# Cartoon Cat: the old-cartoon cat that went horror

Source: https://roam.new/cartoon-cat-game/

Cartoon Cat is a horror creature by Canadian artist Trevor Henderson, first posted in 2018. He looks like a cat from a 1930s cartoon, with bendy limbs and a wide grin, but stretched very tall and dropped into real photos. Fans made him a regular in horror fan games.

## Who made Cartoon Cat

Trevor Henderson is a Canadian horror artist known for creatures hidden in edited photos. His first Cartoon Cat images went up in August 2018, and a character sheet followed that October. The same year he created Siren Head, the tall creature with sirens for a head.

Cartoon Cat's trick is the style clash. Old cartoons feel safe and cheerful. Put that style into a grainy real-world photo and it turns unsettling. The idea travelled far enough that Sony's TriStar Pictures picked up film rights to the character.


## What a Cartoon Cat game needs

- **A tall shape at the edge of the screen**: He works best half seen, between trees or at the far end of a road.
- **A cartoon sound in the wrong place**: Old-timey music or a squeaky step in a silent forest does a lot of the work.
- **A goal that keeps you moving**: Collect pages, fix a radio, reach the car. A chase only matters if you need to get somewhere.
- **Light you can run out of**: A flashlight with a battery turns every minute into a choice.

## Horror walks on Roam

Dread Hollow is a first-person horror game on Roam: four case files, one dark house, not much time. It plays like Slender: The Eight Pages, the same collect-under-pressure loop most Cartoon Cat fan games use.

To make him chase you, describe the place and the rule he follows. Keep it spooky rather than gory, so friends of any age can play. Then tune it by talking: 'he only moves when I look away', 'more fog', 'friends carry the other flashlights'.


## Play it on Roam

- [Dread Hollow](https://roam.gg/play/dread-hollow/): Four case files. One flashlight. Something in the halls.

## Make your own Cartoon Cat style chase with Roam

Describe the creature, the map and how you escape. Roam builds it, and friends can hide with you. Roam is rated 13+ on the App Store.

Try: "night forest horror, a tall old-cartoon cat follows me, collect 8 film reels before my flashlight dies, he moves only when I look away, friends can join"

[Get Roam on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6745489251?pt=126889634&mt=8&ct=rnew-cartoon-cat-game)

## Questions people ask

**Who created Cartoon Cat?**
Trevor Henderson, a Canadian horror artist, in 2018.

**Is Cartoon Cat related to Siren Head?**
Same creator, different creature. Both come from Trevor Henderson's art from 2018.

**Is there a Cartoon Cat movie?**
Sony's TriStar Pictures acquired film rights to the character. Check current news for a release date.

## About Roam

Roam ("Roam - Make Games" on the App Store) is an iPhone app where you play games and make your own by describing them or from a photo. It is free to download and play, and making games works without a subscription; optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation. Android: pre-register on Google Play. https://roam.gg