History VideoGame / MewGenics

* DyingTown: It's not stated directly anywhere, but you meet relatively few people in the dirty, trash-covered Boon County. It's gotten to the point that there are more cats than people in the town- which is great news for the local illegal cat fighting ring.

* InexplicablyPreservedDungeonMeat: Pickups include catnip (which restores mana) and [[HyperactiveMetabolism food, which restores health.]] None of these are unsafe to eat in spite of the fact they're sitting on the floor of a trash-filled alleyway, but at least you can [[AttackablePickup cook the food with fire attacks.]]

* CompanyCrossReferences: One {{Mook}} you can throw down with is Cereus Peashy- the star of a little-known flash plataformer also by Edmund.

* DyingTown: It's not stated directly anywhere, but you only meet six or seven people in the dirty, trash-covered Boon County. It's gotten to the point that there are many more cats than people in the town- which is great news for the local illegal cat fighting ring.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: Dr. Beanies is the scientist that bestows you with a StarterMon, and he can also be found in certain random events. One of these has him offer to heal your cats by using a machine he built- except he ''forgot which button to press,'' letting you pick between red and blue. Choose wrong, and it will have a negative effect instead.

* CompanyCrossReferences: One {{Mook}} you can throw down with is Cereus Peashy- the star of a little-known flash plataformer by Edmund McMillen.

* GeniusBreedingAct: [[ExaggeratedTrope Or magician breeding act, or strongman, or...]]
** In general, a huge part of the game (evidenced by its IntentionallyAwkwardTitle) consists of very carefully choosing which cats should hump eachother to produce the most capable kittens for combat (such as a strong fighter, a wise mage, [[OddNameOut or a]] [[LoveableRogue sexy thief]])

* BlackComedy: [[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle You don't say!]] As seen in update #6, having your cats get birth defects as a result of inbreeding or rabies after failing to loot a dead cat's corpse are fleshed-out game mechanics!

* [[FantasyCharacterClasses Fantasy Cat Classes]]: Described in the third update post are the [[CloseRangeCombatant Fighter]], [[SquishyWizard Mage]], [[TheMedic Cleric]], [[StoneWall Tank]], [[FragileSpeedster Thief]] and [[LongRangeFighter Hunter]], along with "Collarless" cats who haven't had a class assigned to them yet.

* LegoGenetics: The whole premise of the game, really. Updates #6 and #8 shed a little more light on the matter: Each cat in Mew is randomly generated by randomly choosing how the limbs, body shape, tail, head, and fur, along with two eyes, ears, eyebrows, and mouth should look, together with a random location for facial features. Most of these are (relatively) cat-like, but some mutations can give your cats things like webbed feet and ram horns. Any of these characteristics ([[LamarckWasRight including ones gained in life via random events]]) can be randomly passed on to offspring along with mental disorders and a single collarless ability, creating cats who look like their parents and possibly fight like them too.

* {{Mutants}}: A (very slighty) more realistic portrayal than most media, according to update #6. Like RealLife, mutations can occur at birth with a much higher chance should the cat in question be inbred, with a slew of effects both positive and negative, and will be passed on should the cat with it breed. However, more flashy {{Nuclear Mutant}}s also happen, and the mutations in this case are far more likely to be positive.

* RaisingSim: The other half of the game, and the reason you're going on adventures for food in the first place. Update #5 goes into more detail: once your cat {{Mons}} return from an adventure, they get old, can't be taken on adventures anymore, are free to let any special genes they have be inherited, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and an invisible timer starts to count down their remaining days.]]

* StoneWall: The Tank class of update #3 gets a huge +4 bonus to constitution in exchange for -1 of both dexterity and inteligence, making it both deal less ranged damage and regenerate less mana per turn. [[SubvertedTrope However,]] Tanks also have access to damaging movement abilities such as Trample ([[DungeonBypass walk right through enemies and the enviroment, dealing damage to them as you do]]) and Toss ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Toss an adjacent thing onto someone else or an empty tile,]] dealing damage to both whoever was thrown and whatever they land on), along with a basic attack that dashes them forward one tile and deals one tile of KnockBack to the target.
* StuckItems: Along with the [[CursedItem Child's Skull,]] update #6 goes into detail about parasites, gained by "joining a cat orgy or eating a really big poop," among other methods. Once a parasite infects a cat it takes over an item slot, giving a heavy disadvantage and a small upside.

* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Tank cats can slam enemies back with every single attack, and the {{Knockback}} Tank archetype takes it even further, not to mention the baseball bat item which can launch any enemy to the other side of the map. Being slammed against a wall HURTS, especially if you wind up going through ice shards in the way.

* PermaDeath: The subject of update #5. If every cat in a party is downed in combat or enough time passes after a cat completes an adventure, they really die and are lost forever. However, if a cat is downed in combat, its body isn't destroyed and the party wins, it'll bounce back with a permanent stat-altering physical disorder to mark the occasion.

* ShellShockedVeteran: From update #5, teasing the content of update #6 which deals in the disorders you cats can obtain (and inherit):

%%* CompanyCrossReferences: One CursedItem described in update #6 is the Child's Skull, which replaces your cat's attack with a very low damage, short range projectile that can be used twice a turn called a tear. [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac Now why does that sound familiar..?]]
%%** Other references to The Binding Of Isaac include the Pooter enemy making a return here and a Tank passive ability called Thunder Thighs, who shares a name and similar effect to a passive item from Isaac.

* CompanyCrossReferences: One CursedItem described in update #6 is the Child's Skull, which replaces your cat's attack with a very low damage, short range projectile that can be used twice a turn called a tear. [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac Now why does that sound familiar..?]]
** Other references to The Binding Of Isaac include the Pooter enemy making a return here and a Tank passive ability called Thunder Thighs, who shares a name and similar effect to a passive item from Isaac.

* [[AnAdventurerIsYou An Adventurers Are Your Cats]]: Described in the third update post are the [[CloseRangeCombatant Fighter]], [[SquishyWizard Mage]], [[TheMedic Cleric]], [[StoneWall Tank]], [[FragileSpeedster Thief]] and [[LongRangeFighter Hunter]], along with "Collarless" cats who haven't had a class assigned to them yet.

* MadBomber: One boss is a rat wearing a pair of CoolShades who wields rat-faced {{Cartoon Bomb}}s with ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}''-style cross-shaped blasts, and hides under a trash can just before they go off. You can put their wicks out with water... [[SchmuckBait or detonate them sooner with fire.]]

* MetalSlime: Very rarely, a small black bird might randomly show up in battles. Should your cats manage to [[AnimalJingoism kill it before it flies away,]] they will be greatly rewarded. [[DevelopersForesight If the bird gets killed by lightning (and thus doesn't have anyone to reward) it'll just turn into some fried chicken.]]

* GayOption: There's nothing really stopping the game from making two cats of the same sex hump, aside from the fact it's essentially throwing away your time for laughs.

* GayOption: There's nothing really stopping you from making two cats of the same sex hump, aside from the fact you're essentially throwing away food for laughs.

* BulliedIntoDepression: One of the ways to get a mental disorder is "being mocked by your team for failing a basic task" and one of said mental disorders is depression, making this a possible scenario.

* GayOption: It's not an option for ''[[DownplayedTrope you]]'', but your cats can choose to "get it on" with cats of the same sex.