Super-frequently Asked Questions!
November 27th, 2011, UncategorizedHey hey hey!
The absolutely most frequently asked question right now is “When will Cobalt be available???”
The answer is that we are working on getting the auto-updater / launcher ready for the game, and update the Mojang back-end to contain information about which games you own (in addition to Minecraft). Our current, reasonable estimate is that this will be done “before the holidays” 
The second most asked question is “How much will Cobalt cost?”
We will probably decide this the same day as the pre-order is available, so we don’t know yet. However, the aim is that when the game is “feature-complete” it will cost about €20, so the pre-order will cost much less than that.
// jeb_
November 27th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
good news!
November 27th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
my question is if the full game is 26.98$ will the per order be 13.50$? or some like that
November 27th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
What do you mean “update the Mojang back-end to contain information about which games you own”? Why would you store such information, it’s a bit privacy intruding.
November 27th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Hi Selis.
Clarification, “update the Mojang back-end to contain information about which Mojang-published games you have purchased from Mojang”.
Does that clarify?
November 27th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Selis:its more like…on xbox or steam..where it has a list of games that you own. so this way its more like bragging rights “hey i own scrolls, minecraft AND cobalt!!!”
At least thats my opinion
November 27th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
€20 is too much in my country … but i will try to get it
November 27th, 2011 at 6:46 pm
chill_humanoid:
Something like that, yepp!
November 27th, 2011 at 6:49 pm
this also implies that mojang is going to be coming out with crap-loads of games in the future which will be awesome!
Just an idea that the mojang crew should think abotu when the time comes. since you plan on having dlc later on for minecraft and scrolls(presumably) you should make a full launcher (kinda like the current minecraft one except news would be on there..new dlc..and one account can work for all the games, but you have to buy each game. Like the mojang version of steam!
November 27th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
Do you have a date for a native linux version? or will i have to use WINE for a while?
November 27th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
If you do pre order the game, do you have to pay the full price when the game gets released?
November 27th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
zeawius:
No it will be the same as minecraft.
November 27th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Hi! I just wonder if cobalt really is done before christmas???
November 27th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Definetely going to try to pre-order directly when I can.
Otherwise I’ll just do it later, but I can promise that I will do it sooner or later.
Oh and that you were talking about: I’ll be happy as long as I’ll be able to change my name atleast once. Since my current MC account got an old username that I use rarely now. If they will use the same accounts, that is.
November 27th, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Sweet.
November 27th, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Emil: It is our current best estimate that it will!
November 27th, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Erik: Just to clarify, Cobalt most certainly wont be done before christmas, but you will be able to pre-order the game at a heavy discount and when doing so you’ll get access to the current version of the game (which is still very much in development).
Cheerio!
/Kinten
November 27th, 2011 at 7:37 pm
Tollyx makes a good point. There are times i wish i could change my mc name so i didnt have an underscore but a – or something. I think mojang should do what microsoft does and have the ability to change your username. Not like everyother second or anything..but like..one time change thing.
Lets say i made my account when i was 14(i did) and it was “chill_humanoid”(it is) but when im 20 im still playing…then i can change it to “thechillest”
November 27th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
@admin Cool, thank you for clarifying; didn’t mean to burn or anything.
Really hyped about Cobalt.
November 27th, 2011 at 8:01 pm
This is probably an often asked question, but when will Cobalt be available for Mac system?(I really want to play this game, it looks so good from what i’v seen).
November 27th, 2011 at 8:19 pm
hi guys at mojang and oxeye!
im just wondering… could u make a place somewhere at some website where you could sign up for news about cobalt?
November 27th, 2011 at 8:22 pm
I don’t get it. Will the Alpha version be avaliable before the holidays ot not???
November 27th, 2011 at 8:28 pm
So will it work on a Premium account system, like Minecraft? So I could download it on any pc I want?
November 27th, 2011 at 8:32 pm
It is in our plan to get the game out for linux and mac as well, since our engine previously supported it. The alpha will initially only be for windows, and whenever the other platforms start to work, we will add those as well.
November 27th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
You can find all the places we use for information distribution on the sidebar of our community reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/oxeyegames/
You can also sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of the page which we only use for big releases.
November 27th, 2011 at 10:29 pm
thats good news and lot of question answered (2 questions but the most asked ones) lets keep waiting with hope. well we will be playing on vacation
November 27th, 2011 at 11:10 pm
when is coblat going to be able to be pre-orderd ive know of cobalt for ages and im really wanting to own the game
November 27th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
shut up! and give us a Demo xD… or eat my money…
November 28th, 2011 at 1:07 am
So, are we going to be getting this on Steam? I understand Minecraft isn’t going to use the service, but as a separate studio from Mojang, Oxeye is in a position I assume to make different decisions.
November 28th, 2011 at 4:05 am
Heres a couple of questions,
Have you thought about it being in the Humble Indie Bundle?
Will we get pre releases for upcoming content?
Multiplayer?
Beta testing for us fans?
November 28th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
I would like that They were exposed to Spanish.
November 29th, 2011 at 12:10 am
One more question for the Mac users. When the pre-order is available, I am assuming the Mac version won’t be available, but could a mac user still pre-order the game for the heavily discounted price and then be given an assurance that they will get the game for the mac when it comes out? (like a code or something?)
November 29th, 2011 at 8:21 pm
will the preorder come with multiplayer because me and my friends really wanna play real bad
November 29th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
It will come with local multiplayer. Networked doesnt exist, but ww would like to add it. No promises though.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:32 am
So only able to play multiplayer on the same computer? When you say “like to add it” do you mean it’s only a suggestion so far or is someone looking into it?
Multiplayer is the thing I would buy the game for, challenging my friends and I hope for you will implement some kind of ladder with rating. Game looks awesome btw cant w8 to try it out.
November 30th, 2011 at 9:20 am
like to add in this case means that we have been working on it, and are currently working on it, but we don’t know for sure if we will succeed in adding it.
November 30th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
you legend , thanks for the info
November 30th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
So will Cobalt Alpha be released soon?
December 1st, 2011 at 9:37 pm
What is the basic gist of Cobalt? I’m willing to buy the game, but a brief sypnosis would be sound…
December 1st, 2011 at 10:39 pm
I really cant wait! Every time i see Cobalt video, it remind me of how mush i really want to play the game and pre-order it already!
-eXsoR
December 3rd, 2011 at 10:38 pm
Sounds delicious!
December 4th, 2011 at 9:20 am
Where can I pre-order?!?
Please tell me!
I want to play as soon as possible!
December 6th, 2011 at 11:13 am
in my university we(20 people) want to make a tournament before holidays, pre-release quickly please.
We are “The RedSctroll Cubic Spanish Team” !!
December 7th, 2011 at 9:45 pm
eXsOr: Mush? XD. Anyways… Super Excited for release of alpha! Hopefully will be out in a few weeks!
December 8th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
‘the holidays’ is…
1 very soon
2 but not soon enough
December 9th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
He said it would probably be out for sale in a week. He pointed out that this was far from official, however.
December 9th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
He said it would probably be out for sale in a week. He pointed out that this was far from official, however. (Thewreck said.)
December 10th, 2011 at 4:04 am
Can a admin confirm TheVaffel statement to some degree? Or maybe a link?
December 10th, 2011 at 4:32 am
So if I want to play cobalt locally with my brother do we both need to purchase a copy of the game? To be honest i really hope you are able to implement networked multiplayer as it is what I and likely many others are most excited about. Adding competitive multiplayer elements would greatly extend the life of the game.
December 10th, 2011 at 9:26 am
Alec: If you and your brother wants to play locally you only need one (1) copy of cobalt =)
hope this clears things up.
December 10th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Me and my brother are facing the same problem as alec.
if only I have a copy of cobalt can my brother have all the same possibility’s in cobalt without buying the game?
Or can he only play multiplayer in the same network with my copy?
December 10th, 2011 at 7:40 pm
When Cobalt-alfa is released… Minecraft and Cobalt will share launcher?
It will be very useful, no more indie icons in the desktop…
One launcher to rule them all, One launcher to find them … just epic
December 10th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
So what about the pre-release? Wasn’t that going to be in October. Also I hape you guys make network games possible as well as letting us make our own gametypes, since so far I only know of survival, capture the plug and deathmach(not sure what it’s called in cobalt).
December 12th, 2011 at 7:32 am
sad to hear about the net multiplayer :/ i really hope you add this feature on the future, thx for the news
December 15th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
if its done for before 27 december, I’m happy
December 16th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
My son and I attended minecon and were told we’d be able to get Cobalt for free once it was released. How do we go about obtaining it? thanks!
December 19th, 2011 at 5:57 am
Julie:
Go to http://www.playcobalt.com
It Tells you that you will get it in a week or 2
December 23rd, 2011 at 3:59 am
I have a question, how do you guys make your AMAZING textures? :O
January 2nd, 2012 at 10:27 pm
If I allredy have Cobalt (Alpha) I need to buy it AGAIN?
January 4th, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Michael: If you have pre-ordered the full game, or received the alpha through minecon, you are good to go.
June 23rd, 2012 at 7:12 am
not to sound wierd or anything but do you (admin) know what jens bergensten’s email is its very very important
September 17th, 2015 at 12:16 pm
I just want to clarify a doubt,
1. is cobalt gonna be free on release or paid on steam in october 2015.
2. is alpha version self updating.
3. does the devs receive free steam keys on date of release.
4. does cobalt integrate with steam workshop for user maps.
5. what is the exact release date of cobalt.
6. I want that game, but I don’t have money and I am not afforded that that much T_T
September 21st, 2015 at 10:45 pm
1) Paid, as it’s always been.
2) No, but there’s an update button when you log in, if there’s an update.
3) The devs won’t be paying for their own game, of course. If what you meant is if the alpha backers get a steam key, then yes, alpha backers will.
4) Not yet, but it’s on the wishlist.
5) Sometime in October, there isn’t an exact one.
6) Not a question! Save up some