The Legend of Tuna

About the game

The Legend of Tuna is a tiny physics game that plays like a round of mini golf where the club and the ball are both cats. Round Cat is hungry and can't move on her own; Long Cat, a very tall yellow cat, is happy to help by smacking her in the right direction. Your goal on each level is to get Round Cat to the can of tuna waiting somewhere above or ahead of her, using as few Long Cats as you can.

A shot takes three clicks. The first brings out Long Cat, who follows the mouse. The second plants his feet where you want the pivot to be. Then you pull the mouse back to wind him up, like drawing back a golf club (the further back, the stronger the swing and the harder he shakes), and the third click lets him go. Long Cat swings around his feet, Box2D works out the collision, and Round Cat tumbles, rolls and bounces across the slopes. When she stops, click again for the next Long Cat.

The number in the corner counts how many Long Cats you have used on the level, which works as your stroke count. If Round Cat falls off the bottom of the world, the level starts over. Reach the tuna and the game celebrates; click to move on. Three cans of tuna finish the game.

Karl Zylinski made the game in 48 hours for the Odin Holiday Jam in December 2023 and recorded every minute of its development. It is written in the Odin programming language with the raylib library for graphics and sound and Box2D for the physics.

Tips

• Plant Long Cat close to Round Cat, a little behind her: he swings around his feet, so his body has to pass through where she is sitting.
• The wind-up decides the strength. A short pull-back gives a gentle tap, which is often what you need on the last stretch before the tuna.
• Long Cat swings for about two seconds after you let go and can hit Round Cat more than once, so watch where he will end up.
• Pressing Esc takes you back to the menu, and 1, 2 or 3 restarts a level directly.

About this version

This is the author's game compiled from the source in the author's repository for the browser, with one small change: the "No More Tuna!" menu item, which closes the game's window on a computer, is left out, since a web page has no window to close. Saves are not needed: each level is short.

FAQ

Is it free? Yes. The code, art and sounds are under the MIT License and the font is under the SIL Open Font License.

Can I play on a phone? The game is made for a mouse. A touch screen may work for single taps, but the wind-up needs a pointer you can move without pressing, so a computer is recommended.