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Mooncat Cherry clear guide + basics
By Tokays AX
Some basic tips and paths to the yellow and red eggs
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Some basic tips for playing Mooncat
Controls
The controls for Mooncat are a bit unusual - Here is a short tutorial.
On the main menu select P1 INPUT A for normal controls, type B reverses left/right and is for Locked In Gamers.
This is a two button game, for best experience decide on one button from Z/X/D-pad and one from arrow keys/face buttons and use ONLY those buttons.
  • Jump by moving in one direction and then pressing the other button. Hold for longer jump.
  • Slam after jumping by pressing the other button again, or pressing both buttons while you are falling. Holding a button (or not holding either) will determine the direction you are launched after a bounce.
  • Dash and Run by double tapping a button and hold to run.
  • Dash Jump is similar to dashing, but instead of pressing one button twice, you press and hold both buttons on the second tap. This jump works when you slide off platforms and makes it possible to do some extra long jumps.
  • Air Spin by double tapping a button in mid-air. If the button is for the direction you are moving in, you will gain a bit of forward momentum. If you hold the button you will run after landing. Using this with a dash jump makes it possible to do five tile long jumps with good timing. If the button is for the opposite direction you are moving in, you do a useless spin.
Flowers & Skulls
Flowers indicate that there is a hidden warp on the current screen.










Skulls activate egg blocks when you jump over them.
Green egg
Just go through levels normally without warps and you will end up at the temple for the green egg.
Yellow egg
  • Go through the two intro levels normally.
  • In the first forest level, continue until you reach a hill with an eye-guy and a mouth. Bounce off these monsters to reach the platform above the exit and walk into the wall for the warp.
  • Go through the sky level.
  • Continue a bit forward then activate the skull by jumping over it to the left. Jump up using the mushroom, mouth and egg blocks. Make a high jump at the end of the platform to enter the warp.
  • Make your way past the wizard and jump into the water at the end.
  • Swim through the level and exit at the top of the water at the end. Continue through the small cave after.
  • Continue through the mountain level until you reach the small eyes in the picture. Use your slam to launch a small eye up through two ledges. (The slam must be close to the eye to launch it.) Use the eye to bounce up on the rocks and walk right to warp.
  • Go through the dark forest level normally and enter the temple.
  • Go through the temple normally. (You can use your slam to make the robot eyes fall from the ceiling.)
  • Defeat the boss and the yellow egg is yours!
Red egg
  • Go through the two intro levels normally.
  • In the first forest level, continue until you reach a hill with an eye-guy and a mouth. Bounce off these monsters to reach the platform above the exit and walk into the wall for the warp.
  • Go through the sky level.
  • Go through the second forest level normally. Jump into the water at the end.
  • Swim through the first water level normally. Swim up at the end.
  • Go through the third forest level until you reach some ledges and two eye guys. Defeat the eye guys and jump the skull. Jump up onto the egg blocks and walk right to enter the portal.
  • Swim through the second water level normally. Enter the visible warp at the end.
  • Go through the first mountain level normally.
  • Go through the two cave screens normally.
  • Go through the second mountain level. There is a shortcut at the beginning if you bounce on the invisible fruit, see image below.
    Stop when you see the skull and jump it. Jump up onto the ledge on the right. Jump at the end of the ledge. You will land on an invisible platform. Walk right to enter the warp.
  • Swim through the vertical water level. After a while there is a small dead end through a thin spiked tunnel on the left side. Swim inside to enter the warp.
  • Continue through the temple entrance on the cloud.
  • The boss room is the only room in this temple. Defeat the boss and the red egg is yours!
11 Comments
Chief Gewickelt 3 Jul @ 5:00pm 
how are you suppoesd to figure this out on your own? did i miss some clues after the green egg?
The Letter F 14 Jan @ 10:53pm 
@Zylth It seems to just be a reference to Barbuta and nothing more. Notice how it's got blocks removed exactly where Barbuta's title would be, as well being laid out exactly like that opening screen.

Since the game is a 'sequel' to Barbuta, that makes sense that it'd have such a reference, and it places this game firmly after Barbuta, rather than being set before those events - not that anyone really cares about Barbuta lore.
deepFlaw 10 Oct, 2024 @ 8:57pm 
For the Red Egg, I think going through the first green flower warp (play normally and when you're in the first cave screen, jump left on the spiders) would be better? After you take that warp and go through the mushroom area, you can just continue up until you do the red flower warp in the mountain level.

I think that path is generally simpler/less annoying than the current one.
Zylth 2 Oct, 2024 @ 2:17pm 
There is a portal if you jump over the water, which leads to an empty room which just restarts the level. Any clues on what this is?
TommyGun 29 Sep, 2024 @ 12:51am 
the other warps I'm pretty sure are just shortcuts, could be useful for getting eggs quicker tho
Foamed 26 Sep, 2024 @ 5:17pm 
People should be aware that there are a bunch of secrets warps which haven't been mentioned in this guide.
Sanian 26 Sep, 2024 @ 3:08pm 
That cave mentioned by Lemon has a portal in the upper left corner, it is outside the bounds of the screen, you can get there by bouncing left off of the very first spider when it is at its highest. It leads to a star world that at the end of it sends you to the dungeon which contains the first egg, so don't go there when you're collecting the red egg (I did and had to start over)
Iglum 26 Sep, 2024 @ 3:05pm 
I have nerve damage in my hand so i used steam input to change my controller settings to make this play like a normal platformer :ufogold: :ufocherry: :ufocamp:
Tyrant 25 Sep, 2024 @ 7:15pm 
Thanks for the help on this!
jnub 21 Sep, 2024 @ 8:31pm 
appreciate you making this but the controls are just so unintuitive that i cant play this one.