Wow, only a couple hours and it already has a video! And thank you for the feedback!
The issue of pressing escape and also there being no cat count was because the UI wasn't visible, which was on me! I turned it off to get screenshots and forgot to turn it back on! Now it's fixed!
I'm wondering if you couldn't click on the inaccessible cat because the crosshair wasn't visible, making it hard to click it. Hopefully that was the issue with that.
The "Being a COOL person" in the settings is entirely for fun! It's my way of saying that you're COOL!
Thank you so much for the feedback! I wouldn't have figured out the UI issue had you not said anything. And I'm so glad you enjoyed the game!