Cookies
A downloadable game for Windows
"best described as, “wow, Silent Hill, Twin Peaks, and The Wire made messy love all over Candyman while watching reruns of Bozo the Clown.”" - DreadXP
Named #17 in Slant Magazine's "25 Best Games of 2021"
Where the ordinary and the hard-to-believe meet in a gutter, the population of "The Darb" simply call it "home". Gang violence, poverty, and substance abuse leave Darby rife with drifters, murderers, and cash maniacs whose sole purpose in life is finding the next high or die trying. The town of the same name exists as a swollen, caustic juxtaposition of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and reruns of Twin Peaks gestating in the sweltering heat of Southern Florida.
The optimistically named Orange Grove Houses, a dilapidated flop house of an apartment building where the only thing more parasitic than the rats and roaches are the residents, squats obscenely at the end of a long abandoned housing development. A lone drug pusher hawks his wares to sun-deprived addicts when he's not falling prey to his own stock. After an especially odd trip, he finds himself tangled in a devil's weave of crime and hallucinations in halls that even God has given up on.
Inspired by black comedy Trash Humpers and VHS slashers like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Cookies is an obscene PSX-coated blend of Satanic cults, meth-dealing clowns and online torture chambers, all under the same backwards-ass roof.
NOTE: This game features heavy use of camera filters/effects to simulate the video quality of a VHS tape, which may be triggering to photosensitive players. I strongly suggest tweaking the game's visual settings to suit your monitor's resolution upon startup, as the game may be too grainy/blurry depending on your screen size.
Cookies
Developed by Stef Pinto
In partnership with Penquin Games
With music by Johar Ibrahim
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Development log
- Cookies v1.1 - "The Fresh Batch" HotfixesApr 24, 2021
- Cookies - Release UpdateApr 23, 2021
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Hi Stef Pinto it's there any chance that i could help to translate the game to Spanish? i don't know anything about how to do it but i would like to help your game reach more people. (My first/main language it's spanish so it would be a good translation)
How can i save in this game?
The game autosaves whenever you complete a storyline.
can we have a sequel please
I love the game its a really cool concept with a great environment. also is the whole snuff fight portion slightly inspired by manhunt
Im super stuck.
I've completed the cookies storyline but after the boss fight I get no cut scene or anything, and I've seen in some game play it's meant to end :/ I've replayed it atleast 10 times now .
I only have 2 endings left to unlock but this one doesn't seem to want to unlock and i don't know how to activate the next last one.
Hey, sorry for the delay with replying to your last message and this one, I've been a tad busy recently. Could you give some specifics as to what storyline you're trying to achieve, and what you're doing right before its supposed to end? The tenth and final storyline only unlocks when the other nine are completed which is why you haven't been able to access it yet.
Sorry for any frustration this has caused.
it's totally fine, don't worry :)
So I've completed them all except 07 and 10.
So im on 07 , everything works fine until I have to deal with the sinners, once I've dealt with them on the other floor I make my way to the basement to deal with the boss and his throwable weapon,
he is actually pretty easy to deal with but once he's dead nothing happens.
I've wondered around the whole game and can't figure out what I've done wrong.
Also no need be sorry , im enjoying this game and the only frustration happening is that I want to see how the game finishes and I cant haha
Wooo i did it.
not sure what it was, might have been a glitch but I loaded up again today and it worked first time. Finally unlocked 07 ♡ now I'm gonna start the 10 ♡
Didnt take to long to complete 10 ♡
I really enjoyed this game and I am super interested to see what you come up with next ♡
Okay so im back, im really enjoying it , ive done afew different ending now and im loving ♡
I went back and got past that clown. After afew failed attempts I managed to complete that story which was cool:)
I got stuck on the p*rno storyline and had to go back to menu and went on another path. I didnt want to spoil the game for myself by looking it up.
and i dont want to spoil it for anyone else
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So I got to a fight with only a throwing object and I keep dying , like I've died atleast 30 times.
Any Spoiler free tips would be great.
Like is it possible to do this with only the throwing item? (no health or anything)
Is my pc just being to slow and it should be an easy ass fight?.
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Anyways yeah any tips are welcome, I really want to get all endings for this game as I am really enjoying it.
I have found afew bugs like falling through the floor and being able to see rooms before I've gone into them.
I've also put stuff down and it disappeared. And sometimes the ui doubles up its slots in the inventory, sometimes ending in lost items.
Anyways it is a great game ♡
Would love to see it get some AAA attention ♡
This was fantastic
okay so i have only played part of this game so far, (had to take a break, the old school camera style is great but made me feel a little sick) but so far i love it <3
its weird and great and i am excited to see what else pops up in the game.
the little box shop dude is my fave so far just because <3
im working on my own spoopy game so this was a really nice find :)
edit - looking at the comments, it may be my pc that has made me feel sick not the game haha, my pc is oldddd.
This game is great. Nothing else like it I've ever seen, it's like in your own horror/thriller flick. I've only found 3 of the endings so far but so excited to come back and find the others.The addition of game controller support would be the only thing I would ask for, though using a program like Joy2Key works just fine. As other have mentioned mouse sensitivity would be a plus, but I didn't find it to a hindrance on the experience. Found this game through a bundle but specifically wanted to make sure a few dollars flew the dev's way for this genuine gem of a title.
Is there any way to adjust the mouse sensitivity? I tried booting it up and it's insanely hard to play because of it. The quit button also seems to be broken (as when the Confirm Yes/No prompt pops up, hitting either button does nothing.)
love the game thank you
Genuine diamond in the rough game mad with love and care
fuckin loved it
I would not reccomend playing this unless your computer's dpi is higher than the dev, mine is set to 1k and turning is like moving my hand across the table for the last supper to try to give jesus a handshake before i leave. Not only this i found a bug at the beginning of the game where when activating the door you press escape then your cursor rides the screen like a blonde in a porno. Other then that this is a game and it wouldn't be that bad if a sensitivity bar was placed into settings so i don't have to screw with dpi every time the game crashes.
oh shut up
had to come back to this comments sections because i revisited a few endings in Cookies the other night and i'm still stunned by how much i love the wildness of this game.
can't wait to see what you'll make next!
I came back for another batch of cookies and it was definitely some bomb shit, haha. I got mixed up with the wrong crowd and ended up shooting a bunch of cops. Good times.
Thanks so much man, looking forward to seeing you tackle the rest of the game. Hopefully the design/code quirks won't give you too much of a hassle.
fucking love this game
Played this for a horror game night on my Discord and I absolutely loved it! The surreal world, the storytelling, all the endings, the humor all of it, I loved every aspect of it, especially the art style. I also enjoyed the way that the drugs were portrayed in this, not inherently negative but also not glorifying them as well. Really hope to see a sequel to this world eventually!
Thanks so much for the kinds words, happy to hear the horror game night was a success!
This game was great, got all the endings. Do you know of any other games like this? Any inspirations? I'd love to check out more games within this gritty genre but can't find much.
Thanks for the kind words, glad to hear you made it to the end.
As for games that are similar, I must admit I'm kinda drawing blanks. While the art style itself was inspired by Puppet Combo, 98DEMAKE, and the PS1-horror game community on itch, I pretty much improvised the game design and didn't take cues from anything in particular. That being said, I could totally give you some games that while not playing or looking like Cookies, served as inspiration for the general tone and grittiness:
- Manhunt
- Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
- Condemned: Criminal Origins
- Garage: Bad Trip
And while I haven't played it, I've heard several comparisons to Postal since launch, so that could be worth checking out. Hope that helps!
I really wanna play but its so wobbly.
To be honest I think it's an issue on your end my guy, can't say I've had anyone mention mouse issues and haven't encountered it myself whenever I tested, so I'm not too sure what I'd suggest to fix it. Sorry mane.
Is there a way to adjust senstivisy?? control?
Like my view is constantly moving? is he just high??
You did great with this game's vibe it is really nasty but in a good way, I liked it :)
You can kill janitor but keys disappear
whats the minimum system requirements???
Frankly I don't have much of a clue. I only tested the game on my fairly decent pre-built PC and one of my friend's laptops, and it worked fine on both systems. The game isn't that graphically intensive, so I think it's worth giving a shot on whatever device you have.
sorry to say this but my pc lets it crash all the time idk why it does
It works By the way i forgot my account password now i had to create another account
Thanks for the kind words.
There are 10 endings to the game. They unlock as you keep playing, and there's hints at the pause screen to steer you in the right direction if you unlocked one and aren't so sure where to go.
loved the game so much, *SPOILERS* was i supposed to be able to give the roach the raid in the end?
Thanks!
Nah, once you acquire Raid you're locked into taking it. The roach exists only to point the player in the right direction once that thread becomes unlocked.
okay thanks! great game!
I found this game very fun and interesting. It feels like the lovechild of Grand Theft Auto and Half-Life. Keep up the good work!
I really like this game, and I've beat it. But I want to play through it again. Is there any way to erase my save data?
Assuming you didn't move any files around, the save data should be found with the path Users > You > AppData > LocalLow > Stef Pinto > Cookies and within that last folder there will be a .txt file of type SAVE that you can delete. Doing so should give the game nothing to read upon startup and will generate a new, clean save file in that same spot.
Hilarious, great work. Any hints for how to get threads #8 and #10?
Happy to hear you enjoying it.
Assuming those are the only two threads remaining, the eighth thread can be kickstarted by entering the extremist's apartment building and snooping around.
The tenth, and final thread, unlocks after the other nine are completed.
Thank you, I'll be looking forward to finishing up those last 2 threads now!
love the game. how do you add CBD to brownie Mix ?
I think this interaction was giving me a ton of headaches on release day so I just axed combining the brownies and CBD in the pan, instead just needing the player to put the CBD in the pan and closing the oven to then bake the weed brownies. For this to work though you DO need to get Swamp Hound to request the weed brownies first, then go back up to your apartment and bake them. Sorry for any tedium this causes.
no problem dude I read on the store page and found the solution to CBD. I only have 2 threads left undone but have been having problems with the roach taking the RAID once I have it also the Mexican Cartel Quest is messing up. once they kill the cop in the bathroom what needs to be done to complete Thread?
In regards to the Raid, you have to consume it yourself, and for the cartel members, once they kill the cop head back to your rapper friends to warn them which will put the last part of that thread into motion.
best itch.io game ive played hands down. has its flaws 4 sure but this is great shit man way more substantial and detailed than i thought itd be
la ambientacion es como si te hubieras inspirado en los barrios de mexico xD
verdad XDDDDD
Any chance for this game to be available to Linux users as well? I've already tried wine...
To be honest I have no idea how building a game for a non-Windows OS works, nor do I have a Linux system that I'd be able to test said build on. Aside from that, there hasn't really been enough demand for a Linux port to make it worth the work I'd have to put in. Down the line porting to other OS's is something I'd like to include in my future projects, but I think that ship has sailed as far as Cookies goes.
You could try running a virtual machine. Most, if not all, flavors of Linux are free to use.
Amazing. This is definitely a must play for literally everyone!
sick game.
Excellent stuff, thanks for your work and for putting money in it's place. You and all else are far superior to that false substance.♥️
Its like a drug infused sweat stained fever dream, and I love it!
and you..smoke...mushrooms? sweet thats new lol
It would be smart to kind of let people know up front there are multiple chapters, I think alot of people will miss that part.
No Commentary Full First Chapter