Whenever we post a screenshot or gif of Mewgenics someone is bound to ask "is this the final look of the game" or "why does it look so bled out color wise?", So I think it's time to tackle these questions and show off some newer screen shots for the store page and even a high rez video of the game.
So why are the colors so desaturated? A few reasons, the first being to set a mood, Mewgenics is intended to feel drab, dark, old and dreary. It's very important to me that the game has these visual themes, so the bleached out Technicolor visuals of the game are there to set this tone. Second, and most importantly, the game looks this way to say to the viewer "this isn't like other games" this isn't your average game, this game is weird, this game is mildly off putting and this game is meant to go against the grain of what you'd expect from a game about cute cats. Much like the themes in Isaac, I think its important for people to instantly see that this games goal isn't trying to be a bright and shiny traditional video game experience, its trying to immerse you in this a unique world where something is very very off.
Another huge reason why Mewgenics has the visuals it does is because when I started prototyping the original idea of mew I really wanted to make it in the style of a 1930s-40s cartoon.. keep in mind this was back in 2012, long before the reign of Cuphead.
When we restarted development on Mewgenics nearly 5 years ago I was torn on if we should go for the whole old cartoon look, there was no way we could do it as well as Cuphead, but if we didn't commit to the intended style we run the risk of the visual theme falling flat. So we have been working hard on effects and filters to nail down that style. Anyway here is the nearly final version of the Mewgenics visual style in all its film grain glory!
pretty neat right?
NOW ON TO THE SPOILER IMAGES!
xoxo
-Edmund