GameZebo writes: "Chocolatier: Decadence by Design returns to its roots and proves to be a very entertaining and challenging treat, but this reviewer wishes there were a few more delicious surprises in store. Still, you'll love this tasty simulation".
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As the popularity of social and casual games continues to rise, differentiating yourself from your competitors via careful targeting -- and exploring themes that are nontraditional for games -- might provide an advantage.
Instead of creating games that appeal to a broader population -- for instance, one that that's highly generalized, like the wildly popular FarmVille or Diner Dash -- they seem to be targeting, say, connoisseurs of specific foods, like wine lovers in the Facebook game My Vineyard or chocolate aficionados in Chocolatier and its two sequels, the latest being Chocolatier: Decadence By Design.
What's going on here? What could possibly be the strategy behind going after such nontraditional thematic niches?
In her latest entertaining Gamasutra analysis, designer Emily Short looks at the interaction between fiction and gameplay in PlayFirst's Chocolatier: Decadence by Design for PC -- which she says offers "unabashed dessert pornography".
