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By Flipline_Tony, May 23, 2013 5:10 pm

Question 1: Why do you level up by earning money in Papa’s Pizzeria, when in the later games you level up by earning points?

Answer 1: You couldn’t spend your money on anything in Papa’s Pizzeria, so since it was a restaurant business we used money as if they were your points — you would level up by earning more money, and the high scores were shown as tips earned. We received a lot of feedback from the first game that players wanted to actually use the money they earned, so in Papa’s Burgeria we added a shop to buy upgrades. Since you could spend the money and run out, we couldn’t use it as a points system anymore for leveling up, so we added regular Points to the Gamerias after that.

Question 2: What was the most difficult Papa’s game to make?

Answer 2: Each of the games have their own tough challenges while we’re making them, but the most difficult was probably Papa’s Wingeria. We had wanted to make a game with wings since Burgeria, but couldn’t quite figure out how to handle a Build Station, until we finally thought of arranging wings and sides on a platter. Figuring out the different patterns and how to score them took a long time, and we also went through many options for how the Fry Station and Sauce Station could work. On top of that, figuring out custom Workers was another big challenge, and designing all of the clothing options for them.

Question 3: Is Papa Louie 2 done yet?

Answer 3: We have been very busy with Papa Louie 2! Matt just finished up all the sound effects and new music for the game, and we’re working on adding more details to all of the levels. We just have a short list of things left to do, and then it’s time for play-testing, where we make sure all of the skills are working nicely and all the challenges are doable. After we’ve started this we should have a better idea of when the game will be ready to release. We don’t have any new previews since we don’t wait to spoil any of the surprises with playable customers or our new lands and enemies, but stay tuned for more details on when the game will launch!

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By Flipline_Tony, April 17, 2013 4:57 pm

Question 1: When ordering (in a Gameria), why do some people talk faster than others? Is this on purpose?

Answer 1: In most of the Gamerias, when a customer earns five stars and gets a “Star Customer” award, they’ll start placing their orders faster. If you earn a Silver or Gold award for that customer, they’ll order even faster too.

Question 2: What inspired you to introduce Foodini in Papa’s Pancakeria?

Answer 2: For every Gameria, we try to add some new features that improve the series, and give players more to do than just preparing the food. We wanted to add something that would break up the monotony of just doing the same thing day after day, so we decided mini-games in between days would be a fun break, and a great way to earn some new items in the game. Of course we needed a game show host for these new events, so Foodini joined the cast and the customer lineup as a glitzy, over-the-top announcer.

Question 3: Why is there no hot chocolate in Papa’s Pancakeria?

Answer 3: In Pancakeria’s Drink Station, we focused on beverages that are typically served with breakfast (like coffee and juices). Although we have chocolate milk, we don’t have hot chocolate. We would have needed to add “Hot Water” as a liquid option. That would have been great for making hot chocolate, but the other combos would have been weird (hot cream water, iced hot water, and hot sugar water). The other option would have been a way to heat up the chocolate milk, but you wouldn’t really have time for that.

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By Flipline_Tony, March 19, 2013 5:02 pm

Question 1: Do you have any idea of launching another game for mobile devices?

Answer 1: We are definitely planning on releasing more apps for mobile devices. We already have the next one in mind and have most of the planning figured out for it. We can’t release any more details than that for now! It will be awhile before we start working on it though, because we have a few online games that we want to finish up first.

Question 2: Are you planning to continue the Cactus McCoy series?

Answer 2: We do have plans on continuing the Cactus McCoy series! Unfortunately, Cactus McCoy games take a very long time to make. We had plans of making the next game in the series last year, but it didn’t fit into our schedule and it had to be postponed. Before the game was delayed, we managed to get the pre-production done, the story hammered out, and some of the new weapons drawn up. We are also considering shortening the length of the games in order to better fit them into our schedule. Unfortunately, we don’t have a set date as to when work will resume on the next game. We just wanted to let all the Cactus McCoy fans out there know that we haven’t given up on our favorite green cowboy!

Question 3: Will you guys make animations?

Answer 3: Wouldn’t that be awesome! Unfortunately we are mainly focused on creating fun games for you guys and making animations would definitely cut into our schedule. So as of now, we have no plans on making animations, cartoons, or feature length movies.

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