We're sure you've been on the edge of your seats, but it's time. Muffed is now available on Xbox! We're actually very excited because this will be our first console release. :)
Will this impact the Steam Edition?
No more than it already has, with performance updates and stuff like that (as noted in our previous update posts). If we make updates to Muffed that are applicable for you, you'll get them too!
What's different about the Xbox Edition?
The Xbox Edition of Muffed has 3 primary differences:
- It does not have the Workshop - the browser-based Workshop plays nicer on PC, and Microsoft has much stricter limits on User Generated Content than we're comfortable monitoring.
- It has the Supporter Edition in-game goodies (hair and bonus maps) to help bridge the lack of Workshop
- It's limited to 8 maximum players (the Xbox has a maximum controller limit of 8).
This Edition also integrates with Xbox features for things like achievements, cloud saves, etc. instead of the Steam integration for those features.
Why does Xbox show me a "Permission Needed" popup?
The short answer: we don't really know exactly. Muffed does NOT collect any user info.
The long answer: This popup is required by Microsoft for any UWP-packaged app on Xbox. Because Muffed is a UWP app (as opposed to an XDK/GDK app), it is required for some reason. Muffed does not collect any user info at all. The extent of the "user info" that Muffed even has in memory is the current user's gamertag and gamer ID (used by literally every game on Xbox), which is used to integrate with Xbox Achievements, Rich Presence, and other basic Xbox-related integrations. We do not store/send/anything any user info of any kind. Outside of the Xbox API, Muffed doesn't even ping a server at all (because the Xbox version doesn't have the Workshop, and we don't even run analytics).
Thanks for reading!
- Kelsam
