{"id":1784691,"date":"2026-02-21T17:21:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T14:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1784691"},"modified":"2026-02-21T17:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T14:21:57","slug":"as-mewgenics-rolls-out-its-latest-patch-the-creators-have-been-mapping-out-dlc-1-and-theyre-getting-a-little-bit-excited-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1784691","title":{"rendered":"As Mewgenics rolls out its latest patch, the creators have been &#8220;mapping out DLC 1&#8221; and they&#8217;re &#8220;getting a little bit excited about it&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mewgenics\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Mewgenics<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">As Mewgenics rolls out its latest patch, the creators have been &#8220;mapping out DLC 1&#8221; and they&#8217;re &#8220;getting a little bit excited about it&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Purrfect.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/black-and-white-screenshot-from-Mewgenics-trailer-showing-a-scientist-with-hearts-in-his-eyes.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"black and white screenshot from Mewgenics trailer showing a scientist with hearts in his eyes\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"black-and-white-screenshot-from-Mewgenics-trailer-showing-a-scientist-with-hearts-in-his-eyes.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Edmund McMillen\/Tyler Glaiel<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-02-21T17:21:57+00:00\">Feb. 21, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"9786837c-679a-4600-add0-4c5fdf4325ac\" data-name=\"Mewgenics\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Mewgenics\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Mewgenics\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Mewgenics\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Mewgenics\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Mewgenics\" title=\"Follow Mewgenics\"><br \/>\n  Follow Mewgenics<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The developers of Mewgenics, the cat breeding indie hit from the creators of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-binding-of-isaac\">The Binding of Isaac<\/a> and The End is Nigh, are &#8220;getting a little bit excited&#8221; about what&#8217;s next for the hit roguelike.<\/p>\n<p>Though the team had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mewgenics-dlc-is-coming-but-dont-expect-it-any-time-soon\">already confirmed that Mewgenics DLC was planned<\/a> (a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-console-release-for-steams-cat-breeding-roguelike-hit-mewgenics-is-currently-in-the-works\">console version is also on the cards<\/a>), this is the first insight we&#8217;ve had about any additional content since the turn-based strategy game released earlier this month.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Mewgenics PC Gameplay - THE PURR-ST 90 MINUTES OF CATASTROPHIC CHAOS!\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PnePbR1F2HM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PnePbR1F2HM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Mewgenics PC Gameplay &#8211; THE PURR-ST 90 MINUTES OF CATASTROPHIC CHAOS!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mewgenics PC Gameplay &#8211; THE PURR-ST 90 MINUTES OF CATASTROPHIC CHAOS!<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PnePbR1F2HM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Edmund and I have been discussing and mapping out what we want to do for DLC 1, and I gotta say I&#8217;m getting a little bit excited about it,&#8221; Tyler Glaiel wrote on X\/Twitter as the patch notes went live, detailing a raft of QoL changes, bug fixes, and more.<\/p>\n<p>However, when a fan suggested that the duo should &#8220;really think about doing some UI touch up&#8221;, Glaiel warned it wasn&#8217;t that easy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&#8217;re gonna be pretty careful about stuff like that because a lot of the requests are people not quite understanding the tradeoffs we had to make during dev regarding complexity. Some stuff is in the works though<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Glaiel (@TylerGlaiel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TylerGlaiel\/status\/2025023674508869764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re gonna be pretty careful about stuff like that because a lot of the requests are people not quite understanding the tradeoffs we had to make during dev regarding complexity,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TylerGlaiel\/status\/2025023674508869764\">explained<\/a>. &#8220;Some stuff is in the works, though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Mewgenics broke a rather impressive Steam record, welcoming 115,428 concurrent players on Steam, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mewgenics-sets-huge-steam-concurrent-player-record-taking-a-crown-previously-worn-by-hades-2\">meaning it now boasts the highest concurrent player count of any roguelike on Steam <em>of all time<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are one of the many already playing Mewgenics on Steam, be sure to check out our guides. Here is one on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/best-mewgenics-classes-tier-list-how-to-unlock\">best Mewgenics classes tier list and how to unlock every class<\/a> to get you started. As for those aforementioned patch notes? Here you go:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>MEWGENICS 1.0.20695<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This patch is focused on major bug fixes and &#8220;easy&#8221; changes that are unlikely to cause secondary issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>QOL Changes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Coin\/Food\/Item zoomers no longer prevent you from opening the backpack while they&#8217;re animating<\/li>\n<li>Added &#8220;Limit Framerate&#8221; to video settings.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Tall&#8221; tiles now go semi-transparent when in tactical view<\/li>\n<li>Fixed item sort order upon returning from an adventure (one of the last changes pre-release was adding sort buttons to the in-combat inventory screen and this broke how they sorted upon returning home)<\/li>\n<li>If playing on steam deck, End Turn (Hotkey) is now bound to &#8220;Enter Key&#8221; by default instead of nothing. Should allow for some steam input config hacks for those who want to bind it to a back button easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Bug Fixes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed Copy Cat \/ Learn From Me being able to copy things other than spells in some cases<\/li>\n<li>Fixed Tina3&#8217;s Mama Maggot and Familiar Korbee not having a portrait<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a certain very late game boss fight&#8217;s summons running away when the boss died. In this particular case they weren&#8217;t supposed to run<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a few cases where an ability or passive icon in the UI would not update after being overridden by a new one (ex when using a Forbidden spell while already having 2 disorders)<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a minor odds issue related to how Stimulation affects a parent with a class passive but not a class active<\/li>\n<li>Fixed level spawn order to spawn static objects before familiars (This should fix a few cases where a familiar occupies a space a static object wants to be, causing it to spawn in a different place and sometimes blocking cats or enemies in)<\/li>\n<li>Fixed Eat Rock and Rock Crusher showing a tooltip for Petrify<\/li>\n<li>New idle animation for pet rock and pet boulder and fixed death gib<\/li>\n<li>Fixed the way Interchange interacts with Bonus Move and Bonus Attack<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a case where quitting after losing your last cat to a sacrifice event would cause a crash upon re-loading the save file<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a few flickering pieces in a cutscene<\/li>\n<li>Fixed amoebas being able to drop larger rocks partially off-map<\/li>\n<li>fixed a very late game enemy leaving an invisible corpse<\/li>\n<li>fixed Unscarred+ and Uncapped HP causing infinitely growing HP<\/li>\n<li>lowered the odds of seeing a variant version of one act 3 miniboss<\/li>\n<li>Added &#8220;texture_atlas_size&#8221; to settings file to allow for some configuration hacks for under-min-spec machines. Default is 4096. Note that lowering this will also require lowering &#8220;texture_scale_big&#8221; as well so larger textures can fit into the atlas. This will remain settings-file-only, no intent to add this to the options menu<\/li>\n<li>Misc localisation fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The developers of Mewgenics, the cat breeding indie hit from the creators of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-binding-of-isaac\">The Binding of Isaac<\/a> and The End is Nigh, are &#8220;getting a little bit excited&#8221; about what&#8217;s next for the hit roguelike.<\/p>\n<p>Though the team had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mewgenics-dlc-is-coming-but-dont-expect-it-any-time-soon\">already confirmed that Mewgenics DLC was planned<\/a> (a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-console-release-for-steams-cat-breeding-roguelike-hit-mewgenics-is-currently-in-the-works\">console version is also on the cards<\/a>), this is the first insight we&#8217;ve had about any additional content since the turn-based strategy game released earlier this month.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Mewgenics PC Gameplay - THE PURR-ST 90 MINUTES OF CATASTROPHIC CHAOS!\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PnePbR1F2HM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PnePbR1F2HM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Mewgenics PC Gameplay &#8211; THE PURR-ST 90 MINUTES OF CATASTROPHIC CHAOS!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mewgenics PC Gameplay &#8211; THE PURR-ST 90 MINUTES OF CATASTROPHIC CHAOS!<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PnePbR1F2HM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Edmund and I have been discussing and mapping out what we want to do for DLC 1, and I gotta say I&#8217;m getting a little bit excited about it,&#8221; Tyler Glaiel wrote on X\/Twitter as the patch notes went live, detailing a raft of QoL changes, bug fixes, and more.<\/p>\n<p>However, when a fan suggested that the duo should &#8220;really think about doing some UI touch up&#8221;, Glaiel warned it wasn&#8217;t that easy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&#8217;re gonna be pretty careful about stuff like that because a lot of the requests are people not quite understanding the tradeoffs we had to make during dev regarding complexity. Some stuff is in the works though<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Glaiel (@TylerGlaiel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TylerGlaiel\/status\/2025023674508869764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re gonna be pretty careful about stuff like that because a lot of the requests are people not quite understanding the tradeoffs we had to make during dev regarding complexity,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TylerGlaiel\/status\/2025023674508869764\">explained<\/a>. &#8220;Some stuff is in the works, though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Mewgenics broke a rather impressive Steam record, welcoming 115,428 concurrent players on Steam, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mewgenics-sets-huge-steam-concurrent-player-record-taking-a-crown-previously-worn-by-hades-2\">meaning it now boasts the highest concurrent player count of any roguelike on Steam <em>of all time<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are one of the many already playing Mewgenics on Steam, be sure to check out our guides. Here is one on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/best-mewgenics-classes-tier-list-how-to-unlock\">best Mewgenics classes tier list and how to unlock every class<\/a> to get you started. As for those aforementioned patch notes? Here you go:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>MEWGENICS 1.0.20695<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This patch is focused on major bug fixes and &#8220;easy&#8221; changes that are unlikely to cause secondary issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>QOL Changes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Coin\/Food\/Item zoomers no longer prevent you from opening the backpack while they&#8217;re animating<\/li>\n<li>Added &#8220;Limit Framerate&#8221; to video settings.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Tall&#8221; tiles now go semi-transparent when in tactical view<\/li>\n<li>Fixed item sort order upon returning from an adventure (one of the last changes pre-release was adding sort buttons to the in-combat inventory screen and this broke how they sorted upon returning home)<\/li>\n<li>If playing on steam deck, End Turn (Hotkey) is now bound to &#8220;Enter Key&#8221; by default instead of nothing. Should allow for some steam input config hacks for those who want to bind it to a back button easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Bug Fixes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed Copy Cat \/ Learn From Me being able to copy things other than spells in some cases<\/li>\n<li>Fixed Tina3&#8217;s Mama Maggot and Familiar Korbee not having a portrait<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a certain very late game boss fight&#8217;s summons running away when the boss died. In this particular case they weren&#8217;t supposed to run<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a few cases where an ability or passive icon in the UI would not update after being overridden by a new one (ex when using a Forbidden spell while already having 2 disorders)<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a minor odds issue related to how Stimulation affects a parent with a class passive but not a class active<\/li>\n<li>Fixed level spawn order to spawn static objects before familiars (This should fix a few cases where a familiar occupies a space a static object wants to be, causing it to spawn in a different place and sometimes blocking cats or enemies in)<\/li>\n<li>Fixed Eat Rock and Rock Crusher showing a tooltip for Petrify<\/li>\n<li>New idle animation for pet rock and pet boulder and fixed death gib<\/li>\n<li>Fixed the way Interchange interacts with Bonus Move and Bonus Attack<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a case where quitting after losing your last cat to a sacrifice event would cause a crash upon re-loading the save file<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a few flickering pieces in a cutscene<\/li>\n<li>Fixed amoebas being able to drop larger rocks partially off-map<\/li>\n<li>fixed a very late game enemy leaving an invisible corpse<\/li>\n<li>fixed Unscarred+ and Uncapped HP causing infinitely growing HP<\/li>\n<li>lowered the odds of seeing a variant version of one act 3 miniboss<\/li>\n<li>Added &#8220;texture_atlas_size&#8221; to settings file to allow for some configuration hacks for under-min-spec machines. 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