"There is no set template for cats, which makes my job very, very technical. "If we can program a cat and you can't tell if it's a real cat or not, we win. "It's like a Turing test for cats," Refenes explains. Such behaviours as staring into space not doing anything, pooping in places that aren't the litter box, loving to be pet one minute only to turn on you the next, and a complex trauma system are all based on actual observations of the creators' cats. They all have very distinct temperaments and personalities, and it was pretty interesting to see them and be like, 'we could do that.'" Cricket, McMillen, and Tammy, mooning Ed. They all have things that they like, things that they hate, cats that they like, cats that they hate. "The four cats that I have are extremely different personality-wise. "As Tommy was programming basic AI for cats we started to talk about how we were basically starting to base all of this stuff on our cats," says McMillen. It turned out the cats theme didn't win the vote and the game jam's theme became evolution instead, but Team Meat decided to make a game about a thousand cats anyway, because well, cats are cool. "We thought, 'hey, that would be fun to make,'" says Refenes, who eventually came up with the title with McMillen's wife, Danielle. The pair entered a Ludum Dare game jam where one of the potential themes was "a thousand kittens". And so they did during our nice long chat about the team's upcoming "cat lady simulator" Mew-Genics, the future of consoles and the duo's dream for Super Meat Boy.Ĭonventional wisdom might dictate that Team Meat's upcoming game Mew-Genics was inspired by the creators' cumulative five cats, but it's actually a lot simpler than that. They're an outspoken pair and not afraid to rip their pets - or previous publishers - a new one. That's the fun thing about interviewing Team Meat. Despite this, McMillen isn't afraid to call Tammy "a total bitch". While Refenes only has one feline companion, McMillen has four - one of which, the hairless Tammy, played a fairly large role in Indie Game: The Movie, last year's high-profile film that detailed the team's plight as it created Super Meat Boy. The group eventually happens upon the SS Ourang Medan, a WWII freighter that holds secrets that should have remain undiscovered.Ĭheck out our review of Man of Medan for a refresher.Super Meat Boy creators Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes at Team Meat really like cats. Initially released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam back in 2019 (and later to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series), Man of Medan follows five friends who set sail on a holiday diving trip, only to be taken hostage by a group of fishermen. ![]() Man of Medan is the first entry in the first season of The Dark Pictures Anthology. No word yet on when/if the other entries in The Dark Pictures Anthology will be making their way to the Switch. The extended playable chapter “Flooded” is also included in this version. The game also has updated gameplay features, including revised difficulty settings and QTE warnings, improved user interface and interactions, and wider accessibility options including subtitle sizing. Included with Switch version of Man of Medan is the Curator’s Cut game mode and two-player online and five-player couch co-op. ![]() Supermassive Games has announced the surprise launch of Man of Medan on the Switch, which is available through the Nintendo eShop for $19.99. It’s only the first entry in The Dark Pictures Anthology so far, but if you want horror on the go, Man of Medan on the Nintendo Switch is a good place to start.
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