<s>
Mewgenics	B-Application
is	O
an	O
upcoming	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
roguelike	O
life	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Edmund	O
McMillen	O
and	O
Tyler	O
Glaiel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
announced	O
by	O
Team	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
in	O
2012	O
as	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
Boy	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
experienced	O
a	O
protracted	O
development	O
cycle	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
cancelled	O
and	O
subsequently	O
reacquired	O
by	O
McMillen	O
for	O
development	O
with	O
Glaiel	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mewgenics	B-Application
is	O
tentatively	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
via	O
the	O
digital	O
distribution	O
platform	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
2024	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mewgenics	B-Application
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
two	O
stages	O
:	O
combat	O
and	O
breeding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cats	O
have	O
varying	O
statistics	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
access	O
to	O
mana	B-Application
reserves	O
,	O
which	O
influence	O
their	O
roles	O
and	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
critically	O
and	O
commercially	O
successful	O
Super	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
Boy	I-Application
,	O
artist	O
Edmund	O
McMillen	O
and	O
programmer	O
Tommy	O
Refenes	O
of	O
Team	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
began	O
developing	O
Mew-Genics	B-Application
-	O
then	O
with	O
a	O
hyphenated	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drawing	O
inspiration	O
from	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
,	O
Pokémon	B-Application
,	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Tamagotchi	O
,	O
Mew-Genics	B-Application
featured	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
combat	O
,	O
while	O
leaning	O
heavily	O
into	O
house	O
simulation	O
element	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cats	O
would	O
engage	O
bosses	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
principally	O
styled	O
after	O
Pokémon	B-Application
,	O
with	O
their	O
opponents	O
becoming	O
progressively	O
more	O
difficult	O
with	O
every	O
fight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
multi-platform	O
title	O
,	O
with	O
iOS	B-Application
being	O
the	O
first	O
announced	O
platform	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
production	O
began	O
,	O
McMillen	O
and	O
Refenes	O
realized	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
underestimated	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
Mew-Genics	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
experiencing	O
feature	O
creep	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
Team	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
temporarily	O
shelved	O
Super	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
Boy	I-Application
Forever	I-Application
,	O
their	O
planned	O
handheld	O
successor	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
Boy	I-Application
,	O
to	O
prioritize	O
Mew-Genics	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
playable	O
build	O
for	O
attendees	O
at	O
PAX	O
Prime	O
in	O
Seattle	O
,	O
Washington	O
between	O
August	O
and	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
but	O
Team	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
announced	O
directly	O
before	O
the	O
event	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
only	O
be	O
exhibited	O
and	O
not	O
playable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
playable	O
for	O
the	O
public	O
at	O
PAX	O
East	O
in	O
Boston	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
in	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
with	O
Team	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
insisting	O
it	O
would	O
still	O
release	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
Mew-Genics	B-Application
was	O
put	O
on	O
hold	O
,	O
with	O
Refenes	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
would	O
be	O
working	O
on	O
refactoring	O
the	O
gameplay	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
more	O
coherent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
two	O
years	O
of	O
no	O
development	O
,	O
McMillen	O
confirmed	O
in	O
2016	O
that	O
Mew-Genics	B-Application
had	O
been	O
cancelled	O
,	O
while	O
his	O
new	O
focus	O
would	O
be	O
on	O
his	O
new	O
project	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Bum-bo	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
McMillen	O
subsequently	O
departed	O
from	O
Team	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
–	O
he	O
credited	O
the	O
divergent	O
interests	O
of	O
the	O
co-owners	O
,	O
with	O
Refenes	O
looking	O
to	O
further	O
develop	O
the	O
Meat	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
while	O
he	O
wanted	O
to	O
pursue	O
new	O
intellectual	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
McMillen	O
announced	O
in	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
secured	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Mewgenics	B-Application
from	O
Team	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
and	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
would	O
be	O
developed	O
with	O
Tyler	O
Glaiel	O
,	O
McMillen	O
's	O
collaborator	O
from	O
The	B-Application
End	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Nigh	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
McMillen	O
completed	O
work	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Bum-bo	I-Application
,	O
the	O
final	O
expansion	O
for	O
The	B-Application
Binding	I-Application
of	I-Application
Isaac	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rebirth	I-Application
called	O
Repentance	O
and	O
the	O
physical	O
card	O
game	O
Tapeworm	O
,	O
Glaiel	O
prototyped	O
several	O
gameplay	O
variants	O
for	O
the	O
rebooted	O
Mewgenics	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
genres	O
Glaiel	O
tested	O
included	O
brawler	B-Application
and	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
,	O
though	O
he	O
found	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
too	O
chaotic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
Steam	B-Application
page	O
for	O
Mewgenics	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
,	O
touting	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
turn-based	O
roguelike	O
legacy	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
tentative	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
2024	O
.	O
</s>
