Fake cookie clicker

*This is about the original 2021 Scratch game. For the 2022 JavaScript remake, see Fake cookie clicker: Definitive Edition.*

Fake Cookie Clicker is a game created by Jaydario (Fandom username) or jaydar1012374 (Scratch username).

It is now also known as "Fake cookie clicker Classic," so as to distinguish it from its JavaScript remake, "Fake Cookie Clicker: Definitive Edition".

Unfortunately, it won't be updated very frequently anymore due to the creator needing to focus on the JavaScript remake. The reason it isn't an indefinite break is because "JavaScript can be infuriating sometimes", as taken from the README sprite in-game.

## History

*For more information, see Version History.*

On November the 19th, 2021, the creator's teacher didn't allow them to play the real Cookie Clicker so they thought "What if I make it myself" and that is the origin story of this game. On the same day, a "pre-prerelease" build was created that only had the cursor and big cookie.

The next day, the actual pre-release was made adding the grandma and the farm. It was also advertised on the real Cookie Clicker wiki.

A week after that on November the 27th, a new build was made adding the mine and fixing a bug. That was also advertised on the real Cookie Clicker wiki.

On December the 7th, update 2.0 was released! You'd expect it to be more exciting but it just added the golden cookie and changed the colours of the background.

To add even more unexcitingness to the last update, that golden cookie didn't even work, but that was fixed the next day. But not before Jaydar made a post on the real CC wiki that read like this:
*Did an oopsie on my latest fake cookie clicker update + planned features besides buildings*

I recently added the golden cookie, but I only just noticed today that it doesn't actually do anything lol (will fix later)

As for the miscellaneous features that I know should be added, I have:

"Saving"

Naming your bakery

Achievements

Upgrades

No exact dates on any of these misc features, just a small update on what's coming in the future of fake cookie clicker, and a funny story about me being an idiot. If anyone wants to know more about how I noticed my mistake on the Golden Cookie, lemme know, and I'll explain in the comments.
The conversation after that read like this:

*Someone: Wow, that's really cool that you have a talent like that, not many people do. Good job and keep up the great work*

Jaydar: oh, i made it in scratch

That guy: Still very impressive

Jaydar: yep, hoping to learn **javascript**, then HTML5, then C++, but there's a literal blue-moon chance that I learn x86 assembly, because why not.

The other one: I know nothing about codeing but i do know what stonks are lol

Getting back to the updates, it was too powerful, so that had to be fixed the next day.

On New Years Day, a new update was created that added the factory and nothing else. Except a brilliant post from Jaydar on the real CC Wiki, of course!

*Finally updated fake cookie clicker again!*

Sorry that it's been a while since last update!

I've just been busy enjoying the holidays with family.

Anyways, introducing a new challenger...

Not-A-Gear-Gear!

If you didn't see my previous posts about this project, the link is https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/604556847/

This is also the first recorded mention of a bug, the bug being the "Buildings don't work unless you click the flag twice" glitch.

On January the 13th, 2022, something very important happened. The FCC Wiki was thought of on a post, and it asked a simple question: Can someone help me make this wiki?

The next day was when A2A2tgt offered to help, and then became an admin on the wiki. On January the 14th, 2022, the FCC Wiki was actually created. The first comment on that wiki was made by Jaydario, with the beautiful comment that is very complex saying: *test*.

The conversation after that went like: *Grandmapocalypse7: Is this the first post? I will be following this wiki and I want to be a part of it when it's famous*

*Jaydar: yes it is the first post, keep the link to this post somewhere in case someone asks 2-3 years in the future. you might be able to brag about being an og*

The following day, Pocalypse said, even more beautifully complex than Jaydar's comment: *This is hillarious. Just wanted to say: FIRST* and then A2A2tgt pointed out the following day that they misspelled hilarious.

On the same day as Pocalypse's post, A2A2tgt asked: *Where do I play the game?* and Jaydar responded with: *On the main page, click the words "Fake Cookie Clicker".*

Also on that day, A2A2tgt made the page for the cursor.

The following day, Tigerking03 responded to a post Jaydar made that said *New page: Version History* by asking: *How do I become an admin?*

The conversation went like this:

*Jaydar: Do you have experience with wikis?*

Tigerking03: Yeah

Jaydar: OK here's admin

After that, A2A2tgt asked about the first bug mentioned on the wiki, which wasn't actually a bug and was the thing where there was only one cursor that showed up when you bought one. However, that was followed up by the first actual bug where buildings would only work if you clicked the flag twice or more.

Two days after that, Jaydar confirmed that the bug that A2A2tgt thought was a bug but wasn't a bug wasn't a bug.

The first poll was on January the 18th 2022, the same day. It simply asked how many glitches that people had found in the game. And the results were:

* 0 glitches = 40%
* 1 glitch = 20%
* 2 glitches = 0%
* 3 glitches or more = 40%

And since you can't get a multiple of 20% that isn't 100% by using numbers less than 5, this confirms that more than 5 people were active in the wiki at that time, just not posting.

The next post was also by A2A2tgt and reported some undescriptive text in the bugs, glitches, and janky behavior page.

The next post was by Jaydario and explained that the next update wouldn't be for a bit of time because of a lot of things. That is also the first recorded mention of Definitive Edition.

On the 22nd of the same month, Jaydario also expressed that they cared for the wiki a lot, and also mentioned the code documentation pages for the first time.

The next day, Jaydario had a dillema. They were working on the next update for FCC when they realized they didn't have enough room for the bank. They asked A2A2tgt for help on that and they said: *Do what the original game does and make the thing scrollable* to which Jaydar responded *I dunno*.

However, on the 25th of the same month, A2A2tgt made another poll about golden cookies. However, there were only 2 votes that time, from Jaydar and the poll creator. That confirmed that the wiki was less active than before. Then, the next day, Jaydar confirmed that Definitive Edition would exist. And then there was a 5 day long drought of Scratch related posts before A2A2tgt said: *Do you know how to cheat in the Scratch version?* to which the same 2 people voted Yes. Then, there was another 5 day long draught before Jaydar made a poll saying: *How good is the Scratch version?* and A2A2tgt said *It's okay* while Jaydar voted *I don't know what to think of it*.

Then there was a week long draught in both posts and Scratch related posts before the same person said that they would refer to this version of FCC as Fake Cookie Clicker Classic instead of the name of the franchise.

Then there was a 2 day long draught before A2A2tgt said: *I thought someone would add the factory page by now. I'd expect some new pages in the week but nope* and then the factory page was made on the same day by Jaydar, and then improved by A2A2tgt. Then there was a 4 day long draught until Jaydar mentioned it while saying that memes were allowed in general. Then, A2A2tgt made the Code documentation: Other page. Then, something exciting happened 2 days later: Jaydar made FCC for the game boy. Oh and also updated the README sprite for FCC Classic.

Then, almost a MONTH later, A2A2tgt updated the pages for every building, including the ones in Scratch Edition. About 3 days later, Jaydar mentioned it when talking about speedruns for both games. 2 days later, Jaydar mentioned it when talking about speedruns for both games. Again. Then, on April the 23rd, Jaydar said they would try to set up the speedruns on Fake Cookie Clicker Classic instead of the newer version. The next day, Jaydar decided they would make the next update after a few months and implement saving into the game.

The same day, that happened! However, it could be exploited very, very, very, very easily. The next day again, Jaydar decided they would make a version of FCC that had better graphics, but it wouldn't replace the old one. Then, on the 9th of May, Jaydar made a run of FCC Classic but said there was no hope. Then, on the 15th of May, Jaydar fixed the biggest bug in the game. And that's the present day.

## Gameplay

You click the cookie to get cookies, then you spend them by buying buildings. Then you become the biggest company in the world. Very simple.

## Reception

It has its own wiki but it's not really famous... I guess you can draw your own conclusions.

## Trivia

* Every icon in the game is flipped 90 degrees and 90 degrees exactly.
* The "navy blue" part of the background has the color code of #007AFF and the "sky blue" part has the color code of #00A2FF.
	+ It is impossible to see the third and fourth strip in the background.
* In the code, the name for the things in the price board is "<building name> price announcer".
* In the code, there are some text boxes that explain what things do in the code. However, they are only there for the Big Cookie (called the Cookie in the actual code), the Price board, and everything related to the Cursor. Yes, even the Golden Cookie doesn't have any text markers.