| Cake Mania | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Time management |
| Developer(s) | Sandlot Games |
| Publisher(s) | Sandlot Games |
| First release | Cake Mania April 15, 2006[1] |
| Latest release | Cake Mania: To The Max! December 2010 |
Cake Mania is a series of cooking and time managementvideo games developed and published by Sandlot Games since 2006.
The series is available for PCs, Apple Mac, game consoles, on the web as a Flash game, on Facebook as Cake Mania: Special Delivery, and as a mobile game for cell phones. Cake Mania is also notable for being one of the first top-50 titles available as a free download in an advertising-supported model.[2]
Cake Mania[edit]
Cake Mania: Back to the Bakery[edit]
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Cake Mania: Back to the Bakery is an expansion to the original Cake Mania. It has slightly different gameplay and features from the original.
After Jill saves her grandparents' bakery, she has to win the Cake Mania Bake-Off contest to send her grandparents on a cruise. Jill has to race against the clock baking sponge, chocolate, strawberry, and blueberry cakes. For various business men, grandmas, construction workers, teens, and your usual town people.
Cake Mania 2[edit]
Cake Mania 2 is a sequel to the original Cake Mania. It has different features from the original one, including different locations, slightly different gameplay, new customers, and a new design.
After helping reopen the Evans Bakery, Jill sends her grandparents on a long-overdue cruise and decides to get back to business by helping out her friends.
Cake Mania 3[edit]
Cake Mania 3 is the sequel to Cake Mania 2. New features include mini-games and power-ups as well as the introduction of voice overs for the different storyboards throughout the game.
As Jill prepares for her wedding day, disaster strikes when finds herself bouncing through various time periods in history - from Ancient Egypt and Revolutionary France, to an unknown future where anything is possible - and she must work to find her way back before the ceremony begins.
Cake Mania: Main Street[edit]
Cake Mania: Main Street is the fifth game to be released by Sandlot Games based on the original Cake Mania. New features include the ability to play as Jack, Risha, and Tiny in establishments other than the Evans Bakery.
Newlyweds Jill and Jack return to Jill's hometown of Bakersfield only to discover Jill's favourite spot, Main Street, is all but abandoned thanks to the flashy new mega-mall, Bakersfield Corner. Distraught at the idea of her beloved Main Street's fading life, Jill comes up with a plan to get Main Street business booming again with the help of her baking expertise and the business skills of Jack, Risha, and Tiny.
Cake Mania: Lights, Camera, Action![edit]
Jill is pregnant and must run a bakery, while her other friends run a pizzeria and a fashion shop.
Cake Mania: To The Max![edit]
The picture of Oliver and Rose, Jill and Jack Evans' children, are shown in the intro. Jill imagines her teenage life. Jill has gone home. Her grandparents gave their apple to Jill.
Cancelled sequels[edit]
Cake Mania: New Generation was given the go ahead to be pushed into development in early 2011. However, due to the subsequent acquirement from Digital Chocolate after being sold by Sandlot, this led to its cancellation. Digital Chocolate made it clear that it had no intentions of carrying on with producing PC platform based games, and instead wanted to opt into creating either app or browser based games.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^IGN: Cake Mania
- ^'Wild Tangent - Cake Mania'. WildTangent. WildTangent.
| Sandlot Games | |
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Fate | Sold to Digital Chocolate |
| Successor | UpTap Games |
| Founded | 2002; 18 years ago in Washington |
| Founder | Daniel Bernstein |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Daniel Bernstein (founder & CEO) |
| Products | Games |
| Parent | Digital Chocolate |
| Website | www.sandlotgames.com |
Sandlot Games was a developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games based in Bothell, Washington, United States. It was founded in 2002 by Daniel Bernstein.
The Sandlot Games portfolio consists of franchises like Cake Mania, Westward, Kuros, Super Granny, Slyder, and Tradewinds. Although most of its products are downloadable PC games, it offers other titles for PlayStation 2, Mac, iPhone, iPod, Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP.
In August 2011, Sandlot Games was acquired by Digital Chocolate[1] and is now a fully owned subsidiary.
Distribution channels[edit]
On January 7, 2009, Intenium, Germany's leading distributor of casual games, announced that it entered into a distribution partnership with Sandlot Games.[2] A total of 12 titles from Sandlot Games launched to several European regions.
In July 2009, Sandlot Games entered into a distribution partnership with Steam, Valve's digital distribution platform. Its games were part of Steam's foray into a family games category.[3]
Awards[edit]
- 'Best Casual Game of the Year 2006: Cake Mania' by Logler.com.
- 'Best of 2008: Best Use of Accelerometer - Snail Mail' by IGN
- 'Most Successful Developer/Publisher 2006' (2nd Place) by Logler.com.
- 'Longest Run in Top 10 2006: Cake Mania' by Logler.com.
- 'Casual Game of the Year 2006: Cake Mania' by Yahoo! Games.
Games[edit]
Since its inception in 2002, Sandlot Games has developed and published the following games:
- Ballhalla
- Ballistik
- Barnyard Invasion
- Boonka
- Cake Mania 2
- Cake Mania 3
- Cake Mania: Main Street
- Cake Mania: Lights, Camera, Action!
- Cake Mania: To the Max!
- Cake Mania 7: New Generation (Cancelled in 2011)
- Dr Blob's Organism
- Eye for Design
- Fashion Forward
- Glyph
- Glyph 2
- Heartwild Solitaire
- Incrediball
- Kuros
- Monster Mash
- Orbital (Discontinued)
- Pirate Island
- Super Granny
- Granny in Paradise
- Super Granny Winter Wonderland
- Super Granny 3
- Super Granny 4
- Super Granny 5
- Super Granny 6
- Slyder
- Super Slyder
- Slyder Adventures
- Sphera
- Tradewinds Classic
- Tradewinds 2
- Tradewinds Caravans
- Tradewinds Legends
- Tradewinds Legends Unlikely Heroes
- Tradewinds Odyssey
- Westward II
- Westward III
- Westward IV
- Westward Kingdoms
- Word Monaco
Cake Mania New Generation Download
References[edit]
- ^'Digital Chocolate Acquires Highly-Respected Sandlot Games'. Business Wire. August 15, 2011. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^'INTENIUM announces cooperation with Sandlot Games'. Intenium. January 7, 2009. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^'Valve And Sandlot Games Announce Steam Distribution Agreement'. PRWeb. July 17, 2009. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
External links[edit]
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