Playing as Meat Boy, a slab of raw meat, you navigate a deadly maze of buzzsaw blades and other obstacles to reach Bandaid Girl and complete each stage. Meat Boy can run, jump, and slide on walls in order to climb them. These are all the moves he needs to launch himself through every stage, leaving behind a trail of blood wherever he goes.
While the early stages are quite simple to play through quickly for someone familiar with the genre, later stages become tests of endurance worthy of the title of 'Most Difficult Game". A recent addition is end-of-level replay functionality, where every attempt to beat the stage is replayed simultaneously.
A Meat Boy comic was supplied to those in attendance, with a cover spoofing the original Superman Action Comics. While the material says there are "well over 15 unlockable characters" from other independent games, Co-CEO of Meat Boy, Tommy Refenes, stated that there is now somewhere in the region of 22, with perhaps more on the way. Each unlockable character will have a themed stage and will be playable in the main game, each bringing their own unique abilities.
