AbleGamers' Web Game of the Week:Chat Chat

AbleGamers' web game of the week is ChatChat. Created by Terry Cavanagh, who created VVVVVV, the game plays out more like a fun chatroom than what you might think of as a game. That doesn't, however, prevent it from being incredibly cute!

Remember the old days where people would just join chatrooms based on some sort of common interest? Well, if your interest is cats (and whose isn't?) then spend some time in ChatChat. You control your cat with the arrow keys and your instructions are to "Be a cat." How you do that is really up to you, but the game gives you plenty of tools like catching mice, meowing, purring, and napping. All the super interesting things that cats do! There's even a tag-esque game where a player is a dog instead of a cat and can tag others into a dog instead.  Personally, once someone made me a dog I made it a point to stay that way. Dogs rule! The game is quirky and quite interesting, though if you're not into it you'll lose interest really quickly. There's no end result, no credits to scroll, just have fun and be a cat!

Accessibility for ChatChat is strong. Since there's no real objective pretty much anyone can play. Arrow keys control your cat, and you type with your keyboard, that's all there is to it! To succeed at the dog-tag game you'll need to be quick, but it seems that most people just kind of run around instead of playing tag. There are no color, sound, or vision issues here either. ChatChat isn't going to revolutionize the way you play games, but there's something about killing a mice, bringing it back home, and then taking a nap that's oddly satisfying. I guess I now know why cats act the way they do.