Indie developer Le Catnip Collective has announced Team17 will publish Jumping Jazz Cats, their multiplayer party platforming game.
Team17 will handle publishing duties for Jumping Jazz Cats when it launches sometime in the future for Windows PC (via Steam).
“We’re excited to share that Team17 has partnered with Le Catnip Collective!,” said Ann Hurley, General Manager of Team17. “Our developers showcased Jumping Jazz Cats at Gamescom this year, and the response was fantastic. We know that party game and cat lovers alike are going to enjoy finding out lots more about the game.”
Arun Sol Warszawski, Co-founder and Sound Designer at Le Catnip Collective added, “Le Catnip Collective is paws-itively delighted to announce our partnership with Team17! With their support, our little indie studio has created its first game, Jumping Jazz Cats, and we are SO excited for folks to find out more about it!”
Here’s a rundown on the game, plus a new trailer:
Play, race and hang with your feline friends in this online platformer party game! Purrfect your pussycat parkour as you sprint, jump, bounce, swing, skid and slide through a collection of collaborative and competitive mini-games set in a grandiose cartoon mansion. Get jumpin’, jazz cats!
Welcome to the Ellington Estate!
The fun takes place in the Ellington Estate, a jazzy cartoon mansion. Its spiral staircases, rooms and passageways are filled with devious distractions, a city of furniture, and so much more!
Pawsome Parkour!
Grind down handrails, swing from chandeliers , bounce off cushions, perform acrobatic jumps, slide across slippery floors and climb the curtains!
All cats get the Zoomies!
While the humans are away, the cats will play! These amical mini-games are played in teams and include rip-roaring races, fat cat collectathons and epic showdowns between shadow cats and mighty lions! To win, your cat pack will need to collaborate and pull off the fanciest pussycat parkour!
Creative Customisation!
Choose from a host of playable cats or customize your own! Get creative with your team’s style and unlockable accessories! There’s plenty of time to chill between matches, tweak the cosmetics, and try out new moves!
One Tail, Many Trials!
Jumping Jazz Cats also allows players to jump into the solo experience! You will bounce, dive, grind and swing around the maps collecting medals by besting your time and cross 18 compact challenges based on the multiplayer levels!
Features:
- 2-9 players online
- Up to 4 local players can join via split-screen
- Singleplayer Trials
- 6 levels across the mansion to discover
- Unlock Collar Tags for buffs across mini-games
- Customize your cat
- 6 cat-GIF inspired mini-games
- 10 original jazz tracks that influence gameplay during the choruses
- Mix and match levels, mini-games and songs for immense variety
- Blend of co-operative and competitive strategies
