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Factsheet

Developer:
Abandoned Sheep
Based in Brisbane, Queensland

Platforms:
TBA

Release:
TBA

Short Description:
Portal with cats - Become entangled in a quantum puzzle adventure! Mittens gains the incredible power to be in two places at once. Explore twisted test chambers, make mischief and evade capture by a whisker!

Full Description:
Schrodinger’s Cat Burglar is a puzzle heist adventure with a quantum flavour. The player controls Mittens the cat as she infiltrates a secret research facility. Aided by Lazy Susan the hedgehog who keeps in radio contact from home base, Mittens stumbles into a quantum experiment and gains incredible new powers - the ability to be in two places at once. This quantum superstate obeys the uncertainty principle - while no one is looking, she could be in either location. Introduce an observer and things get theoretical…

Studio Heritage:
Martin Binfield has worked in the games industry since the year 2000, at studios including Sony Cambridge, Jagex and Mode 7. He is an animator by trade, having worked on such titles as Heavenly Sword, LittleBigPlanet PSP, MediEvil Resurrection, Frozen Cortex and Runescape. He is a Bafta Award Winner.

History:
Work on Schrodinger’s Cat Burglar began in 2018 as a passion project and spent a good few years in prototype - the core mechanic being so unique meant that it took time to percolate and mature. Over the years, one-man development studio Martin Binfield took the prototype into a compelling demo, which caught the interest of Astra Fund. With their funding, and more recently Screen Australia and Screen Queensland, the team has grown and the game gets better and better.

Features:

• Mind bending puzzles - learn the concepts of quantum superposition and uncertainty!

• Adorable characters - Mittens and Lazy Susan are certified ‘cute'!

• A mystery to uncover - explore the facility and beyond to get to the bottom of things!

Team:

• Martin Binfield - Director

• Andrew Zygmunt - Art And Design

• Elliot Herriman - Narrative Design

• Jozie Brazkovich - Puzzle Design

• Mei-Li Coolan - Production Support

• Holly Newlands - Code Support

• Jasmine Streatfield - Character Art

• Zoe McNeany - Art Support

• John Eyre - Art Support

• Jasmine Perry - Art Support

• Supertonic - Sound

• Oli Horton - Music

• Tom Williams - Key Art

• Dan Vogt - Design Mentorship

• Geoffrey Ernault - Concept Art

• Acorn Games - Marketing

Support:

• Astra Games

• Screen Australia

• Screen Queensland

• Witch Beam

Coverage

“Schrodinger’s Cat Burglar was one of the booths that was so popular that I was forced to circle back multiple times before I was able to have a proper chat with Martin, the lead developer on this cute quantum physics-infused puzzle game.”
Player2

“Worrying what your pet might be up to while you’re away has never been so hilarious.”
GamesHub

“It’s all sorts of cheeky with puzzles that really require you to stop and think, and the mechanics of ‘observed’ and ‘theoretical’ are cool as hell.”
Kotaku

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