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INTERACTIVE - Compounding Cat Insanity

The NGPF Activity Bank features an interactive game called 'Cat Insanity' that simulates the experience of managing credit and paying off debt. Players must feed cartoon cats while managing resources, reflecting on strategies and emotions throughout the game. Key takeaways emphasize the challenges of debt repayment and the importance of avoiding high-interest loans.

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INTERACTIVE - Compounding Cat Insanity

The NGPF Activity Bank features an interactive game called 'Cat Insanity' that simulates the experience of managing credit and paying off debt. Players must feed cartoon cats while managing resources, reflecting on strategies and emotions throughout the game. Key takeaways emphasize the challenges of debt repayment and the importance of avoiding high-interest loans.

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NGPF Activity Bank

Managing Credit

INTERACTIVE: Compounding Cat Insanity

Interactive: Cat Insanity

GAMEPLAY TIPS
●​ At the beginning of the game, the characteristics of the cat you choose will impact the
food requirement needed to successfully complete each round.
●​ During each round, click the cats the appropriate amount of times to feed them! You
don’t need to drag the food to the cats.

NOTE: This game depicts unpaid debt in the form of "dead" cartoon cat skeletons, which might
impact some students emotionally.

Part I: Play the game, Cat Insanity​


Go to Cat Insanity and click “Begin”. When you finish the game, you should keep the final page on
your screen. It may help you answer the questions below.

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Part II: Reflect
When you have finished playing, reflect on the game by answering the questions below.

1.​ How did you pick your cat?

I looked at how many scoops of food needed and the rate of how many cats I will get each round.

2.​ What was your strategy as you played the game? What would you do differently next time?

The strategy was to do one side of the screen at a time and next time I would try to be faster but
there is a difference between touch screen and clicking and I was only able to click so I was slower.

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3.​ How would you describe your emotions as you played the game from start to finish?

At first I was good since there wasn’t that many cats then I got mad because it was hard to keep
up and I ran out of food.

4.​ Cat Insanity demonstrates how it feels to pay a high-interest loan. Match the high-interest
loan elements that are represented through the various game elements using the “Let’s
Break It Down” section at the end of the game.

Game High-Interest Loan Elements


Elements

Cat debt

Scoop payment

Dead Cat Missed income

Multiply Rate Interest rate

Bag of Food income

Kitty Karma penalty

Kitty Angel nothing

5.​ Use the matching terms above, explain how playing Cat Insanity is an analogy for debt
repayment.

This shows that the more you go into debt the harder it is to get out of it because you only have a
certain amount of time but not enough money so you just dive into so much debt.

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6.​ What is your key takeaway from playing this game?
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Try not to go into debt and pay off credit as quickly as you can.

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