Cake Mania

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**Cake Mania** is a puzzle game developed by Sandlot Games and released on February 28, 2006. It was available for download until the client shut down in 2013.

## Overview

Jill is a young baker who acquired her passion for baking from her grandparents in their bakery, Evans Bakery. When she returned from culinary school, she discovered Evans Bakery closed down because a "Mega-Mart" moved in. Jill decides to show the mega corporation what her family's baking is all about and opened her own bakery in order to earn enough money to buy back Evans Bakery. Can Jill handle the pressure of running her own business and beat Mega-Mart?

In *Cake Mania*, your job is to help Jill meet the monthly quota through 48 progressively difficult levels. This is no simple task because you will have to bake quickly as well as serve the customers quickly.

There are a variety of different customers to serve. From nice old ladies to impatient holiday icons like Cupid! Each kind of customer have a different patience-level (indicated by the number of hearts). The longer they wait, the lower their patience. If they get too low, they will storm off and cost you money!

When a customer first enters your bakery, hand them a menu. Then they will give you their order (in the form of a thought bubble) and you will have to create that cake. If you create the wrong cake (wrong shape or wrong frosting, etc) then you will have to throw it away and start over (costing you more money). You start off with one oven and one frosting machine. Between levels you will have the opportunity to purchase upgrades or new items that will improve the bakery's. For example, you can purchase upgrade your oven to one that bakes faster or you can purchase a T.V. that will help improve customers' patience.

## How to Play

Help Jill bake, frost, and decorate cakes according to her customer's orders.  Make sure you get the order right and on time or your customers will be out the door.

Customers love the cakes that Jill makes. They will stream into her shop to place orders. But be quick; they sometimes become very impatient and will storm out if not waited on in a timely manner. This will cost you money in the long run.

When your customers arrive, first hand them a menu by clicking on them.

When they have placed their order, click on the matching cake shape on Jill's ovens.

Once the cake is done, click on it to pick it up and take it to the frosting station.  Click the color of frosting the customer wants on the frosting station.

After frosting, your cake may be ready for delivery or your customer may have requested a topping.  To add a topping, click on the topping at the decoration station.  To deliver the cake to your customer click on him or her.

After handing over another delicious masterpiece, customers will leave behind their payment and tip on the counter for Jill to collect.  Click on the payment to collect it and get closer to your goal.

Between levels, Jill will have the opportunity to spend some of her hard earned money on upgrades to her bakery.  Some upgrades improve her output while others keep the customers happy while they wait.  Choose your upgrades wisely and you'll be on the way to baking success!