Legendary roguelike devs’ new cat breeding RPG gets its “biggest wishlist spike in over a year” after adding autism

The Binding of Isaac creator’s upcoming cat breeding roguelike is set to feature autism as a possible ability, an addition which has prompted the game’s “biggest wishlist spike in over a year.”

Mewgenics is being developed by Edmund McMillan, who also made Super Meat Boy, as well as The End is Nigh alongside his latest game’s co-developer, Tyler Glaiel. The premise is simple – breed and train cats to venture out into the world, defeat bosses, and collect items, before returning home to further their bloodline. Through this process, they can inherit special abilities (or “disorders,” as Glaiel calls them), which bring with them different buffs and debuffs. As of a few days ago, the devs had added 100 to the roguelike, having more than doubled that total number over the course of the last week.