Product Description

Help a young baker show big bad business who's boss in this fast-paced treat! When the retail behemoth "Mega-Mart" moves in, Jill's beloved family bakery is forced to close. But she's determined to get the business back on its feet with delicious sweets. Help Jill open her own bakery, bring in customers, and earn enough money to re-open her grandparents' bakery! With 48 levels and four different bakeries, Cake Mania is full of mouth-watering fun. Let's get cookin'!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5190 in Video Games
• Brand: Sandlot Games
• Model: 518
• Released on: 2006-03-23
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Format: Download

Features

• 48 Levels Of Baking Fun.
• Customize And Upgrade Your Kitchen
• 4 Unique Bakeries To Run
• Hilarious Seasonal Characters.

Customer Reviews

Multitasking a series of repetitive tasks but... where's the fun?
The purpose of the game is to make money buy baking and selling cakes. It's your mission in life because the 'big box' store were unfair competition and, by working hard, you will outcompete them.

The customers will order a specific shape and frosting and they will pay you once the product is delivered. You get a tip if you deliver the cake in a timely fashion or you may lose the customer if you make them wait for too long.

The cycle goes like this:

- hand over the menu
- the customer picks shape and frosting
- bake the requested shape
- apply the frosting
- hand it over to customer
- pick up the money

It gets pretty frantic once you have more than 2 customers waiting and you need to optimize and multitask. You are successful if you meet your dollar target by the end of the day. The pace gets increasingly frantic as the game progresses.

That's just about it.

I can't say that the game has a high replay value and, unless someone is absolutely determined to run through the same repetitive cycle at a frantic pace, the motivation to advance is not that great.

On the good side, the graphics are okay in a cartoon/comics-style way. I'm afraid there's not much else to say. I don't believe I will play this game again. In fact, since neither my 6 yr. girl or my tween boys expressed any interest in it, I will probably uninstall it. Which, by the way, it's okay because I can always get it back from my Amazon-maintained downloads library.

Gets old REALLY FAST
It is much like diner dash, except with less to do, and way more boring. It gets old within 10 minutes, and I don't foresee me ever playing it again. She makes the cakes for people, you go through several processes and gives them to people, it is like a "rush" except sometimes you are clicking here and there and the b*tch doesn't even do what you tell her to do! Go ahead and get it if it is free, but I would not pay 50 cents for this game.

Okay But Graphics Could be Better
I have to say that I have been spoiled by playing Diner Dash. The graphics in that game are so much better than Cake Mania.
If I had never played Diner Dash, this might be a little more fun but in comparison, it is a disappointment.
There is just not enough variety, even though you can add equipment (it seems too hard to earn enough money in a timely manner to buy upgrades at a decent rate). And the challenge is a little boring after awhile. Don't get me wrong, it is hard to keep up after a bit but it is not as fun of a challenge.
There doesn't seem to be enough detail in graphics either. Movement is a little awkward.
Conclusion: Mediocre at best, good for a few minutes of amusement while on hold.