Meow Tower surprise

I ran into a crazy coincidence this morning.  I was looking for a basic nonogram app I could run on my phone without the graphics being too small to play.

I had tested Meow Tower about a year ago and remembered it had the cute cat theme and no puzzles over 15x15, so it should be playable on a small screen.

The funny thing is, I solved a few puzzles and unlocked a new cat ... an orange cat called Mango, just like my own orange cat Mango.  The in-game Mango liked to collect manga, so you had to buy him a shelf for his books.  My Mango is my real-life purr buddy.


This coincidence could have had an different emotional impact if they had randomly chosen to name their orange cat Ginger, because our little orange girl Ginger died about three weeks back...


Our last photo of Ginger looking like everything's fine.

Meow Tower is a cute game.  Nothing too deep, but a few layers of cats and gags and decorations to uncover.  I'm not sure why I have not mentioned it here before. 

Ginger & Mango watching movie trailers with me back in August ... Tron: Ares was coming out.


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