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Papa's Taco Mia!
Taco
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Name Papa's Taco Mia!
Author FliplineStudios
Genre Time Management
Published 2011-5-23
In-Game Awards? Yes
Gameplay Style Time Management
Upgrade System? Yes


Papa's Taco Mia! is another game in the series of Papa's fast-food restaurants, being the sequel to Papa's Burgeria. You serve your customers by making tacos with different taco shells, meat and toppings.

It was developed by FliplineStudios and published on May. 23, 2011.

Story[]

Upon opening the Taco Mia!, Papa Louie hosts a Taco Eating Contest to decide who gets to work at the aforementioned restaurant. The three competitors are Kingsley, the player, and James. Later that afternoon, James surrenders, due to a stomachache. As night falls, Kingsley begins to sweat and also surrenders, resulting in the player winning the contest and a job at the Taco Mia!.

Gameplay[]

You start the game by choosing one of two characters, Mitch or Maggie. Any of them will be competing in a food contest, Papa's taco eating contest. They will win, but the prize is rather surprising, owning taco restaurant for good and working on its success.

The game requires multi-tasking, going through 3 stations (Order, Grill and Build stations). You are rated by each customer and at the end of work day depending on your accuracy and speed in delivery. You can use your tip from your customers to buy upgrades (which will make things easier for you when preparing food) and lobby items (that can improve on waiting score). New to this game is the in-game badge system, closers (customers who appear at the end of the day who are more strict) and now, some ingredients will only be unlocked once you pass a certain rank.

Order station[]

Here, you take your costumers' order and copy it on an order ticket. They tell what kind of meat, taco shell, toppings and sauces they want. Once the order is taken, the customers will wait in the "Pick up" line in the back. You organize the multiple tickets on an order line, each with its number indicating time of order. The number of customers raises as you get further into the game. All your purchased lobby items will be found in this area. After taking the order, you move to Grill station.

Grill station[]

Here, the real work awaits. You drag order ticket to the side hook to read them easier. You choose which meat to cook for tacos (you get more options as you get further on in the game). There's a space for four pans on the stove (and you can buy two others from upgrades). There's a timer ring around each pan with different color markers, flip marker (blue) indicates when to flip the meat with a spatula, cut marker (red) indicates when to cut the meat using a knife and finish marker indicates when to drag the pan to a shell to put the meat into. How much you stick to those markers will improve your rating by the customer, for example, if you ignore the finish marker, your meat will be either raw or overcooked. Next, you move to Build station.

Build station[]

Here, you add toppings and sauce to your tacos. You have a topping bin, you choose which topping to add according to the order and you have sauce bottles (again, more toppings and sauces will be unlocked later on). The rating depends on accuracy in placing the toppings and sauce evenly across the taco shell. Then your work is done, and it's up to your customer to rate it and pays you accordingly.

Rating[]

Here, your customer rates your taco according to three standards. Icons will appear showing how well you did in each area:

  • Waiting score: If a customer waits too long before you take the order, you lose points and if you take a long time preparing customer's order, you lose points as well. Buying upgrades for the lobby will make the customers more patient and won't mind waiting for the order and hence you will get a better score.
  • Grilling score: How much you stick to markers in grilling and if you chose the ingredients right.
  • Building score: How your toppings are placed and if you chose them right.

At the end of the work day, you'll see a tally of your customer points and tips earned. As you earn more points, you'll be awarded new rank and titles. Each time you reach a new rank, new customers will visit the shop or a new topping will be unlocked.

Customers[]

You have three types of customers and a profile that has a portray for each customer you have earned. New customers appear when you get a higher rank.

  • Normal customers: Nothing special to note.
  • Closers: They are customers that arrive at the end of the day, they represent an extra challenge to finish every day. They're very picky about their orders, so their scoring will be tougher. Each closer only comes once every seven days.
  • Critic: Jojo, the food critic comes once a week, he is a closer customer, so his orders are scored tougher, and his order is randomized every time he visits (so no two concurrent orders will be the same). If the critic likes his taco, he'll award you a Blue Ribbon, you keep it for three days in which customers give you bigger tips.

Every time you do a good or a great job on a customer's order, that customer gets an extra star on their Star Meter. If you do an awful job, this meter will drop down to zero. Filling this meter will earn you a Star Customer award and a bonus tip. When a customer has earned an award (bronze, silver or gold), they'll tip more from now on and order faster.

Kong Badges[]

Hard Shell Hero
  Hard Shell Hero Badge
Easy pts
  
Papa's Taco Mia! » Reach rank 5
Curly Mustache
  Curly Mustache Badge
Medium pts
  
Papa's Taco Mia! » Earn a blue ribbon from Jojo the food critic
Carnivore
  Carnivore Badge
Hard pts
  
Papa's Taco Mia! » Unlock all the meat fillings

Walkthrough[]

Papa's_Taco_Mia_Full_Walkthrough

Papa's Taco Mia Full Walkthrough

External Link[]

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