CS+ Steam update

somehow, palpatine CS+ steam has returned with an update that backports switch content(!) and adds modding support(!!!); notably converting a lot of formerly hardcoded/internal values to .json tables as well as lua API implementation

at the moment, it's a 'private' beta - a bunch of the features mentioned in the official steam announcement aren't actually implemented (notably no workshop support or the mentioned 'custom BL fork') - but it's still pretty cool, and interesting to explore... supposedly, according to tyrone's messages in the CS discord server it'll be 'going public' on monday, and there was mention of an official email to be established for bug reports, so we'll have to wait and see what comes out of that :]

if you're interested in testing it yourself:
1. right click 'Cave Story+'
2. open 'Properties' > Game Versions & Betas
3. enter 'ModPizzaParty' into the 'Private Versions' field
4. select the 'ModdersDelight' branch and it should begin to download

so far i've found a bunch of weird and wacky internal file structure changes, although the only thing of major interest (for those who haven't spent the last bunch of years documenting the internal shenanigans of the various CS ports, at any rate) is that there seems to be support for multiple languages set up - i don't expect this to be confirmation of official translations, outside of maaaaaaybe korean as that was officially released for the eshop, but it may be set up for fan translations to be ported/created

 

for those who still play steam ver this is cool!

 

dude that hyped me so much
cave story+ on steam will finally be the DEFINITIVE official way of playing the game now (excluding the freeware version, that is)

 

I'm actually shocked this is happening. A CS+ update in the big '26. Awesome to see our beloved game get the love it deserves.

 

at the moment, it's a 'private' beta - a bunch of the features mentioned in the official steam announcement aren't actually implemented (notably no workshop support or the mentioned 'custom BL fork')

I'm assuming this that this also includes documentation for the modding stuff not being public. I spent around an hour trying to find anything like that for the lua API or a way to activate the debug mode.

I kinda suspected that the switch stuff would be ported to PC eventually, but I always thought it would be paid DLC or something like that. Cool that it's a free update.