Journalists were sent Chocolatier-branded chocolate bars and 'golden tickets' which allowed them to download the game for free, in order to promote the game's release. The game's sequel, Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients was first released on November 27, 2007. Chocolatier: Decadence by Design is the third installment, released in 2009. Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients is a Time-Management, Strategy and Bossiness Simulation developed by Big Splash Games LLC and Published by PlayFirst. It is the second game in the series of Chocolatier that was released in 2008 on Microsoft Windows and Mac Platform. The game allows the player to create chocolate by combining different ingredients. Play dos games in browser. With every factory you buy, your production goes up! Once you have a new factory or recipe, make sure to set the production speed in the Chocolatier mini game! System Requirements: Mac Universal Mac OS X 10.3.9 or newer Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, XP SP2 or Vista Features: Over 130 different quests through 14 cities throughout the world. Highly entertaining - I bought this game as a diversion from moving cross country and played it nearly nightly, sometimes to the detriment of packing! I enjoyed this game more than the original and am looking forward to further Chocolatier games for Mac. The 1.0 version of Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients for Mac is available as a free download on our software library. This Mac download was checked by our built-in antivirus and was rated as malware free. This Mac application was originally created by Big Fish Games.

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Chocolatier is a casualstrategy video game with action game elements, developed by American studio Big Splash Games and published by PlayFirst. The game was released as a download on May 1, 2007 and was followed by CD-ROM release on September 27, 2007. Players assume the role of a young Chocolatier, who must navigate 14 cities around the globe while buying ingredients, manufacturing chocolates, and selling them to chocolate shops. Two modes of play are available: in story mode the player must rebuild an almost bankrupt chocolate empire and acquire 64 chocolate recipes from around the world; in free mode players start out with scant resources and must become successful chocolatiers.

Chocolatier was the first game developed by Big Splash Games, a trio of video game designers, who remained employees whilst developing a prototype game in their spare time. This prototype was rejected by publishers, but after coming up with the premise of Chocolatier the team was signed-up by PlayFirst and completed the title. The game received a mostly positive reception: reviewers enjoyed the actionmini-game which is played when chocolates are manufactured, and the game's graphics, sound, and Victorian-era presentation.

Gameplay[edit]

The player assumes the role of a young chocolatier in 1880, during the Victorian era. The game has two modes of play: story and free play. Story mode involves a number of quests, including delivering specific chocolates and restoring the fictional Baumeister chocolate empire to its former glory.^[2] The player is enlisted by Evangeline Baumeister to rebuild the Baumeister chocolate empire which has been ruined by Evangeline's younger sister who scattered chocolate recipes around the world.^[3] The player must locate the 64 lost recipes, visit 14 different cities around the globe, purchase 6 closed Baumeister factories, establish business relationships with outlets and suppliers, and manufacture chocolates to keep in business.^[3] Free play mode allows the player to travel, manufacture, and trade without undertaking quests.^[4] This mode starts the player with a small amount of cash and all chocolate recipes unlocked for use.^[5] In story mode, players begin with a single factory and a recipe for simple chocolate bars, the player must visit the market to purchase ingredients and begin the manufacturing process.^[2]

The cities have a chocolate shop, where the player can sell his or her stock, and a market where ingredients can be purchased. Factories manufacturing chocolates produce a set amount of product every turn, as long as the required ingredients are in stock.^[5] During story mode, quests are given by non-player characters; these typically involve producing a particular volume and type of chocolate and delivering it to another non-player character, who is either traveling or can be found at a set location. Quest rewards take the form of a high price for the chocolates or a new recipe.^[2] Some encounters with characters give the player an opportunity to gamble a large amount of money on a dice roll.^[6] Market owners can be bartered with, though this carries the risk of them becoming irritated and raising prices rather than lowering them.^[5]

When producing a particular chocolate for the first time, a minigame is played where ingredients are fired from a cannon to fill circular trays which revolve around the cannon.^[6] The ingredients and quantities needed vary, depending on the recipe.^[6] Each time a circle is filled with the correct ingredients, it is removed and an empty circle put in its place.^[6] The trays spin faster as more circles are filled. If too many ingredients are wasted by misfiring the cannon, production is brought to a halt and the mini-game must be attempted again.^[5] The mini-game ends when the timer runs out; the number of completed circles is equal to the number of chocolates produced by that factory every week.^[6] The mini-game cannot be played unless the player owns the correct ingredients, and it can be replayed if the player wishes to try to improve the efficiency of the factory.^[7]

Development[edit]

Tucson, Arizona based Big Splash Games was formed in late 2005 by three veterans of the videogame industry: Jon Blossom, Stephen Lewis and Michael Wyman.^[8][9] They came together to produce a prototype video game for the casual market. They worked on this for a few months when they were not working (they still held jobs within the industry to support themselves). This prototype was pitched to a few publishers in order to gain feedback. PlayFirst, though not interested in the prototype, issued the team a request for proposal for an economic simulation game, hoping that Big Splash could produce another proposal. The next morning, Big Splash co-founder Stephen Lewis remembered that he had been told that some people, in particular women, 'have an almost religious connection with chocolate'. Taking this idea he quickly wrote a proposal and forwarded it to his two partners. After brainstorming the idea the team decided that it satisfied PlayFirst's request for proposal, forwarded a copy of the idea and received word from the publisher that they 'had hit the nail on the head'.^[10]

Chocolatier was designed to appeal to women aged between 35 and 55, a different market compared to the games previously developed by the trio.^[9] In order to immerse themselves in the subject matter during development, Big Splash's staff tasted as many variety of chocolates as they could find and took the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker factory tour, where they witnessed the full 'bean to bar' process.^[11] The factory mini-game was developed in order to give players a break from the economic side of the game, which involves buying low and selling high. It took approximately the same time to produce the mini-game as it did to create the rest of the game, which drained the developer's resources, though Stephen Lewis believed this was 'the right decision'.^[10] Journalists were sent Chocolatier-branded chocolate bars and 'golden tickets' which allowed them to download the game for free, in order to promote the game's release.^[12] The game's sequel, Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients was first released on November 27, 2007. Chocolatier: Decadence by Design is the third installment, released in 2009.^[13]The Great Chocolate Chase: A Chocolatier Twist was later released by PlayFirst.^[14]

Reception[edit]

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Chocolatier was awarded Gamezebo's Zeeby award for best strategy game of 2007.^[15] GameZone's Anise Hollingshead found the game too easy, noting 'there really isn’t a whole lot of thinking involved.'^[2] Other reviewers called it 'a delightfully challenging business tycoon game',^[3] and 'challenging but not frustratingly so.'^[7] The game's graphics and sound received praise:^[2] Marc Saltzman noted 'the game's wonderful art style and delightful music'.^[4]

Reviewers praised the amount of freedom given to players.^[6][3] Didi Cardoso of website Grrl Gamer enjoyed the flexibility, but noted that sometimes she felt lost and was unsure of how to find the location of the next recipe.^[6] The chocolate manufacturing mini-game was also praised as 'fun'.^[6] Peter Cohen of Macworld noted that some fans of business simulators might find the mini-game 'off-putting', but also suggested that it helped break up gameplay.^[3] Marc Saltzman expressed the same opinion,^[4] while Anise Hollingshead found the mini-game to be too easy to play.^[2]

References[edit]

1. ^'PlayFirst Indulges Casual Gamers With Chocolatier' (Press release). PlayFirst. 2007-05-01. Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
2. ^ ^abcdefgHollingshead, Anise (9 September 2007). 'Reviews: Chocolatier'. GameZone. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
3. ^ ^abcdefCohen, Peter (29 October 2007). 'Challenging business tycoon game adds sweet arcade-style element'. Macworld. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
4. ^ ^abcdSaltzman, Marc (12 May 2008). 'Chocolatier: Full Review'. Gamezebo. Archived from the original on November 21, 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
5. ^ ^abcdBell, Erin (12 May 2007). 'Chocolatier preview'. Gamezebo. Archived from the original on 29 June 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
6. ^ ^abcdefghCardoso, Didi. 'game reviews: Chocolatier'. Grrlgamer. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
7. ^ ^abReeks, Anne (15 May 2007). 'Chocolate, jewels: Games tap into a few favorite things'. Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
8. ^Kelly (31 January 2008). 'Interview With Jon Blossom of Big Splash Games'. Pretty Sassy. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
9. ^ ^abEilders, Ryan (18 March 2008). '4Play 4Questions: Michael Thornton Wyman, Big Splash Games'. AZCentral. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
10. ^ ^abShort, Tanya (1 February 2008). 'An interview with Stephen Lewis, Game Designer'. Gamer-Girl. Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
11. ^Bell, Erin (21 June 2008). 'Countdown to the Zeebys: Chocolatier'. Gamezebo. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
12. ^Carless, Simon (30 April 2007). 'Playfirst's Chocolatier Woos Us With Chocs'. Game Set Watch. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
13. ^'PlayFirst Treats Casual Gamers to Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients' (Press release). PlayFirst. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
14. ^Bell, Erin (16 July 2008). 'The Great Chocolate Chase: A Chocolatier Twist Review'. Gamezebo. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
15. ^'Zeebys - second annual casual game awards 2008 - winners'. Gamezebo. Archived from the original on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2008.

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Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients is a casualstrategy video game, developed by Big Splash Games LLC and published by PlayFirst. The game was released on 2008 for the Mac OS X and Windows. In Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients, players are able to create chocolate by combining ingredients, however you have to know the exact combination to get the secret recipe. It is the second video game in the Chocolatier series.

Gameplay and plot[edit]

Introduction[edit]

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Rebuilding[edit]

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The Chocolate Tasting Laboratory[edit]

After becoming an Entrepreneur, players can now buy the Chocolate Tasting Laboratory located in Buenos Aires. In the lab, players can create chocolate recipes using the ingredients slot, however, you need to know the exact combination of the secret recipe. After combining won't have access to the laboratory for a week because they are still cleaning test tubes, etc.

Purchases[edit]

Players can purchase ingredients all over the world, some of the market sells mostly sugars and cacao beans. Certain ingredients and beans are only available in certain places in the world, for example the Wild Island Berries can only be purchased at the Bouma Bure in Fiji, a secret port. Ingredients can also be rewarded to players if they finish certain quests.

3 Modes of Gameplay[edit]

• Story Mode: The first mode unlocked in the game.
• Free Play Mode: Unlocked after finishing the tutorial.
• Web Play: Only available with the PlayFirst version of the game.

*Web Play isn't included with the BigFish, RealArcade/GameHouse, etc. versions of the game.

Minigames[edit]

There are three different minigames in Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients:

• Making Chocolates: Players must shoot out ingredients into the correct tray. If all five tray is filled correctly, players will receive five case/week. If the players match the available tray colours, they'll receive production bonus. But if they missed eight ingredients, production will be halted. This minigame is available on any factory that's equipped with a chocolate machine (Squares, infusions, sauces, etc.)
• Toss of the Dice: First the player will roll 2 dice, then the opponent will roll 2 dice too. Then the player will roll again 2 dice and your opponent will roll again 2 dice too. The one with the highest number in the dice will win. The player can add more to the bet after rolling the first 2 dice.
• Mystery Box:First, players choose their wager. After choosing wagers they may open mystery boxes, these boxes are filled with money, but three of them are filled with a 'Whammy' If players found a whammy, their bet and extra earnings from opening boxes is taken. They can choose to quit at any time (even if their earnings doesn't reach the original bet) This minigame is available by being asked by people when you travel or by going to New York's The Blind Pig.

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