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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.

This FAQ/Walkthrough contains the basic story and all technical informations
inside this game. If this means spoiler to you, then don't read this document.

Lastly, some legal notice: This document is protected by copyright law and
international copyright treaties. The old rules still apply, do not post it as
your own, do not sell it for profit, etc...

Ver. 1.00 -- 1/1/2010
A wish for a better new year.
Ver. 1.02 -- 1/11/2010

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


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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, except
of course, if you tried to beat so many games at past times.
Storylinewise, this game just happened after the first Cake Mania, so they
actually can fuse into one game.


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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.

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, but either someone cheating or it's set by the game developers. Me
never reach 45000, but I think it is not impossible to reach, but you may need
tremendous efforts and some luck to pass that score. Will you be the first?

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's
usage (Seems to be hardware dependent).

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


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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.
If you are Cake Mania is new to you, the walkthrough will say some of them. Kind
enough, right?

Here are the customer's behaviour in more detail manner, if you don't have any
topping, the customers won't ask one, random topping is only randomized amongst
what you currently have only.
I think if you don't have the topping your customers want, they'll ask for
random topping of what you already have.
Also remember that your customers are getting more impatient as time passes by,
or more exactly as a year has been passed.

The names should be official, should be no problem about them, except College
Female and Female Bride. College female was described as Jill's college friend,
but the other authors also said this name (heheheh). Female bride was desribed
as "bride", but common being should not be clear which bride it is, because the
male brides never show up at the bakery.

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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
Favorite cake type: Single layered, tradewinds topping.

-Year 2
Starting patience: 4
Favorite cake type: Double layered, no topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 3
Favorite cake type: Double layered, no topping.
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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
Favorite cake type: Single layered, random topping.

-Year 2
Starting patience: 3
Favorite cake type: Single layered, snail mail topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience:
Favorite cake type: Double layered, snail mail topping.
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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 tho most patient group in this game.

3.1. Regular

-Year 1
Starting patience: 4
Favorite cake type: Single layered, super granny topping.

-Year 2
Starting patience: 4
Favorite cake type: Single layered, super granny topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 5
Favorite 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
Favorite cake type: Double layered, no topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 3
Favorite cake type: Double layered, super granny topping.
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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
Favorite cake type: Single layered, snail mail topping.

-Year 2
Starting patience: 2
Favorite cake type: Single layered, snail mail topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 2
Favorite cake type: Double layered, snail mail topping.
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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
Favorite cake type: Single layered, candle topping.

-Year 2
Starting patience: 3
Favorite cake type: Single layered, candle topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 3
Favorite 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
Favorite cake type: Double layered, tradewinds topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 3
Favorite cake type: Double layered, tradewinds topping.
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6. School Kid

Giving cupcake effect: 5
Favorite TV channel: Cartoon
Tip: $1 x heart

-Year 1
Starting patience: 3
Favorite cake type: Single layered, no topping.

-Year 2
Starting patience: 2
Favorite cake type: Single layered, Slyder topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 2
Favorite cake type: Double layered, Slyder topping.
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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
Favorite 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
Favorite cake type: Double layered, strawberry topping.
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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 female 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
Favorite cake type: Double layered, rose topping.

-Year 2
Starting patience: 4
Favorite cake type: Double layered, rose topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 4
Favorite cake type: Double layered, rose topping.
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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
Favorite cake type: Double layered, rose topping.

-Year 2
Starting patience: 3
Favorite cake type: Double layered, rose topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 3
Favorite cake type: Double layered, rose topping.
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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
Favorite cake type: Double layered, snail mail topping.

-Year 2
Starting patience: 4
Favorite cake type: Double layered, all tree shaped, snail mail topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 4
Favorite cake type: Double layered, all tree shaped, snail mail topping.
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11. Female Bride

Giving cupcake effect: 2
Favorite TV channel: Food network
Tip: $2 x heart
Comment: She comes wearing her wadding 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
Favorite cake type: Double layered, wedding topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 3
Favorite cake type: Double layered, wedding topping.
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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
Favorite cake type: Single layered, candle topping.

-Year 2
Starting patience: 2
Favorite cake type: Double layered, no topping.

-Year 3
Starting patience: 3
Favorite cake type: Double layered, candle topping.
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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 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. -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.


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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 (I think
   people like me shouldn't have much problems with 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.
---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 ^____^



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*   YEAR 1     *
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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
fail notes if there is technical information within.

A. January

Baker goal: $250
Difficulty: 3/10
Customers: 10 school kids.
Fail note: -

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 just happened to click the wrong sign, you can throw the cake away, but
you must eat the cake's cost: $15 for unfrosted cake, $30 for frosted cake, $60
for double layered cake, plus the toping if it has one.
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.
Whay 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
Customers: Cupid, 2 school kids, cupid, 2 school kids, cupid, school kid, 3
cupids.
Fail note: (Smiles. Continue)

C. March

Baker goal: $400
Difficulty: 6/10
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
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: (Looks like to be some advices for easter bunny. Looks like it
doesn't work, the easter bunnies that will show up is not more patient)

E. May

Baker goal: $600
Difficulty: 9/10
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) 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.

F. June 

Baker goal: $650
Difficulty: 8/10
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
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: -

H. August

Baker goal: $800
Difficulty: 7/10
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: -

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.
Okay, you can hate this. Besides this cake type is not really common, 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.
And of course, the top and the bottom cake is the same, you don't have to put
the cake first, but you can straightly frost it.

I. September

Baker goal: $800
Difficulty: 7/10
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.

Remember to clear the display case (actually all areas of your bakery) once it
is closed, or you will pay twice the cake's cost! Probably they wanna teach
you tha 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. ^___^

J. October

Baker goal: $900
Difficulty: 6/10
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
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.

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?). Click
once for cartoon channel, twice for news, and thrice for food network. Do it
once more, the pattern will recycle itself.

Iron Chef is a TV show in the Real Life, in case you don't know.

L. December

Baker goal: $1200
Difficulty: 6/10
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: (Does Santa really hear you? Of course if you serve him quickly)

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...


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*   YEAR 2     *
****************

A. January

Baker goal: $650
Difficulty: 7/10
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: 5/10
Customers: Granny, 2 cupids, vacationing granny, 3 cupids, granny, 2 cupids,
vacationing granny, cupid, granny, cupid, vacationing granny.
Fail note: (Don't want that Vicious hat-swatting from...can you guess?)

C. March

Baker goal: $700
Difficulty: 6/10
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
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: (Ginsu style?)

E. May

Baker goal: $900
Difficulty: 6/10
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? They need
R-and-R, and antacid butter cream")

F. June

Baker goal: $1100
Difficulty: 5/10
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: ("Step on it, daerie, I've got a hang gliding lesson at three
o'clock!") ^_____^

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
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: (Yeah. this game is hard)

H. August

Baker goal: $1250
Difficulty: 5/10
Customers: Granny, female bride, vacationing businessman, vacationing granny,
delivery man, vacationing businessman, female bride, vacationing granny, female
bride, vacationing businessman, vacationing granny, delivery man, vacationing
granny, female bride, granny, vacationing businessman, granny, female bride,
vacationing granny, delivery man, 2 female brides.
Fail note: (Summer, tempers run higher, as tough as finding the right engagement
ring)

I. September

Baker goal: $1400
Difficulty: 6/10
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: -

J. October

Baker goal: $1350
Difficulty: 6/10
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 quite until I get his order. Or a cross.

K. November

Baker goal: $1400
Difficulty: 6/10
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: (Some comment about uncle Sam's attitude. It's not that I really
understand it)

L. December

Baker goal: $1700
Difficulty: 5/10
Customers: Santa Claus, food critic, uncle Sam, female bride, Santa Claus,
school kid, vacationing businessman, food critic, uncle Sam, Santa Claus,
vacationing granny, female 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 counter, 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.


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A. January

Baker goal: $700
Difficulty: 6/10
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
Customers: Cupid, college female, female bride, college female, 2 cupids,
college female, female bride, cupid, college female, 2 cupids, female bride,
cupid.
Fail note: (Stressful customers, secret admirers cards, blushing deliverymen).
Mmmmkkaay....

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
Customers: 2 college females, 4 school kids, 2 college females, 4 school kids, 2
college females, 4 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
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: (La Chateau Gateau spies in one of those pink rabbit costumes...)

E. May

Baker goal: $1300
Difficulty: 5/10
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: (Another joke: "Why did the baker stand on her head? She was making
an upside-down cake")

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
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: (Inhale..exhale.. Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean)

G. July

Baker goal: $1400
Difficulty: 4/10
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: -

H. August

Baker goal: $1400
Difficulty: 5/10
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: -

I. September

Baker goal: $1700
Difficulty: 4/10
Customers: Granny, college female, vacationing granny, female bride, college
female, vacationing granny, college female, granny, food critic, female bride,
college female, vacationing granny, college female, vacationing granny, food
critic, female bride, 2 vacationing grannies, food critic, female bride, food
critic, female bride.
Fail note: (These moms used up all their patience over the past few weeks,
shepherding their kids through ... the list goes on and on. When they walk
through our front door, they want it NOW!)

J. October

Baker goal: $1450
Difficulty: 4/10
Customers: Vacationing granny, food critic, college female, food critic,
vacationing businessman, school kid, delivery man, dracula, businessman, female
bride, delivery man, dracula, granny, uncle Sam, school kid, dracula, 2 school
kids, uncle Sam, dracula.
Fail note: (For the... dough. After this month is over, I'm switching to use
holy water in all my recipes(!))

K. November

Baker goal: $1700
Difficulty: 3/10
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: (My dog ate my homework)

L. December

Baker goal: $2100
Difficulty: 5/10
Customers: Santa Claus, uncle Sam, food critic, cupid, college female, 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: (Nope. There is no advice here either)

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.


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E. UPGRADES


Note:
=All the explanations are what the game said.
=Upgrade B is available after upgrading upgrade A, and so on.

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.


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.


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.


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.


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!


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

8F. Deco-Demon 5000


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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 (Can someone correct the box shot without
getting rejected, pls?), wikipedia for the explanations of mistletoe and
upside-down cake, network science for 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 [email protected]