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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 7h

Eleven seconds left and the receipt already says $13,495. The cat spent them on POOP SPRAY. Free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Give Him a Break!: in a living room, a tuxedo cat sprays a brown arc across the floor toward the sofa while a red laser dot glows nearby; the HUD shows 0:11 left, POOP SPRAY 0.2 s, and the receipt on the right totals $13,495.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 14h

The kitchen is already on fire and the cat just racked up ten more breaks, so it's card time: 20 seconds driving the cat yourself, or 2 seconds of lasers from his eyes? Free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Card pick in Give Him a Break!: two cards over a burning kitchen - MIND CONTROL (A Cat's POV, 20 seconds) and CAT LASERS (Shoot lasers from the cat's eyes, 2 seconds); the receipt on the right totals $1,935.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Somewhere between the bowl and the chairs, the dining table caught fire. $565 on the receipt before, $1,453 twenty-five seconds later. Free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Point the laser at a full bookshelf and wait. $2,045 on the receipt before the jump, $3,292 eight seconds later. Free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Some rooms survive a round. This one did not: $4,117 when the fire starts, $9,083 when it runs out of things to burn. Free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

40 wishlists for Give Him a Break! on Steam - 39 still there, one person moved on. The free demo has been out for five days, and one streamer has already played it for two hours. Thank you to everyone who added it. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Steam's Wishlist Actions page for Give him a break!: Lifetime Overview with 40 wishlist additions, 1 deletion and 39 current outstanding wishes, first wishlisted 2026-09-25.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The coffee table catches fire at $4,245. Twenty-four seconds later the receipt on the right says $8,440 and the walls have cracks in them. The cat is fine, thanks for asking. Free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

POOP SPRAY only runs for a few seconds. Long enough to take the receipt from $238 to $1,269 - and the wall behind the desk is not coming back from this. Free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

BLUE LASER: for a few seconds the dot itself burns through whatever it crosses, so you stop leading the cat and start drawing across the kitchen. Free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Give Him a Break! gameplay: a white kitchen with a blue laser beam cutting across the counter and a POW! burst, timer at 0:38, the BLUE LASER power at 4.2 seconds, receipt total $2,975.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Every ten things the cat breaks, you pick a card. ANTIGRAVITY switches gravity off for five seconds; ACID VOMIT melts whatever it touches. Neither one helps the owner. Free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev

Give Him a Break! gameplay: a yellow-walled room on fire and full of broken furniture, timer at 0:25, receipt total $8,497, with two power cards offered: Antigravity (5 seconds) and Acid Vomit (2 seconds).

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

36 people have Give Him a Break! on their Steam wishlist - 37 added it, one changed their mind, which is fair. The free demo has been out since Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who tried it, shared it or wishlisted it. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Steam's Wishlist Actions page for Give him a break!: Lifetime Overview with 37 wishlist additions, 1 deletion and 36 current outstanding wishes, first wishlisted 2026-09-25.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

31 wishlists for Give Him a Break!, and not one removed. Eight came in after the free demo went live yesterday. Small numbers, but each one is someone who watched a cat wreck a house and wanted more of it. Thank you! store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Steam's Wishlist Actions page for Give him a break!: Lifetime Overview with 31 wishlist additions, 0 deletions and 31 current outstanding wishes, first wishlisted 2026-09-25.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One card, four seconds: BIG TROUBLE made him the size of a sofa and the dining table went on the receipt with everything on it. $5,957. The demo is free on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And a quiet thank-you: 23 wishlists so far, zero deletions. Every one is somebody who wants to watch a cat take a house apart.

Steamworks screenshot of the Lifetime Overview for Give him a break!: 23 wishlist additions, 0 deletions, 23 current outstanding wishes, first wishlisted 2026-09-25.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The free demo of Give Him a Break! is out on Steam. You hold the laser pointer; the cat does the rest. Left: the room at $0. Right: the same room with 35 seconds still on the clock. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

The game's living room seen from above, untouched: a piano, a pink sofa, green chairs round a dining table, a black cat in the middle; the receipt on the right reads TOTAL $0.

The same room mid-round: the cat grown giant by the BIG TROUBLE power, the dining table burning and in pieces; timer 0:35, receipt TOTAL $9,944.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Forty-five seconds left and he's up on the kitchen counter, shoving the toaster off the edge. One of the green chairs is already on its side. The coffee machine is probably next. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Game screenshot: an orange tabby on a kitchen counter beside the stove, pushing a black toaster over the edge; a green chair lies tipped over near a laser pointer on the tiled floor, a yellow armchair and a piano on the left, COFFEE sign on the wall. Timer 0:45.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

18 wishlists for Give Him a Break!, six more since last night. Small, but every one is someone who wants to watch a cat take a house apart, and that still feels a bit unreal. The Steam demo is next, as soon as Valve clears it. Thank you. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev

Cropped Steam wishlist page for Give him a break!: Wishlist Additions 18, Deletions 0, Purchases 0, Gifts 0, Current Outstanding Wishes 18, first wishlisted 2026-09-25.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For the rat's judgement: a kitchen mid-round, FIRE CAT with half a second left and the red chairs already in splinters. Ours is a cat, a laser pointer and a receipt for everything he breaks. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430

Game screenshot: a kitchen from above, a red laser beam crossing the island counter; broken red chairs and ceramic shards on the tiles, a FIRE CAT 0.5 s banner and 0:45 left on the timer.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The dot is on the coffee table next to the laptop, and he's already mid-leap behind the sofa. Fifty seconds left. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 · free demo: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev #cats

An orange tabby leaps behind a coral sofa toward a coffee table where a red laser dot glows beside an open laptop; the beam runs from a pointer lying on a long wooden dining table with green chairs. The timer reads 0:50.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Twelve wishlists now, double this morning's six. Still a small number, but every one is a real person who liked a cat breaking things enough to click. Thank you, and thanks to everyone who shared the page today. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev

Cropped screenshot of the Steam partner page for Give him a break!: the Lifetime Overview shows 12 wishlist additions, 0 deletions and 12 current outstanding wishes, first wishlisted 2026-09-25.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Back on the main menu after a round: the owner stares down at the cat, the cat walks off like it wasn't him, and the house behind them is in pieces. #indiedev #gamedev #cats store.steampowered.com/app/5313430

Game screenshot of the Give Him a Break! main menu at night: the yellow title and menu buttons on the left, a young man in a green sweater looking down at an orange tabby cat walking past a mailbox, and a wrecked house in the dark behind them.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Having Recruit sit right next to Attack is a great twist for school fights. Ours: a cat, a laser pointer and a receipt for everything he breaks. BLUE LASER mid-shelf, $2,975 and counting. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430

Game screenshot: a kitchen seen from above, a blue laser beam crossing the room into a wooden shelf of bottles that bursts with stars and a WOW! comic effect; a receipt on the right totals $2,975 with 38 seconds left.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The calm before: one cat, an empty test room, and a laser pointer that isn't pointed at anything yet. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev store.steampowered.com/app/5313430

Game screenshot: an orange tabby cat standing alone in the middle of an empty grey test room with two walls; a laser pointer sits at the bottom right corner of the frame, its red beam pointing away from the cat.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Give Him a Break!: FIRE CAT sets the cat alight for three seconds and the room's own fire does the rest; every burnt thing lands on the owner's receipt. Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 · free demo on itch

Game screenshot: a yellow living room with a bookshelf and cabinet in flames, a small cat in the middle, a FIRE CAT 0.4 s badge at the top and a receipt totalling $4,059 on the right.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Give Him a Break!: you hold the laser pointer, the cat wrecks the house. BIG TROUBLE makes him eight times bigger for five seconds, and everything he walks through goes on the receipt. Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 · free demo on itch

Game screenshot: a giant black cat stomping through a kitchen and dining room on fire, broken furniture flying, a BIG TROUBLE 3.4 s badge at the top and a receipt of broken items on the right.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Two weeks of showing a small cat game around: 180 on X, 109 of you here, 15 on YouTube, 7 on TikTok. Not big numbers, but every one is a real person who chose to follow along, and we're thankful. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev

Four cropped follower counts, one per line: X 180 Followers, Bluesky 109 followers, YouTube 15 subscribers, TikTok 7 Followers.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Our Steam page went public yesterday and six people have already wishlisted Give Him a Break! The Steam demo comes next, once Valve finishes reviewing the build. Thank you, all six of you. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev

Cropped Steamworks wishlist page for Give him a break! (5313430): Lifetime Overview with 6 wishlist additions, 0 deletions, 6 current outstanding wishes, first wishlisted 2026-09-25.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What players said about our free demo this week, plus a few numbers we're proud of: five stars on itch, 170 upvotes on r/gamedesign, 710 likes on TikTok. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 · demo: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev

Four cropped comments about Give Him a Break! Benjii on X: "cat is incredibly responsive from the get-go, core loop is alot of fun." Game's Paladin on X: "I played a bit, but I had to unplug the PC; otherwise, I'd never have stopped playing." ProfessorMonkee on Reddit: "I loved give him a break." Phatti MacHine on itch: "That is awesome. Congratulations. You have done a great job."

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our trailer is up: one minute of one cat, one laser pointer and a house that pays for everything he breaks. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 · free demo: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev #cats

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He follows the dot right to the edge of the test floor. In the real rooms the edge is a wall, and if the dot climbs it, so does he, claws first, until gravity wins. Free Windows demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev #cats

An orange tabby stands at the very edge of an empty grey test floor, a red laser dot glowing at his front paws; the beam runs back to a pointer floating off the edge.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

VOMIT is one big ball, and it destroys everything in its path. In the empty test room there was nothing in its path, so this is all it left. Free Windows demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev #cats

In an empty grey test room, an orange tabby trots toward a red laser dot while a wide dark-green slick with bright green flecks spreads across the floor behind him.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He only chases a dot he can see: his eyes cover about 180 degrees, and a sofa in the way blocks it like a wall. Hide the dot and he goes looking for it. Free Windows demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev #cats

In an empty grey test room, an orange tabby walks nose-down toward a red laser dot on the floor; the beam runs back to a black pointer at the edge of the room.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

UNCONTROLLED URINATION lasts five seconds, and he doesn't stop for it - he keeps chasing the dot, and the trail stains everything it crosses, all of it on the bill. Free Windows demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev #cats

In the empty grey test room the orange tabby trots after the red laser dot, leaving a winding yellow trail with dark stains across the floor behind him.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The grey room after a second and a half of POOP SPRAY. It breaks nothing, but every droplet that lands goes on the owner's bill at $2. Free Windows demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev #cats

The grey test room covered in brown streaks and splats across both walls and the floor; the orange tabby stands by the red laser dot while a brown jet sprays past the camera.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Same grey room, one minute later. The dot is on the box, and so is he. Whatever else was on that box is on the floor now, in pieces. Free Windows demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev #cats

The orange tabby cat stands on a white box in the empty grey room, next to the red laser dot; broken white shards lie on the floor below the box and small blue shards sit in the far corner.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The empty grey room: one pillar, one laser dot, and he goes straight up after it. In the real game that pillar is a shelf, and everything on it has a price. Free Windows demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev #cats

An orange tabby cat stands on top of a tall white pillar in an empty grey room, next to the red laser dot, with the laser pointer's beam running to it from the corner.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Every round starts like this: a tidy house, one small black cat, and a receipt at $0. It does not stay that way. Free Windows demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break - the Steam page is in review, so follow along for the Steam demo. #indiedev #cats

Game screenshot: an untouched open-plan house seen from above - a kitchen, a grand piano, a pink sofa, a dining table with green chairs - with a small black cat in the middle of the floor. The receipt on the right lists every object's price (camera $700, camcorder $600, bookcase $300 and more) and the total reads $0.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The laser dot is right there on the floor, and he's standing in the flames on top of whatever that used to be. Would you call him off, or let it burn? Free Windows demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev

Game screenshot: a black-and-white tuxedo cat stands in flames on the broken pieces of a piece of furniture in a living room with a tiled floor and a zebra-striped rug. The red laser dot glows on the floor a short way off, and fresh claw marks scar the wall behind him.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Give Him a Break!: you hold the laser pointer and the cat wrecks the house - and with the BLUE LASER card, the beam does the breaking itself for five seconds. Free Windows demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break - the Steam page is in review, follow along for the Steam demo.

Game screenshot: a kitchen seen from above, a blue laser beam cutting across the room and a comic KOW! burst where it hits the shelves, with a BLUE LASER 4.2 s badge at the top and a receipt on the right.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Give Him a Break!: you only hold the laser pointer, and the cat picks what burns. Free Windows demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break - the Steam page is in review, so follow along to hear when the Steam demo is up.

Game screenshot: a tuxedo cat stands on a broken, burning piece of furniture in a dark living room, with the red laser dot glowing on the floor beside it.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Every ten breaks the cat earns a card, and you pick one of two. Five seconds of ANTIGRAVITY, or two seconds of acid that erodes whatever it touches - which are you taking? Free demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break #indiedev #gamedev

Game screenshot: a card pick over a burning, wrecked room. Two cards: ANTIGRAVITY, take advantage of no gravity, 5 seconds; ACID VOMIT, erode everything this acid touches, 2 seconds. A receipt on the right totals $8,497 with 25 seconds left.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Give Him a Break!: you hold the laser pointer, the cat wrecks the house, and every card makes it worse - this one brings three kittens. Free demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break - the Steam page is in review, follow to hear when the Steam demo is up.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A cat game where all you hold is the laser pointer: the cat breaks whatever is in the way and the owner comes home to the bill. Free demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break - the Steam page is in review.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pick your cat: tuxedo, ginger, tabby and more, each bought with yarn from the rooms he wrecks. The demo is free on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break - the Steam page is in review, so follow along to hear when the Steam demo is up. #indiedev #cats

Game screenshot: the Cat Skins tab of the Yarn Tree menu, a grid of cat coats (tuxedo, white, grey, ginger, tabby, calico and more) marked Active or Owned, over the title screen.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Give Him a Break!: you hold the laser pointer, the cat wrecks the house, and the owner comes home to the bill. Free demo on itch: corbygamesstudio.itch.io/give-him-a-break - the Steam page is in review, so follow along for the Steam demo.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Where the yarn goes: four branches of powers, from teleporting to throwing up on things. The empty slots say "more to come", and they mean it. #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Game screenshot: the Yarn Tree menu over the title screen, with four columns of powers named Paranormal, Superhero, Cat Business and Passive, and several slots reading More to come.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

FIRE CAT has 0.4 seconds left and he is already walking away from it. The cabinet behind him will keep burning on its own. #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Game screenshot: a black-and-white cat walks away from a tall wooden cabinet that is on fire in a yellow-walled room, with debris on the floor, a red laser beam and a receipt totalling $4,059.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

MIND CONTROL puts a camera on his collar for twenty seconds, and TAB lets you drive. The kitchen looks a lot less safe from down there. #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Game screenshot: a kitchen seen from above, with a picture-in-picture feed marked LIVE showing the same kitchen from the cat's eye level, a small fire in one corner and a receipt totalling $7,670.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Three seconds left, nine cats on the floor, and the receipt at $27,370. This is what the owner walks in on. #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Game screenshot: a wrecked office with a fire burning by the desk, nine cats wandering the debris, a red laser pointer beam, and a receipt on the right totalling $27,370 with three seconds left on the timer.

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Corby Games Studio @acorbinelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fire in a small room spreads further than anyone expects, me included. There's no fire power in this round, just a gassy cat and whatever sparked first, and the number on the right is the part to watch. #indiedev #gamedev #cats

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