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Will you become cheese hunter of the month or start the proletariat ratvolution ? Sniff, scratch, dig and learn new rodent skills as you progress through an interconnected world populated by memorable (and often scummy) characters.

A Rat’s Life : Day One  is the first demo of Pieces Games’ debut project : A Rat’s Life : The Cat Conspiracy, a first-person rat adventure clouded by corruptions and lies! *shocking* 

(Demo playtime : around 1:30 to 3 hours.)



  • First-person rat action : run on four paws, travel through pipes, talk to your neighbors, climb walls, MOVE LIKE A RAT ;
  • Detect odors and dig through walls to gather yum, dirt and maybe even cheese (or just destroy the walls because you're a vermin and destroying walls is what you do) ; 
  • Buy props and equip your rat to access new areas ;
  • Sneak around the Third Wall Cheese District, a borough populated by friends and shady characters.



This demo is the introduction to the upcoming game. It is not a final version of said introduction. PLEASE COMPLETE THE SURVEY AND GIVE US FEEDBACK (we're only two persons working on this, we need help omfg).

Thank y’all.


ABOUT THE UPCOMING GAME 

(ETA: LAST QUARTER OF 2023)


Inspired by the works of Michel Foucault, Paul B. Preciado and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, A Rat’s Life : The Cat Conspiracy is a story-rich first person rat adventure, with a touch of funny hihihi. Play as a working class rodent, and delve into a dystopian society populated by greedy business magnates, conspiracy nuts, revolutionary hackers and monsters. Something shady happened to your loved siblings who work for TERESAL, the cheese hunting empire of Ratatouille Rezos III, and only you can figure it out ! *Pressure*

Manage your schedule to go undercover and infiltrate TERESAL, while thwarting disturbing conspiracies. Escape from cats and fight smaller enemies. Gear up, learn new rodent abilities as you progress, and explore the interconnected map through the eyes of a rat.

A lot of rodents seem to think the end is near. Are they crazy or is a catastrophe on its way ?



ABOUT PIECES GAMES :

We are two siblings from Montreal, QC, who sport the same initials: J.G.B.


FOLLOW THE GAME DEVELOPMENT

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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.




-BUGS HISTORY-

- Cat mini game not handing out a carnival ticket: Make sure to download version 7 or above. You don't have to do anything to keep your save file, it will be linked to the new .exe.

- Version 8: Asking the player's permission before opening a browser page with goodies in the secret room, fixed scent that was still active when trash cans were empty, fixed a few typos and minor details.

StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
AuthorPiecesGames
GenreAdventure
Made withUnity
Tags3D, Action-Adventure, Animals, Atmospheric, Cartoon, Cute, Dystopian, First-Person, Singleplayer, Story Rich
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
AccessibilitySubtitles
LinksSteam, Support, Steam, Twitter/X

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Click download now to get access to the following files:

a-rats-life-day-one-win.zip 1 GB
Version 13
a-rats-life-day-one-mac.zip 1 GB
Version 2
a-rats-life-day-one-linux.zip 1 GB
Version 1

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Bastante divertido y para mi un poquito triste

I had too much fun with this game! Great Job!

Haha awesome

Thanks! That was a fun video to make! 

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fun game

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This game was dope as hell man much love

Looking fire with those earrings. Thanks for the video guys ! Tell TY there are gonna be garbage rat racoons in the full game, maybe he'll buy it then. 

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I quite enjoy this game, hope to see the full version! pretty cool stuff!


also, the cat's model is nightmare fuel 0_0


Thanks for the video. Hope you didn't have too many cat nightmares.

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I just love the vibes and the witty writing, can't wait to play the full game!~ <3

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Thanks ! :) Can't wait for you to try the full thing !

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This game for sure has the potential to become a big-hitter in the indie game space; it already is for me (✿◠‿◠)

The concept is novel, the writing/humor is fantastic, and there's just overall fantastic world-building in this game! Not to forget the fantastic modeling and animating (●'◡'●)

I can't wait to do a REVIEW of the demo, as well as the full release!

I made a playthrough, and the review is coming soon:

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Thank you for believing in our game, it means a lot ! Can't wait to hear your review.

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Hello Pieces Games, my name is Bruno, I make indie game gameplays on YouTube, here in Brazil, I want to congratulate you for the great project, the game has a lot of potential.

Gameplay Link:


Thank you for the kind words and the playthrough video Bruno ! Glad you had fun playing the demo. :) 

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This was a lot of fun!  The humor was great and it reminded me a lot of Conker's Bad Fur Day.  I love it and really cannot wait for more!

A Rat's Life:Day One | Indie Game | Demo | Full Playthrough

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Glad you enjoyed, and thanks for the playthrough video ! We both grew up playing classic Rare games, so the comparison with Conker makes sense ! 

Proletarirat or proleratiat ?? WHO KNOWS !