Papa's Pancakeria 2.0

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City and Theme Park building simulation games were pretty popular back in the 2000s, with a couple of them popping up every year. However, restaurant simulators were pretty rare, and even today, there aren't many games where you focus on serving the customers. It's a different story in Flash games, though. The Papa franchise has tons of entries that span a ton of different food types. Let's look at Papa's Pancakeria.

To play Papa's Pancakeria, simply run it with whatever SWF player you have.

The series has gotten around to realizing that its core gameplay loop is already strong enough to not need much further innovation. You still have to take the customer's orders, cook their order to perfection, then give it the right amount of toppings by stacking them up. This is the first time we've really seen some mechanics from the series fully reused, with no unique gameplay gimmick of its own.

They've instead decided to innovate on what happens in between each day. Now, on top of being able to decorate your restaurant however you want, there are also minigames in between each day that will give you bonuses. While these get repetitive and aren't really necessary for success, they're still a welcome change in pace from the constant loop of serving customers.

All in all, Papa's Pancakeria marks the first entry that tries to add something outside of the trademark gameplay loop. While it's not wholly successful, it's still a great time.