History VideoGame / LittleKittyBigCity

''Little Kitty, Big City'' is a game by Creator/DoubleDaggerStudio. It was released on 9th May 2024 on consoles and PC.

* AmbiguousGender: The kitty is referred to with they/them pronouns, presumably because as a cat, they don't really have a gender the way humans do.

* CameraMode: If you acquire a replacement cell phone for the beetle, it will let you have its old one, which in its current state is only good for taking pictures. This unlocks the ability to freeze the game and fly the camera around for an ideal screenshot.

* InvisibleWall: There are a few blocked-off passages in the demo that seem like they could be unlocked later, but getting the camera right up to them shows a barrier of 🚫 signs, indicating that they at least won't be unlocked during the demo.

* CleverCrows: One of the animals you meet is a crow, which declares itself to be smart. It at least has the ability to make vending machines accept "shinies" instead of cash.
* CuteKitten: The central selling point of the game as promoted in all the trailers is getting to play as a cute and curious little kitty lost in the big city, running around and being cute while you find your way back home.

* HandWave: The lack of cars driving on the streets (a necessity for a peaceful, safe open world with a cat protagonist) is offhandedly explained as a city maintenance thing for just this particular day, which also justifies the leaks of water over the sidewalks.

* NoNameGiven: The little kitty isn't named when the game starts. The player gets to decide the kitty's name [[spoiler:after climbing back up home and getting the kitty's collar from their human]], which is implied to [[SchroedingersGun have been their name all along]].

* CatsAreLazy: While the kitty certainly gets things done, one sidequest is specifically to seek out seven ideal napping locations.

In it, you play a cat who falls out a window in an unnamed Japanese city who has to find their way home, embarking on quests, and engaging in cat behaviour all the way.

* HollywoodChameleons: Subverted. A running sidequest involves repeatedly tracking down a chameleon in hiding based on riddle clues, but the problem is that, despite the chameleon's confidence in being invisible, he's very much not, often being a clearly different color from the background and wearing a tiny top hat that stands out.

* WormInAnApple: [[DiscussedTrope Referenced]] in the description of the Apple Hat, which says "Better to find a kitty in your apple than a worm".

In it, you play a cat who falls out a window in an unnamed Japanese city who has to find their way home, embarking onf quests, and engaging in cat behaviour all the way.

* HyperspaceArsenal: The kitty is an ordinary kitty who clearly has no containers on hand, yet it starts several {{Collection Sidequest}}s. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the Tanuki, who says she smells that the kitty is carrying feathers -- [-"Although goodness knows where you're keeping them."-]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The kitty is able to trip humans and steal their things. While there ''are'' gameplay reasons to do this (stolen bread can be used as bait for birds, and one quest requires stealing a phone), you can also just do it for funsies.

* FallingIntoThePlot: The opening cutscene how the little kitty gets lost in the big city -- it was napping on the roof outside its home, and slipped off the edge by accident.

* NoNameGiven: The little kitty isn't officially named. According to the GDC stream, naming the kitty will be part of the game's story.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The kitty is able to trip humans and steal their things. While there ''are'' gameplay reasons to do this (stolen bread can be used as bait for birds, for example), you can also just do it for funsies.

* ShoutOut: As shown in the GDC stream, the (green) Turtle Hat's description says "[[VideoGame/MarioKart I just need a red shell and a blue shell and we can try go-karting!]]"

* LighterAndSofter: Than ''VideoGame/Stray2022'', another game about a cat exploring an urban environment. ''Little Kitty'' is set in modern Japan instead of a post-apocalyptic slum, and does not contain flesh-eating bugs and robots with death rays.