Catz: Released in 1996, playing around with your own virtual cat (or dog, with Dogz in 1995) was a big change from designer Rob Fulop’s previous—and controversial—game Night Trap.

Hunger Games aficionados probably noticed that in the first movie, Buttercup appeared as black-and-white feline, a far cry from the cranky ginger-like cat described in Suzanne Collins’ book.

The stand-alone screensaver makes games selectable by genre, and will also optionally display information about each game—developer, publisher, year of release—above or below the screenshot.

The game was made as part of itch.io's PROCJAM 2017—a procedural generation-focused virtual game jam. Its low-budget goofiness actually serves the vibe well, as it evokes other geeky '90s takes ...