Thanks for the Tremendous Support!
over 4 years ago – Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 05:39:09 AM

Hi friends! Zack here from MCS, wanting to thank everyone for the support and coverage! We've had some  outstanding features, from IGN to the 50+ press cat allies over the globe, and we are thrilled to see everyone so hype for Phantom Gear.  

To our backers and supporters - you are going to be excited about what comes next! We are on track to hit some of these stretch goals and know you will love what we have in store! 

Phantom Gear at the SAAM Arcade Showcase
over 4 years ago – Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 04:25:11 AM

Hello all!

We're excited to announce that Mega Cat Studios will be at the Smithsonian Museum's SAAM Arcade this weekend! We'll be showing off Phantom Gear and some other great retro titles!

Come join us if you can!

We are halfway through!
almost 5 years ago – Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 09:50:37 AM

Over Halfway There!

Hi everyone! Leonardo Cirius (Art Director and Co-Founder of Bits Rule) & Zack Manko (Meow Officer of Mega Cat) here. First, I wanted to say thank you for the amazing support! We are very happy to reach more than 50% of our goal in the first 3 days of the campaign. We are so excited about the amazing reception we've had to Phantom Gear!

We share a passion for our favorite platform, the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, and feel like we've genuinely connected with the exact community we're proud to be members of. It really is a dream come true, and we are so excited to share with you all of the thoughtful planning that has yet to be announced about Phantom Gear that will truly make it something special.  

The story, character design, and the gameplay are the culmination of years of experience and planning about what our dream project would look, sound, and feel like. Having such positive feedback and support has been amazing, and we welcome all of you to come say hello, introduce yourself, and give us any feedback.

A Unique Challenge

We have had a lot of conversations with players about the difficulty of the demo.  We want to assure you that the difficulty progression is going to be smooth and balanced as we build out the rest of the Phantom Gear universe. The current level of the tech demo showcases player abilities, movement, and more of a systematic slice of the game.  We want to show you that we are capable of delivering a great game with fluid animations and fluid character movement first, because fun & feel are where we want to build the settlement of our game.

Come Behind The Curtain

Introducing T-T4N-0, the star boss of the demo and one of the enemies that Josephine is going to confront in the game. Imposing and overwhelming, he is a worthy member of Ocular Force.

His design had many iterations after we found the right feeling for the character: an enigmatic being that impose fear with his presence, heavy but extremely speedy.

 Some animatics:

We hope that you liked this sneak peek to the production of the game. Soon we are going to show you more things.

You can follow us on our social networks or you can join to Mega Cat’s Discord to be closer to the team. Please consider sharing, playing, and blast processing with us as we all come together to bring new, indie retro to fans and followers over the globe.  

Love Phantom Gear? Want to see something different addressed, adjusted, or improved? Comment below, join the discord, or send a message and we will take you behind the scenes to build our dream together as a community. 

More updates to come!

Incredible start! We're well on the way to making our goal
almost 5 years ago – Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 05:04:27 AM

Thank you all so much!  We're off to a great start and have come so far in so little time.  This week we'll be preparing the rest of our physical press kits to send out, limited to 25 total.  If you're interested in throwing your hat into the ring for coverage, just email us at [email protected].  

One of the physical press kits is available for any user here on this months Gleam giveaway.  Enter if you'd like: https://gleam.io/C7o2A/exclusive-demo-copy-of-phantom-gear-for-the-sega-genesis