What's better than playing as a cat? Playing as a cat and raising money for real-life felines at the same time. Annapurna Interactive, the publisher behind the highly-popular cyberpunk cat game Stray, has been raising money for various cat charities, prompting America's Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) to interview some of the parties involved. 'It was a bit of no brainer...
What's better than playing as a cat? Playing as a cat and raising money for real-life felines at the same time.
"It was a bit of no brainer for us to see if there were organisations that would be more than happy to partner up with us," said marketing director Jeff Legaspi. The result is a very successful canvassing effort, with Brendan Gepson of animal rescue organisation, the Nebreska Humane Society, reporting a total earning of US$8,000 in funds.
"The game is beautiful," says Rafael Almeida of the Brazilian rescue organisation Gatos De Francisco. "Playing with cats is fun. And the objective of the game is to reunite the cats [and] that's exactly what the shelter does after that. […] I love the game. The amount that we've raised in the raffle was the equivalent of spaying 25 cats".
"[Raising that total] was just absolutely astounding," said Debbie Distanisloa from the organisation. "Just having a stray cat be the star of a video game is just-it's just amazing. We're really hoping that it can [create] some more empathy for the stray cat community.
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