"That's an old meme!", condemned a long-ago group chat when I cheerfully linked to Cato colon Buttered Cat . Yeah, well, so are kissing girls and being weird, and I never let that stop me from enjoying those!!! Although admittedly, it’s not unheard of for them to conflict.

It's based on a gag, see. Cats land on their feet, and toast always lands buttered side down. Therefore, strap them together and you get a perpetually rotating hoverbeast. This forms one of those puzzle games about navigating two distinct characters through a series of 2D platformy rooms. I suppose it's technically three, since when combined they can essentially fly via multi-jumping. It makes for an easygoing little game that I haven't entirely fallen for, but wouldn't struggle to recommend.

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