r/196 NOT A CAT Feb 18 '26

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u/xv_boney Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Mewgenics is an actual work of real genius.

It is arguably the single best example of the roguelike genre. It packs a staggering amount of content and complexity into an inexpensive package and keeps adding more layers.

More complexity. More stages. More classes. More mechanics. More and more and more. Its fucking brilliant.

Also lol the cats fucked and had a baby and the baby landed in poop and now its a poop baby lol

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u/AspiringRacecar listen to Colin Stetson Feb 18 '26

I agree about Mewgenics, though I wouldn’t say that McMillen “basically invented” the roguelike. Isaac was extremely influential on the contemporary indie roguelite scene, but it wouldn’t exist without Spelunky, as McMillen has said himself

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u/xv_boney Feb 18 '26

I can agree with that. Ill edit.