Time Management games are games in which you perform a series of tasks for your 'client' as quickly as possible e.g. manage/cook/serve at a restaurant, stock/run a supermarket, babysit, manage a hotel, build/decorate houses.
I thought I would start this post for a couple of reasons: to remind myself which ones I liked and didn't like, and to help others out there, that may stumble on this post.
First off, so far I like the games that involve food and food preparation. If anyone has any suggestions for me within this branch of time management games, or out of it, please comment!
My love started with Cake Mania, and the sequels. And as I have a PC, that is the platform I am most concerned with. I will only be posting names and a bit of info - NOT the games themselves (unless there is a link to a free web version).
My absolute favourites so far are: 'Youda Sushi Chef' and the 'Delicious' series (the more recent games in series are usually better due to additions in options, levels, decorations etc.)
+ Cake Mania is a name and also a series of cooking and time management video games developed and published by Sandlot Games in 2006. The Wii version is known as Cake Mania: In the Mix! (I haven't played the Wii version)
- Cake Mania
- Cake Mania: Back to the Bakery (the first spinoff)
- Cake Mania 2 (sequel to the original. It has different features from the original one, like different locations, slightly different gameplay, new customers, and a new design)
- Cake Mania 3 (New features include mini-games and power-ups as well as the introduction of voice overs for the different storyboards throughout the game)
- Cake Mania: Main Street (New features include the ability to play as Jack, Risha, and Tiny in establishments other than the Evans Bakery. There are four Main Street locations, each with 25 levels)
- Cake Mania: Lights, Camera, Action!
- Cake Mania: To The Max!
+ Delicious is a series of time management casual games, developed by Zylom Studios, and published by Zylom. The games tell the story of Emily, a waitress who aspires to one day run her own restaurant, and who works in several other restaurants in order to earn the money to make her dream come true. These are listed in my favourites to play.
- Delicious
- Delicious 2 (released 2007. Offers players a number of new features, such as decorating your restaurant yourself, the possibility to put items on your plate ahead of time rather than when it was ordered, trophies for special achievements, and a storyline with cut scenes. Has five 10-day restaurants to play through)
- Delicious: Emily's Tea Garden (released 2008. The game holds on to the solid basis of Delicious 2, and mainly offers a bigger variety in dishes, reservations and a mini-game in which you collect mice.)
- Delicious: Emily's Taste of Fame (released 2009. The game takes the series to the next level by challenging players with special events that change daily, and need to be completed besides the normal time management gameplay. For instance, while running a restaurant, you will need to take packages from the postman, help a lady find her pearls, or keep the place clean while a car mechanic is fixing your car)
- Delicious: Emily's Holiday Season (released 2009)
- Emily's Childhood Memories (released 2011)
- Emily's True Love (Alpha testing began June 2011. Beta to be released soon)
+ Turbo Pizza (my least favourite series - The food prep is done by another character, not by you - this makes it less fun in my opinion)
- Turbo Pizza
- Turbo Subs (follow up to Turbo pizza) Download the free 60 minute trial here
+Youda Sushi Chef (this is my FAVOURITE time management game, and I hope they make a sequel). It can be played online here. There are 6 different restaurants to complete, and a huge menu selection of sushi to create. I loved that ingredients had to be ordered in before they ran out (adds to the challenge).
+ Stand O'Food (Keep the line moving as customers and orders start piling up. Slap together burgers and cook up some bacon as quickly as you can! But it's not all about speed. You've also got to plan ahead). This game is fun, but different in that conveyor belts of ingredients must be picked from to make the sandwiches.
- Stand O'Food (more than 100 levels, 80+ sandwiches to make) Try it for an hour here
- Stand O'Food 2 (200 levels) Try it for an hour here
- Stand O'Food 3 (more of everything hehe) Try it for an hour here
I'll try and add more as I find them and try them!
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