,--. . ,-,-,-. TM | `-' ,-. | , ,-. `,| | | ,-. ,-. . ,-. | . ,-| |< |-' | ; | . ,-| | | | ,-| `--' `-^ ' ` `-' ' `-' `-^ ' ' ' `-^ ,-,---. . . . . ,-,---. . '|___/ ,-. ,-. | , |- ,-. |- |-. ,-. '|___/ ,-. | , ,-. ,-. . . ,| \ ,-| | |< | | | | | | |-' ,| \ ,-| |< |-' | | | `-^---' `-^ `-' ' ` `' `-' `' ' ' `-' `-^---' `-^ ' ` `-' ' `-| /| `-' A non-official FAQ/Walkthrough for another not-very-popular release. Made only for Gamefaqs completion project. Cake Mania is a name of a contest. Many people can get misunderstanding thinking that it can be about puzzle cake game or cake tetris or something the like. Who thinks that one will serve so many customers in this "Cake Mania"? It shouldn't be a common contest that one can think of, there is no prearranged place and time. Everyday just passes as usual and the judges will come and examine your bakery (seems to be at random time). As you do your business well, you will hear that your competitors are miraculously tripped. So uncommon, yet so miraculous. Lastly, some legal notice: This document may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any website or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web- site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. Ver. 1.00 -- 1/1/2010 A wish for a better new year. Ver. 1.02 -- 1/11/2010 Ver. 1.03 -- 12/12/2012 Ver. 1.04 -- 8/8/2013 Ver. 1.08 -- 1/1/2015 Ver. 1.09 -- 6/6/2018 1.04 -> 1.08 is a major update. CONTENTS Prologue. Cake Mania Series Note (up until this game). A. Controls and Menu B. Rules C. General Tips D. Walkthrough E. Upgrades F. FAQ G. Special Thanks ............................. ....................................... ................................................. PROLOGUE. CAKE MANIA SERIES NOTE There is not much to say here, really. Before this game, there is only a single Cake Mania release available for some newer computer platforms. Playing this game before this one is necessary since Cake Mania(TM) is an easier game. Storylinewise, this game just happened after the first Cake Mania, so they actually can be fused into one game. ............................. ....................................... ................................................. A. CONTROLS AND MENU You just need to use a single xellent mouse to play this game. And you only need to use the left button only. Note that the accuracy of your clicking is absolutely necessary, as well as glaring at your monitor because you'll have to click on small small things. Update: If your TV in Real Life(TM) is big enough, nothing is too small anyway. The menu is as follows: 1) Play You can either play a new game or load a saved game. Technical stuffs are inside the walkthrough. 2) High Scores High Scores are stored here. The default is zero. As long as your scores are more than zero, it will be placed in the Local Scores. The other options are avilable as long as you are connected to the internet, and you do not install something like firewall that blocks the connection. You can also post your high score online, but you have to be online when your high score are being recorded. (Just hope that it will be virus free....!!) But I have tried it a few times, and I think my PC is still safe. One hundred high scores are updated daily here in "Daily" option! (...at least when I check it up). If you check the "All" option, I think the score shouldn't be achieved by someone, it's more reasonable to say that it was set by the game developers. Me think it (45000) is not impossible to reach, but you may need tremendous efforts and some luck to pass that score. And right now, it seems that the global high score is dead and you can't see it anymore (at least for the moment). This will be updated when there are something new happened (likely??). 3) Options Music and Sound (Effect) volume are stored here. If full screen mode is disabled, then windowed mode is in effect. Windowed mode is recommended if your current resolution is more than 800x600. Turning on hardware acceleration has the effect of economizing processor usage. This action also nullifies errors that could halt the game. 4) Help This option opens another separated HTML file. Sub-options are located on the top of the page. ---------------------------------------- | SUB OPTION | SUB OPTION | SUB OPTIO | | | | Those are: =Introduction. =System Requirements. =Getting Started. =Controls. =Game Menus. =Support. =Credits. 5) Exit to Windows ............................. ....................................... ................................................. B. RULES This game has stated the basic rule of this game. Click on Getting Started at the Help File. Newbies should read it. Of course, there are other rules that aren't mentioned here. For anybody who have tried to beat Cake Mania(TM) hard enough, they are likely to know what they are. These below rules are more advanced version of the basic rules that you may know from Cake Mania 1: -------------- Item at Hand -------------- 1. Jill can only take one item with her hands at once, but can give menu, take money, and bake a cake while carrying a cake. 2. Giving a cupcake to waiting customer will result in giving the customer cupcake first, click once more to hand him/her the menu. 3. You can't put a decorated cake everywhere, but on the Display Case. You can put a frosted cake on frosting stations, decorations, and Display Case, and you can put unfrosted cake on baking machines, frosting stations and Display Case. This rule is good to know, but kinda difficult to remember. And, an unfrosted cake in the display case doesn't seem to attract any customers. -------------- Cake Dumps -------------- 1. The game teach you how to dump a wrong cake at intro, but they don't tell you that you have to pay the cake cost afterwards, but if your money at that time is zero, you are free to dump cakes as many as you want. 2. Remember to clear the display case (more precisely: all areas of your bakery) once it is closed, or you will pay twice the cake cost! Probably they wanna teach you the habit of throwing all garbages to its place... If your displayed cake is not sold, and you don't want to lose any money, just hold it on your hand at closing time. Wonder why? Perhaps they think that you gonna take it home and eat it. ^___^ 3. I think you can see another garbage can inside the bakery, below the baking machine. If you bake a cake after baking another cake, when you finish baking the new cake but the old cake is still on the baking machine, then the old cake will be automatically dumped into that garbage can, and you'll have to pay the cost right away. -------------- Cake Cost -------------- The cake cost is the same with how much the customers give to you, with the exception: Unfrosted cake costs $15 each. -------------------- Closing Time -------------------- 1. If you have served all the customers before closing time, then the closing time is hastened. 2. The actual closing time is not always shown by the clock, but if you have picked all of the money available instead. 3. The customer will stop coming after closing time even if there are still customers scheduled to come. -------------------- Double-Clicking -------------------- Double-Clicking also works in this game, but unlike Diner Dash series, the game won't display any sign of it. -------------------- Television -------------------- If you've got the TV, you can turn it on by clicking the SMALL yellow circle button below it (Do all the icons all are as small as this one, anyway? Update: If your TV in Real Life is big enough, nothing is too small anyway >__>). Click once for cartoon channel, twice for news, and thrice for food network, As you can see the channel number of these TV programs big at the upper-right side of the TV. Do it once more, and the pattern will recycle itself. Unlike TV in Real Life, the selected TV program will end in some time ahead, and you have to re-adjust the TV channel if you want to turn it on again. Every time you select a customer's favourite channel, you will increase his/her heart by one. -------------------- Cupcake -------------------- The Cupcake Oven makes cupcakes automatically, you don't need to turn it on or sumthin' like that. When all the cupcakes are used up, the machine will make the next batch automatically. Giving cupcake to any customer who doesn't order yet will result in giving him/ her the cupcake only. You can dump cupcakes for free, but.... that would be stupid to do that. Giving cupcakes can do various result depending to whom you give it to. -------------------- Customers -------------------- Here are the customer's behaviour in more detail manner: If you don't have any topping, the customers won't ask for one. I think if you don't have the topping your customers want, they'll ask for random topping of what you already have. The customers don't always order their favourite cakes, they can order other cakes. My experience says that they only can order another random topping, and this also happens very rarely. Also remember that your customers are getting more impatient as time passes by, or more exactly as a year has been passed. There is maximum customer row at the bakery, that is different from month to month. It is less at the beginning of the game, but it will be fixed at 4 later. The unpicked money can prevent customer flow as it also means the customer is still there in this case. The names should be official, should be no problem about them, except College Female. College female was described as Jill's college friend, but the other authors also said this name (heheheh). ----------------- 1. Supermarket Delivery Man Giving cupcake effect: 1 Favorite TV channel: News Tip: $1 x heart Comment: The very customer you start out with. Quite nice and patient. -Year 1 Starting patience: 4 Favourite cake type: Single layered, tradewinds topping. -Year 2 Starting patience: 4 Favourite cake type: Double layered, no topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, no topping. ----------------- ----------------- 2. Cupid Giving cupcake effect: 1 Favorite TV channel: Cartoon Tip: $1 x heart Comment: He is not even a human, but still eats cakes 0___0 Not very patient, like the kids. -Year 1 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Single layered, random topping. -Year 2 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Single layered, snail mail topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, snail mail topping. ----------------- ----------------- 3. Granny Giving cupcake effect: 2 Favorite TV channel: Food network Tip: $2 x heart Comment: Vacationing granny is that granny with black glasses and hat and less patience. Granny is the most patient group in this game. 3.1. Regular -Year 1 Starting patience: 4 Favourite cake type: Single layered, super granny topping. -Year 2 Starting patience: 4 Favourite cake type: Single layered, super granny topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 5 Favourite cake type: Double layered, super granny topping. 3.2. Vacationing -Year 1 Vacationing grannies do not show up during this time. -Year 2 Starting patience: 2 Favourite cake type: Double layered, no topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, super granny topping. ----------------- ----------------- 4. Easter Bunny Giving cupcake effect: 1 Favorite TV channel: Cartoon Tip: $1 x heart Comment: He is the most impatient being on the planet! An adult in pink bunny costume, behaves like a kid, and looks unfriendly. -Year 1 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Single layered, snail mail topping. -Year 2 Starting patience: 2 Favourite cake type: Single layered, snail mail topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 2 Favourite cake type: Double layered, snail mail topping. ----------------- ----------------- 5. Businessman Giving cupcake effect: 2 Favorite TV channel: News Tip: $5 x heart Comment: High tipper, but not very patient, especially the vacationing type. 5.1.Regular -Year 1 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Single layered, candle topping. -Year 2 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Single layered, candle topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, candle topping. 5.2.Vacationing -Year 1 Vacationing businessmen do not show up during this time. -Year 2 Starting patience: 2 Favourite cake type: Double layered, tradewinds topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, tradewinds topping. ----------------- ----------------- 6. School Kid Giving cupcake effect: 5 Favorite TV channel: Cartoon Tip: $1 x heart -Year 1 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Single layered, no topping. -Year 2 Starting patience: 2 Favourite cake type: Single layered, Slyder topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 2 Favourite cake type: Double layered, Slyder topping. ----------------- ----------------- 7. College Female Giving cupcake effect: 2 Favorite TV channel: Food network Tip: $2 x heart Comment: Jill's college friends, quite patient. -Year 1 Starting patience: 4 Favourite cake type: Single layered, random topping. Starting from August, strawberry topping. -Year 2 They don't show up during this time. Maybe all of them have become brides.... -Year 3 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, strawberry topping. ----------------- ----------------- 8. Dracula Giving cupcake effect: 1 (Dracula eats cupcakes? Only in Cake Mania(TM)....) Favorite TV channel: Food network (Dracula is a female?) Tip: $1 x heart Comment: I don't find (her?) draining other customer's mood, maybe because there is no bride in front of (her?). But in case it is, dracula will capture and take her fly instead a la Haunted Castle(TM). *__* What?! This is not true! Should be because I'd defeated the count at that moment, (She?) does not dare with me..... (bullshit?) -Year 1 Starting patience: 4 Favourite cake type: Double layered, rose topping. -Year 2 Starting patience: 4 Favourite cake type: Double layered, rose topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 4 Favourite cake type: Double layered, rose topping. ----------------- ----------------- 9. Food Critic Giving cupcake effect: 1 Favorite TV channel: Food network Tip: $1 x heart Comment: She is not that serious type and always writing things, but yawning around. -Year 1 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, rose topping. -Year 2 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, rose topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, rose topping. ----------------- ----------------- 10. Santa Claus Giving cupcake effect: 2 Favorite TV channel: Cartoon Tip: $2 x heart Comment: Frowning Santa Claus, but still have moderate patience. -Year 1 Starting patience: 4 Favourite cake type: Double layered, snail mail topping. -Year 2 Starting patience: 4 Favourite cake type: Double layered, all tree shaped, snail mail topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 4 Favourite cake type: Double layered, all tree shaped, snail mail topping. ----------------- ----------------- 11. Bride Giving cupcake effect: 2 Favorite TV channel: Food network Tip: $2 x heart Comment: She comes wearing her wedding dress into your bakery, the patience is on par with uncle Sam. -Year 1 You may know this, that there is no bride during this time. -Year 2 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, wedding topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, wedding topping. ----------------- ----------------- 12. Uncle Sam Giving cupcake effect: 1 Favorite TV channel: News Tip: $2 x heart Comment: Additional type for this game. Looking for the difficulty, this addition shouldn't be a friendly one. -Year 1 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Single layered, candle topping. -Year 2 Starting patience: 2 Favourite cake type: Double layered, no topping. -Year 3 Starting patience: 3 Favourite cake type: Double layered, candle topping. ----------------- ............................. ....................................... ................................................. C. GENERAL TIPS a. Be warned that this game is difficult, suitable for someone who likes challenges. It's important too to make sure your health and spirit is in normal+ condition. Just because of the difficulty of this game, try not to lose any customers. Doing a few clicking mistakes are fine, but don't lose any customers. BTW, for each customer you lose, no matter who he/she is, no matter when it is at the moment, you get -$50. If they already said what type of cake they want, that will hurt your (virtual) $$ more. -50 for frosted cake, -75 for decorated cake, -100 for double cake, and -125 for double decorated cake. That should be enough hurt for your income to reach the goal in this game. b. Make sure you have practiced precise clicking. Configuring your mouse properly at the control panel really helps. c. I think trying the first Cake Mania beforehand should help. d. You probably won't want to miss any "level intro". Please read them well because the information can help you, as well as a few of the success notes. AT LEAST, you know who is going to come that month by reading the intro. e. You'd better choose and use your upgrades wisely. f. Try to load your saved game instead of trying again because if you do, you can try unlimited times. You should save often too if you do not wish to replay so many progresses. ............................. ....................................... ................................................. D. WALKTHROUGH As usual, hardware check: ---Ahem....I do not claim myself as a hardware expert, but this situation kinda pushes me. So please don't mind a little mistakes. Computer processing power seems to be able to change from time to time. Kinda illogical, right? Software can change that surely, but in my case: internet connection can cause that?? To be to the point: This game should be about the same with Diner Dash (not to be self-advertising), if it's not lighter for the CPU, of course with "Hardware Acceleration" turns on. ---Computer does not only have physical memory, but also virtual memory. Also, it seems that video games use more memories than my previous estimations (depends on what inside the CPU?) Pardon me, everyone _-_ I'll update them when I've got the chance. I also find that as you are playing this game (and advancing) longer, you can find that both of the memories are being used up more (until some maximum amount). The most usage I've seen is solely the game itself uses ~288 MB. of physical memory. Virtual memory usage is about the same. VGA card mem? ---This program can't be run under DOS. Okay, you probably know that you play as Jill, who has the ambition to develop her grandparents' bakery after saving it from Mega-Mart and win Hawaiian cruise for them for they had raised her until she graduated. If you read the introduction, this game actually is nothing but harder version of Cake Mania(TM) Open the EXE file (you know where it is, aren't you?). 0_____0 -______- In case you don't know, make sure you remember the folder you install(ed) the program. Go there, and click on Jill's face. What?? you still have problem? make sure you create all kinds of shortcuts when installing, hopefully it's on your desktop background. If it's not, then it's inside the Start Menu on the bottom-left corner of the monitor (this should be true for all windows versions I know). Hopefully, I won't explain things like these anymore ^____^ **************** * YEAR 1 * **************** Before anything, you will have some tutorial shift. Unfortunately, you can't skip this one. So, just do what the game tells you. As usual, I'll give you the fail notes. A lil' edit on the fail notes >___> A. January Baker goal: $250 Difficulty: 3/10 Maximum customer row: 2 Customers: 10 school kids. Fail note: The local schoolkids are so sweet, using their allowances to buy cakes! They're dying for their hometown to earn some fame by winning this contest, but that doesn't mean they're any more patient than usual. This game just starts much harder. Don't wish to save up much money, make some plan and buy the upgrades as soon as you have the money. If you fail, you won't save any money you earned for the future. You only can take one cake with you on your right hand. If you wonder, why one month? I don't really sure about the answer, probably because the bakery only opens once in a month, or it's just a simulation, or..? You can upgrade equipments after a month passes with the money you have earned. What can they be? Please see section E. Upgrades for the answer. You can also save your game. If you feel that this quest is difficult (which you should---for the first several months), you should save before continuing. B. February Baker goal: $300 Difficulty: 4/10 Maximum customer row: 3 Customers: Cupid, 2 school kids, cupid, 2 school kids, cupid, school kid, 3 cupids. Fail note: Holidays always bring out the touchy customers, but swift service with a smile always sends them off happy. And until I can afford a cupcake oven, I'm going have to be sure I smile extra big! C. March Baker goal: $400 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: 2 college females, 2 school kids, college female, 2 school kids, 3 college females, 2 school kids. Fail note: Schoolkids don't like being ignored in favor of the older customers. Serving them first shows them that I value their business just as much as everyone else's! D. April Baker goal: $500 Difficulty: 7/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Easter bunny, college female, school kid, 2 easter bunnies, school kid, easter bunny, college female, school kid, college female, 4 easter bunnies, college female, school kid. Fail note: I keep telling the eastern bunnies that stressing out isn't good for them, but I don't think they've been listening. A yoga class or two would do them a world of good, but until then, I'd better keep them moving before they blow a gasket! E. May Baker goal: $600 Difficulty: 9/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Delivery man, college female, delivery man, school kid, delivery man, school kid, delivery man, college female, school kid, 2 delivery men, college female, delivery man, 2 school kids, delivery man. Fail note: Plain icing won't get us to our quota anymore. Next month we're planning to spruce up the walls, and we've got to be able to pay the painters! A tradewinds topper isn't just an option, it's a necessity. Note that if you notice customer's behaviour above, it seems that tradewinds topper isn't a necessity, you can change it with any other toppers you want. If you think some more, you may discover another (I think it is) a better way. ...What is it? Okay, you can tempt the buyers with double cakes. Of course it needs some luck. A decent attempt with two of them sold should be enough. A little note about the Display Case: You should place the cake to the Display Case first before giving menu to the customers to have chance to make them buy the displayed cake. If many of the customers see the displayed cake at once, it seems that the probability of the displayed cake interests a customer increases, but I'm not very sure about this. I haven't seen two customers want that same displayed cake when many customers see it. F. June Baker goal: $650 Difficulty: 8/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Granny, delivery man, school kid, college female, school kid, granny, delivery man, college female, school kid, granny, school kid, college female, granny, college female, delivery man, school kid, granny. Fail note: Gran's friends are quite content to stand around discussing the bakery's new look while I serve more time-pressed customers. The debate rages on: are the walls "avocado" or "olive"? G. July Baker goal: $700 Difficulty: 7/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Uncle Sam, college female, school kid, granny, delivery man, uncle Sam, college female, school kid, uncle Sam, granny, school kid, delivery man, uncle Sam, college female, school kid, granny, uncle Sam, school kid, uncle Sam. Fail note: It was pretty funny when Uncle Sam kept pointing at me and hollered, "I WANT YOU to make me a cake!" funny the first 10 times. After that I need to hustle him off; he's too distracting when he belts out the national anthem at the top of his lungs. H. August Baker goal: $800 Difficulty: 7/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Businessman, college female, school kid, granny, delivery man, businessman, college female, school kid, businessman, granny, school kid, delivery man, businessman, college female, school kid, granny, businessman, school kid, businessman. Fail note: I swear, life was a lot more relaxed before someone came up with the idea of multitasking! I've got to streamline my production; rumor has it Le Chateau Gateau churns out 50 cakes a minute! Who do they have working there, oompa-loompas? Next is another tutorial. If you have baked two cakes, you can put one cake on top of another. Don't worry about that, the size has been reduced automatically. But remember the order of the cake, the customers won't want their cakes to be upside down. You don't have to put the second cake on the first cake first, but you can straightly frost the second cake. If you want to make a double decorated cake, and you have a single decorated cake and single non-decorated cake, you have to click on the decorated cake first, and then put it on the non-decorated cake. Okay, you can hate this. Besides this cake type is not really common at this moment, you also have to glare the monitor more (ahem..remember your eyes' health), especially every October. The topping also looks smaller when the cake is double. Update: bigger TV/monitor...? I. September Baker goal: $800 Difficulty: 7/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Food critic, school kid, delivery man, businessman, school kid, food critic, granny, 2 college females, businessman, food critic, delivery man, food critic, school kid, food critic, college female, granny. Fail note: Twice as much cake and half the patience, that's a Food Critic in a nutshell. If I can tempt them with prebaked cakes in the display case, it may make my life a whole lot easier. J. October Baker goal: $900 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: School kid, granny, businessman, dracula, college female, delivery man, granny, dracula, businessman, college female, school kid, dracula, delivery man, school kid, businessman, dracula, granny, school kid, delivery man, dracula. Fail note: Dealing with Dracula took a mean bite out of my profits this month. He's patient, all right, but the other customers get antsy about the possibility he might indulge in a little "self-serve". K. November Baker goal: $1000 Difficulty: 4/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: School kid, granny, businessman, food critic, college female, school kid, 2 food critics, school kid, businessman, 2 food critics, delivery man, food critic, businessman, food critic, granny, school kid, delivery man, 2 food critics. Fail note: I don't think the Food Critics noticed our new carpet at all, they were so busy checking their watches and scowling at the ovens. But I have a secret weapon: TV cooking shows! The Iron Chef will keep them enthralled for ages. Iron Chef is a TV show in the Real Life, in case you don't know x___x L. December Baker goal: $1200 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Santa Claus, businessman, delivery man, school kid, Santa Claus, school kid, granny, food critic, college female, Santa Claus, delivery man, food critic, granny, college female, Santa Claus, businessman, Santa Claus, school kid, delivery man, granny, Santa Claus, school kid, food critic, school kid. Fail note: "Dear Santa: What I'd really like for Christmas would be to reach my Baker Goal this month. If I win this contest, I finally get to pay Gran and Grampa back for their care, with the vacation of a lifetime! And I KNOW they must be at the top of your Nice list." Looks like no matter what month it is, the outside look is still the same, the very zimilar to this area, but the level intro said something about snow... **************** * YEAR 2 * **************** A. January Baker goal: $650 Difficulty: 7/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Granny, vacationing granny, granny, vacationing granny, granny, vacationing granny, granny, vacationing granny, granny, vacationing granny, granny, vacationing granny. Fail note: Grannies on their winter getaways tip well, as long as we don't make them late for their cruise ship boarding calls. At least the double-decker orders are great money-makers; they cost more, and keep me so busy in the kitchen that I have no chance to spend the profits! B. February Baker goal: $675 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Granny, 2 cupids, vacationing granny, 3 cupids, granny, 2 cupids, vacationing granny, cupid, granny, cupid, vacationing granny. Fail note: Sorry, Cupid, but you'd better give ground to grannies on the go. Two-tiered cakes take priority, and you don't want to get in the way of a vicious hat-swatting! C. March Baker goal: $700 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Granny, 2 school kids, vacationing granny, 3 school kids, granny, 2 school kids, vacationing granny, school kid, granny, school kid, vacationing granny, school kid. Fail note: Fudge! That news about my rival's fancy equipment threw me off my stride, but as Grampa always said, if your cake falls, you've got to move on and mix up a new one! D. April Baker goal: $750 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Easter bunny, school kid, granny, school kid, granny, school kid, easter bunny, school kid, easter bunny, granny, easter bunny, granny, easter bunny, vacationing granny, granny, school kid, easter bunny, vacationing granny, easter bunny. Fail note: My experiments with 'performance' baking worked great, right up until I tried to ice a cake Ginsu-style: toss it in the air and frost it before it hits the counter. Not one of my best business ideas. E. May Baker goal: $900 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Vacationing businessman, 2 businessmen, vacationing businessman, businessman, vacationing businessman, businessman, 2 vacationing businessmen, businessman, vacationing businessman, businessman, vacationing businessman, 2 businessmen, vacationing businessman, 2 businessmen, 2 vacationing businessmen. Fail note: Isn't time off supposed to make people MORE relaxed? These businessman are going to need some R-and-R after all these stressful vacationing! I should come up with some special recipes for them, like antacid butter cream. F. June Baker goal: $1100 Difficulty: 5/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Vacationing businessman, granny, businessman, vacationing granny, businessman, vacationing businessman, granny, vacationing granny, vacationing businessman, granny, vacationing granny, businessman, granny, vacationing granny, businessman, vacationing businessman, businessman, granny, vacationing granny, vacationing businessman. Fail note: I can't keep up with Gran's crazy friends! Sweet little old white-haired ladies chirping, "Step on it, daerie, I've got a hang-gliding lesson at three o'clock!" throw me every time. After getting such customer swarm in so little time at the several passing months, you can rest a bit around this month. G. July Baker goal: $1150 Difficulty: 4/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Granny, uncle Sam, vacationing businessman, vacationing granny, delivery man, vacationing businessman, uncle Sam, vacationing granny, uncle Sam, vacationing businessman, vacationing granny, delivery man, vacationing granny, granny, vacationing businessman, uncle Sam, granny, uncle Sam, vacationing granny, vacationing businessman, uncle Sam. Fail note: Making a birthday cake is easy. Making enough cake for an entire nation to celebrate its birthday is a bit more of a challenge! H. August Baker goal: $1250 Difficulty: 5/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Granny, bride, vacationing businessman, vacationing granny, delivery man, vacationing businessman, bride, vacationing granny, bride, vacationing businessman, vacationing granny, delivery man, vacationing granny, bride, granny, vacationing businessman, granny, bride, vacationing granny, delivery man, 2 brides. Fail note: In the summer, tempers run higher than a three-tiered wedding cake, but nowhere near as sweet. In combination with the vacationers, they make for a challenge as tough as finding the right engagement ring! I. September Baker goal: $1400 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Granny, school kid, vacationing businessman, vacationing granny, delivery man, vacationing businessman, school kid, vacationing granny, school kid, vacationing businessman, vacationing granny, delivery man, vacationing granny, school kid, granny, vacationing businessman, granny, school kid, vacationing granny, delivery man, 4 school kids. Fail note: Everything comes down to the lunch hour lineup. These kids can't be late getting back to class! I hope they aren't spending ALL their lunch money on cakes. J. October Baker goal: $1350 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Granny, school kid, vacationing businessman, dracula, delivery man, school kid, vacationing granny, dracula, school kid, vacationing businessman, vacationing granny, dracula, vacationing granny, granny, vacationing businessman, dracula, granny, school kid, delivery man, 3 draculas. Fail note: Note for future reference: customers announcing "I vant to suck your blood" in the lineup are a definite business deterrent. Burying those freaky fangs in a cupcake might keep dracula quiet until I get his order. Or a cross. K. November Baker goal: $1400 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Granny, school kid, vacationing businessman, food critic, uncle Sam, School kid, vacationing granny, food critic, school kid, vacationing businessman, vacationing granny, uncle Sam, vacationing granny, granny, vacationing businessman, food critic, granny, uncle Sam, delivery man, food critic, uncle Sam, food critic, uncle Sam. Fail note: Uncle Sam's in a rush to continue on spreading his patriotic message, despite being out of season. Loving your country is a year-round affair! L. December Baker goal: $1700 Difficulty: 5/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Santa Claus, food critic, uncle Sam, bride, Santa Claus, school kid, vacationing businessman, food critic, uncle Sam, Santa Claus, vacationing granny, bride, Santa Claus, delivery man, school kid, vacationing businessman, Santa Claus, vacationing granny, vacationing businessman, easter bunny, Santa Claus, vacationing granny, school kid, cupid, 2 school kids. Fail note: If I find out who hung mistletoe over the cash register, they're in BIG TROUBLE. Umm... if you are not clear what mistletoe is (like me), it is supposed to be some plants that's traditional in some places for celebrating Christmas. **************** * YEAR 3 * **************** A. January Baker goal: $700 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Uncle Sam, delivery man, uncle Sam, delivery man, uncle Sam, 2 delivery men, 2 uncle Sams, 2 delivery men. Fail note: Uncle Sam in January, I sure wasn't prepared for that. All those questions he was asking about our bakery was terribly distracting! Our history, my training, recipes,... If he comes back, I'll hand him a cupcake and he can interrogate THAT instead! Of course, no interrogation in this game, but at least, you know about uncle Sam's unpredictable visit. B. February Baker goal: $900 Difficulty: 5/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Cupid, college female, bride, college female, 2 cupids, college female, bride, cupid, college female, 2 cupids, bride, cupid. Fail note: I don't know who was more stressed: Cupid, or the brides insisting he put a few more arrows into their grooms "to be on the safe side". For me, this holiday is all about the heart-shaped goodies. And a few Secret Admirer cards. And blushing deliveryman. Starting from this month, you will see your bakery is swarmed by customers once it opens. Even if you have the fastest equipment, you may have difficulties if you don't use the TV correctly or the microwave at the following months. Otherwise, you may have to pay attention to your customer's patience and serve the most impatient customer first. I've rated their patience above, no exact point for this term, my estimation should do good enough if you accept it. C. March Baker goal: $1000 Difficulty: 1/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: 2 college females, 4 school kids, 2 college females, 4 school kids, 2 college females, 2 school kids. Fail note: With TV attention spans, these kids need some entertainment! Maybe a little baking humor: Two cupcakes are baking in an oven, and one says, "Sure is hot in here". The other screams, "AHHH! A talking cupcake!" There is no easy month here really, makes me kinda difficult to give difficulty rating. Every month needs some effort to pass. Just think that you should have much money right now, so that you can buy the best upgrades. D. April Baker goal: $1300 Difficulty: 9/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: 2 college females, school kid, easter bunny, school kid, easter bunny, 2 college females, school kid, 2 easter bunnies, school kid, 2 college females, school kid, 3 easter bunnies. Fail note: Espionage! I caught a Le Chateau Gateau spy lurking in the line, dressed in one of those pink rabbit costumes. I ran him out of the shop with the warning that next time, I'm throwing him to the angry Eastern Bunnies. E. May Baker goal: $1300 Difficulty: 5/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: 2 businessmen, 2 vacationing businessmen, school kid, college female, 2 businessmen, 2 vacationing businessmen, college female, school kid, 2 businessmen, 4 vacationing businessmen. Fail note: The businessman didn't like my culinary humor any better than the schoolkids. Everyone at cooking college thought, "Why did the baker stand on her head? She was making an upsided-down cake" was a pretty funny joke! BTW, an upside-down cake is not you bake a double cake and the up and the bottom part is reversed. It refers to some baking term in Real Life, which you must turn over the cake in the process. Just in case if you don't know it, like me. ^___^ F. June Baker goal: $1300 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Businessman, college female, school kid, food critic, school kid, college female, businessman, school kid, food critic, school kid, delivery man, businessman, food critic, school kid, 4 food critics. Fail note: Just need...to catch...my breath. Inhale...Exhale. Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean. G. July Baker goal: $1400 Difficulty: 4/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Vacationing businessman, college female, school kid, uncle Sam, school kid, college female, vacationing businessman, school kid, uncle Sam, 2 college females, delivery man, school kid, uncle Sam, delivery man, 2 uncle Sams, vacationing businessman, 2 uncle Sams. Fail note: Yikes! I can bake, or I can recite all of the states and their capitals from memory, but I hope no one ever asks me to do both at once ever again! H. August Baker goal: $1400 Difficulty: 5/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: 2 grannies, 2 vacationing grannies, businessman, school kid, businessman, 2 grannies, 2 vacationing grannies, delivery man, school kid, delivery man, 2 grannies, 3 vacationing grannies. Fail note: The ladies love to talk about the travels, but I can't let that lull me into laziness. I've learned to have their cake ready by the time they finish their adventure anecdotes, or I'm liable to end up with an ownerless order in the trash. I. September Baker goal: $1700 Difficulty: 4/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Granny, college female, vacationing granny, bride, college female, vacationing granny, college female, granny, food critic, bride, college female, vacationing granny, college female, vacationing granny, food critic, bride, 2 vacationing grannies, food critic, bride, food critic, bride. Fail note: These moms used up all their patience over the past few weeks, shepherding their kids through family vacations, summer camp, swimming lessons, the list goes on and on. When they walk through our front door, they want what they want and they want it NOW! J. October Baker goal: $1450 Difficulty: 4/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Vacationing granny, food critic, college female, food critic, vacationing businessman, school kid, delivery man, dracula, businessman, bride, delivery man, dracula, granny, uncle Sam, school kid, dracula, 2 school kids, uncle Sam, dracula. Fail note: I'll have to put up with Dracula's disruptive personality a little bit longer. He's a paying customer, and to win this baking contest, I need the...dough. After this month is over, though, that's it! I'm switching to use holy water in all my recipes. K. November Baker goal: $1700 Difficulty: 5/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: 2 uncle Sams, 2 food critics, 2 uncle Sams, 2 food critics, 4 uncle Sams, 4 food critics, 4 uncle Sams, 4 food critics. Fail note: Fudge, that was worse than the time in cullinary college when I nearly failed an assignment because my dog ate my homework! They thought I was making excuses, until I showed them the icing sugar all over Spot's face. L. December Baker goal: $2100 Difficulty: 6/10 Maximum customer row: 4 Customers: Santa Claus, uncle Sam, food critic, cupid, college female, bride, uncle Sam, food critic, businessman, vacationing businessman, vacationing granny, school kid, delivery man, easter bunny, uncle Sam, food critic, granny, uncle Sam, food critic, easter bunny, Santa Claus, 3 food critics, 4 uncle Sams. Fail note: The final judging WOULD have to fall on the most hectic holiday of the year! Every customer lost counts against my chances of winning Gran and Grampa their dream vacation. I won't let that happen! Watch out, "Uncle Sam"! because with my spatula and smile, I'm armed and delicious! Once you are done with this level, you've won this contest and win that tour for your grand parents. A one-comic-screen ending. ............................. ....................................... ................................................. E. UPGRADES Note: =All the explanations are what the game said. =Upgrade B is available after upgrading upgrade A, and so on. =About the name: the game have named some of the items, but not all. In that case..........I have to name the unnamed ones by myself. 1. Display Case Price: $200 Explanation 1: This fancy stand offers an extra place to set down a work in progress - or display a finished cake to tempt buyers! Explanation 2: Wound up with more cake than hands, or made a mistake on an order? Don't dump it, display it! A frosted cake stands a 20% chance of being bought outright by an admiring customer. 2. CUPCAKE OVEN 2A. Cupcake Microwave Price: $500 Explanation 1: To handle long lineups, free samples are a must! No one can stay cranky with a hot cupcake in hand. Explanation 2: When things get hectic, a little treat will restore the temper of an impatient customer. This little microwave automatically whips up a new batch of 4 cupcakes once the last has been given away. 2B. Quick Cake Deluxe Price: $750 Explanation 1: More demanding customers need faster emergency cupcake intervention! Explanation 2: The mighty cupcake remains your best weapon in the war against impatience. When cupids, critics, and corporate clients all turn up at once, the extra 10 seconds this oven shaves off each batch will be a lifesaver. 2C. Space Cake 2000 Price: $1500 Explanation1 : The official microwave used on the space shuttle! Guaranteed to send your cupcake production sky-high. (So, who the heck up there eat so many cupcakes in so little time? 0___0 ) Explanation 2: Astronauts orbiting the earth can't wait around all day for their cupcakes to bake, and neither can you! This powerhouse oven plows thorugh the job in half the time. 3. SHOES 3A. Cloud Crosstrainers Price: $500 Explanation 1: If you wish you could be quicker on your feet, these special sneakers leave your old shoes in the dust! Explanation 2: You'll be on cloud Nine in these crosstrainers. They're so comfortable, it's like walking on air - you won't even realize you're running 50% faster! 3B. Wingtips Price: $1000 Explanation 1: Don a pair of speedy Wingtips, and you'll dodge around so quickly the customers will think you've taken flight! Explanation 2: Slip on these winged wonders and sprint twice as swiftly as usual! Hermes himself would envy this fast, feathered footwear. 3C. Smokin' Sneakers Price: $1500 Explanation 1: Light a fire under your heels! The hottest shoes around will have you blazing through the bakery at top speed. Explanation 2: Cake isn't the only thing that's cooking when you wear these ultra-quick sneakers. Dash through your duties three times faster than normal, and hope your sizzling soles don't set off the fire alarm! 4. TV Set Price: $1000 Explanation 1: A television keeps customers happily distracted, buying you more time until their patience runs out. Explanation 2: Choice of TV program can be catered to your expected clientele. Kids prefer cartoons, males the news, and females the food network. Click the yellow button below the screen to cycle through the channels. 5. BAKING MACHINE 5A. Bake Pro 1000 Price: $1000 Explanation 1: The standard professional baker's oven. This trustworthy appliance turns out cakes in 6 seconds. Explanation 2: Multitasking is the key to increasing profits. With an extra oven, you can fill more orders at once! 5B. Bake Master 2000 Price: $1500 Explanation 1: Invest in this industrial convection oven to cut your baking time down to 4 seconds. Explanation 2: Quicker cake turnover keeps the queue moving faster. The BakeMaster makes baking a breeze (but, sadly, leaves you less time to flirt with those delivery men)! 5C. Lightning-Bake 5000 Price: $2500 Explanation 1: This state-of-the-art oven turns out delicious desserts in an incredible two seconds. Explanation 2: Lightning strikes your kitchen! Stand back and watch in awe as this baker's best friend pops out perfect pastries in the blink of an eye. 6. FROSTING STATION 6A. Frost-O-Matic Price: $600 Explanation 1: Add another Frost-O-Matic to the assembly line and get more cakes on the go at once! Explanation 2: Grandma never had it this easy! Automatic frosters do the tedious icing for you in 6 seconds, leaving you free for more important things - like taking new orders! 6B. Fast-Frost 2000 Price: $1000 Explanation 1: New advances in technology allow you to ice a cake one-third faster than usual! Explanation 2: Faster frosting means speedier service. With the Fast-Frost 2000 on the job, your only worry will be finding the time to take your lunch break! 6C. Lean Mean Frosting Machine Price: $1500 Explanation 1: The leanest, meanest froster on the market! Produces perfectly iced cakes in the blink of an eye. Explanation 2: To manage complex cakes that demands post-frosting decoration, accelerating the icing process is a must. Essential for bakers in a rush, this machine does the trick in two seconds flat! 7&8. DECORATIONS 7A. Deco-Lite 1000 Price: $400 Explanation 1: Customers will pay premium prices for decorations! This candle design adds $10 to the cake price. Explanation 2: Offering special cake-toppers is a great way to bump up your prices. For special occassions, bussinessmen particularly like this tasteful candle decoration. Remember to frost the cake first! 7B. Rose Topper Price: $700 Explanation 1: A rose by any other name would taste as sweet! This delicate decoration adds a $15 value to a cake. Explanation 2: Food critics will test your artistic skills by ordering these fancy flowers. Good thing you took Advanced Icing Techniques at culinary college! 7C. Wedding Topper Price: $1500
Explanation 1: This engaging topper nets you an extra $25 from the customer's
wedding-cake budget.
Explanation 2: No wedding is complete without the classic newlywed figurines in
attendance. Expect brides to crown their orders for the big day with this
romantic touch!

7D. Strawberry Topper
Price: $1000
Explanation 1: A 'berry' sweet design that plants an extra $20 in your pocket.
Explanation 2: Not just for shortcakes anymore! This topper adds a fun, fruity
flair. It brings to mind pleasant thoughts of summer strawberry season,
particularly for women.

7E. Deco-Deluxe 2000
Price: $1000
Explanation 1: This nifty machine streamlines the decorating process so you can
finish orders more quickly.
Explanation 2: Things get hairy when everyone wants the same decorations! You
can only do one of the four designs at a time, so fast topper turnover is
critical to success with fancy cakes.

7F. Deco-Demon 5000
Price: $1500
Explanation 1: This delightful device is an absolute speed demon. No more
slowdowns on the finishing touches!
Explanation 2: If there's one thing that hampers a skilled baker, it's a slow
cake-topper. The Deco-Demon whips them up in an astonishing 2 seconds,
eliminating that end-of-the-line bottleneck.


8A. Tradewinds Topper
Price: $500
Explanation 1: Decorated cakes sell for a tidy profit! A Tradewinds Ship adds
character to a cake, and $10 to its value.
Explanation 2: Spice up your cakes with the tang of high seas adventure!
Delivery men are fascinated by these model sailing ships. Perhaps they're all
pirates of heart?

8B. Super Granny Topper
Price: $700
Explanation 1: Respect your elders! Stand Super Granny atop an order and she'll
dig you up an extra $15.
Explanation 2: This super senior is the hands-down hero of Grannies around the
world. You'll appreciate her too, for the extra profits she brings in on
retirement party cakes!

8C. Slyder Topper
Price: $1000
Explanation 1: Slyder keeps the profits rolling in, rounding prices up by $20.
Explanation 2: All the cool kids are down with this spherical hero. If there are
boys in the queue, expect to be seing a lot of Slyder!

8D. Snail Mail Topper
Price: $1500
Explanation 1: The fastest snail in the galaxy will speed you towards financial
success, $25 at a time!
Explanation 2: Turbo The Snail is legendary for his quick deliveries. Maybe
that's why overworked holiday characters such as Cupid and the Easter Bunny like
him so much!

8E. Deco-Deluxe 2000
Price: $1000
Explanation 1: This nifty machine streamlines the decorating process so you can
finish orders more quickly.
Explanation 2: Things get hairy when everyone wants the same decorations! You
can only do one of the four designs at a time, so fast topper turnover is
critical to success with fancy cakes.

8F. Deco-Demon 5000
Price: $1500
Explanation 1: This delightful device is an absolute speed demon. No more
slowdowns on the finishing touches!
Explanation 2: If there's one thing that hampers a skilled baker, it's a slow
cake-topper. The Deco-Demon whips them up in an astonishing 2 seconds,
eliminating that end-of-the-line bottleneck.


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F. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS


1. Q: I'm stuck at [some some] level.
   A: Please see walkthrough section. If you are still not clear about the
   explanations, you may mail me.

2. Q: The game is slow.
   A: Most probably because it eats so many memories, either physical and
   virtual.

3. Q: I want cheat code for [some some purpose] instantly.
   A: There are several issues for this problem.
      Make sure you have mentioned the game name and your game machine
      correctly. You may not know it, there are many game releases and game
      machines out there you may not know about, especially from the past.
      Next, how instant do you want it to be? There are quite a few "cheating
      methods" out there I know (this means there are even more, doesn't it?).
      The most (technically) instant method I can figure out is using other's
      save game.
      And of course, damit! you should be responsive when I am asking you,
      that's it if you really wish for my response *sigh, why must I say things
      like this?*


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G. SPECIAL THANKS


Myself gets the credit, gamefaqs and supercheats (For posting this document),
wikipedia for the explanations of mistletoe and upside-down cake, various
particular websites for the support, network science for the ascii art.

If you'd like to tell me about some errors that I've made in this
FAQ/Walkthrough or ask any questions, you may mail me at my contributor e-mail
address.