devnow 2026 random thoughts and impressions
the summary of the story and the presentation of it made me smile. i think they care a lot about the world they've created and it's really sweet
what they've said about the audience is really funny considering the backlash of the eng community about the ending (not sure if other countries communities had such a reaction) "it was yet another opportunity for us to realize just how invested many of you are in our characters and stories. we're all extremely thankful and at the same time almost apologetic for how everyone sympathizes, is moved by, and even sincerely saddened by cookies' stories"
the intro trailer for arc 2 IS FUCKING SICKKKKKKKKK it's not even complete yet it's already on prolly the top 5 list of the coolest things they've produced
Shmilk works as the main villain soooo well it's insane
TBD!! I see pain de campagne and string gummy and i think dark fondue :D
i hope they redraw the old croissant sprite. they redrew old rockstar so croissant deserves that treatment too. her old crk sprite is nooooot that good :P
i thought at first that ash salt was the silentlily baby but turns out she's a time traveler from the timeline that shmilk fucked up? Still, the salt in her name + her appearance being similar to white lily makes me think there's some connection between these three
Vani being prominent in the trailer plus being on the title screen artwork looks like there will be even more focus on him this time around. i don't mind but they said that there's gonna be more stories
the next story chapter, timeline of fate, seems to have a wildly different structure, it looks almost non-linear? instead of islands like in crispia or a continent like in by, it seems like tarot cards are gonna be a major theme and every episode is gonna be a different card, with the first neing timekeep.
they're saying the new structure will help "better bring the stories to life" and that it's a "more advanced format" (while showing it being non-linear) and that it's gonna be more "engaging" and i really wonder what they mean by that. at least there's not a new type of stamina jelly, seems like we'll be using the regular ones from crispia.
they're planning to release new main story every 2 weeks, to which my first thought is "i hope nobody is overworked". They're juggling Ovenbreak, Kingdom, Kakao, India, WC, TOA, Ovensmash and now also Crumble and New World (plus China whcih im pretty sure they have minimal to no involvement in) that's 9 games at the same time actively being updated every month and i'm gonna be real i wish they scaled down a bit. this is genuinely concerning
more QOL which makes me very happy :]
next thing you guys should focus on is NOT abandoning entire gamemodes just to introduce new ones and a trillion minigames to do every update so players are encouraged to waste hours of their days for some rewards :P
ash salt seems to have a blue eye on her glove + on the title screen artwork there's a shmilk snake behind her... what could that mean? is she under his control? "ash salt crosses timelines and throws the cookie world into crisis" is she working with him?>???
black sapphire is our first epic to get a legendary costume which is neat! i'm not a huge fan of it but I AM a huge fan of capple's epic costume. seems like it's another banner i will skip! :D
in addition to that, they're adding the two to cookiechat. on the one hand im hoping they're not the only ones added, on the other, if they do a few every update, i'm good. it's just that if they're adding a few every update but also 2 cookies continue to release every update, they'll never catch up LMAO
ALSO I JUST REALIZED if Timekeepr releases alongside ash salt, that prolly means croissant is gonna have to wait :[
oh and they're doing a kpdh collab so ig i'll have to watch that now
im both scared and excited for the 10th anniv. i felt like the last one was a tad underwhelming
a dark enchantress ovenbreak update in 2026 feels a little weird but im really wondering what they're gonna do for it. it's clear they intentionally planned it to be after crk's ending but crob obv has a different timeline and uhh im pretty sure this storyline has been irrelevant for sooo freaking long now lmao. agar agar and red velvet ig. do y'all think crob might be struggling financially since they're bringing so many crk cookies in suddenly? :P i'm indifferent to agar agar in general but i like red velvet's costume
i. do not. care. about the spirit weapons arc. the animation for halite gauntlet was really really cool tho. oh and they clearly took inspo from atla with the intro haha
ok map maker updates r fun n all but WHAT THE HECK IS AN ACTION MODE???? or world mode i forgot what they calling it. was this on the roadmap cuz this is the first i'm hearing of it 😭 anyway once again we're introducing new game modes while abandoning old ones. update the museum cowards!!!!!! could've literally used the maps they already did for tbd and the dreamworld and just port them to the museum but no we're ignoring that.
anyway if we're doing mycookie adventure type shit in ovenbreak it better have my faves be playab;e or im rioting.
also it doesnt look like the controls are gonna be particularly comfortable on mobile i was already somewhat struggling witht the museum controls lmao
im gonna preface this with saying i do not play this game and dont really care about it but i still hvae a few things to say so let's go
mala longxia is probably related to Mala Sauce? another member of the tribe? that's fun if so.
oh they're adding cherry cola i just thought about her recently and if they'rw gonna add her to TOA lmaooo
AND MOONLIGHT STARDUST AND MILKY WAY??????? milky way has such a grip on this franchise it's unreal she's gonna be in every single game (she's in crumble too but idk about new world)
"it's a game players can enjoy casually" LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ this game is hell to play and is tons more addictive than any other and it's also bad. there i said it.
also yeah i did play it a little bit but i dont anymore im telling you playing it is a horrible experience all around
anyway i see that they're doing firsts every update noew so im assuming they're trying to get all the important lore out before they eos lmao
so theire million doors event has every cookie from every game, even Kakao.......? *looks around* electric eel........................??????????
after first sugar and furst salt we're gonna have.... *drumroll* FIRST VANILLA??????? holy shit she looks like fem truthless recluse what the actual heck
BABY OMG OMG OMG OMG I LOVE HER SO MUCH SHE'S SO PRECIOUS
they;re gonna release the game globally..... that's so cool but i wonder if they're opening up the current game or making a separate global version? i wonder if ppl who already play this game will be able to carry over their progress into global. because if not, ppl from outside korea who already play it will just stay LOL not that it's relevant to me. bc i dont play this,. but it's interesting
not gonna play this game aside from the possible rewards in crk and crob
im assuming the music that's playing is its ost which is really cool i love it a lot
i like the manga-like illustrations
while they're talking about the urban aesthetic of this game, i just wanna say that i at least like how they're trying to give each game its unique identity
lots of cool costumes but here's my favorites. also why is latte suddenly getting so much love
oh and costumes are customizeable??? that's new :0 very neat
ohhh they released the manga thing earlier. my bad i did not see that. i might read that cuz even tho idc about the game i do like the characters (i complained about them before but they've grown on me...)
now onto the new games! I've been interested in Cumble since the first key art was released bc i liked the art style :P seeing the gameplay, i don't think im interested in playing it long-term but i definitely do want to try it out.
THE HUMOR OF IT IS SO GOOD THO. The main trio is fantastic and the premise of a side story away from the grand events of other games is really fun and this is among the things i meant a bit above when i said every game has a unique idenitty. the art direction and the character designs are on top as always but i feel like this here is on another level. LOOK AT HOW CUTE THE ILLUSTARTIONS ARE!!! and more playable characters than just cookies? the sugar gnome? BLUBERRY BIRD??? that's so fun
they mention the villains and events from other games, and i think that doesn't imply that all these events happen in this game's timeline, but are rather mentioned for funsies only. bc this game very much isn't lore heavy and is really gonna be more about the humor. which i do appreciate since a lot of other games can get very heavy. this and ovensmash are a nice change of pace in that reagrd.
i like the grown up versions of brave, bright and strawberry and how they made them very much differen people and more mature, but still distinctly themselves. i actually like these versions of them haha. i need wizard in this timeline as well...............
this is SO FUCKING FUNNY DJLSDJFLKJSDKLFJ
is this emo gingerbrave or what
either way it seems like there's some time travel shenanigans here as well so maybe that's the reason villains from different games are explicitly mentioned by the characters
can i just say this is kind of a generic sounding name. think of something better you cowards
open world is interesting and something that i admit i've been wanting LMAO cookie run has got such a unique world, with everything being silly and cartoony and made of sweets (something they mention later on will make this game stand out amongst others of its kind!) but i am somehat afraid it''s gona be pretty empty and undercooked (lol) but i have hopes
the trailer had lots of new flora and fauna we haven't seen before which im a huge fan of
i haven't played genshin but im pretty sure it like gradually adds new regions in major updates so im assuming this is gonna be simialr? like, start out with the cookie kingdom, a few smaller locations and 1 or 2 ancients kingdoms (vanilla and hollyberry maybe?) then gradually add more. what i want to see the most is probably the city of wizards. imagine traversing a city made for humans as a cookie!!!! an underlooked location could finally get some love!! will there be undeerwater exploration?? 👀 you know why im asking............. im not really hoping for wandercarb but maybe sugarteara at least?
also i hope we can customize the main character cuz the one we have rn is kindof ugly
oh and they're bringin back yogurca
they don't show a lot of gameplay other than a few clips of traversing the world, i am assuming the game is still very early in development and i really really hope theu take their time with it. but im assuming the gameplay is gonna be similar to genshin where there's combat and you pull characters to fight with. and go around the world completing quests. if this goes well i might just play it long-term (maybe even abandon kingdom for it lol. i could still read the stories separately anway.)
oh and they're also teasing a bunch of new locations which is fun
the heck we're doig with the story????? this shit is so cryptic oh my god
PHILZA MINECRAFT???????????????????????????????
ermm as a part of their "cultural expansion" can they please make it easier to get your hands on official merch. im not even asking to deliver it here to russia but for the sake of other people who ive seen complaining about this and the prices. ok i was writing this before they said it out loud lmao that's good that they're acknowledging this and making efforts to improve
they're doing actual cookie run themed food this is so funny. this is what DE and WL died for
oh they've done this before, should've figured but im pretty sure i didn't know about this before :0
i really wonder what they did w cookies who aren't sweet tho. is silent salt's drink actually salty and burning spice's actually spicy. what the fuck does mystic flour drink taste like? emptiness and despair>?????? im really really curious
i was JUST thinking about how im sad that most of my faves are among the less popular cookies so they dont get included in a lot of promo material BUT THEN I SEE MY WIFE OKCHUN COOKIIE MENTIONED <3 <3 <3
they're doing? an aquarium??????????? and they have the audacity to include MILKY WAY and CANDY APPLE and not . you knwo. you know. life is a struggle for wanderteara fans
the themed desserts look so tasty tho....... but i knwo if i had the chance to go there and try some there would be 50% chocolate ones
anyway is it just me or the way they're talking about this "cultural expansion" sound like they're planning to take over the world or smth.
all the cool stuff they're doing really makes me a tad bit sad knowing that the source material is a mfing gacha game .and not like a cartoon or smth
ok nevermind what i said about okchun being niche/unpopular SHE'S IN A KPOP BAND NOW????????????????????
apparently an event with this will come in summer!! hoping for awesome new songs as well
A MAGAZINE???? i swear they're reading my freaking mind cuz i also thought about this recently as well 😭😭
they're planning an animated series AND a full-feature animated film!!! please be 2d please be 2d please be 2d 🙏
not a roblox game 💔💔💔 i wish roblox crahses and burns and dies forever
THEY MADE HERB AND SPARKLE IN THIS STYLE AS WELL????? costumes in crk. RIGHT NOW. i have 150k cubes
they're working on another IPs as well which have a really cool artstyle (they really never miss with their art direction huh) and it looks really fun. i wonder what medium they're going to be in? more gachas ig -_-
well and that's it what can i say in conclusion even. this is all very exciting but very scary at the same time
this was going to be a quick post where i share my impressions but i ended up pretty much summarizing what i found most interesting LMAO i am,. a little tired