(v4) Kittykitts - Cattery/Virtual Cat Breeding Game

Instructions

Remake/new cattery game here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/778603103/ ==GUIDE== =GENETICS= Genetics don't work the way they do in real cats for the sake of laziness. Order is much more important in these cats than in real-life cats. Kittens can express any of the alleles their parents carry rather than a recessive-dominant system. It just depends on which allele ends up in the first slot. - The first two slots of the genes are the fur color. The first is the actual color of the cat, and the second is a color it carries. - The second slot is the pattern. In this game, cats only have one pattern slot. - The third slot is the eye color slot. Again, there is only one slot. - The fourth and fifth slots are the health slots. This is the only gene where a system similar to a dominant-recessive one can be found. If a cat has a single Ha (healthy) gene in either slot or doesn't have two of certain unhealthy genes, the game treats them as a healthy cat. When breeding, all possible alleles for a slot are put into a list and selected randomly. This means that there is a very slim chance that if one parent carries orange, their kitten could be oo (double orange). However, this also means that a HaLu (Leukemia carrier) parent and a LuDb (Leukemia carrying diabetes) parent could produce a HaHa (healthy carrying healthy) kitten. This makes things much more interesting, even if it's less realistic/predictable. You never know what you may get. New as of v3: Combos! When breeding, if both parents have particular traits, the kitten has a chance of receiving a combo. For example, an orange and a black cat have the chance to produce a tortie. Some combos will separate into their components when bred (ex: a tortie will give O, B, and the color allele they carry). This (again) isn't exactly how real cat genetics work, but it's fun! =GAINING ADOPTIONS= Adoptions are gained through winning competitions. Cat of the Day: - The cat you enter is compared to the set of the day's preferred genes. - The more similar to the preferred set of genes, the more points your cat will receive. Shows: - Shows run similarly to Cat of the Day in that there is a set of preferred genes your cat is compared against, but they are also against a randomly generated opponent. - The cat with the highest score wins. - The more shows your cat wins, the more likely they are to receive a higher score in shows. Agility: - Similar to shows, the player goes against a randomly generated opponent. - Personality is one of the factors included in determining a win here, unlike in shows. =ACTIONS= Actions are used when: - cleaning cats - breeding cats - gene testing - competing - curing illnesses They are not used when: - adopting cats - rehoming cats =ILLNESSES= Illnesses are gained through random chance upon the advancement of a turn. However, a cat's health genes (the last two genes in their gene list) determine how often they can get sick and what illnesses they can catch. Be on the lookout for contagious illnesses! If a cat has one of them at the advancement of a turn, they have a chance of passing it on to cats with ID numbers within one of theirs (so, for example, cat 5 could pass an illness onto cats 4 and 6), and those cats can also pass it on. Contagious illnesses are: - Fleas - Mites - Cold - Flu =CLEANLINESS= There's a button on each cat's page that either says "dirty" or "clean." This is the cleanliness level of that cat. It is not required to keep cats clean, but it brings benefits: - Increased competition score - Increased wellness (unkempt cats have a chance of contracting an illness if bred) =OVERVIEW VS FULL VIEW= The full view shows all data available on a cat, and can only show one cat at a time. The overview shows a list of your cats with their genes and their statuses so you can more easily see who is needs gene testing, or is unfed or ill.