Hey, Meat-masters!
Have you ever wondered what Dr. Fetus does when he’s not trolling the internet and just generally being angry at Meat Boy? Well, as super-fans of Super Meat Boy, we asked ourselves the same question and came up with a wacky response … in the form of Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine.
A while back, our team wanted to do something cool in the Meat Boy universe, and being friends with Team Meat; we figured they’d be ok with that, right? Well, we came up with an idea for a Match-4 puzzle game, secretly grabbed some meaty assets from online sources, even more secretly crafted an entire game, then showed it to Team Meat.
The very early days of "Dr. Fetus' Mean Machine" anno 2019
They ended up saying something like,” …this is weird. Go for it!” Or maybe they just told us we were crazy and weird, but they still gave us the go-ahead for Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine, and Tommy, head of Team Meat, even wrote the game’s backstory for us!
Inspired by classic matching puzzlers like Columns, Puyo Puyo, and Puzzle Bobble, Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine is a match-4 game with a twist - and grind - and mash - and shred. That’s because each puzzle level is built around Dr. Fetus’ insatiable hatred for Meat Boy and his desire to keep feeding home-grown clones of the latter into meat-grinder puzzles until he creates the mightiest Meat Boy clone. And then he wants to kill that clone because, well, it’s Dr. Fetus.
Your goal is, as a Meat Boy clone, to survive each level by avoiding the traps (Sawblades!? What are sawblades doing on a puzzle board!?) liberally sprinkled about each board, while matching four clones of the same type to clear the board. Easy, right? Those hazards get exponentially more dangerous as you go, and you’ll need all the match-combo skills you can master to make it past all 100 of the game’s levels!
So, what’s not to love? There’s classic matching gameplay, challenging puzzles, and Meat Boy, er, Dr. Fetus! It’s a match made in a meaty hell.
And the game will already be out on June 22. See you all in exactly one week in Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine!
Happy Meat Grinding Thursday to all of you!
Mark & the Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine Team
Btw. no Meat Boy clones were harmed in the writing of this blog. Promise!
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