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The Binding Of Isaac 2 “will happen” but not “any time soon”, Edmund McMillen saysHe’s gotta finish Mewgenics first, for one thing
He’s gotta finish Mewgenics first, for one thing
WithThe Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth’s final, final, for real this time final expansion launching next week, lead Isaac man Edmund McMillen has spoken about his plans for what follows. One answer I’m actually surprised to hear is Isaac 2, a full-on sequel to the roguelikelike dungeon-crawler which has already had a remake and numerous expansions. That won’t be for many years, mind. Once Isaac’s Repentance expansion is done, one of his main plans is to finishMewgenics, a weird cat-breeding game first announced way back in 2012.All this comes from a livestreamed interview with excellent YouTuber and Twitcher “Northernlion”, who made his name with a nine-year (and counting) Isaac Let’s Play series. NL’s one of my favourite vidfolk and it’s a good chat:To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsWith Repentance launching on Wednesday, that’s a big focus of the chat. McMillen said they were busy testing, as much as anyone can with such a complex game with so many items and interactions, and he really wants this launch to go well.“The Afterbirth+ launchwasn’t good, the Bum-bo launchwas terrible,” he said. “I’ve had these two horrible launches that I just- I don’t want to do that again, and I want to make sure that things work.“Beyond Repentance, McMillen said, “Isaac 2 will happen one day, but it’s not going to happen any time soon.” He’s got a lot to do before then, including Mewgenics, which he started to dust off againin 2018. That was originally a Team Meat project, before he went his own way, and these days he’s making it withThe End Is Nighcollaborator Tyler Glaiel.“My big plans are simple,” McMillen said. “I’ve got a Kickstarter in two months, and then I’ve got to finish Mewgenics. And Mewgenics has been in development for over a year but it’s just been mostly Tyler’s side.“lol even with my placeholder animation its awesomepic.twitter.com/XYxr9jFKkP— Tyler Glaiel (@TylerGlaiel)March 26, 2021To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsMcMillen says the cat-breeding game feels “like a bunch of things, but not like anything else. It really feels likeFinal Fantasy Tacticsmeets Pokémon meets some sort of D&D-type adventure game, with anAnimal Crossinghub”. He expects that is “probably going to take another two years to finish, once I get back into it full time.” After that, he’d like to spend two years getting back into quickly making “Flash game-size” projects so he can learn new things and improve his skills. And then maybe he’ll look into Isaac 2.“I just want to go with what moves me. And no doubt Isaac 2 might move me, but I just don’t know,” he explained. “I have a design doc for it. But I need the dust to settle. The dust has not settled for ten years, and I need to have some perspective over what’s going on here and what would be appropriate for a sequel. Do we ‘do aSpelunky’ where we remix existing things but update them? That feels appropriate. Do we do something new? Do we go real crazy and do like Zelda 2 new perspective? Or do we play it ultra-safe and just kind of almost make it a big expansion to what already exists? Do we do new art? Do we do 3D? Do we do Photoshop-like Spelunky-lookin'? I don’t know. I’ll figure it out when I get there. But I think this update will give everybody enough to play for a long time.“More poo in The Binding Of Isaac: Repentance.It’s an interesting interview with lots of Isaac chat, some dad talk, and more info on Repentance, with two more of the expansion’s devs joining the call towards the end too. NL’s a good egg, worth a follow onTwitchandYouTube.Repentance hitsSteamon Wednesday the 31st. It’s based partially onthe impressive mod Antibirthwith extra newness and revamping on top - includingmaking some rubbish items actually useful. I’m still playing Isaac near-daily so I’m well up for it, even with full awareness that Isaac expansions have historically brought a lot of bad along with the good.The Binding of Isaac: Repentance Release date trailerWatch on YouTube
WithThe Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth’s final, final, for real this time final expansion launching next week, lead Isaac man Edmund McMillen has spoken about his plans for what follows. One answer I’m actually surprised to hear is Isaac 2, a full-on sequel to the roguelikelike dungeon-crawler which has already had a remake and numerous expansions. That won’t be for many years, mind. Once Isaac’s Repentance expansion is done, one of his main plans is to finishMewgenics, a weird cat-breeding game first announced way back in 2012.All this comes from a livestreamed interview with excellent YouTuber and Twitcher “Northernlion”, who made his name with a nine-year (and counting) Isaac Let’s Play series. NL’s one of my favourite vidfolk and it’s a good chat:To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsWith Repentance launching on Wednesday, that’s a big focus of the chat. McMillen said they were busy testing, as much as anyone can with such a complex game with so many items and interactions, and he really wants this launch to go well.“The Afterbirth+ launchwasn’t good, the Bum-bo launchwas terrible,” he said. “I’ve had these two horrible launches that I just- I don’t want to do that again, and I want to make sure that things work.“Beyond Repentance, McMillen said, “Isaac 2 will happen one day, but it’s not going to happen any time soon.” He’s got a lot to do before then, including Mewgenics, which he started to dust off againin 2018. That was originally a Team Meat project, before he went his own way, and these days he’s making it withThe End Is Nighcollaborator Tyler Glaiel.“My big plans are simple,” McMillen said. “I’ve got a Kickstarter in two months, and then I’ve got to finish Mewgenics. And Mewgenics has been in development for over a year but it’s just been mostly Tyler’s side.“lol even with my placeholder animation its awesomepic.twitter.com/XYxr9jFKkP— Tyler Glaiel (@TylerGlaiel)March 26, 2021To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsMcMillen says the cat-breeding game feels “like a bunch of things, but not like anything else. It really feels likeFinal Fantasy Tacticsmeets Pokémon meets some sort of D&D-type adventure game, with anAnimal Crossinghub”. He expects that is “probably going to take another two years to finish, once I get back into it full time.” After that, he’d like to spend two years getting back into quickly making “Flash game-size” projects so he can learn new things and improve his skills. And then maybe he’ll look into Isaac 2.“I just want to go with what moves me. And no doubt Isaac 2 might move me, but I just don’t know,” he explained. “I have a design doc for it. But I need the dust to settle. The dust has not settled for ten years, and I need to have some perspective over what’s going on here and what would be appropriate for a sequel. Do we ‘do aSpelunky’ where we remix existing things but update them? That feels appropriate. Do we do something new? Do we go real crazy and do like Zelda 2 new perspective? Or do we play it ultra-safe and just kind of almost make it a big expansion to what already exists? Do we do new art? Do we do 3D? Do we do Photoshop-like Spelunky-lookin'? I don’t know. I’ll figure it out when I get there. But I think this update will give everybody enough to play for a long time.“More poo in The Binding Of Isaac: Repentance.It’s an interesting interview with lots of Isaac chat, some dad talk, and more info on Repentance, with two more of the expansion’s devs joining the call towards the end too. NL’s a good egg, worth a follow onTwitchandYouTube.Repentance hitsSteamon Wednesday the 31st. It’s based partially onthe impressive mod Antibirthwith extra newness and revamping on top - includingmaking some rubbish items actually useful. I’m still playing Isaac near-daily so I’m well up for it, even with full awareness that Isaac expansions have historically brought a lot of bad along with the good.The Binding of Isaac: Repentance Release date trailerWatch on YouTube
WithThe Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth’s final, final, for real this time final expansion launching next week, lead Isaac man Edmund McMillen has spoken about his plans for what follows. One answer I’m actually surprised to hear is Isaac 2, a full-on sequel to the roguelikelike dungeon-crawler which has already had a remake and numerous expansions. That won’t be for many years, mind. Once Isaac’s Repentance expansion is done, one of his main plans is to finishMewgenics, a weird cat-breeding game first announced way back in 2012.
All this comes from a livestreamed interview with excellent YouTuber and Twitcher “Northernlion”, who made his name with a nine-year (and counting) Isaac Let’s Play series. NL’s one of my favourite vidfolk and it’s a good chat:
To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
With Repentance launching on Wednesday, that’s a big focus of the chat. McMillen said they were busy testing, as much as anyone can with such a complex game with so many items and interactions, and he really wants this launch to go well.
“The Afterbirth+ launchwasn’t good, the Bum-bo launchwas terrible,” he said. “I’ve had these two horrible launches that I just- I don’t want to do that again, and I want to make sure that things work.”
Beyond Repentance, McMillen said, “Isaac 2 will happen one day, but it’s not going to happen any time soon.” He’s got a lot to do before then, including Mewgenics, which he started to dust off againin 2018. That was originally a Team Meat project, before he went his own way, and these days he’s making it withThe End Is Nighcollaborator Tyler Glaiel.
“My big plans are simple,” McMillen said. “I’ve got a Kickstarter in two months, and then I’ve got to finish Mewgenics. And Mewgenics has been in development for over a year but it’s just been mostly Tyler’s side.”
lol even with my placeholder animation its awesomepic.twitter.com/XYxr9jFKkP— Tyler Glaiel (@TylerGlaiel)March 26, 2021
lol even with my placeholder animation its awesomepic.twitter.com/XYxr9jFKkP
McMillen says the cat-breeding game feels “like a bunch of things, but not like anything else. It really feels likeFinal Fantasy Tacticsmeets Pokémon meets some sort of D&D-type adventure game, with anAnimal Crossinghub”. He expects that is “probably going to take another two years to finish, once I get back into it full time.” After that, he’d like to spend two years getting back into quickly making “Flash game-size” projects so he can learn new things and improve his skills. And then maybe he’ll look into Isaac 2.
“I just want to go with what moves me. And no doubt Isaac 2 might move me, but I just don’t know,” he explained. “I have a design doc for it. But I need the dust to settle. The dust has not settled for ten years, and I need to have some perspective over what’s going on here and what would be appropriate for a sequel. Do we ‘do aSpelunky’ where we remix existing things but update them? That feels appropriate. Do we do something new? Do we go real crazy and do like Zelda 2 new perspective? Or do we play it ultra-safe and just kind of almost make it a big expansion to what already exists? Do we do new art? Do we do 3D? Do we do Photoshop-like Spelunky-lookin'? I don’t know. I’ll figure it out when I get there. But I think this update will give everybody enough to play for a long time.”
More poo in The Binding Of Isaac: Repentance.
It’s an interesting interview with lots of Isaac chat, some dad talk, and more info on Repentance, with two more of the expansion’s devs joining the call towards the end too. NL’s a good egg, worth a follow onTwitchandYouTube.
Repentance hitsSteamon Wednesday the 31st. It’s based partially onthe impressive mod Antibirthwith extra newness and revamping on top - includingmaking some rubbish items actually useful. I’m still playing Isaac near-daily so I’m well up for it, even with full awareness that Isaac expansions have historically brought a lot of bad along with the good.
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance Release date trailerWatch on YouTube
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance Release date trailer
