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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

something i worry with necrosis is that i feel like on paper, the game should be super fun, but in practice its kinda just okay

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

And there's just this general vibe of apathy from everyone in boon county, which makes it really hard to care for these characters when they themselves seem to not really care about what's going on? It makes scenes like dr beanies confronting god about stacey hit a lot less hard than it should.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Which definitively sucks a lot! Because whenever characters aren't talking, the game builds up it's world super well through everything else. The throbbing king is a good example of that. The game builds up how evil he is while still having the joke be that he's a dude called the "throbbing king"

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I think that is the one thing about mewgenics that im not too big on. A lot of the npc dialogue falls flat, and while there's still some good jokes here and there, most of it sounds like someone's first attempt at writing adult humor.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

My current goal is to unlock most items in the game, with the exception of the boxes. Those require you to beat the game in the hardest difficulty with every class. Something I can't even attempt until I reach impossible difficulty.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I probably won't ever complete everything, due to how RNG heavy mewgenics is. I've heard that impossible mode gets really rough and I already struggle to beat runs in hard mode unless I have a broken build from the start. (Also no clue how i'll ever beat the solo runs for every class)

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I made myself a completion sheet to see what's left to be done. There's a LOT.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I'm officially in the post game of mewgenics now! (SPOILERS BELOW)

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

mewgenics the type of game where getting squirrels to beat eachother up somehow leads you to kill god next turn

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

i wish i could legally use boogie wonderland in my disco level the current battle song for that level was composed by me and im not very good at composing music

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

There wouldn't be really any ending, you would just explore the map, collect new brushes and tapes, and draw as much stuff as you want. There wouldn't be any rewards for drawing either. You would draw for the fun of drawing!

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

i wanna make a game where you paint on the walls of ruins of civilisation, while listening to pre-recorded tapes where I talk about my experience with art stuff, maybe with friends. I know it would be very pretentious and self centered though, so i'm not sure people would like that part of it.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Anyways, this prototype supports pen pressure, correction, undo/redo and all colors! Basically anything you'd need in your average drawing app!

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

drawing game prototype! ive experimented with implementing drawing in the past, and even necrosis party allows you to doodle on the map, but it's always been super janky and more of an afterthought. Very far from what you'd be able to do in an actual drawing app.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Lost a quest item on the final encounter Fuck you edmund mcmillen I will become back my money

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

i watched the backrooms movie but was very tired so i accidently sleep through the start of the movie and i woke up very confused

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

genuinely such a satisfying moment too because my build was based around jumping on enemies over and over again and dealing large amounts of contact damage so i was literally stomping on hitler's head while the vocals were going "HIT IT AGAIN, HIT IT AGAIN, HIT IT AGAIN, SMASH THAT HEAD"

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

(spoilers for mewgenics) mewgenics has the best use of adaptive music because it has an entire alternative version of hitler's boss theme where the vocals repeatedly chant to keep stomping on his head after you finally manage to break his mech suit top 10 videogame moments im not even kidding

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

man once im done with necrosis, i really wanna start making smaller projects again ive been making a ton of small prototypes and i wanna do more with them!

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Anyways, go play mewgenics. It's really good. Hope it gets nominated for game of the year, but it most likely won't due to it's crude humor. Which i'll be honest, some of the npc dialogue isn't always great. It's very hit or miss, which is weird because the rest of the jokes are pretty funny.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Mewgenics also has the best videogame ost of the year (maybe of all time). I don't think a single track misses and somehow it keeps building up the tension everytime! AND ITS DYNAMIC TOO!! Every battle track starts as an instrumental and lyrics introduced during boss fights, it's insane!

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The house fights are easily the best part of the game. It's fights against bosses with large health pools where everything is put on the line. They're exciting and they give the player the chance to do a victory lap with their best cats.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Mewgenics understands what's fun about roguelikes. It understand that breaking it appart and making crazy runs is an integral part of the experience. Instead of building hard counters against broken builds, it encourages the player to break the game as much as possible.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Not to mention that this is a very large game and that I haven't even fully completed it yet. I'm currently at around 70+ hours and there's still a whole area I haven't unlocked yet. It's insane how big this game is. And it's all unique content! Stuff is rarely recycled.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Easily my game of the year. Mewgenics is culmination of all of Edmund's past work. It rarely fails on a game design standpoint and pretty never fails to surprise the player, while still being fun to people who are new and old to the genre.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

And while it's fun to fight enemies with your builds, fights don't last too long. I think it would be very fun to have the opportunity to go all out during a fight where you have to focus purely on combat.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Outside of that, the last big gameplay thing that's missing is boss/boss areas. I'm still trying to figure out how I want those to work. My current idea is to just have basic boss fights with large health pools. The fun of necrosis is making builds using the limbs and organs you find,

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A lot of work had to be put into making all the basic systems and mechanics, which is why the first area took so long to make. Making new areas now is mostly art now, which still takes long to make, but things should move a little faster.

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Good news! Sewers is feature complete! I'm currently working on a new area right now! I'm aiming for around 7 area types but I may lower the number if its too much work. Though making areas in the future shouldn't be as difficult. Video unrelated.

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ULTRAKILL @ultrakill-game.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This weekend we'll be putting ULTRAKILL on sale, which will be the last sale before we raise the base price to account for the new content that came in the LAYER 8: FRAUD update. Giving y'all a heads up in case you haven't bought it yet and want to get in on the lower price!

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

guys i swear im making progress on necrosis party and not just speedrunning white knuckle

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devcakecafe @devcakecafe.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

i lost a few minutes during the pipeworks skip due to only having one grub, meaning i had to do that whole fire section manually and that suckeddddd outside of that, everything went super well, i slowed down at the abyss because i jumped under a ledge, which made me fall a bit but thats about it!

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