Desctructoid interviewed Tommy Refenes, the other half of Team Meat, about his upcoming game Mew-Genics. Mew-Genics is a cat breeding simulator with pretty dark style. The interview covers a few aspects of the game and as the interview happens you can see some of the game play in the back. They discuss a few of things you can do with your cats after you breed them such as beauty pageants and cat fighting.
How can this game be bad?
Desctructoid interviewed Tommy Refenes, the other half of Team Meat, about his upcoming game Mew-Genics. Mew-Genics is a cat breeding simulator with pretty dark style. The interview covers a few aspects of the game and as the interview happens you can see some of the game play in the back. They discuss a few of things you can do with your cats after you breed them such as beauty pageants and cat fighting.
Since Team Meat announced they were working on Mew-Genics many people have wondered what kind of game it will be. Some kind of cat breeding simulator is a good start, but not many details have surfaced. Over the weekend Edmund McMillen has loosed a few more bits of Mew-Genics .. WITH PICTURES!
I seriously recommend you check it out by clicking the link below.
"as the weeks inch closer to our release, sometime next year ill be dropping in little tidbits of info, filling in all the rest of the gaps and maybe even posting some gameplay! all in all mewgenics is currently the biggest project Tommy and I have ever worked on, and... Read All
Since Team Meat announced they were working on Mew-Genics many people have wondered what kind of game it will be. Some kind of cat breeding simulator is a good start, but not many details have surfaced. Over the weekend Edmund McMillen has loosed a few more bits of Mew-Genics .. WITH PICTURES!
I seriously recommend you check it out by clicking the link below.
"as the weeks inch closer to our release, sometime next year ill be dropping in little tidbits of info, filling in all the rest of the gaps and maybe even posting some gameplay! all in all mewgenics is currently the biggest project Tommy and I have ever worked on, and we are both going all in on a game genre we aren't even sure exists... "
Can't wait to find out more about Mew-Genics as it is one of the games at the top of my "most anticipated" list. Mew-Genics is planned for a PC/Mac & Tablet release sometime in 2014.
Seems kinda like the Creatures games? Of @CapnCurry's Halloween story?
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 11/26/2013 at 04:22am
I think you might be right. It looks like a sandbox with a story of sorts focusing on cat breeding. Seems like there will be many reasons why you might want to do this, not withstanding it sounds like a creepy amount of fun. I think it's good they are being so coy about what it is, I mean I bet they know more than I do...
That said, I can't wait to ... breed strange cats?
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The new Mew-Genics teaser dropped on YouTube and is both fun and disturbing. So apparently in Mew-Genics you rub cats together to get another cat, WHO KNEW? Can't wait for more information on Team Meat's next game to surface but it seems still very deep in development right now.
Never knew I wanted to breed cats so badly.
The new Mew-Genics teaser dropped on YouTube and is both fun and disturbing. So apparently in Mew-Genics you rub cats together to get another cat, WHO KNEW? Can't wait for more information on Team Meat's next game to surface but it seems still very deep in development right now.
We've been waiting for weeks now. Seventeen weeks of teasers, and finally we know what Mew-Genics actually is: A cat simulator. The player is essentially a virtual cat lady! :)
Mixing elements of The Sims, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and Tamagotchi, Mew-Genics aims to create a lively world full of adorable cats that you have to take care of. Edmund McMillen says about the game, "at its core, the game isn't really like anything we've seen before."
Mixing elements of The Sims, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and Tamagotchi, Mew-Genics aims to create a lively world full of adorable cats that you have to take care of. Edmund McMillen says about the game, "at its core, the game isn't really like anything we've seen before."
You are totally right, this game really does look strange... and wonderful at the same time. I am going to pick this up but after his description of the game I was like "huh, you cat can die of aids." But there is always a dark tone to McMillen games and hope this one is as awesome as it sounds! :D
Interesting things, plus he talks a bit about Mew-Genics. This game looks freaky-awesome! I've always wanted to try out that cat-lady lifestyle. I mean, it must be comforting, right?
Thanks for sharing. I liked the parts about Mew-Genics! I kept watching and found the rest of the interview to be hit or miss. Seems like a nice enough guy but I don't relate to much of what he says but I am geek that likes people and he admittedly does not :D
Work around manipulative/selfish people long enough, and you can easily pick up a jaded perspective, toward them and people in general. At the very least, it can be exhausting. Nice to know that he's self-aware and responsible in his jadedness :) Also nice to know that the world has the good to balance the bad!
I have, it was a really interesting movie and quite enjoyed it. From any angle it seems like a ton of work but when the output is Meatboy or Fez, it seems worth it.
Then again Tommy can't look at Meatboy code without having it effect him negatively... so theres that :D
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wrote on 03/03/2013 at 07:11pm
The look of it reminds me of the old C64 (Atari 400/800?) game, Little Computer People. Where you had a somewhat randomly generated person living in a small house.
Yeah, it does. Sim games have always been very interesting to me. SimTown, SimAnt, SimCity, SimEarth. Man I loved SimEarth, kind of hope that would be made better in Spore. Didn't hear good things about Spore but I SO want to try it out still.
Travis Admin Post Author
wrote on 03/03/2013 at 07:26pm
Anyone play the Creatures games back in the day? That's what immediately came to mind for me. Much more recent than C64, but it goes to show that things that work well will keep showing up.
beansmyname Supporter
wrote on 03/03/2013 at 07:30pm
Yes. I'll have to dig through my web history, but there was an article about the developer of the Creatures series and something new he was working on. Creatures was amazing, if a little too much like child-rearing.
beansmyname Supporter
wrote on 03/03/2013 at 07:33pm
Also +1 to @scrypt's comment about working around jaded people. I've been working in technical support (internal & external) for some time now and between the people I work with, the people I work for and the people on the phone, it's extremely difficult not to become disgruntled with the behaviours of others.
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After watching this I am WAY more excited about Mew-Genics than I was as this soundtrack seems totally level 50 max level awesome-rad.
CAT FIGHT, CAT FIGHT! So very catchy.
Yeah, this will be a day one purchase for me and I have no idea what the game is about yet.
After watching this I am WAY more excited about Mew-Genics than I was as this soundtrack seems totally level 50 max level awesome-rad.
CAT FIGHT, CAT FIGHT! So very catchy.
Yeah, this will be a day one purchase for me and I have no idea what the game is about yet.
Who knew the terminator would be descended from cats?
This game looks like it's coming along great! I cannot wait to get my hands on it and start... breeding cats!
P.S. It's also a nice demonstration of the new steam controller, without being a steam controller demo :)
Yeah totally. He needed a mouse but with a controller :D
I love Team Meat's cute, sadistic ways. This one should be quite fun!