diff --git a/Rules.make.standalone b/Rules.make.standalone
index 2da57e7..22c9a4b 100644
--- a/Rules.make.standalone
+++ b/Rules.make.standalone
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION := \"0.8.5\"
+VERSION := \"0.8.6\"
 
 DESTDIR=
 BIN=
diff --git a/Rules.make.system b/Rules.make.system
index 5f7ff96..4dffdee 100644
--- a/Rules.make.system
+++ b/Rules.make.system
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION := \"0.8.5\"
+VERSION := \"0.8.6\"
 
 DESTDIR=/usr/local
 BIN=$(DESTDIR)/bin/
diff --git a/Rules.windows b/Rules.windows
index 578359b..6e902f7 100644
--- a/Rules.windows
+++ b/Rules.windows
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION := \"0.8.5\"
+VERSION := \"0.8.6\"
 
 DESTDIR=
 BIN=..\..\bin\\
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9f8492a..608f292 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+instead (0.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * cat game fixes
+  * seen extra parameter
+  
+ -- Peter Kosyh <p.kosyh@gmail.com>  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:32:00 +0400
+
 instead (0.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * possible segfaults in timer functions.
diff --git a/desktop/instead.desktop.in b/desktop/instead.desktop.in
index 482ce9c..366374b 100644
--- a/desktop/instead.desktop.in
+++ b/desktop/instead.desktop.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Encoding=UTF-8
-Version=0.8.5
+Version=0.8.6
 Type=Application
 Name=INSTEAD
 Name[ru]=INSTEAD
diff --git a/games/cat/ep1.lua b/games/cat/ep1.lua
index f85ca7b..768ac27 100644
--- a/games/cat/ep1.lua
+++ b/games/cat/ep1.lua
@@ -355,7 +355,12 @@ forest = room {
 
 home = room {
 	nam = 'хижина',
-	pic ="gfx/house.png",
+	pic = function(s)
+		if not seen('mycat') then
+			return "gfx/house-empty.png"
+		end
+		return "gfx/house.png";
+	end,
 	dsc = [[
 В этой хижине я провел 10 лет. 10 лет назад я своими руками построил ее. Довольно тесно, но уютно.]],
 	obj = { 'fireplace', 'mytable', 'foto', 'mycat', 'gun', 
diff --git a/games/cat/gfx/house-empty.png b/games/cat/gfx/house-empty.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f63655
Binary files /dev/null and b/games/cat/gfx/house-empty.png differ
diff --git a/stead/stead.lua b/stead/stead.lua
index 1846a68..c89efb7 100644
--- a/stead/stead.lua
+++ b/stead/stead.lua
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ function game_step(self)
 	return game_life(self);
 end
 
-version = "0.8";
+version = "0.8.6";
 
 game = game {
 	nam = "INSTEAD -- Simple Text Adventure interpreter v"..version.." '2009 by Peter Kosyh",
@@ -1622,8 +1622,13 @@ function dropf(obj)
 	return o;
 end
 
-function seen(obj)
-	local o,w = here().obj:srch(obj);
+function seen(obj, wh)
+	if not wh then
+		wh = here();
+	else
+		wh = ref(wh);	
+	end
+	local o,w = wh.obj:srch(obj);
 	o = ref(o);
 	if isObject(o) then
 		return o,w