The Break - A Game Of Mazes & Corporate Loops

A game made for the GameMaker's Toolkit Jam 2025. Theme: Loops.

The Loop is consuming you - and everyone around you. One day, you wake up. What is everyone doing? Why aren't they reacting? 

The Break is a short, fast-paced puzzle game about breaking cycles, in which you control an anthropomorphised chess piece looking to escape their corporate routine.

But look out: as you make your way through your clockwork office, you may find someone else is in need of help too...

The Break was developed for the GameMaker's Toolkit Game Jam 2025 and inspired by the jam's theme: Loop.

- Spacebar: Break loop

- Left click (hold): Move

- Esc: End game (you need to reload the page on web)

The Break was designed, developed, written and published almost entirely by myself. I'm no artist, but I hope I did my little pawn characters justice!

The music and sounds are royalty free and were sourced separately:

• Background music: Play Time - Fun Upbeat Gaming Birthday Music by FASSounds on Pixabay
• Office Sound FX: Busy Office No People Loop by freesound_community on Pixabay