57 wishlists on Steam for Give Him a Break! - 56 still there. Another streamer played the demo this week and took to it so naturally. Watching someone play your game that well is a pure dopamine rush. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Lesson from watching people stream our demo: the cat only chases the laser dot if he can see it. Two players in a row didn't know that and wondered why he ignored the dot. That one's on us, not them - the game has to show it better. #gamedev #indiedev

50 wishlists on Steam for Give Him a Break! - 49 still there. The page went public a little over two weeks ago with none. Small numbers, but every one is a real person who wants to watch a cat wreck a house. Thank you. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

Six streamers played the Give Him a Break! demo in a week, and two more say they're next. Watching a stranger meet your game for the first time never gets old - every stream shows us something we would never have caught ourselves. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #twitch

Give him a break! on Steam

Create chaos and destruction using just a laser pointer, the cat does the rest. Chose powerups for a better cause and effect and make sure you give him a "break"!

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@mayworlddream.bsky.social played the Give Him a Break! demo on her Pick'n'Mix weekend stream. Thank you, May - watching the VOD made our day, and your reactions taught us a lot. VOD: twitch.tv/videos/2896978179 Cozy games and Sims builds: twitch.tv/mayworlddream #indiedev #twitch

💖Let's Play & Chat🦄PICK'n'MIX WKEND🌈STARDEW+INZOI+TS2+ACO @StardewValley @Twitch !CLIP !ZADDY !MOTHER !BOUJEE !BIRICHINO !29999GROWTH😜🌈 - mayworlddream on Twitch

mayworlddream went live on Twitch. Catch up on their The Sims 4 VOD now.

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The cabinet is on fire, the cat is on fire, and he is still chasing the dot. Free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev #cats

44 wishlists on Steam for Give Him a Break! - 43 still there. Last night two streamers played the free demo: one for almost 50 minutes, one who ended by recommending it to everyone watching. Thank you to everyone who added it. store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev #cats

devs happened to reach out and i had a free friday so let's check out various game demos! i will quote post as we change games but we'll be starting with the demo of Give Him a Break by @acorbinelli.bsky.social ! let's unleash some chaos >:3 { #sxkyuLive | #vSky | #vTuber | #ENVTuber | #VTLive }

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[sa · kyu] or [sa · ku] or even [kyu] but [sa · ku · ya] if you're feelin' scoldy. — sxkyu streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join their community.

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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

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

Demo update 0.4.7 is out, built from watching people play: the yarn tree is now one click from the end screen, a quick how-to before the first round, WASD camera controls and longer powers. Free on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5313430 #indiedev #gamedev

Give him a break! on Steam

Create chaos and destruction using just a laser pointer, the cat does the rest. Chose powerups for a better cause and effect and make sure you give him a "break"!

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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

Watched a player spend half an hour in our demo and never find the yarn tree, where yarn buys new powers between runs. Every round on the starter powers - no wonder it got old. We're making it impossible to miss. If a feature lives behind a menu, nobody opens the menu. #indiedev #gamedesign

Give Him a Break! has a home of its own now: corbygamesstudio.com Trailer, screenshots, a press kit for streamers and writers, and the free Steam demo, all on one page. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Give Him a Break! - free demo on Steam

You don't play the cat - you hold the laser pointer. Everything he lands on breaks and goes on the owner's receipt.

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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

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

First we wreck the house, THEN we haunt the house. 🐈🏚️ Join me for a new demo, #GiveHimABreak by @acorbinelli.bsky.social, then some spooky month shenanigans with #TheCabinFactory! Whether you stop by to say hello, lurk, or chat up a storm, I hope to see you there! 😽 ▶️ Twitch.tv/DoctorPurrington

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@doctorpurrington.bsky.social put the Give Him a Break! demo in last night's stream, right before The Cabin Factory. Thank you, Doctor! VOD: twitch.tv/videos/2893060311 New games and demos, D&D nights and a hippoCATic oath: twitch.tv/doctorpurrington #indiedev #twitch

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

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

@shellsmiley.bsky.social streamed the Give Him a Break! demo last night - about two hours of it. Thank you, Shell! VOD: twitch.tv/videos/2891335708 Cozy, upbeat streams with retro games and art: twitch.tv/shellsmiley #indiedev #twitch

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

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

Today is Oct 3, 2026. Worth your evening: You hold the laser pointer, the cat does the damage. The dev posts the running count himself: 37 people wishlisted it, one changed their mind, which is fair. @acorbinelli.bsky.social

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

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

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

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

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

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