6 hours with scratch cat

6 hours with scratch cat is a point-and-click survival horror-but-not-really video game created on Scratch, and the first installment of the series developed by Scratch user Tbug20LovesRedstone, and later Adiar Studios. It was released on Scratch on March 7, 2016 and on Gamejolt on July 12, 2020. The goal for the player is to survive one night at Scratch Cat's Mexican Diner ( what why did i think that was a good name ew ) while avoiding getting caught and kicked out of the building by the animatronic characters and tracking their movements via the restaurant's security cameras.

Even though it never really got popular (and for good reason), it still spawned a game series anyway.

Instructions
"use the mouse to look around the room. close the doors, check the lights, and check the cameras too. Don't run out of power though."

Notes and Credits
"ScratchU8, Scott Cawthon, scratch, @TheGamer501. Tell me about any glitches, other than the one where you can close the doors while checking the cams. I will fix that later. UPDATE: I fixed the bug where the entire game keeps running even after you get game over."

Gameplay
The player sits in an office and monitors security cameras positioned throughout the restaurant to observe the animatronic mascots. The player has a limited amount of power to view the camera feeds, light hallways, and close the doors on either side of them.

The player must use the camera feed locations in the building and hold the animatronics off using the doors. If the player fails to do this, they will be jumpscared and be treated to a screen of never-ending static. To finish the game, the player must survive from 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM (8 minutes and 36 seconds in real-time).

The four animatronics that the player must avoid are Scratch Cat and his three friends: Pico, Gobo, and Giga. There is an additional animatronic known as Ginja (called YellowCat in the game files) who has a 1 in 100 chance of appearing per night.

Stars
There are no stars to unlock in this game.

Audio
The main menu music.

The phone call (voiced by Tbug).

The jumpscare sound.

Reception
Little to none, actually. It never got negative reception, but never got positive reception either. Like many other projects on Scratch, it was hidden away.

Canonicity
This game is not canon to the current lore.

Trivia

 * The game started develpoment long before it was released, then shelved for an unknown reason. By the time Tbug came back to the project, he had stopped working in bitmap and could now use vector. This is why some of the different sprites and visuals clash in art style.
 * The working title for the game was five nights at scratch, but because Tbug was too lazy to make five whole nights, he settled with only having a single night, changing the name to 6 hours with scratch cat.
 * This game is the only one in the series to have its name in all lowercase letters.
 * This game is the only one in the series (other than the Six Hours with Scratch Cat 2 Demo) to have the number 6 instead of the word Six in its name.
 * There is a bug in the game where you can close the doors inside the camera. Tbug said that he would eventually fix that, but he never did.