Stress Buddy is out now in Early Access

Hi everyone, Jonathan here! Stress Buddy is out today in Early Access. It's my first game as a mostly solo developer with my own studio, and after 20+ years in AAA I'm a lot more nervous about this launch than I expected to be. Also, I caught a cold this weekend, and having a cold always affects my mood. This is solo development at its best! No backup, it's a high wire act! But I digress.

Stress Buddy is a stress-relief ball that interacts with your desktop. It's your anti-productivity accomplice for work, school, games and streams. They say idle hands are bad, and Stress Buddy gives them something to do. A few things to try once it's on your screen:

• Fling it and watch it bounce off your windows and folder icons. Build an obstacle course (or a golf course?) while you're at it.
• Turn on Trashketball mode in Settings and shoot for your Recycle Bin. Two points inside the three point line, three from outside.
• Give Fuzzy Buddy some scritches (hold Shift and drag across him), or put on some music and watch him bop.
• Point your cursor at Rocky Buddy. He's afraid of it.
• Pick from 16 buddies in the menu.
• Invite friends into Multiplayer and fill each other's screens with balls.

Streamers: the Twitch Integration Pack is launching soon. It lets your chat fling buddies around your screen and spawns an extra buddy for every sub.

This is Early Access, so there are bugs I haven't found yet. If something breaks or you have an idea, please tell me in the Steam discussions or on Discord, and I'll fix it as quick as I can. I read everything. And if you're enjoying the game, please leave a review. It helps more than you'd think, especially in the first few days.

Thank you for being here from the beginning!

Jonathan