Kitty Keep-Up

Current State

Focus

Cat Basketball — Solo Shooting and Replay Baseline

Validation Question

Can fresh players understand how to score baskets and voluntarily repeat attempts in the Basketball Legends 2020-inspired solo-training version?

Setup

ready

Primary Reference

Basketball Legends 2020

Reference Thesis

Use the catalog's solo-training subset to test whether a clear hoop target, automatic dribble, assisted shooting and repeated attempts give the expressive cat sports concept more understandable goals and replay appeal.

Open Questions

• Can fresh players understand how to score baskets and voluntarily repeat attempts in the Basketball Legends 2020-inspired solo-training version?

Next Actions

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Latest Findings

• Latest Poki Player Fit for catball-build005.zip: average session 74.4s, p90 101.0s, median 50.0s, under-3m sessions 98.2%, Poki start rate 86.6%. Snapshot note: Making the game easier improved but not drastically

Updated

2026-10-11T00:49:12.007258Z

Active Hypotheses

A readable Foot Bag-style timing and positioning loop, expressed through the cat's whole-body animation, will motivate intentional trick combinations and voluntary retries beyond the initial novelty of the character.

The user accepted animation feasibility and selected California Games Footbag after judging paw-only activities too limited. This supports testing whole-body interaction, but supplies no gameplay retention evidence. Keep Cat Ball distinct from prior cat-care puzzle experiments.

A clear hoop target and assisted repeatable shots may make the cat sports loop easier to understand and more replayable than the previous juggling version.

Latest Experiment

Cat Basketball — Solo Shooting and Replay Baseline

draft

Can fresh players understand how to score baskets and voluntarily repeat attempts in the Basketball Legends 2020-inspired solo-training version?

Separate Basketball experiment under Kitty Keep-Up; preserve both previous juggling Poki tests and experiment. Candidate for at least one original Player Fit submission during October 12–18, alongside Fruits Inc; not selected yet. Implementation and playable readiness remain unverified.

Expected Result

Fresh-player observations establish whether the scoring goal and controls are understood and whether players repeat attempts voluntarily; a new Poki test establishes this version's own baseline.

Prototype Scope

Proposed smallest solo-training baseline: expressive cat, one clear hoop target, automatic dribble, assisted shots and quick repeat attempts. Confirm actual repository state and remaining work before finalizing controls, timing rewards or recovery rules.

Non-Goals

• Reassigning old juggling evidence to Basketball
• Opponents, tournament or multiplayer scope
• Assuming reference code inspection proves playable readiness
• Committing this game over Fruits Inc before readiness review

Evidence Capture

readiness

Inspect current README and implementation; identify playable scene, exact build and remaining work. · Human checks gameplay, device controls and first successful basket before submission.

comparison

Compare directionally with old juggling tests; do not attribute a multi-mechanic redesign's result to one isolated change.

capture

Record build and reference lineage. · Observe time to first basket, comprehension, repeated attempts and voluntary replay. · Capture Poki start rate, median/average session and three-minute reach with device/sample context.

selection

Review alongside Fruits Inc by readiness, remaining work and capacity.

Sources: 75b7de5a-4dc2-484a-812b-6991580bc3ca, bd1e3d72-1c7e-4d44-8baf-ac65a4efd204

Latest Analysis

None

Latest Player Fit

catball-build005.zip

Imported: 2026-10-09T13:23:28.719074Z · Captured: 2026-10-01T18:00:01Z

Latest Poki Player Fit for catball-build005.zip: average session 74.4s, p90 101.0s, median 50.0s, under-3m sessions 98.2%, Poki start rate 86.6%. Snapshot note: Making the game easier improved but not drastically

No live performance evidence imported yet.

Latest Decision

None