| Cake Mania | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Sandlot Games |
| Publisher(s) | Sandlot Games |
| Designer(s) | TowerGroup |
| Engine | PopCap Games Framework |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Adobe Flash Player, Nintendo DS, Mobile Phones, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Wii |
| Release | September 15, 2006[1] |
| Genre(s) | Strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Cake Mania 3. Genre: Action & Arcade. One tasty challenge! Jill is back to bake, frost and travel through time! Serve scrumptious cakes to quirky customers and help Jill make it to her wedding day! Bake, ice and serve your cakes as fast you can. If you keep your business bustling you'll rake. Cake Mania 2. Genre: Action & Arcade. Make this bakery into a sugary sensation! Serve scrumptious cakes to quirky customers in Jill's latest bakery adventure! Bake, ice and serve your cakes as fast you can and try to keep your customers happy to rake in the big tips! If you're quick enough a booming business might be a piece of cake!
Cake Mania is a name and also a series of cooking and time managementvideo games developed and published by Sandlot Games in 2006. The Wii version is known as Cake Mania: In the Mix!. The PlayStation 2 version is known as Cake Mania: Bakers Challenge which consists of Cake Mania (2006) and the sequel, Cake Mania: Back to the Bakery (2009). This port also includes a mode called 'Bakers Challenge', allowing the player to modify Jill's kitchen, customers, and the business hours.
Plot[edit]
Jill Evans, who was inspired by her baker grandparents, developed a love for pastry cooking and went to a culinary school. When Jill comes back from culinary school, she finds her grandparents' bakery, Evans' Bakery, closed. Jill decides to open her own bakery and work her way up the business ladder so she can buy back her grandparents' bakery. She also learns how to deal with some very tricky customers along the way. In Cake Mania: Back to the Bakery, Jill tries to win her grandparents a Hawaiian cruise vacation while renovating the bakery. In Cake Mania 3 Jill is about to get married but gets sent back in time to different periods including prehistoric dinosaur times and ancient China.[clarification needed]
Gameplay[edit]
The player controls Jill, a baker. Customers come in and line up, giving Jill their orders. The player must then direct Jill to create the cake each customer wants, hopefully before the customer becomes tired of waiting and leaves. Jill can use other items such as cupcakes and a television to help keep her customers patient while they wait.
Virtual money earned in the game can be used to buy additional baking equipment such as a second oven, better frosting machine, cupcake microwave, or even faster shoes to keep Jill ahead of the orders.
Reception[edit]
Cake Mania By Nicky Jam
The review aggregator website Metacritic gave Cake Mania a score of 55 from 100 based on 23 critics' reviews. Metacritic categorised the score as 'mixed or average reviews.' [2]
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References[edit]
- ^IGN: Cake Mania
- ^'Cake Mania (ds: 2007): Reviews'. Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^'Cake Mania Review - Nintendo DS'. Nds.gamezone.com. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^Princess, Rebel (May 14, 2007). 'Review : Cake Mania [DS] - from GamePro.com'. Gamepro.com. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^'Cake Mania'. GamesMaster: 83. December 2007.
- ^Harris, Craig. 'IGN: Cake Mania Review'. Ds.ign.com. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^'Cake Mania'. Game Informer: 97. May 2007.
- ^Di, Elisa. 'GameSpy: Cake Mania Review'. Ds.gamespy.com. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^'Cake Mania'. Nintendo Power: 103. June 2007.
- ^'Cake Mania'. NGamer: 70. December 2007.
- ^'Cake Mania Review from 1UP.com'. 1up.com. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^Words: Alan Kim, GamesRadar US. 'Cake Mania | Games Radar.com'. Gamesradar.com. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^Apr, Posted (April 9, 2007). 'Cake Mania for DS Review - DS Cake Mania Review'. Majesco Games. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^Keza MacDonald. 'DS Roundup Review - Page 1 // DS /// Eurogamer - Games Reviews, News and More'. Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^'Cake Mania Review Videos - G4tv.com'. G4tv.com. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ^'Cake Mania (ds: 2007): Reviews'. Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
External links[edit]
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