Film WorkCake Mania Mobile
Credits: Lead Game Designer
Format: Brew and J2ME +200 handsets
Cake Mania is one of the biggest hits ever in the PC casual games market. It was an honor to bring such a well loved game to mobile. Cake Mania is an art heavy, mouse driven game. As such, every element required careful consideration as I redesigned it for mobile.
The controls were the single biggest risk. Several control schemes were tried, but we selected the initial design. It was intuitive, with a strong sense of cause and effect and one to one interaction. It also scaled with the user as their skill level increased. Game pacing and level balance were also reworked in light of the control and format changes. The interface design of the upgrade shop was reimagined, and in some ways improved upon its pc predecessor thanks to a streamlined flow.
Cake Mania Mobile works well on the best and worst of handsets. The attention to detail and respect for the license paid off. Cake Mania has enjoyed great sales and reviews alike.
Reviews: IGN.COM by Levi Buchanan, Pocket Gamer UK by Stuart Dredge
Images Copyright RealNetworks 2006, Images Copyright Sandlot Games 2006
