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.)
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.
I have the same problem and I tried changing the mouse sensitivity in my PC settings from the lowest to the highest and it still doesn't work for me. Do you maybe have any advice or solution on what I can do? :,)
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
Really interesting Game! We really enjoyed it! Are there multiple endings or only one ending? We weren’t really sure about that. But keep it! We really want to see more!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What a fantastic game! Got through the first "Thread" in this playthrough and will be carrying on with multiple follow ups to unravel the other threads. Really love the art style and the setup, humor is at it's best here too! Can't wait to continue and complete this one!! Good Work Dev!!
Wow, honestly I did not expect to be as addicted to this game as I was! This game is everything it says it is but worse (in a good way) Loved it! Check out my spoiler free review if you still aren't convinced!
Sorry for the late reply, was out in the woods all weekend.
Thanks for the video review dude, was very pleased to hear all the positive things you had to say about the game. This is actually the first video review of Cookies (brought to my attention at least) so it was a pleasure seeing someone express their thoughts about it in this format. The music you used throughout was excellent too.
Lastly, nice to see Eddie in the thumbnail used to great effect.
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, I really loved the game man! I was stoked to talk about it and hopefully introduce plenty of new people to it! Cant wait to see what you work on next!
...and yea Eddie and his brother were definitely some of my favorites in the game ;)
There’s a tiny glitch where if you open the inventory, then enter and exit the pause menu before you close the inventory, the mouse will remain on the screen until you open and close the inventory again.
COOKIES has been one of the finest indie experiences i've had this year. such a crazy sleaze-fueled adventure with 10 endings to find and plenty of humor and thought put into everything between the beginning and end of this masterpiece. can't wait to see more!
TLDR - Really enjoyed this game. Very well made with some nice dark humor. I rate it a solid 8/10. I do have a few small critiques though.
The movement is a little stiff, not sure if there is anything you can do about that but i dont feel much difference between the walking and running speeds not to mention your character seems to get caught on things pretty frequently.
The hallways are bit too cluttered. There is a lot of running back and forth in this game so constantly having to navigate around all the objects in the hallways gets a little tiring, that, combined with the movement and low running speed can make the game feel like its dragging on a bit too much. I'd suggest removing around 25 to 30% of the debris in the hallways or making the running speed a bit more noticeable while also allow the player a little more freedom when running into certain objects in the hallway.
Another problem was some events failed to trigger. I found myself having to ether repeat certain steps in a storyline or reload the game entirely. Big example was when i was making the cosmic brownies, i had to reload the save file 3 times for the game to finally allow me to bake the cosmic brownies. One more example was the snuff film route, this was actually the story line i wasnt able to finish as the game would glitch part way through the filming. i would kill the other "actor" and it would fail to trigger the next area. The model would be dead, but you could still hear the muffled moaning coming from the area where the model was, the game thought the npc was still alive for some reason. This would happen at random parts of the stage, sometimes for the first victim, the second, the last, etc. I would be locked out of progression and have to reload the save.
Overall though, its a decent game with fun ideas. I have been studying game design and programming lately so i know how tough these kind of games are to work on so dont take anything ive said as downing this project. I hope you will continue to update it. Youre doing good work, keep it up.
Hi, thanks for the kind words! Glad you like it enough to consider speedrunning it haha.
For the save file, the path should be Users -> You -> AppData -> LocalLow -> Stef Pinto -> Cookies, followed by deleting the .txt SAVE file. That should do the trick. Lemme know if you run into any issues regarding that.
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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.
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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.)
I literally have the same problem and it drives me nuts. Have you found any solution yet? I've tried everything I could think of.
no unfortunately , i just didn't end up playing the game :( pretty depressing , it looks really interesting otherwise
I see. :( Thank you for the reply regardless, my friend.
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
I have the same problem and I tried changing the mouse sensitivity in my PC settings from the lowest to the highest and it still doesn't work for me. Do you maybe have any advice or solution on what I can do? :,)
No i was never actually able to fix the issue which is why i wrote this review. Only thing really to do is hope the dev is seeing these and fixes it.
I understand, thank you for the reply regardless bro. :) <3
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
Wow, honestly I did not expect to be as addicted to this game as I was! This game is everything it says it is but worse (in a good way) Loved it! Check out my spoiler free review if you still aren't convinced!
Sorry for the late reply, was out in the woods all weekend.
Thanks for the video review dude, was very pleased to hear all the positive things you had to say about the game. This is actually the first video review of Cookies (brought to my attention at least) so it was a pleasure seeing someone express their thoughts about it in this format. The music you used throughout was excellent too.
Lastly, nice to see Eddie in the thumbnail used to great effect.
All good my man, its nice to get away sometimes!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, I really loved the game man! I was stoked to talk about it and hopefully introduce plenty of new people to it! Cant wait to see what you work on next!
...and yea Eddie and his brother were definitely some of my favorites in the game ;)
There’s a tiny glitch where if you open the inventory, then enter and exit the pause menu before you close the inventory, the mouse will remain on the screen until you open and close the inventory again.
COOKIES has been one of the finest indie experiences i've had this year. such a crazy sleaze-fueled adventure with 10 endings to find and plenty of humor and thought put into everything between the beginning and end of this masterpiece. can't wait to see more!
TLDR - Really enjoyed this game. Very well made with some nice dark humor. I rate it a solid 8/10. I do have a few small critiques though.
The movement is a little stiff, not sure if there is anything you can do about that but i dont feel much difference between the walking and running speeds not to mention your character seems to get caught on things pretty frequently.
The hallways are bit too cluttered. There is a lot of running back and forth in this game so constantly having to navigate around all the objects in the hallways gets a little tiring, that, combined with the movement and low running speed can make the game feel like its dragging on a bit too much. I'd suggest removing around 25 to 30% of the debris in the hallways or making the running speed a bit more noticeable while also allow the player a little more freedom when running into certain objects in the hallway.
Another problem was some events failed to trigger. I found myself having to ether repeat certain steps in a storyline or reload the game entirely. Big example was when i was making the cosmic brownies, i had to reload the save file 3 times for the game to finally allow me to bake the cosmic brownies. One more example was the snuff film route, this was actually the story line i wasnt able to finish as the game would glitch part way through the filming. i would kill the other "actor" and it would fail to trigger the next area. The model would be dead, but you could still hear the muffled moaning coming from the area where the model was, the game thought the npc was still alive for some reason. This would happen at random parts of the stage, sometimes for the first victim, the second, the last, etc. I would be locked out of progression and have to reload the save.
Overall though, its a decent game with fun ideas. I have been studying game design and programming lately so i know how tough these kind of games are to work on so dont take anything ive said as downing this project. I hope you will continue to update it. Youre doing good work, keep it up.
I really loved this game, phenomenal stories and art style!
Would you mind telling me where the save file is located?
I wanted to delete my save to start from the beginning again but I can't seem to find the save file in the (Program Files x86) directory.
I am interested in speedrunning this game and I think it would be more interesting by starting without the perks of a completed save.
Maybe you could add a "delete progress" button in the menu. I'd appreciate such a feature.
Hi, thanks for the kind words! Glad you like it enough to consider speedrunning it haha.
For the save file, the path should be Users -> You -> AppData -> LocalLow -> Stef Pinto -> Cookies, followed by deleting the .txt SAVE file. That should do the trick. Lemme know if you run into any issues regarding that.