How to play
- Goal
- Divide every non-bowl cell into connected territories with exactly one cat each, keeping the given borders and satisfying each bowl’s count of neighbouring territories.
- How it ends
- The chart finishes when every territory and bowl obeys the rules; borders can be changed before completion, so there is no loss state.
- Record
- Your first unaided solve time is recorded for each chart; Replay is Practice.
- Partition all cells except the dark bowls into connected territories. Each territory contains exactly one cat; territories need not be rectangular or the same size.
- A numbered bowl counts distinct territories sharing an edge with it. Multiple contacts from one territory count once. Corner contact does not count.
- Double borders are given and stay fixed. Every border separates different territories: do not reconnect its sides around another route.
- Tap one cell and then an adjacent cell to toggle their shared editable border. Tap the same cell to clear a selection. The chart completes when all territories, bowls and borders obey the rules.
Controls
| Mouse / touch | Tap two neighbouring non-bowl cells to toggle their shared border |
|---|---|
| Arrows / Space or Enter | Move the cursor / select a cell |
| Delete / Escape | Clear selection / clear selection or return |
| Z / Y / R | Undo / Redo / Restart confirmation |
| Controller | D-pad moves; A selects; X clears; Y undoes; shoulders undo/redo; B clears then returns; Start opens settings. |
Tips for Cat Feeding
- Count territories, not contacts Two cells beside a bowl may already connect around it and count as one territory.
- Follow the fixed borders Their sides must end in different territories. Check whether an open route reconnects them.
- Keep a route to a cat A new line must not isolate an empty territory. Every cell belongs to exactly one cat.
- Repair before finishing Undo and Redo change one border. Restart clears editable lines after confirmation and keeps the original clock.
Questions about this game
Do diagonal cells connect?
No. Territories connect through shared edges.
Is a bowl part of a territory?
No. Bowls are excluded from territories.
Does touching the same bowl twice count twice?
No. The bowl counts each neighbouring territory once.
Do cats prescribe territory sizes?
No. This edition uses unnumbered cats.
Can I remove a double border?
No. Given double borders are fixed; keep their sides in different territories.
Can Replay replace my first time?
No. Replay is Practice, and its borders and Undo save separately from the first result.
This edition follows the unnumbered-cat Cat Feeding puzzle in Puzzle Communication Nikoli 167. Its original charts were generated for this edition; no published boards were copied. Reload keeps borders and Undo; resumed first solves stay local.
Watch how to play
About Cat Feeding
Draw boundaries through a courtyard grid so every connected territory contains one cat. The dark bowls count different territories touching their edges, even when one territory touches twice.
All 96 original charts are open: twelve 3×3, twenty-four 4×4 and sixty 5×5. Each has one independently verified ending.
