#background shenanigans

[cursio-neptune]

Hey Eclipse, if you consider Sun being "terrible" at videogames, wouldn't you consider him as your savior for turning on and leaving you on when you were still in the arcade machine?

(Or grateful.)

Eclipse is Aware.

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I believe this Asker's question is referring to Eclipse's quip in Electronic Gifts. Also referenced is Eclipse's Origin (the comic where you see Sun plugging Eclipse in from Eclipse's perspective.)

[tentajack]

This was a summer solstice exchange for a discord friend

[ninhaoma-ya]

Poor Law, he'll have an aneurysm at this rate (these all happened within three pages in the same chapter).

Also, when will he accept his status as official nakama? Once the moon is blue and Hell freezes over?

[bakersstreetirregulars]

Ovenbreak Season 6: Yogurt Dunes Escapade

🌰 Is it really time for Season 6?

🔎 Yes, it is. Time for another deep dive, since there’s a lot to unpack. But before we get started, use this video as a guide if you get lost along the way: https://youtu.be/tp-B1Ni_WKo. If the video reaches 400,000 views worldwide across every region’s YouTube channels before June 28th, 11:00 PM UTC, then everyone gets a special prize worth 2,000 Crystals 💎 and 2,000 Rainbow Cubes 🌈!

🍮 Tell everyone, and everyone wins! *giggle giggle*

🔎 And as for Roguefort, they said they’ll be dropping in “soon”, whenever that is. But until that happens, let’s get started!

Main Story Mode

🌰 As explained in the Q&A video with the main director, a main story mode is being added which follows Gingerbrave and his friends to find Cookie Paradise.

🔎 They found a mysterious compass that reacts to an unknown mystical energy, but…

🔎 *ahem* Getting back on track, they follow the compass to the city of Yogurca where they meet with Yogurt Cream Cookie and his friends as they set off for Jellydusa’s temple. What will become of them? We don’t know yet. All we know is that this story will be continuously updated with each new update. Advance through each stage and progress the story by reaching the target score to get as many as 3 stars per win! More stars, more rewards! Get enough stars to unlock Hard mode and Master mode. Get 3 stars in one stage to unlock a Quick-Run feature there where you can instantly clear the stage for only some of the rewards.

Invocation Cards

🪄 I’ll take over here, since magic card tricks are my forte!

🔎 Sure, you do you. I have to double-check that Roguefort isn’t stealing that painting again, so it works out for both of us. [Walks out]

🪄 First off, what are Invocation Cards? These invocation cards are special skill cards that can be used on Cookies that have reached their maximum level, allowing them to use a second skill for even more points! What separates these cards from treasures is that you will have a third button that activates the card’s effect, allowing you to use it at any time up to a maximum number of times noted on the card and the button!

Editor’s Comment: Fire Spirit and Werewolf’s skill buttons will most likely be mapped into a fourth button, as they’re both activated by a third button already.

🪄 How do you get them? Easy! Get Invocation Tokens and give them to Jellydusa to get new cards! Have any duplicates? Merge them to promote it to a higher level! A special event will run for the first month or so, allowing you to try them out and get some rewards along the way by earning stars through high scores! You don’t need the featured card to play each level, so don’t worry about that! Token rewards will also be granted to celebrate the upcoming update, so stay tuned in daily to keep earning!

Balance Changes

💎 [Drops in with a sack of jewels in tow] What, you actually thought I would be stealing that painting already? That’s because I already did!

🪄 W-wait, what? In here?! That’s just inviting trouble to our front door!

💎 Tut, tut, Cinnamon. You already took a fall from one round of deception and lies when Gingerbrave fell from that ladder with a jar of strawberry jam. Lighten up a bit, yes? I already have that satchel taken care of, as well as these balance changes here.

🪄 If you’re sure you’ll be fine, then I’ll be in the break room with a jelly shake practicing my card tricks. [Walks away into the break room]

💎 It’s as if he’s one of us, isn’t he? Anyway… Season 6 will bring a sweeping balance change that is said to bring more uniformity with the following changes:

Less points from skills used by Cookies and Pets

More points from jellies

Such changes are aimed to close the score gap between older and newer Cookies.

💫 D-does that mean that I’ll be favored by everyone again?

💎 Oh- Cream Puff Cookie? How did you find your way here? You *almost* surprised me, but one answer to that question is a definite maybe.

💫 Oh… also, Almond Cookie is at the door, and he’s gone several hours without a coffee break…

💎 …and that’s my cue to leave. Take care of the rest of the information here, yes?

🔎, 🕵️‍♂️ [Walnut and Almond chase Roguefort through the studio as the three of them engage in a background foot chase] GET BACK HERE, ROGUEFORT COOKIE!

💫 Where were we again? Oh, riiiiiiiight here. Second point. All Cookies and Pets will now have a maximum level of 15, regardless of their rarity, but the resources you need to max them out will be the same as before. Upgrading a Legendary Cookie will still require significant effort, but those efforts from upgrading to level 5 will be spread out into 15 levels to give you a sense of achievement and progression more often.

Third point, Cookies that used to start with an instant skill activation will now start with an empty skill gauge that will have to be filled from scratch. Skills activated at the start of a run such as mine, Cinnamon’s, and Moonlight’s will now activate after the gauge fills. Skills that rely on collecting enough resources like Carrot’s, Beet’s, Cream Unicorn’s, Chestnut’s, Dark Choco’s, and even Wind Archer’s will now require the full amount before they can show their hidden potential.

New Events

💫 C-careful, guys! Don’t knock anything over!

💎 I’m not the one tipping everything over, it’s them.

💫 Where’s Latte Cookie when I need her the most…? Okay, Cream Puff, calm down and continue on to the events:

⚔️ New Guild Run Season

💎 Crystal Cashback

🌅 Summer Custom Run Season with a new Lobby Design!

🃏 Invocation Card Test-Run

⛏ Curious Rainbow Mine

Rotating Breakout Episodes

💫 Starting with this update, Escape from the Oven and Black Sugar Pirate Ship will return to replace the two preexisting Special Episodes.

Editor’s Note: Yes, I’m just as tired of EFTO as many of you since most of us, if not all of us, already have Fire Spirit, Sea Fairy, and Dark Enchantress at level 5, making the weekly Legendary reward virtually useless. For anyone in the late game that has millions on millions of coins, BSPS and the current Spooky Spider Mansion are practically useless as those just add more coins for those that don’t need much more of them, but I can understand why that’s there so newer players have a sustainable source of coins to farm.

Lilac Cookie

🌰 Man, they’re really messing this place up, Cream Puff- wait, we were still recording! Next up, Lilac Cookie! Since we first met him in Season 4 two years ago, lots of people wanted him to be playable. In fact, when you guys helped me re-print those newspapers back in December 2020, the major opinion found on most of your newspapers stated that Lilac was the fan favorite request to be playable out of everyone that’s currently an NPC, even overtaking Aloe despite her being introduced three months before Lilac!

💫 At given intervals, he fights villains with his chakrams. Throw them at the right heights to defeat them and challenge their boss for even more points! With a Magic Candy, he can throw his chakrams at any time once the blue gauge fills and you perform a Double Jump followed by a Slide immediately afterwards to destroy obstacles with bonus destruction points. His pet Tranquil Bloom drops lilac petals and larger lilac blossoms for points.

[Background shattering noises and explosions]

💫 N- no! They’re tearing this place apart! I have to do something!

🌰 Uh, we’re gonna have to cut to a commercial break for a bit while we try to control the situation.

🪄 Is she about to do what I think she’s about to do?

💫 Jellius… BLASTIUS!!!

🪄, 🌰, 🔎, 🕵️‍♂️, 🍮, 💎: (All in unison) CREAM PUFF, NO…..!

[Massive explosion followed by the sound of static feedback]

Unfortunately, Tumblr has a 10-photo limit that is forcing me to split this update breakdown into two parts, so be on the watch for the second half. If another large update happens again in the future, then I’ll most likely split it into two halves.

[arkhangelske]

Lol @ Venom eating like, the biggest stack of pancakes ever.

[ninhaoma-ya]

The tiny fishes on Bepo's yukata are precious

[ninhaoma-ya]

Friendship goals: plan an invasion but still remember what your friends are interested in

[ninhaoma-ya]

THEY HAVE MATCHING TANK TOPS AND THAT'S JUST PRECIOUS.

Also, at which point did they have time to go souvenir shopping, and why is a matching set of novelty shirts from the Corrida Colosseum the thing they decided to go with?