Soooo, I liked it. The incremental part is well balanced (Even though, maybe it should be quicker for a gamejam ?). I was gonna say that the graphism are lacking and could go full on the cat theme, but the ending made me think that yeah, this was really useless in a way. So the "blank" aspect for how you interpreted the loop part is coherent.
But hey, using a cat icon and making a cycle of 8 instead of 9 because of the 9 cat lives is a missed opportunity >.<
Nice job !