Cats of the Tang Dynasty

Cats of the Tang Dynasty is one of a series of (currently) six hidden object games from the developer, all based on finding a large number of domestic cats (235 in this case) which have been inserted into a background of an ancient Chinese scroll painting, with a traditional music accompaniment (plus meows and purrs from the found cats!). All of the games cost less than one UK pound and one is, in fact, free; I find them very good value for money (and my time). Some of the games have a single large search area image in which all of the cats must be found, while others (including the Tang Dynasty) break the scroll into multiple areas each with their own target for finding cats (the multi-area format makes it easier to track down those last few elusive cats, in my view). All of the games have a good (and essential) zoom function, and a tool to locate an unfound cat (it is too precise to be called a hint) which has to recharge after use. There are 100 achievements per game, triggered by finding each cat or batches of cats. I really enjoy these games, with their fascinatingly detailed backgrounds, and the clever ways in which many of the cats are "hidden in plain sight" by the developer by being placed against a similarly coloured background, incorporated into the scene in a way which makes them look like a part of the original painting, or only partially visible e.g. when peeping round a corner or out of a container. Some of the cats (plus the occasional other type of animal e.g. big cats, raccoons etc) in these games are so obvious that the first impression is one of over-simplicity; but the remaining cats are always so much harder to find (I required two or more very careful - or so I thought - passes of both areas in this game to complete it)