Cookie Run India (stylized as CookieRun India) is a game in the Cookie Run series developed by Devsisters and published by Krafton. It is a heavily reworked version of Cookie Run for Kakao localized for the Indian market, featuring many UI, UX, and quality of life features. It was released on December 11th, 2024.
History[]
On February 28th, 2024, it was announced that Devsisters had signed a deal with Krafton to publish several titles in the Cookie Run series, including a localized version of Cookie Run for Kakao for the Indian market handled by Studio Kingdom.[1]
Over the coming months, several career listings at Devsisters Careers appeared from April to August of 2024, including QA testing, 2D Artists, and Software Engineers. These pages would tentatively title the Indian Cookie Run for Kakao localization project as "Cookie Run Classic".
Early title screen for Cookie Run India, notably featuring a Hindi localized logo.
On May 9th, 2024, an article would be published to The Korea Times titled "India emerges as new land of opportunity for Korean game companies" In the article, plans to localize Cookie Run for Kakao for the Indian market would be iterated upon, generally highlighting the partnership between Devsisters and Krafton. The article would feature the New World title screen with a Hindi localized logo.[2]
On August 8th, 2024, a article would be published to TechM titled 쿠키런 인도 진출 속도 낸다...데브시스터즈, 신작·업데이트 효과에 분기실적 방긋 (상보), which in addition to reporting on Devsisters' revenue over the past year, highlighted the ongoing development of the Indian localized version of Cookie Run for Kakao, stating that it would add Indian-influenced Cookies and new maps.[3]
On October 25th, 2024, an article was published on Business Post titled Who Is ? 이지훈 데브시스터즈 이사회 의장 , where it stated that the game was slated to launch by the end of 2024.[4]
On November 5th, 2024, Krafton India posted to their LinkedIn account that Cookie Run would be featured at IDGC 2024, hosted from November 13th to 15th, 2024.[5]
On November 12th, 2024, a website for Cookie Run India launched, alongside a preregistration campaign, allowing users to obtain 2 lakh (200,000) coins and Knight Cookie for preregistering.[6]
Gameplay[]
Cookie Run India is an autoscrolling runner game, where the player can only influence the player character (Cookies) actions, such as jumping, sliding, and controlling skills. The game utilizes a lives system, which when consumed, does not allow the player to play further until an elapsed time period to regenerate lives. More lives can be obtained by requesting them from registered friends. Registered friends are placed on a leaderboard, which is cycled weekly, with the highest scoring players being rewarded with gameplay currencies such as Coins and Crystals.
Cookies can be obtained by reaching a milestone to purchase them with Coins, or can be purchased immediately with Crystals. Pets can be hatched via Pet Eggs, of which the pet obtained is determined via a randomized chance. Treasures can be obtained by fully upgrading Cookies and Pets to their maximum level, 8. The player can optimize their gameplay, Cookie, Pet, and Treasure choices to gain the highest score they can achieve.
Difference between India and Kakao versions[]
Cookies[]
- The following Cookies are present at launch in Cookie Run India:
- The release order for additional Cookies is significantly different, with it as follows:
Cotton Candy Cookie (February 26th, 2025)- Pistachio Cookie (February 26th, 2025)
- Cheerleader Cookie (March 25th, 2025)
- Herb Cookie (May 20th, 2025)
- The following Cookies are exclusive to India:
- Gulab Jamun Cookie (present at launch, later added to Kakao)
- Kaju Katli Cookie (present at launch, later added to Kakao)
- Cricketer Cookie (March 25th, 2025)
- Energy levels for every Cookie has been changed from how they appear in Cookie Run for Kakao.
- A skill preview icon for every Cookie is now present when viewing their profile.
- This was previously a feature implemented in QQ Cookie Run.
- GingerBrave's face in his base sprite has been edited to be more on-model with his modern incarnations.
Pets[]
- The following Pets are present at launch in Cookie Run India:
- The release order for additional Pets is significantly different, with it as follows:
- Cotton Candy Bird (February 26th, 2025)
- Pistachio Firefly (February 26th, 2025)
- Glitter Ball (March 25th, 2025)
- Cotton Candy Bird
- The following Pets are exclusive to India:
- Tiny Tabla (present at launch, later added to Kakao)
- Parrot Dada (present at launch, later added to Kakao)
- Desi Delight Drop (January 15th, 2025)
- Wicketkeeper Laddu (March 25th, 2025)
- Tiny Tabla
- The combiless Pets Hand of Liker, Double Bubble, Electric Beat, and Rare Garlic are excluded from release. Merry Hat and Holiday Stocking are also excluded, as they were combi pets for the limited release character Ginger Claus, who is absent.
- Rainbow's End, whose newly localized name of "Cotton Cloud" from CookieWars is discarded and not used in this game.
- Some of the pet names were changed from Kakao:
- Ms. Do-Re-Mi and Mr. Fa-Sol-La-Si were renamed to "Ms. Sa-Re-Ga" and "Mr. Ma-Pa-Dha-Ni" respectively to match with sargam, the Indian equivalent to solfège.
- Gold Drop and White Gold Drop were renamed to "Golden Drop" and "Platinum Drop" respectively for better distinction.
Treasures[]
- Treasures cannot be upgraded, unlike in Kakao, so their effects were heavily changed.
- Treasures based on Korean holidays are not released in the Indian version.
Events[]
- While the game reuses some of the Collect Items events, there are a few exclusive ones related to Indian events like Tiranga Jelly Exchange and Gulaal Jelly Exchange.
Gameplay[]
- The vast majority of UI elements and graphics have been redrawn to match the modern art style conventions of games such as Cookie Run: Kingdom and Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures, using a dark blue theme, parallellogram buttons, halftone effects, and edgier elements.
- Cookies, Relay Cookies, Pets and Treasures have been consolidated into one menu, with each category being present in a dedicated submenu.
- A new episode has been added, the Coin Palace. It is functionally similar to Ghost Pirate's Island of Coins.
- Attendance events now have a dedicated button to be checked on the main menu.
- A numerical count of how much experience is required to level up is now visible.
- Images of Treasures appear to be smaller compared to how they appear in Cookie Run for Kakao.
- The Treasure Gacha is absent. It is likely to be added in a future update.
- The following random boosts were altered:
- The 17% Base Speed Increase boost is nerfed to 12%.
- The Energy Drains 15% slower boost is nerfed to 10%.
- The Revives with 80 energy 1 time boost is nerfed to revive with 60 energy.
- The Invincibility rate to 70% of collisions is nerfed to 50%.
- The 20% more energy from Potions boost is nerfed to 15% more energy.
- The 30% less energy loss from obstacle collision boost is nerfed to 20%.
- The Jump, Slide, Treasure, and Boost icons have been redrawn.
Other[]
- Players can now link progress to a Google account or an Apple ID.
- Players can sync their WhatsApp friends, which is very similar to the similar feature in Kakao.
- Coin Boxes and Crystal Boxes are added.
- Cookie Pass is added, a seasonal game pass item purchasable with real world currency, which can be shared with a friend.[7]
- Most of the packages can also be shared with a friend.
- Almost all English localized names used from Cookie Run: OvenBreak onward are used instead of the English localized names from LINE Cookie Run.
- A significantly reworked invitation event is included in the game.
Trivia[]
- This is the third localization of Cookie Run for Kakao. The first localized version released was LINE Cookie Run, and the second being QQ Cookie Run.
- The app package name for the app is com.krafton.crci.
- With prerelease information titling the game as Cookie Run Classic it is likely that "crci" stands for "Cookie Run Classic India".
- The release version of the game, while being heavily edited, is based upon the first season of Cookie Run for Kakao, specifically the 1.30 version of the game, lacking later additions such as the Treasure Gacha, L Grade items, with some modern advents such as an episode select and features that appear in newer Cookie Run games, such as a purchasable battle pass.
- A playable HTML5 demo of the game is available on the official Cookie Run India website, featuring Gulab Jamun Cookie and Tiny Tabla running in the Coin Palace.
- The music used in the promotional video on the official Cookie Run India website doesn't use original music to the Cookie Run franchise, rather using Jump and Run by Benjamin Orth.
- The promotional art features several Cookies that are not playable in the released version of the game, implying they will be added at a later date. These characters include:
- Cherry Cookie
- Carol Cookie
- Snow Sugar Cookie
- Pistachio Cookie
- Alchemist Cookie
- Vampire Cookie
- Apple Cookie
- Soda Cookie
- Herb Cookie
- Whipped Cream Cookie
- Chili Pepper Cookie
- Notably, Whipped Cream Cookie and Chili Pepper Cookie are featured in the artwork, both of whom debuting in Cookie Run: OvenBreak and did not appear in Cookie Run for Kakao.
- A promotional screenshot of the game featured in the Google Play Store highlighting the Invite Event features several Cookies and Pets, who are not present in the game. These characters include:
- The Coupon Registration webpage features an appearance of Sparkling Cookie at the bottom right corner of the page. Sparkling Cookie debuted in Cookie Run: OvenBreak in 2017, and did not appear in Cookie Run for Kakao.
- On December 4th, 2024, Dark Choco Cookie was teased to be a (possibly) playable character through an Instagram story.
- Similarly to Chili Pepper Cookie, Sparkling Cookie and Whipped Cream Cookie, Dark Choco Cookie did not appear in Cookie Run for Kakao.
Gallery[]
App icon[]
Screenshots[]
Promotional Images[]
Website Assets[]
Playable Demo Assets[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.fnnews.com/news/202402280913501682
- ↑ https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=374322
- ↑ https://www.techm.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=128292
- ↑ https://m.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=mobile_view&num=370192
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kraftoninc-india_kraftonindiaatigdc2024-kraftonforindia-activity-7254333187269484545-MgFR
- ↑ https://in.ign.com/cookie-run-india/219261/news/cookierun-india-krafton-opens-pre-registrations-for-its-upcoming-game-on-android-and-ios-along-with
- ↑ https://krafton-india.helpshift.com/hc/en/4-cookierun-india/faq/127-currency-in-app-items/
| Games | |
|---|---|
| Mobile | Cookie Run (Kakao, India) ⬩ Cookie Run: OvenBreak ⬩ Cookie Run: Puzzle World ⬩ Cookie Run: Kingdom ⬩ Cookie Run: Witch's Castle ⬩ Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures ⬩ Cookie Run: OvenSmash |
| Offline experiences | Cookie Run Braverse ⬩ Cookie Run Brave Escape |
| Discontinued | OvenBreak ⬩ OvenBreak 2 ⬩ Cookie Run (LINE, QQ) ⬩ Cookie Run: Munjil Munjil ⬩ CookieWars ⬩ Cookie Run: The Darkest Night |