0xKOT, also credited as Encrypted Cat, is the itch.io account behind The Cradle games and describes itself on Reddit as a solo developer; the App Store lists the seller of The Cradle: Episode 01 as Maksym Naboka. The developer built a custom engine for narrative horror games, NHR, with Claude Code.
Also reported as: Encrypted Cat, Encrypted Cat Games, EconomyPrudent6511
A Halloween side story to The Cradle: twenty doors at a children's party in an old sanatorium, some hiding a child with a sweet and the rest hiding Nanny. The solo developer says most of the code, engine included, was written by Claude Code.
A first-person survival horror under an abandoned Soviet sanatorium, where a shortwave station modelled on the real Buzzer has gone silent. The solo developer says most of the code, engine included, was written by Claude Code.