Even though it's clear from the gameplay that doors close automatically behind you, I keep getting stressed whenever you go in or out of the cat run because we don't actually *see* it closing.

Jon, you HAVE to know that starting a video with "in honor of Tabby, who was..." is going to give all of your viewers a heart attack Edit: :(

27:40 “don’t push me, I’m trying to give you food” clearly Jon never had a dog before since that’s one of the most accurate thing I’ve seen yet from this game

Having worked at an animal shelter myself, I can tell you there wasn't remotely enough poop cleaning-up in this game

“Perhaps the cats are tiny helicopters?” Well of course they are Jon, what do you think the tail is for?

Oh no, perception -1 strikes again. Jon, there's a scroll bar on the adoption match screen which will let you see the best conditions for the pet!

This would be a great game to do for an animal supporting charity livestream

"We're just going to let them eat before we take them to the clinic." That's a good way to make sure they end up vomiting on the operating table, Jon. There's a reason they tell you not to eat before surgery.

It's definitely more heartwarming; but the gameplay loop can't help but remind me of the one at the early stages of Prison Architect where you are doing intake and scrambling to do assessment and keep needs under control. The somewhat...spartan...fences and incongruous blue chemical tank in cat-gitmo might be enhancing this impression.

6:09 this is why you don’t name game characters after your own pets.

The cats found in the sewer probably need a power wash. Also, the runs are going to need to be mowed. I sense a mondo crossover opportunity.

Jon.. when you were talking about Tabby as "she was this, she was that".. you had me worried...

Taking on a ten-year-old cat is a brave move, especially if you are not made of stone.

As I lie in bed with Covid, this is exactly the warm cuddly video I needed today

"Noisy" and "won't leave their human's side" I'm pretty sure Tutorial Cat is my cat, who spent last night siting on my chest and screaming.

I'm glad Jon cracked a bit giving tabby away because I sure as hell would have felt emosh

I put this on while I was eating and ended up falling in love with the video because so much of Jon's love for Tabby shines through in this

This right here was exactly what I wanted to see today. So calming. :)

What kind of dystopian world requires a successful background check to buy a ball on a string?

24:37: Husky, prefers cold climates (my sister is a dog groomer.) 28:47: Cold? COLD? The cat's vomiting for crying out loud. Only cats and dogs?...sigh.

So glad most people chip their dogs and cats these days around here. If they get lost and found then it only takes a scan and you know who that animal is. And if you register your pet with a free service (which runs on donations) then you will be notified if it was found

When i read the title of the video i thought, this will be a very wholesome video, but as i saw the "Expires in" timer i first actually thought that timer shows how much time you have before the animal dies.

I myself have two rescue dogs and my heart goes out to anyone who works in an animal shelter, it's quite a hard job! I sure wouldn't have the strength required for it.

I'm definitely getting this. Watching you play made me so emotional lol. We have a senior cat we rescued and she's so wonderful

Can't believe John didn't try to put a cat in the bin

Phew, I held off on this video because I thought it would be s bit sad but gladly it’s super wholesome.

Man, this game is making me nostalgic for all the animal hospital games I'd play as a child. ...One of which I still own, and I don't think ever actually completed the campaign of. Oh, if not for the lack of time and all the *other* games I own...

As someone who works in a shelter... these barren cat cages are a dystopian hellscape! O.o

I've never encountered a shelter that sends an inspector to your house or even interviews anyone looking to adopt, they're usually just happy to free up space and hand the animals over on the spot, no questions asked 🤷🏻‍♂️

Jon: good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, I'm Jon and this is Many a True Nerd Captions: I'm Jon and this is Many a True Daddy 😂😂

I was going to recommend this during the livestream tomorrow.

Livestream of this please! So calm and relaxing.

You can hang the Animal pictures on the wall for memories....

I imagine Tabby got a lot of petting after this filming session.

as someone who has worked in the vetrinary field, they make it look painfully easy compared to how it actually is

I'm allergic to cats but love cats. This game is perfect 🥰

The store is called Blepshop!

I couldn't have a job where I take care of cats & ultimately have to let them go cus I bond very quickly & I love my cats like they're my own children since I cannot have any so my emotions for them run that much deeper.

Well this is god damned adorable

Jon, there is probably a way to frame those photos, maybe do a wall of photos...you know, to show that animals are treated the right way :)

Thank you for Tabby history Jon.

My cat is named Tucker. Adopted him from a shelter when he was just a wee kitten about 12 years ago

I hope later in the game you can hire people to help with doing things, otherwise you may end up with too many balls in the air...

uwu Adorable ... Absolutely 100% Grade AAA Adorable!

Why is everyone asking for a cat with a large bladder? What are they going to do with it?!?

I wish this game did better with videos because oh do I want to see more of this.

LETS GOO JON WITH ANIMALS

Jon is the Austin Powers of cat photos

is ironic the cat that looked more like tabby was the one u spent more time with on the shelter xD

So wasn't Phoebe just lost?

I know it's rather unlikely but I lost my best friend (cat) of 11 years and I was wondering if I could get one named in her honour, I know it's in likely and depends on of your make further content but they say a name still spoken is a name remembered (her name was fizz as she was an utter ball of energy)

I'm hesitant to watch this, I hope it's entirely wholesome. Edit: It was ♥

Day 683 of requesting Zoo Tycoon. It's nice to see wholesome content out there, especially when tiny cat-copters might be involved

Jon I just got to the bit where you throw the photos in the bin, no Jon, no. I hope when I watch the rest you find the board you can pin them to

Comment for the algorithm.

My dogs name is Rufus and the First dog was Rufus 😂

I really don't like how outdated the Shelter looks, but at least are you making Background checks.

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Soooo does this game have a PETA mode ... I have to ask since I've played enough of these sim games to be worried about realism. I don't want to be lying to people for donations while killing all the animals.

Can I get a heart on my comment?

this game is coming from a nice idea, but if you think about it, it makes people that are interested in helping animals do it virtually while they could be doing it in real life... i mean... call me a dick for saying this, i understand that, but should charity simulators really exist ? ah yes lemme feel good by pretending to help the world without really doing it. thats like videos of influencers who hire actors pretending to be homeless and "buying" them a bunch of stuff... im not normally a guy just jumping on the hate wagon, but this feels wrong :/

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