Info about MewnBase:

Official game description:
Be a space-cat.
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MewnBase is a cute, 2D exploration/survival game. You land on an uncharted world only to realize you didn't bring any snacks and forgot half your luggage. But hey, at least you brought this workbench thing. You'll need to collect resources in order to construct a make-shift base. Craft a variety of different base modules, from airlocks to rain-water collectors in order to make your new home on this barren planet a little more cozy.  
Other Neat Features
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**Technology Upgrades**  
Find strange, yet oddly familiar artifacts scattered around the planet. Research them to unlock shiny new crafting recipes and tech upgrades.  
**Manage Your Base's Resources**  
Build air cleaners to keep you breathing. All those modules plugged into a single outlet probably won't cut it. So you'll need more solar panels to keep things humming along. Keep a supply of clean water on hand to keep your plants hydrated.  
**Day/Night Cycles and Weather Hazards**  
It's hard to find your way in the dark. So fuel up your generators and make sure your base’s batteries are topped off before night falls. Then batten down the hatches during thunderstorms and gusty sandstorms.  
**Vehicles**  
Walking from point A to B is for the theoretical space-birds. If there were any. Construct vehicles to traverse long distances in _style_.  
**Community Localization**  
MewnBase comes with several community-provided translations for menus and gameplay text, including: German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish.

Release date: 30 Oct, 2023

Categories: Survival, Exploration, Base Building, Resource Management, Crafting, Character Progression, Single-player, Procedural Generation


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Below are summaries of things people say about the game per category.
Each point is assigned a weight that represents how often it is mentioned across all reviews.
What players like:
- Relaxing & Enjoyable Experience (weight 0.96): The game is widely praised for being a relaxing and enjoyable experience, offering a pleasant escape without being overly stressful or demanding. Many players find it easy to pick up and play for extended periods.
- Great Value for Price (weight 0.82): Reviewers frequently highlight the game's affordability and excellent value for its price, noting that it offers a significant amount of enjoyment for a low cost.
- Charming Survival Base-Builder (weight 0.34): The game is consistently described as a charming and accessible survival and base-building game, often featuring a cute cat protagonist. It's seen as a good entry point for newcomers to the genre.
- Positive Development Progress (weight 0.12): Players appreciate the game's development progress, especially considering it's often a solo developer project. There's satisfaction with the current content and excitement for future updates.
- Cute Art Style & Graphics (weight 0.11): The game's cute and simple art style, along with its charming cat-themed visuals and animations, are consistently praised for enhancing the overall aesthetic and appeal.
- Desire for Multiplayer (weight 0.05): There is a strong desire among players for the addition of multiplayer, as it is believed this feature would significantly increase replayability and attract new players.
- Amusing Cat Puns (weight 0.04): The inclusion of cat-related puns and jokes is a small but appreciated detail that adds to the game's charm and humor.
- Natural Achievement Unlocks (weight 0.03): Achievements are designed to be naturally unlocked through gameplay, with a reasonable time commitment required to complete all of them.

Common complaints:
- Limited Content & Replayability (weight 0.69): The game is criticized for its limited content, short playtime, and lack of replayability, leading to boredom quickly. Many players feel it's unfinished or a basic tech demo.
- Frequent Crashes & Save Loss (weight 0.09): Players frequently experience game crashes, particularly when loading, after extended play, or when building large structures, often resulting in the loss of save files.
- Inadequate Tutorial (weight 0.08): The in-game tutorial is deemed insufficient, failing to explain all mechanics and limiting achievement unlocks, making it difficult for new players to grasp the game fully.
- Performance & Base Tedium (weight 0.07): As bases grow larger, the game experiences significant performance issues like slowdowns and lag. Additionally, base management, particularly constant repairs, becomes tedious.
- Poor UI & Controls (weight 0.06): The user interface and controls are not intuitive, and there's a lack of basic quality-of-life features, such as in-game options for language or volume changes without restarting.
- No Multiplayer (weight 0.05): A significant number of players express disappointment over the absence of a multiplayer mode, which is seen as a missed opportunity for the game.
- Dozer Vehicle Issues (weight 0.05): The Dozer vehicle is criticized for its slow turning, rapid power depletion, and the inability to carry extra batteries, leading to frustrating situations where it becomes stranded.
- Cat Protagonist Disconnect (weight 0.04): The game's cat protagonist feels disconnected from the gameplay, with reviewers expecting more 'cat-like' interactions or a more meaningful narrative conclusion.

Gameplay feedback:
- Core Survival Gameplay (weight 0.58): The core gameplay loop revolves around survival mechanics, including managing hunger, oxygen, and resources, while exploring and building a base on a randomly generated alien planet. The game offers a chill and relaxing experience with environmental hazards but no direct enemies.
- Research & Resource Gathering (weight 0.22): Researching artifacts is a key progression mechanic, providing science points to unlock new technologies and crafts. Resource gathering is generally not a chore, as the game doesn't require excessive farming.
- Clear Progression & Tech Tree (weight 0.2): The game features a clear progression system with a tech tree and research branches, leading to automation and an end-game rocket. Players can continue to expand their base and collect resources even after completing the main mission.
- Relaxing & Accessible Gameplay (weight 0.16): The game is described as calm and relaxing, with a good tutorial and simple goals. It's not overly difficult and can be played in short sessions, offering enough content for several evenings.
- Completion Time & Replayability (weight 0.16): The main story can be completed in 5-10 hours, but achieving all achievements, especially those requiring multiple playthroughs or extensive crafting, significantly extends playtime to 50+ hours. The game offers some replay value through these achievements and an endless mode.
- Adjustable Difficulty & Modes (weight 0.12): The game offers adjustable difficulty settings, primarily through the day/night cycle length, which can significantly extend playtime and add challenge. Specific modes like 'all-night mission' provide unique gameplay experiences.
- Flexible Base Building (weight 0.12): Base building is a flexible and enjoyable aspect, allowing players to design and expand their bases freely. The endless mode encourages creative base design and resource self-sufficiency.
- Charming Cat Protagonist (weight 0.12): A distinctive feature of the game is its protagonist: a cosmonaut cat. Players control this anthropomorphic cat, customizing its appearance and engaging in survival activities on an alien planet.
- Convenient Save System (weight 0.06): The game features automatic saving at the beginning of each in-game day, with manual save options also available. Players respawn at their last save point upon death.
- Randomly Generated Worlds (weight 0.06): The game features randomly generated planets, ensuring a unique map for each playthrough. This adds to the exploration aspect and replayability.
- Buggy for Exploration (weight 0.06): Players can unlock and build a buggy for faster travel across the planet. This vehicle can also be equipped with trailers for increased carrying capacity, aiding in resource collection.

Performance notes:
- Stable performance, few bugs (weight 0.11): The game is generally stable with very few bugs or crashes reported by players. Some isolated incidents of crashes occurred when switching applications, but overall stability is high.
- Occasional sound glitches (weight 0.06): Players reported occasional sound issues, such as sounds randomly stopping and starting, or specific sound effects not playing. These issues might be more prevalent on certain platforms like Steam Deck or Linux.
- Visual and HUD glitches (weight 0.03): Some users experienced visual glitches, including random screen flickering, black screens, or disappearing/flickering HUD elements, especially when moving the mouse.

Recommendations:
- Game is Recommended (weight 0.27): The game is generally recommended, especially for fans of survival, sandbox, or easy-going base-building genres. Many suggest purchasing it on sale, though some believe it's worth the full price, particularly if the price increases with future updates.
- For Cat and Space Fans (weight 0.03): The game is specifically recommended for players who enjoy both cats and space themes. This niche appeal is highlighted as a strong point for potential players.
- Support the Developer (weight 0.03): Players recommend supporting the developer, indicating appreciation for their work and the potential of the game. This suggests a positive sentiment towards the indie project.
- More Content Requested (weight 0.02): Players desire more content, specifically requesting additional levels and unlockable features. This indicates a positive core experience but a wish for expanded gameplay.
- Cats Influence Rating (weight 0.02): Some players gave a positive review primarily because the game features cats, indicating that the presence of cats significantly influenced their rating. This point shows signs of emotional language without specific details.
- Skip Tutorial for Discovery (weight 0.02): One reviewer suggests skipping the tutorial to encourage self-discovery of game mechanics. This is a specific, actionable piece of advice for new players.
- Price Should Increase (weight 0.02): A reviewer believes the current price is too low and should increase as more features are added, advising players to buy it now. This is a specific opinion on pricing strategy.

Other player notes:
- Active solo development (weight 0.22): The game is recognized as being in early access and under continuous development, primarily by a single developer. Reviewers appreciate the ongoing updates and the developer's commitment, despite occasional communication gaps.
- Charming art, fair price (weight 0.2): The game is praised for its appealing art style, charming premise, and overall aesthetic. Reviewers frequently mention that the game's price point is fair and offers good value for the content provided.
- Desire for more content (weight 0.09): Players desire more content, such as additional planets, missions, enemies, and lore, to expand the gameplay experience. Suggestions include modding support and new mechanics to increase replayability and challenge.
- Superficial cat theme (weight 0.05): The 'cat' theme is present but superficial, mainly limited to the character's head and a few puns. Some reviewers feel the cat element is not deeply integrated into the gameplay.
- Misleading store screenshots (weight 0.03): Reviewers point out a discrepancy between the game's store screenshots, which show a tractor and large base, and the actual in-game content, where these elements are not present or accessible.
- Shaky walking animations (weight 0.02): A specific minor issue mentioned is the shaky walking animations, which could benefit from refinement.
- Cloud saving available (weight 0.02): The game includes cloud saving functionality, which is a convenient feature for players.
- Portuguese language support (weight 0.02): The game's availability in Portuguese (Brazil) is a positive point for native speakers, making it easier to play.
- Future price increase (weight 0.02): The developer has indicated that the game's price is expected to increase in the future as more content is added.
- Previously on itch.io (weight 0.01): The game has been available on itch.io for an extended period before its current platform release.

Emotions:
- Satisfaction (weight 0.29): Players are satisfied with the game's overall quality, value for money, and engaging yet relaxing gameplay. The simple, bug-free experience, charming art style, and enjoyable core mechanics contribute significantly to this positive sentiment, often highlighting the game's suitability for casual play and its replayability.
- Disappointment (weight 0.19): Disappointment stems primarily from a perceived lack of content, replayability, and significant updates, especially for a game no longer in early access. Players also express frustration over game-breaking bugs, shallow gameplay loops, and the absence of features like multiplayer or diverse world environments.
- Frustration (weight 0.1): Frustration is caused by persistent technical issues such as frequent crashes, data loss, and poor optimization, particularly with large bases. Clunky UI, inconvenient controls, and a tedious resource gathering grind also contribute to player annoyance, alongside difficulties with specific mechanics like harsh lightning or achievement hunting.
- Enjoyment (weight 0.08): Players enjoy the game's cute aesthetics, cozy atmosphere, and the fun of independent discovery. The accessible and well-designed core survival mechanics, combined with the overall engaging gameplay experience, are key drivers of enjoyment.
- Excitement (weight 0.07): Excitement is driven by the game's quality, charm, and its potential for future content and features, such as new monsters, resources, and buildings. Players are also excited by the unique concept and the engaging nature of the core mechanics, especially the thrill of survival challenges.
- Joy (weight 0.04): Joy is primarily associated with the game's full release from early access, its pleasing aesthetic, and the simple enjoyment derived from the gameplay, often highlighted by the inclusion of cats and ease of use.
- Relaxation (weight 0.03): The game's relaxing atmosphere, simple mechanics, and lack of overwhelming difficulty contribute to a sense of relaxation. The core gameplay loop and overall pace are cited as key factors for this calm experience.
- Hope (weight 0.03): Hope is centered on the game's future potential, particularly for modding and ongoing updates. Players express hope for continued developer support and further development of the game.
- Boredom (weight 0.03): Boredom arises from repetitive gameplay, a lack of engaging content, and slow or clumsy mechanics. The absence of background music and limited replayability also contribute to this feeling.
- Anticipation (weight 0.03): Anticipation is driven by the expectation of future updates, new content, and the potential addition of multiplayer features. Players look forward to further development of the game.
- Appreciation (weight 0.02): Players appreciate the developer's dedication and consistent work, especially considering it's a solo project. Specific points of appreciation include the inclusion of Turkish language support and the availability of a Linux build.
- Desire (weight 0.02): Players express a desire for more content, new features like multiplayer, and greater variance between gameplay runs. The wish for additional side objectives is also noted.
- Engagement (weight 0.01): Engagement is directly linked to the game's ability to provide an absorbing and captivating gameplay experience.
- Sadness (weight 0.01): Sadness is felt when the game concludes or when players learn that the game will no longer receive updates, indicating a wish for continued content or an extended experience.
- Confusion (weight 0.01): Confusion stems from an unclear target audience and a lack of clarity in the tutorial, which can hinder understanding of game mechanics and content.
- Surprise (weight 0.01): Players are surprised by the game's unexpected quality, especially when compared to other titles, and its ability to make time pass quickly due to its immersive nature.
- Calmness (weight 0.01): Calmness is a direct result of the game's inherently calming nature, providing a serene and peaceful experience for players.
- Recommendation (weight 0): The game is recommended due to its accessibility, making it easy for new players to pick up and enjoy.
- Longing (weight 0): Longing indicates a strong desire for more content, suggesting players have exhausted current offerings and wish for continued engagement.
- Amusement (weight 0): Amusement is derived from the game's unique and entertaining premise, which provides a source of lighthearted enjoyment.}