so I’ve spent the past day reading over everyone’s reactions to the Steam Cookie Clicker announcement; I wanna say I’m very excited by all the positive feedback! you guys are honestly so good to us. I’ve compiled a quick Q&A from some of the main concerns I’ve seen
Q: What are the differences between the web and Steam versions?
A: The two versions are nearly identical save for some perks that the Steam platform allows for: in addition to being ad-free, Cookie Clicker on Steam gets achievements, cloud saving, workshop support and music by C418. There’s also translations in 11 other languages, but we’ll likely be backporting that to the web version too
Q: Will we be able to import our saves over from the web version?
A: While this is not *officially* supported (out of principle we’re not too into giving players the ability to unlock a ton of Steam achievs in one go), it shouldn’t be too hard to swap files around if you reeeally want to continue your browser save in Steam. We’re not liable for anything wacky happening as a result of that kind of modification
Q: Will the browser version still be developed?
A: Yes! The free web game remains the master version and will get all the updates first. Both versions will receive the same development
Q: Will we be able to use mods?
A: We’re planning on offering full workshop support. The Steam version is an electron wrapper around the HTML game so it should be easy to tweak and mess around with regardless!
Q: Will the Steam version support Mac/Linux?
A: That’s still up in the air, it’s probably doable but we’d rather not overpromise!
Q: What about [other thing]? (Android/iOS ports, dungeons minigame, NeverEnding Legacy…)
A: The Steam version has been a bit of an attention hog for me so I haven’t been able to get much done on other projects! Android should be getting an update pass early next year; iOS is a very unusual development environment for us so we’re still slowly working things out. I’ve written about my design challenges for NeverEnding Legacy before which mostly boil down to choice paralysis - it’s a very personal project and I’d rather get it right! Finally, regarding dungeons - no more stalling, I’m committing to making them the next minigame I implement in Cookie Clicker. I’ll keep you updated
Q: Music by C418?
A: Music by C418
areudirty
dededos
jacobvanloon
yousharknotpass
prguitarman
theartofmadeline
origamiaround
gummygunk
stormborns
romaincrisis
baratheonpilled
