The platform uses a digital cartoon image that is enabled with backwards compatible animation technology meaning that early non-fungible tokens can upgrade to the movement attributes of newer versions of the digital art.
The images are digital collectibles, or NFT's which are Non-fungible Tokens that are held on the blockchain. You own the art you create. You follow a set of rules for digital genes that enable you to select colors and features like tails or eyes and then layer on fun mouths or hairstyles.
Each cat can have 8 main attributes and 3 special ones that are not part of the cat per se but may offer unique environments or added backgrounds.
To breed a cat for fun is simple. To breed for specific traits is more challenging. The player can be a collector, investor or tech user. The limitless possible outcomes add to the fun and the challenge.
Some cats are NORMAL in appearance, White with blue eyes, others look like a dragon, or frog or space alien. Each user can set their own path to collecting but the game is the collection of hard to obtain traits within a breeding or generation of certain genes.
It will take you a better part of a year in spare time to master the process of selecting and breeding traits effectively to compete for Fancy cats. Fancy cats are released monthly and have a exact recipe to attempt to collect from other players.
A player is racing against a clock to unlock the code to breed the cat before the breeding of the that cat is locked by the timer. Usually 7-13 days in length. Once its locked, thats it, you can only buy from an existing user as its no longer available for breeding.
To get started you need an Ethereum address, and a few bucks of ETH.
Then you link up Dapper or Metamask on your computers browser and link them to CryptoKitties site.
Now you are set up and can start accumulating traits in cats you want to collect or breed. To sell or sire, you can offer your own inventory for others to breed with and that is when it gets fun.
Check it out, its a lot more fun than crosswords or sudoku and will play with your brain in new ways.
Enjoy it, its #1 for a reason.