Welcome to Kittens United - a purrfect plan

This is the js13k entry for 2025

Story

Step into the paws of Amara 🐈‍⬛ — a devoted mom on a mission to reunite with her three playful kittens.

• 💚 Ivy, the energetic climber who’s always circling the tree.
• 🔷 Splashy, a water-loving rascal (much to your dismay).
• 🟡 Moony, who seems forever attracted by the moon’s mysterious pull.

Can you bring them back together before the moon sets and darkness falls? 🌙

Controls

• On-screen buttons or keyboard
• Advanced keyboard shortcuts will be displayed once you press the first key

Challenges

Here I have collected some level setups that I found interesting. You can load them via the 📂 button, once you finished the tutorial.

1. 🟣04🔵03🟢43🟡30🌙00🌳32💧34
2. 🟣24🔵43🟢03🟡40🌙00🌳21💧20
3. 🟣02🔵31🟢32🟡33🌙00🌳12💧13
4. 🟣30🔵02🟢11🟡41🌙00🌳23💧24
5. 🟣30🔵03🟢41🟡33🌙00🌳13💧21
6. 🟣22🔵23🟢33🟡14🌙00🌳32💧21
7. 🟣21🔵20🟢24🟡03🌙00🌳22💧31
8. 🟣03🔵34🟢04🟡21🌙01🌳11💧22
9. 🟣22🔵20🟢31🟡11🌙02🌳32💧14
10. 🟣14🔵22🟢04🟡44🌙02🌳13💧24 - "Trap"
11. 🟣22🔵24🟢11🟡42🌙03🌳21💧23 - Short
12. 🟣21🔵24🟢13🟡02🌙32🌳12💧22 - Upside down short
13. 🟣12🔵32🟢23🟡21🌙40🌳22💧04 - Upside down long

If you are interested

About the level generation and difficulty

• All levels are randomly generated
• Each level is solvable within the move limit (once there is a move limit). Exception: If you see a ? for the move limit, it means no valid level was found after 13 tries — this should be very rare.
• The displayed difficulty is based on the number of solutions (how many paths lead to victory)
• The full version of the game uses a more advanced difficulty system that slowly scales with your XP 🧶, but I had to simplify this to save some bytes
• Speaking of 🧶, it's a simple XP system:
  • Win: +10 🧶
  • Difficulty bonus: +0 / +1 / +3
  • Extra moves left: + leftover moves
  • Retries: - retries
• You can "buy" a hint with 5 🧶
  • This will highlight the best possible next move or show a retry button if no move can lead to victory