Dessert Chain: Coffee & Sweet

by Aethyna Jun 22, 2017 | 1 Votes | 0 Played | 0 Reviews

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Business/ Economy , Restaurant/ Cafe , Time Management , Shop Design

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Touchten Dessert Chain: Coffee & Sweet is a time management game where you get to manage your very own chain of dessert shops. Selling from coffee and donuts to froyos, you’ll be kept on your toes as you serve different customers to the best of your ability. Come and be a dessert shop magnate today! Play Now Similar Games

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Summary

Dessert Chain: Coffee & Sweet is a time management game where you get to manage your very own chain of dessert shops. Selling from coffee and donuts to froyos, you’ll be kept on your toes as you serve different customers, including some that are apparently in cosplay costumes, to the best of your ability. Upgrade your food and your shop to maximize your profits and don’t forget to drop by your shops often to collect your daily earnings! If you’ve enjoyed café-themed time management games like Cooking Fever, you’ll definitely love this game. Do give it a try!

Gameplay

Before you start playing, you’ll get the option of logging into your Facebook. This is entirely optional and, to be honest, rather unnecessary since accordingly to the game’s tips, logging into Facebook doesn’t help you save your progress in the cloud. In other words, your progress will not be brought over to other devices if you do plan on playing Dessert Chain on both your phone and tablet, for example.

That said, the game begins with a pretty standard tutorial where with Hazel’s help, you’ll be introduced to the different recipes you’ll need to know before you can manage your coffee house. New recipes are unlocked at certain level milestones, but not to worry, if there are anything new introduced, you’ll be sure to go through a mini-tutorial first just so you’ll be familiarized with the new recipe. There are other different shops that you can later unlock as well, including a cendol stall (Cendol is a chilly, shaved ice treat that is popular in South-East Asia) a cakery and a froyo (frozen yogurt) bar.

Each day starts off in kind - you’ll get a few seconds of prep time in before the first customer arrives. I’d say the gameplay feels a lot like a simpler version of the popular time management game, Cooking Fever, where, unlike the Cooking Dash series, you simply need to combine ingredients and sometimes cook them before serving the dishes to your customers. There is no ingredient preparation, such as chopping, slicing and dicing, involved and hence, there is no need for you to hire additional chefs at your cafe. You won’t need to seat your customers as well.

In this game, you’ll have a limited period of time (the opening hours) to serve the fixed number of customers you have per day, so in some way, your profit per level is pretty much standardized. The only thing you can really capitalize on is the tips. The tips you earn depends on the patience level – or at least whatever that’s left of your customers’ patience. Keeping it in the green zone will see you earning the maximum amount of tips in addition to the cost of the food you sold. If the patience level of a customer is drained, he or she (or it) will then leave your shop.

Now, losing a customer or two probably wouldn’t hurt your business as much at the beginning and you might still get a 3-star for that level, but it’s probably best to avoid angering your customers. You’re running a business, albeit virtually, after all! By upgrading your shop with decorations, you can entertain your customers and keep them patient for a while longer. Different décor has different functions too. Some allow you to extend your business hours while others increase the tips you’ll get per sale.

There are also upgrades you can get for the food you sell to increase the profit you get, and the kitchen appliances you use, such as the coffee maker, to increase its efficiency. The thing about these upgrades is that the first upgrade only uses up coins but subsequent upgrades will require gems (the supposedly premium currency).

Unlike Cooking Fever which I find premium cash is a bit harder to get, Dessert Chain is rather generous with the many ways you can earn more gems – by completing tasks at the rewards menu, for example. This is crucial since you will definitely need additional upgrades (but not all of them) if you aim to get 3 stars for the later and more challenging levels. Stars are important to collect because once you have enough stars, your shop will start to generate its own daily income of not only coins, but also gems.

Another good point about Dessert Chain is that there are no restrictions imposed on your playing time. You are not bound by limited energy or lives, and as long as you can get a star for a level, you’ll unlock the next level. Of course, you could always return to previous levels to try for a 3-star rating once you’ve got enough upgrades purchased.

Being a freemium game, Dessert Chain has an in-app shop that sells gems and coins for real cash. There are also 3 ranks of VIPs on offer. Naturally, the better VIP rank you subscribe to, the more gems and coins you can collect daily.

Community

Dessert Chain is not intended as a social game and nor it is designed so. However, if you fancy connecting with your fellow virtual café owners, the best way would probably be through the game’s Facebook page.

Graphics/ Sound

The graphics in Dessert Chain is pretty appealing, but I’d like to put in a note for the unique designs used when it comes to the characters. It’s not often to see a songkok-wearing elephant or an android in a time management game. The music in this game is rather catchy both prior to entering a game and while being in a game.

Conclusion

All in all, Dessert Chain: Coffee & Sweet is a solid café-themed time management game that features a variety of tasty treats be it a cup of aromatic Americano or the brain freeze-inducing cendol. The gameplay is challenging enough to give even the most hardcore time management players a run for their money. Best yet, the gems you need to upgrade your food or shop can be earned slowly but steadily, instead of forcing you to buy them. It’s fair that way.

So, if you enjoy time management games with the likes of Cooking Fever, then you’ll definitely love Dessert Chain. Download it now on Google Play or the App Store and give it a try!