Katamari Met Rolls the Met Museum's Collection Into a Browser Game
Katamari Met is a browser game that applies Katamari Damacy's roll-and-grow loop to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. It has five play modes, three locked at the start.
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Why it matters
The Met's catalogue becomes the level design, and the game's size gating turns what you can and cannot absorb into a way of sorting the collection.
Key Facts
- Katamari Met is a browser game played at katamari.vaguespac.es.
- Katamari Met has five play modes, three of which are locked and become playable as you progress.
- Cabinet of Curiosities starts the player with an 8cm ball and a target size that keeps updating.
- Collection items too large to absorb, or walls, can cause collected items to peel off and fall away.
- One run of Cabinet of Curiosities ended with 225 items taken in and a diameter of 3.21m.
In Cabinet of Curiosities, play begins with an 8cm ball and a target size that keeps updating. Items too large to absorb, or a wall, can knock collected pieces loose. One run ended at 225 items and 3.21m.
Play starts in a great hall, with collection items that would normally hang on walls or sit in cases laid out along the floor and walls. Absorbed pieces are listed on the right, with a bar tracking progress toward the next target size, and information on each item appears at the bottom of the screen. Because the katamari grows, the gaps between rooms become harder to pass, so route choice matters as much as what you grab. Results list every item taken in, and Roll again replays the mode.
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