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Feed the Cat Food Sort should carry the next sorting/cat-care branch instead.","findings":["Latest Color Cat Care evidence showed players generally understood the Color Sort mechanic, but boredom appeared around puzzle 2 or 3.","colorsort-build005.zip reached 96.0s average session, 70.5s median, 201.0s P90, 87.6% under-three-minute sessions, and 80.8% start rate.","Build005 remained weaker than earlier Color Sort snapshots such as build004/build002 on average session, P90, and three-minute reach.","The current portfolio now has Feed the Cat Food Sort as the cleaner Food Sort-based cat-care branch, so Color Cat Care does not need to stay active for sorting/cat-care exploration."],"authority":"CONFIRMED","source_ids":[],"analysis_id":"75967b3b-afc4-4c2e-b159-57b3a11a086a","project_id":"c2905158-5ba8-415f-8a6c-2106b4f7cbe9","experiment_id":null,"created_by":"Codex with Túlio Caraciolo","next_action":"Keep Color Cat Care parked. 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It is built from code/MatchyCat using Assets/Project/Scenes/ColorSortCareScene.unity and the Unity menu MatchyCat/Setup Color Sort Generator Build, with product/build metadata from Assets/Data/ColorGeneration/ColorSortGeneratorGameConfig.asset. It preserves the current no-Patience reverse-requirements care loop: no active Patience, no cat-leaves/recovery loop, no ReturnCatNeed or Call Cat Back, no recovery Cotton Ball board, no top-level color meters, and no Bonding runtime effects. Color Sort authored levels 1-10 play sequentially once, then randomize from those layouts; standard boards remap piece colors toward the active station requirements, exclude Cotton Ball, and may use Purple only as an extra counted color when more identities are needed. There was no active Color Cat Care experiment when colorsort-build005.zip was submitted; the build was sent as a side effect of Matchy Cat adjustments, so current state is needs analysis of the uploaded Poki Player Fit and playtest-recording evidence before choosing a next experiment.","current_state_id":"c2905158-5ba8-415f-8a6c-2106b4f7cbe9:current","fantasy":"Care for a cat by sorting colorful toy/resource pieces into clean groups, turning puzzle completions into visible progress on the cat's current need.","description":"Color Cat Care is the standalone Poki-facing Color Sort variant of the Matchy Cat Unity project. The player sees one active cat need, deploys an unlocked relevant care station from the Cat Locker, drags the cat to that station before resources are earned, and then solves Color Sort tube puzzles to generate the station's visible resource requirements while the cat sustains the care action.","readme_path":"code/MatchyCat/README.md","created_at":"2026-09-01T14:07:47.698449Z","repository":"git@bitbucket-maniblox:maniblox/matchy-cat.git","slug":"color-cat-care","playbook_version":"1.0","created_by":"Tulio Caraciolo","title":"Color Cat Care"},"latest_player_fit":{"captured_at":"2026-09-01T06:12:01Z","created_at":"2026-09-01T14:23:34.600574Z","current_game_state_markdown":"","player_fit_id":"ee98dbfd-c9fe-45b7-97af-b3cd6145979a","source_ids":["ac3b8199-4073-4450-b1af-71f1afb24e89"],"authority":"RAW","source_type":"poki_json","metrics":{"started":500,"engagement_seconds":95.99,"new_engagement_seconds":111.18811881188118,"gameplays":404,"session_time_average_seconds":95.99,"status":"completed","median_engagement_seconds":70.5,"fps_average":59.83596617859352,"poki_gameplay_start_rate_percent":80.8,"session_time_median_seconds":70.5,"fps_median":60,"parser_version":"poki-json-v3","pageviews":500,"session_time_p90_seconds":201.0,"under_3m_session_rate_percent":87.6,"target_gameplays":500,"poki_version_id":"85167eaa-00cd-4e70-a995-df6366295331","poki_game_id":"8df39434-0cc4-448b-a669-5266a28a5fd3","export_type":"player_fit_tests","version_label":"colorsort-build005.zip","poki_player_fit_test_id":"b497ee1e-cabe-4ce6-8a82-7d1c54553111","fps_p95":90},"project_id":"c2905158-5ba8-415f-8a6c-2106b4f7cbe9","experiment_id":null,"data_quality":"medium","developer_notes":"Latest Poki Player Fit for colorsort-build005.zip: average session 96.0s, p90 201.0s, median 70.5s, under-3m sessions 87.6%, Poki start rate 80.8%.","version":"colorsort-build005.zip"},"state":{"updated_at":"2026-10-11T00:03:37.828523Z","latest_player_fit_id":"ee98dbfd-c9fe-45b7-97af-b3cd6145979a","active_hypothesis_ids":[],"current_build_id":null,"current_primary_reference_thesis":"Color Cat Care should use conventional Color Sort / Water Sort as the primary reference. 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