Chocolatier Game Guide

Original Feature

by Michael Plasmeier

Chocolatier Game from PlayFirst Guide

Purchasing

There are 60 min trials all around the web. I used WildTangent's WildCoins system to play, because it's only 4 coins ($1) each time you want to start the game. I completed it in ~7 hours with 3 starts, so it cost me only $2, because the first start was free.

Review

It was a fun twist on the "own a business" genre. There was little "gaming" skill involved (by this I mean where you have to complete actions in a certain amount of time) except for where you set chocolate production by launching ingredients at a spinning wheel. Think like Mario Party, where you most of what you do is strategy (with less surprises in this), but there is a bit of skill involved in most of the mini-games.

The game itself got a little repetitive in the end completing all 130+ quests and trying to collect what seems like a hundred chocolate recipes. You want to complete the game with as least moves as possible, because you want to have the highest income per week.

Also, when you are running low on ingredients, it doesn't tell you which one until you run out (and stop production) You can always figure it out, but that's a pain. Also you forget which ingredients are in which cities. It tells you, sometimes, where you last saw an ingredient, but not always. That is the reason I made this guide.

City Guides

Each city has a chocolate shop (where you sell you're goods) and a market where you can buy some raw ingredients. Some cities have factories you can buy to make your chocolates, and some have farms which sell specialty cacao to use in some of your creations. Most cities then have some sort of architectural icon where someone lives who you deliver chocolates to and get recipes from. In some cases, these are members of the Baumeister family (the central storyline of the game). In addition, most cities have a spot where "travelers" hang out, who sometimes give you quests, ask you to gamble, or give stupid advice.

San Fransisco

The city you start in.

Ferry Markets

• Run by Patricia Knowles
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Almonds

Places

• Walinda McMurty @ San Fransisco Chocolates
• ?? @ the Brickhouse Square Factory
• Travlers @ the Barbary Coast Saloon
• Evangeline Baumeister @ the Cliff Chalet

Merida

The next place you can go

Mercado Mexicano

• run by Leon Manzinillo
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Cacao
• Cashew Nuts
• Truffle Powder

Places

• Gran Plaza Chocolates run by Frida Sanchez
• Fernando Verdez at the Plaza Mayor
• Acan Gucumatz @ Chichen Itza
• Some traveler place at the bottom right of the screen

New York

Canal St. Public Market

• run by Clarinda Penimar
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Mint

Places

• Henrietta Munrow @ Park Ave. Fine Chocolates
• Stacy Alterna @ Brooklyn Confections Inc. (Factory)
• Nicholas Schaeffer @ NY Public Library
• Travers @ New World Spirits

Trinidad

Caroni Market

• run by Shani Naipaul
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Cacao
• Caschew Nuts
• Trinidad Lemons
• Hazelnuts (?? or Truffle Powder)

Places

• Karola Richards @ Chocolates of Chaguanas
• Felix Baumeister @ Queen's Park (top of the hill)
• Le Farme de Port-au-Spain (sells Trinidad Chocolate)

Quito

Mercado de Santa Clara

• run by Bernardo Munacho
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Cacao
• Mint
• Truffle Powder

Places

• Ulises Sanchez @ Confitero de Ecuador
• Candace Baumeister @ Galapagos Islands
• Juantia de la Garda @ Granja Benlcazar (sells Quito Chocolate)
• Traveler Place on the right of the screen ____ Bar

Rio de Janeiro

Mercado Centro

• run by Bruno Filho
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Almonds
• Coffee

Places

• Gaspar de Lemos @Barra de Tijuca Chocolates Fines
• Marisa Nascimento @ Fabrica Campo Grande (Factory)
• Susanna Solidad @ ???The Rainforest

London

Upper Thames Market

• run by: Beatrice Knightsley
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Carmal
• Almonds
• Bing Cherries
• Mint

Places

• Sir Albion Forester @ Big Ben Chocolates Ltd.
• Claire Watson @ London Confectioners Ltd. (Factory)
• Harold Crowley @ Buckingham Palace
• William Norwich @ Bull's Head Pub.

Istanbul

Market Gorgun

• run by Cavahir Hasad
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Hazelnuts
• Bing Cherries
• coffee
• Mint

Places

• Deiter Baumeister @ Golden Horn Delights
• Asalan Sozen @ Kiz Kulesi
• Travelers @ Galata Bridge
• Travers at Copacabana Beach

Accra

Markola Market

• run by Yaa Ambolley
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Cocoa
• Hazelnuts
• Coffee
• Mint
• Cinnamon
• Truffle Powder

Places

• Nehanda Nkrumah @ Ghana Chocolates
• ?? @ Osu Castle
• Travelers @ Jamesfort Light

Mahajanga

??? Market

• run by: Safidy Mapanje
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Cocoa
• Almonds
• Cashew Nuts
• Vanillin
• Truffle Powder

Places

• Santatra Lipenga @ ??? Store
• ?? @ ?? Factory
• Aurence Rakotomalala @ Besalampy Farms (Specialty Cocoa)

Hong Kong

Kowloon Market

• run by: Sun Yen-Wing Market
• Sugar
• Milk Sloids
• Almonds
• Raspberries

Coffee Beans

• Cinnamon

Places

• Harold Zhang @ Confections of the New Territories
• Raliegh Hampstead @ Empire Chocolates Manufacturing Ltd.
• Jarrah Tangye @ Victoria Park (on hill)
• Travelers @ Sik Tai Yuen Temple

Colombo

Pettah Market

• run by: Mahakuli Kannangara
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Cacao
• Almonds
• Coconut Shavings
• Truffle Powder

Places

• Janean Tissa @ Galle Face Green Confections
• Eritrice Fetzerin @ Kurunegala Cacao Plantation (Specialty Cacao)
• Travelers @ Poya Inn
• Travelers @ Jami Ui Alfar

Sulawesi

Central Sulawesi Market

• run by: Matindas Soloy
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Cacao
• Almonds
• Macadamia
• Bing Cherries
• Coffee
• Truffle Powder

Places

• Pingkan Lasut @ Makasaar Sweets
• Wuaya Sarundayang @ Tanjung Farms

Sydney

Last port. Unlocked at almost the end of the game

Paddington Market

• run by: Stewart Madden
• Sugar
• Milk Solids
• Hazelnuts
• Macadamia Nuts
• Bing Cherries
• Mint

Places

• Rowena Grimaldo @ Baumeister Chocolates
• Nicole Llewelyn @ Sydney Mint
• Raelene Gregan @ Circular Quay (on the right side; it's very small)

Ingredients

Some ingredients go bad if you're not producing anything with them. Because Sugar is always needed, I recommend buying 9,000 bags when you find it at $2. I always buy a lot of ingredient, because I don't want production to stop, and I hate flying around trying to find ingredients. It doesn't matter where you buy them in relation to your factory, because shipping is always free and instantaneous. So you are just looking for the lowest price anywhere.

Sugar

• Everywhere

Milk Solids

• Everywhere

Cacao

• Merida
• Trinidad
• Quito
• Accra
• Mahajanga
• Colombo
• Sulawesi

Almonds

• San Fransisco
• Rio de Janeiro
• London
• Mahajanga
• Hong Kong
• Colombo
• Sulawesi

Cashew Nuts

• Merida
• Trinidad
• Mahajanga

Hazelnuts

• Istanbul
• Accra
• Sydney

Macadamia Nuts

• Sulawesi
• Sydney

Truffle Powder

• Merida
• Quito
• Accra
• Mahajanga
• Colombo

Bing Cherries

• London
• Istanbul
• Sulawesi
• Sydney

Coffee

• Rio de Janeiro
• Istanbul
• Accra
• Hong Kong

Mint

• New York
• Quito
• London
• Istanbul
• Accra
• Sydney

Cinnamon

• Accra
• Hong Kong

Carmel

• London

Vanillin

• Mahajanga

Raspberries

• Hong Kong

Coconut Shavings

• Colombo

Trinidad Lemons

• Trinidad