Online bakery sim heading to PC

by Jennie Lees { May 17th 2006 at 4:59PM }

Anyone interested in the success of online titles may do well to watch Cake Mania, a downloadable puzzle game set in a bakery. Developer eGames, Inc has partnered with Sandlot Games to bring this online game to retail outlets.

Apparently spurred on by its online popularity, the boxed version will feature new levels. Lars Batista of eGames claims that Cake Mania "strikes the perfect balance" between "fun and educational" -- however, we doubt running a bakery is much like the clean-cut cartoony world of this game.

Tags: cake mania, CakeMania, casual games, CasualGames, cooking, downloadable games, DownloadableGames, eurogamer, new releases, NewReleases, pc

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

patrick @ May 17th 2006 5:14PM

now this is what im freakin talkin about

Insomnia Bob @ May 17th 2006 5:15PM

AT LAST! MY PRAYERS, ANSWERED!

wait...wtf?

Snap @ May 17th 2006 5:29PM

I smell an XBLA game in the making...

Twitchings @ May 17th 2006 5:38PM

This is the stupidest game i've seen....Damn enough with all the SIMs games.

next will be SIMS:Game Developer (Control your sims to make a new game)

I'm trying to be nice

patrick @ May 17th 2006 5:45PM

#3

no you aren't. liar.

jabbertrack @ May 17th 2006 5:51PM

I'm waiting for Pie Mania

You can't fool me with your cake flavored pies!

Game Tycoon @ May 17th 2006 5:52PM

There's already a game developer sim, it's called Game Tycoon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BVX2JO/qid=1147902637/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-1288670-3883802?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=468642

tcc3 @ May 17th 2006 6:17PM

Someones been watching too many reruns of "I Love Lucy"

Tiff @ May 17th 2006 6:54PM

I love this game! I would buy the boxed version because of the extra levels and hopefully a bit extra difficulty. At first I was lured in by the pretty colors and cute graphics but it was actually pretty challenging at times. I beat the online version in one day. There I go bragging again.

J.Goodwin @ May 17th 2006 7:21PM

Absolutely, someone put this on the XBLA fast, please :D

Seems to be very similar to the game Yoshinoya Beef Bowl.

BopBop @ May 17th 2006 9:00PM

Well, at least my girlfriend cares about this. That makes one, do we have any more than that?

Mia @ May 17th 2006 11:06PM

OMG I LOVE CAKE! ^______^

allmodcons @ May 18th 2006 12:17AM

Do they have a low carb version?

Cloud @ May 18th 2006 12:47AM

I remember a game like this on the NES... Burger Time? I loved running from wieners and such then spraying them with salt if i were surrounded. It was fun. I wonder how this game will be like? *cough*

soniCron @ May 18th 2006 5:16AM

I don't understand why this is newsworthy? There are tons of previously online-only casual games being sold in retail. Bejeweled, Chuzzle, Collapse... This has been going on for a long time -- why bring it up now?

soniCron @ May 18th 2006 5:20AM

And, incidentally, it's already on the PC (it's a downloadable game), and it isn't a "sim" in even the loosest sense of the term.

shosmer @ May 18th 2006 9:07AM

"Developer eGames, Inc has partnered with Sandlot Games to bring this online game to retail outlets."

I think that should be the other way around. Sandlot Games was the deveolper and eGames is going to publish it.

Here's a link to the press release:
http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news.html?d=99138

Ibere @ May 18th 2006 9:24AM

Isn't this game only a copy of that game for Atari called Pressure Cooker or something? It's funny how people completely forgot about the Atari days and now are copying these games... Cake Mania, Raid Over the River... I don't understand why activision didn't sued this people yet.