Kitty Kart 64

About Kitty Kart 64

Kitty Kart 64 is made by Scrunklesoft Interactive, a small team led by Andrew Brandenburg with SimplyBLGDev, and began as an entry to the 2023 LSD Jam. The demo came out on itch.io in early 2024 and drew a large following; the makers then stopped updating it to work on a full release, which has a Steam page with no date yet.

On its store page it plays the part straight: three laps, seven tracks, a cast of cute characters and fun for the whole family. It looks the part too, with chunky low-poly karts, blurry textures, a checkered start line and a 4:3 picture like a game from 1998. You drive with a keyboard or a controller, drift, hop and honk, and talk to the other characters you meet.

The Steam page says more: you are the only one who showed up at the starting line, and the game is a surreal, horror-themed exploration of a broken kart racer, where you leave the track to find scrapped courses, beta maps and dreamscapes, collect secrets and learn to make the game break. The cheer in its menus and dialogue sits against empty dark arenas, glitched text, sudden changes of place and imagery the makers warn may disturb.

It is a game of unease more than of chases or jump scares, and players in the comments call it creepy and uncanny, with a catchy soundtrack. It suits players who like games that pretend to be something else, and anyone who grew up with N64 kart racers and wants to see one go wrong.

How to play Kitty Kart 64

1. Download the free demo of Kitty Kart 64 from its itch.io page for Windows or Linux.
2. Unzip it and start the game; a keyboard or a controller both work.
3. Steer with WASD or the left stick, and drift or hop with Ctrl or the right trigger.
4. Talk to the other characters you meet with E or X.
5. Explore past the edges of each track to find where the game goes next.

Tips

• Read the warning first: the makers say it has flashing lights and disturbing imagery.
• Go in without reading spoilers; much of the effect is not knowing what the race turns into.
• If you only get a black screen with sound, check the comments on its itch.io page, where other players discuss it.

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