CHAPTER ONE · A FIRST LOOK

The wind
is waking.

Find your feet. Follow the open ground.
Keep an eye on the storm.

Move: WASD or arrows. Press Space to pounce.
Hold the left mouse button and drag to look around.
On a touch screen, use the direction buttons.

A small part of a bigger story

This is a local movement and visual study. The chase cat has Natalie’s colors. These shades and the yellow muzzle are a first try. The movement study keeps the original colors. This larger island has mountains, a beach and ocean around it. Its size and shape are a first try. The beach keeps you on dry land. The camera and scenery are proposals.

Try it together

Press Space to pounce. You can steer in the air. Release Space before another pounce. This small jump is a first try. Focus a visible direction button and hold Space or Enter to move.

Hold the left mouse button and drag to look around. Center view restores the following view and keeps your progress.

After ten catches, the tornado throws the cat to a second tornado over the sea. The second tornado throws the cat onto a floating raft. The cat keeps turning while airborne. The first nine catches keep three turns and a far throw. On the raft, press Resume to walk and find the fishing stick. Choose Try the sharks when you are ready, then Continue to the monster sample. Follow the next scene to keep playing the story.

Storm

The burst gives a warning before it can catch you. Both choices keep the same three turns and throw. Changing this choice starts a fresh paused scene.

Grass

Compare two grass shapes in the same scene.

Grass movement

Try a little movement. Reduced motion keeps the grass still.

Ground

Compare the ground in the same scene.

Trees

Compare two tree shapes in the same scene.

Leaves

Compare the leaf colors in the same scene.

Light

Compare the light in the same scene.

Scene detail Reduce clouds, debris and grass motion

Measured study details

Measuring after the scene starts.

Frame intervals describe this browser. They do not establish phone or tablet performance.

Software notices

Explore the island. The raft comes after ten catches.

The wind
is waking.

A quiet moment.

The scene could not start.

The windis waking.

A quiet moment.

The scene could not start.

The wind
is waking.