]

00:20, yours?

[magic garnet]

02:21

i have to get up at 7:40 😂

[frail adder]

oooof

you got this!

[magic garnet]

ye i really need to go to sleep rn

[noble plinth]

Me too

R u from Germany/Poland?

[left wraith]

Hi! Despite the simplicity of this "game", I really liked it.
I have a couple of questions:

1. Why sometimes when you click on a chest, a cross pops up (screenshot)? After a couple of minutes, you still manage to collect the reward.
2. Why does the timer disappear after a couple of hours?

I wish you to graduate from Demo as soon as possible, and also success in your new projects!

[left wraith]

oops, forgot to attach a screenshot

[magic garnet]

1. Steam issue, just wait 1-3 minutes and try again
2. Havent seen this

[frail adder]

the timer disappears after you click out of the window or after a few seconds (if i remember correctly) you can show it again by clicking on the counter

[frail adder]

germany 🙂

[left wraith]

Oh! You are right, clicking on the click counter shows the timer. Thanks

[vernal lagoon]

my mini Marcel

[low lodge]

its bedtime... 5am... oops

[novel axle]

Hellooo

[noble plinth]

btw, to partially solve the problem with the fact that Steam constantly shows that the game is running, you can press RMB on the game and enable this option. Others will not see that you are playing the game

[noble plinth]

Are you going to keep the program on unity forever? I think it would be better if it was something more low-level. Then it would be more possible and better optimized

[frail adder]

for now yes, our pipelines etc are all on unity giving me the possibilities to easily deploy on steam etc

[untold willow]

why is it blocked?

oh i got it

[noble plinth]

I don't understand. Can you explain it in more detail?
Just as it is unity and the logic of getting the drop works on the client, you can cheat and get all the hats at once by modifying the game code. And in the same way in any unity project you can change the assets, modify the folder scane0.assets (it would be called so). That is, you can replace the png of any regular hat with the png of a legendary hat. This is just one example

[frail adder]

that's not what i mean

i can push my code and you have it live in 5minutes on steam (without me doing anything)

something i would need to do manually if i change the framework

[frail adder]

and you can't get the steam items for the hats btw, that's not possible, you can just do it on your client and it will reset every time you restart so 🤷‍♂️ 😄

[vast cipher]

Hi! First of all, I'm using your app for a few days so far and am absolutely obsessed, such a cute addition to the workflow that doesn't let me lose count of time by dropping the chests that I'm always excited to open. I realized that when I get duplicates, some of them don't stack at the same hat stack if that makes sense. I got this hat as a duplicate (on a picture) quite a few times and in my invenotry it looks like I only own one. Not sure if this bug is on my side or not

[frail adder]

no this is a bug, you got a different item than what is shown here

could you send me the logs via dm?

[vast cipher]

certainly

[frail adder]

you can find them here:
%userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Irox Games\BongoCatDemo
Player.log

[vernal lagoon]

new hat

its uncommon

[rough torrent]

phephepehheehhe

[sacred lark]

Why is the CPU usage spiking to match Cyberpunk when running lmao

Nevermind its all good now

it spiked up to like 16% usage lol

[jaunty jungle]

AAAAAA!!!!~~~You've already added scaling. OMG Thank you, it's almost too fast (to be true), it was like yesterday i asked of it to begin with. It doesn't take half of my screen, but it definitely takes half of my taskbar 🧡🧡 🧡
p.s. it's interesting though hats are rendered better than the pussycat itself

[frail adder]

do you have the newest update? i fixed a few of these spikes

[elder junco]

Yes 😂 I didn't design the original graphics for 2x scale. I will update them!

[sacred lark]

I've just installed it today from steam. Is the update separate? I've set the process to efficiency mode on task manager and now its all good.

[frail adder]

ok glad that helped 🤔 will take note regarding this

[red cobalt]

When you change the size game, the menu lag.

2x

FHD 1920x1080

[frail adder]

what do you mean by "lag"?

[red cobalt]

I found a bug

half of the menu is located outside the monitor screen

[frail adder]

yeah this happens with the 4x :/ i might split the ui from the cat scaling but that's harder to do 😄

[red cobalt]

you can simply move the menu not above the cat, but to the right or left

Although it probably won't change anything.

Okay, I'm sorry for wasting your time

[sacred lark]

Any chance the items you get will one day be tradable?

Or is that just asking for trouble haha

[frail adder]

no worries, thx for your feedback tho! it's always good to see what people think can be improved, and that the scaling also scales the ui is not directly clear and might need some changes

[frail adder]

will be in the full game

[red cobalt]

It would be cool to add exclusive items, for example, for those who played before the release.

[frail adder]

that is exactly what will happen 😄

[tropic sage]

I would love to see stats page that shows you for example how many clicks did you make in general, how many hats do you have etc.

[stable willow]

Perhaps this suggestion has already been made, but can we add sorting of hats by rarity? ) or by addition, or in the settings choose how to sort )

[frail adder]

wasn't made yet, feel free to add it to #1337544835292467250 so other people will see it and can vote on it 🙂

[vale ravine]

What is the highest colour rarity so far? Blue or is there higher?

[frail adder]

legendary is the highest (orange) and there is epic as well (purple)

[vale ravine]

Alrighty thank you

[pulsar jetty]

How can I bring my program back out of the window?

[frail adder]

what do you mean?

[pulsar jetty]

He does not appear on the desktop

Out of desktop range

[frail adder]

do you see the tray icon? there you can right click and reset position and reset scale

or press F1

[pulsar jetty]

oh~~~~
That's it.Thanks

[turbid crown]

Hey! My cat didnt response for clicks by mouse, I cant move him or collect the box. I tried reset scale/position, but it doesnt help. Should I reinstall or?

[frail adder]

no, this is an issue happening for multiple people right now, i will rollback the update in a few minutes

[frail adder]

when was the last time the game worked for you?

[turbid crown]

like 10 hours ago, when I go sleep

[frail adder]

just rolled back the update, should be live in a few minutes

[frail adder]

do you see a tray icon? (the small icons in the bottom right)

[turbid crown]

yes, i have it

[frail adder]

can you right click it

and then click back into bongo cat

can you move it now?

[fallen ember]

I did it

[turbid crown]

yes, thank you, i updated it and now all works

[frail adder]

did you update the steam game or did my workaround work? 😄

[fallen ember]

Maybe add an autoreceive hats? It's not very clear that you need to click on the icon every time, and then on the gift.

[turbid crown]

update from steam o.o, got 2mb update
before it I couldnt move it

[fallen ember]

There are no updates in the steam. Your.

[turbid crown]

i tried right clicks from tray, different options doesnt help

[frail adder]

i want to encourage people to take a break 😄 like a pomodoro timer, you will actievly break away from your task and think about something else for a minute D

[frail adder]

thx for trying

will investigate it later

[turbid crown]

thank you for help and bongocat🥰

[gentle monolith]

Что делать если иногда не собирается скин и показывает красный крест?

[frail adder]

please stick to english

[gentle monolith]

Ок

[red cobalt]

wait 1-5 minutes

and take hat

maybe more time

[red cobalt]

I think it would be great to add a "headphones" and "cloud" or "thundercloud" hat

It's just my imagination xD

[frail adder]

feel free to add them to this thread: https://discord.com/channels/1075789018882654348/1337550196732723200

[red cobalt]

okay

[left wraith]

And I dont have an icon in the tray, no luck :<

[frail adder]

yeah i needed to remove this feature again because it broke the ui interactions for a few people

[frail adder]

ok will be back in a minute, deploying the update right now

[brazen owl]

I decided to look at a new setting and increased the size of the cat too much, how can I get it back?

[red cobalt]

xD

[brazen owl]

The F1 button helped me

[frail adder]

you can also press on scale again or right click it

[left wraith]

Oh no.. With the latest update the cat is attached to the screen border, not to the taskbar..
This only happens with the taskbar hidden. And it would be logical if the menu and general clicks bar remained visible, but it is not..

[left wraith]

Lol why does color affect rarity so much🤔

[magic garnet]

rare hats 😮 they really exist

i thought it is a myth

[left wraith]

Just luck

[frail adder]

you can disable snapping in the setting

[frail adder]

that was probably a mistake by me 😄

[left wraith]

Yes, I understand. But I would like the old taskbar binding, even if it is hidden

Let's say you could make it so that when you turn on the display of the click counter (f2), the cat rises by a certain number of pixels.

Something like this:

-# just without the cursor 😅

[left wraith]

Oh.. this doesnt look good.

[frail adder]

will take a look 😄

[torn roost]

I was playing delta force with window mode but bongo cat count doesn’t go up. Is there some doesn’t feature applications?

[frail adder]

yes it seems like a few are preventing from me checking if keys are pressed, i have a small list of games i need to take a look at why this happens

[torn roost]

I see, Thanks! Looking forward.

[vernal lagoon]

It's time to open a grocery store

[brisk drift]

I can add a sigular cherry and 2 lots of toilet paper to the shops if it is of any use

[vernal lagoon]

So we'll have 3 cherries and burgers, 2 cans of cucumbers and 7 toilet papers.

We'll get rich

[mint birch]

I'll head the party department

[brisk drift]

imagine if we could have a little shop where we can sell/ exchange our extras. 😍

[vernal lagoon]

I would buy lemon

[left wraith]

I can supply you with a gentleman set🎩

Really, @frail adder, could we create a post where people would share the hats they've already found?🤔
So that we know which ones already exist in the game. #1337550196732723200 message

[brisk drift]

this would probably be the best place to do so as it is for the specific game 🙂

[mint birch]

well I mean... that will be the steam workshop, but I guess it wont fit the bongo cat aesthetic 😄

and suddenly my brain is like "I want a 'who has the most pickles' leaderboard" 😂
Dangerous to say tho, cause we just make more and more work for marcel lol

[left wraith]

I'm thinking of creating a separate thread here: https://discord.com/channels/1075789018882654348/1337544835292467250
Like the HATS thread

[brisk drift]

I am not making this as an actual suggestion. but imagine. after you get your first 10 duplicate hats a little house becomes available. you can put the hats in there to be sold or exchanged (he was talking about an exchange will be coming later) there. it could be another thing to costumise as well xD my brain just saw cute little dollhouse in pastel colors and reminded me of the shop you can unlock in ooblets. xD

[noble plinth]

Yaaay

Will there be hats with pop culture references?

It would be cool if some other games could do official collaborations with this little indie game

[frail adder]

probably 😄 can't promise anything

yes, i want to either do collabs or "fitting" hats for different games
like a austronaut hat or a knight hat for a space game or medieval games 👀

[left wraith]

Eh, I thought it was at least Epic..

[noble plinth]

That's what I thought at first when I saw that hat. I'm surprised it's only uncommon. It looks cool

[left wraith]

Its sad and delicious😂

[noble plinth]

True.;)

[brisk drift]

so it is a partisipation trophy? 👀

[left wraith]

No its just an Uncommon item

[left wraith]

@frail adder ?

[frail adder]

feel free haha

[left wraith]

I didnt quite understand you...😓

[frail adder]

yes you can create a thread in the #1337544835292467250 channel

[left wraith]

🫡 😂

[left wraith]

By the way, have you increased the number of screenshots for one post?
I mean the case when I was muted by Carl for 3+ screenshots in one post.

[frail adder]

no, let me check this real quick

hm there is no explicit spam blocker for amount of images

maybe it's the amount of messages you send back to back?

look 😄

that worked haha

[left wraith]

Strange.. Nothing happened now, but when I made a thread in the proposals, I couldn't upload more than 2 images..

Let's assume that Carl was just not in the mood.😅

[rapid dirge]

йо, рашн гай

[modest cosmos]

йоу

[brisk drift]

please stick to english

[vale ravine]

[proud axle]

йо

oh, according to the rules english only

[rapid dirge]

yep

emae, 4 rus guys

[left wraith]

There are a little more than 4 😅

[noble plinth]

Emae, I need help🗣️

[rapid dirge]

emae

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1254757524586893312/1319406327012917339/RainingCatBB.gif

[ivory seal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1254757524586893312/1319406327012917339/RainingCatBB.gif

[vernal crown]

Hi, I just wanted to say I absolutely love this. I'm a typist, and having this cute lil guy type with me motivates me to work so much! I'm curious as to what the snapping function is in the game settings because when I click and unclick it it doesn't seem like anything changes.

[stoic crane]

#💬discussion message

[slender ledge]

[low lodge]

arent you supposed to be asleep Marcel xD

[frail adder]

going to at this moment, brushing my teeth rn 😄

[low lodge]

Fair okay

[ivory seal]

i want too

how rare are they?

[vernal lagoon]

There's a new addition to my collection

[rugged sinew]

I saw there was an update for bongo cat, and I am still stuck with an unobtainable chest

:c

Ive tried reloading the game and things

[proud axle]

Wow
Cute hat

[frail adder]

wait for a minute and it should work

[rugged sinew]

ok

[frail adder]

a steam issue that can happen :/ asked the support already

[rugged sinew]

oh yay

Its gone now

Thank you I just had to wait

also thank you for the upscale addition, I can now see my bongo cat on my ultra wide

[low lodge]

Blue color

[tawny kettle]

Она ругается, не надо на русском писать