Stray's feline authenticity is thanks to three real cats who helped shape (and almost destroy) the game.
Ever since it was first announced in 2020, Stray has been melting players’ hearts. That’s because of its unlikely hero, a stray orange cat that has turned a sci-fi city into its personal playground. Considering that video game developers usually tend to anthropomorphize their furry leads, the idea of playing as a regular old cat who walks around on all fours and scratches up couches seemed both irresistible and fresh.
Murtaugh’s age at the time of his rescue was unknown, though Martin-Raget says he looked only a few months old at that point. Soon after that, both Murtaugh and another stray cat that Martin-Raget was caring for at the time were adopted by BlueTwelve co-founders Viv and Koola. The timing just happened to coincide with the early stages of Stray’s creative timeline.
“Murtaugh is a CEO type of personality: Sleeping every day and whining about the food not being there on time,” he jokes. Naturally, the office cats brought some feline chaos to the development process as well. Though Martin-Raget explains that even those annoyances proved to be useful points of reference during the development process.
Feline focus group Typical hijinks aside, the office cats earned their keep around the studio. Martin-Raget notes that having them around provided the developers with a surprisingly useful focus group that let them know if the game was on the right track.
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