Scratch The Cat

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• Announcements·1 Sept 2026Official

  Packing a punch: Demo, Dev Relays, and Showcases

  We’re done chasing the sun and back in the saddle - squashing bugs, perfecting level design, fine-tuning animations, and so much more at the FlatPonies stables!We’re still tapping our hooves after dropping the Gameplay Trailer and going live with our demo for Six One Indie Demo Days. Between our team stampede at the DHL Relay and another showcase on the horizon (TODAY!), we've got plenty to share. Saddle up for the August rundown!Community Feedback & Bug HuntingSince pushing our demo LIVE, we’ve been reading through your comments, watching your playthroughs, and taking notes! Our team turns on their computers every single day to handcraft Scratch’s world - from sketches to final character builds, mapping out levels, playtesting, building the ground, and making Scratch feel great to control whether he's jumping or crawling. It takes a lot of time and care to polish everything, which is why we appreciate your input so much. A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to leave feedback or help us hunt down bugs. We’ve already pushed updates based directly on your reports! Our Creative Director, Felix Sherar, summed it up best:“It’s been really fun to watch content come from the community. Tuning into streams and hearing people reminisce about how a specific part of the game reminds them of some obscure game from their childhood is pure gold.”- Felix Sherar, Creative DirectorBest Indie Games Fall ShowcaseWe’re trotting right into another showcase, as we are beyond excited to participate in the Best Indie Games Fall Showcase, opening the barn doors wider once again so even more players get to know and experience Scratch’s world for themselves. Be sure to tune in to the broadcast and catch all the amazing indie highlights, on September 1st at 5 pm CEST / 8 AM PST!FlatPonies out of breath: DHL Relay 2026A flock of FlatPonies recently traded their keyboards for running shoes to take on the DHL Relay under Games Denmark, sharing a tent and cheering on our fellow local stu...
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• Patch Notes·5 Aug 2026Official

  🐱 Scratch The Cat - Demo Update Notes

  Hey everyone! We've just pushed a small update to the Scratch The Cat demo to polish up controls, smooth out movement, and fixed a few bug reports from you lovely players. Here is what’s new in this patch: 🎮 Controls & Gameplay Poleswing Jump Fixed: Resolved an issue where the poleswing jump was too short, giving Scratch proper distance again.Throw Aiming Arc: Improved the visual accuracy of the aim arc indicator when throwing items.Controller Layout Graphic Updated: Updated the controls menu to display the Claws (Wall Attach) button mapping.🐛 Fixes & additions Gong Room Hints: Fixed incomplete hints inside the Gong Room.NPC Interactions: Scratch will now properly face whoever he is speaking with during dialogue sequences.Anti-Stuck Safeguard: Added a system that teleports Scratch back to his last grounded position if trapped in an endless falling loop. If you run into any other issues while playing, feel free to use the in-game feedback tool in the menu (just look for the little bug icon 🐞). Thank you to everyone who has been playing our demo and sharing feedback with us! YOU ROCK!
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• Announcements·31 Jul 2026Official

  🎧🐱 Play Scratch The Cat Demo NOW - LIVE at the Six One Indie Demo Days!

  Grab your controller and relive 90s platformer nostalgia with ultra-smooth, slick movement - the official Scratch The Cat demo is LIVE on Steam right now for the Six One Indie Demo Days (July 31st – August 7th)!So if you’ve been itching for a vibrant 3D mascot platformer that blends nostalgic 90s collectathon fun with high-momentum, rhythm-driven movement... then the video game equivalent of a perfect mixtape has finally arrived.👉 PLAY THE DEMO NOW 🎬 WATCH THE TRAILER🎮 What is in the demo?Step into the headphones of Scratch, a rhythm-driven DJ cat on a mission to recover his stolen record collection from the thieving Snatch the Rat and his gang of goons: Flow-State Movement: Chain together dives, jumps, and feline flair to navigate levels with your own expressive style and find your top speed. Vibrant Musical Worlds: Jump through the tutorial in Melotropolis and venture into Rhythm Ruins built around a signature soundtrack! Environments pulse with musical energy, giving your platforming a unique beat without locking you into strict timing.The Ultimate Collectathon: Track down stolen record fragments, gather collectibles, solve rhythmic puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets along the way.⚡ Think You Can Beat the Dev Record?During our community playtests and showcase at Copenhagen Gaming Week, we noticed players starting to speedrun the demo. Our Creative Director, Felix Sherar, managed to beat the tutorial in exactly 1 minute.Can you beat his time? Try the demo, test your movement skills, and share your best times or clips with us in the Steam Discussions or on Discord.Turn up the volume, grab a controller, and let us know what you think! 🐾🎧Thanks for listening - and remember: ✨ Stay groovy. Stay scratchy. ✨With excitement and puuurfect hair,FlatPoniesFollow us on Social Media: Discord - Newsletter - Bluesky - TikTok - LinkedIn - X - YouTube - Instagram - Facebook
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• Announcements·19 Jun 2026Official

  MatchUp May & Scratch’s Cat-titude

  Though we usually hide from the sun behind our screens - busy grooming Scratch the Cat here at the FlatPonies stables - we’ll soon be opening the stable doors to gallop into the summer sun.We promise not to stall for too long; we’ll be back in August with exciting news and fresh updates. Before we trot off to frolic, here is a quick look at what we've been up to throughout May and June!Copenhagen MatchUp: Connecting the DotsOur General Manager, Julie Heyde, and Writer & Communications Manager, Julie Hindkjær, recently headed out to Copenhagen MatchUp - one of Denmark’s go-to events for connecting local indie studios with international publishers and investors, hosted by Games Denmark.The day kicked off with an opening welcome from the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, highlighting the growing value of the gaming industry. Overall, we learned a lot, met some amazing developers, and left feeling truly inspired. Connecting with other studios and showing off Scratch was an absolute blast, and the energy there was completely unmatched. Writer & Communications Manager Julie Hindkjær (left), and General Manager Julie Heyde (right), sitting with Lewis Speller, Partner Development Manager, Sony. The Julies are listening intently to his words of wisdom. Photo: Hans Oxmond.Behind the Scenes: Making Scratch 20% CoolerWhat is a cool cat without cool expressions? Not very cool, if you ask our Animator, Nanna Lundin. She has been hard at work giving Scratch some serious DJ flair and pizzazz.Before pushing any pixels, Nanna gathers inspiration from real-world, emotion-packed faces.“When I've settled on an expression that would suit Scratch, I go to town to make him communicate that emotion as closely as possible,” Nanna explains. “All in all, I think I've had to make almost every expression at least 20% cooler. There's a heavy focus on getting the eyes to have just the right curve and placement. A tiny tweak, and suddenly there's a whole new emotion!"But as ...
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• Announcements·1 May 2026Official

  Curiosity Improves the Cat

  Debug & Deploy: How player data is sharpening Scratch’s movesSoftware, much like a cat, is constantly adapting to its environment. Every jump, fall, and collision in our closed demo leaves a trail of data behind. In this month’s newsletter, we’re following that trail with our programmers to uncover the "silent" improvements being made to the game based on the patterns our playtesters left behind.We’re heading behind the scenes with programmer Jesper Andersson to see what really happens under the hood at FlatPonies. It turns out, making a cat jump to the beat involves a lot more than just pressing "play."The Secret Life of a ProgrammerBehind the vibrant colors of Scratch The Cat lies a world of automated tests, code maintenance, and analytics. Jesper sums it up as a job of many hats:"If I'm working on gameplay features there's usually a lot of back and forth with designers; seeing what’s fun, what’s not fun, if everything is looking like the design-sheet, if there’s any oversights with the design-sheet... the list goes on!"Jesper stress-testing a new feature after being told: 'Just play naturally... but also play for the camera... but also forget the camera exists.'The Legend of the "Humble Bouncepad"You might think programmers only love complex systems, but for Jesper, true beauty is found in simplicity."A feature I'm really proud of is the humble bouncepad... It’s a small script, only 50 lines of code, but it’s fun, it’s versatile, it’s used by our designers frequently and it rarely comes up in a bug report \ I love you, bouncepad. You would never betray me."Making Sure "Dead Bugs Stay Dead"To keep the game running smoothly, we have a dedicated PC in the office that runs roughly 900 automated tests every single evening. "We add to it whenever we encounter a 'spicy' bug that is annoying to fix, making sure that dead bugs stay dead," Jesper explains. This allows the team to make big changes without accidentally breaking Scratch’s ability to jump or slide.But not ever...
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