Rules to never break in PP!

I finally won a PP tournament! ^_^ So I got excited and decided to write down my own personal 'rules' when playing. (one more strategy thread can't hurt! )

Cardinal Rules for Pizza Palace:

DON'T make pizzas out of order!

If it can be at all helped, resist this urge! Making a pizza out of order will only confuse you, and likely cause you to put incorrect toppings on the rest of them!

DO upgrade your shoes (first!)!

Some upgrades cause confusion, but getting to things faster can only help! This is the easiest upgrade to make, as you can afford it at the end of the first level. Don't worry, with the shoes, you'll probably have raised enough funds at the end of this level to afford something else.

DON'T upgrade your dough-maker (until there's almost nothing left to buy!): buy another one instead!

By having 3 dough-makers, you can potentially have every type of slice (quarter, half, whole) on hand!

DO upgrade your topping-station!

Upgrade first, THEN buy another one, since it's much more confusing to have two, and this upgrade is really worth it- tops pizza's MUCH faster . Eventually, however, you'll need to have two (one upgraded, one not) when your ovens are full and you could be using your stand-around time more productively.

DO save up for a second oven!

Unlike the topping station, buy a second one first BEFORE upgrading. Faster cooking time is a good thing, but it doesn't help much when you have a whole pizza taking up an entire oven and holding everything up!

After you HAVE a second oven...

DO upgrade at least one oven!

Faster cooking time will only cause you to get pizzas to the customers faster!

My recommended order of upgrades: Shoes, second dough-maker, upgraded topping station, second oven, third dough-maker, second topping station, upgraded oven...and then I don't think it matters much from there. =)


Of course, after all that, it's really all about how you, personally play the game. ^_^ Anyone else have their own "rules" they try never to break when playing?

[SallyAnne]

Harlequinn's rules are sensible, but I used slightly different ones. I won a lot of tournaments when I was playing Pizza Palace, and I upgraded my dough maker, my oven, and my cutting board before I bought new ones; I added another cutting board before adding an oven. Judging from other posts on the PP threads, you can upgrade in several different ways and they all work just fine. I agree, though, that shoes are crucial!

You need to learn to use the upgrades strategically: if you have a pizza with three toppings and one with one topping, try to remember to top the one with three toppings on the upgraded cutting board and use the regular cutting board for the one with one topping. You also can move pizzas to a different cutting board. There's one level where I had to start a two-topping pizza on the un-upgraded board (another pizza was finishing on the upgraded board), but I moved the two-topping pizza to the upgraded board when I could because it got topped faster.

I agree that it's best to prepare and cook the pizzas in order to avoid being confused, but I also deliberately made one pizza on level 15 out of order because it was a whole pizza with three toppings, and that was the only way that I could get through the level.

At the higher levels, one of my rules was to take orders from three patrons at a time (since you have three doughmakers and three cutting boards): if you expose all of the orders, it is easy to lose track where you are.

Hope these supplements help the Pizza Palace fans!

:ccat: and a green floral fox

[dumblonde693]

Thanks so much for your post. It helped me a lot, considering that I never get past level 7. That game seems super easy from the beginning, and then it gets really hard. Rep points for both of you guys! Thanks a lot for your help!

[wolfpackgrl15]

Here's how I win.

Levels One through Five (I think)-Save
Level Six-Buy Shoes AND Oven
Level Seven-Buy Dough Maker
Level Eight-Buy Topping Thingie
Level Nine-Buy Dough Maker
Level Ten-Buy Topping Thinie
Level Eleven On-Upgrade everything

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I can usually get past Level Ten. I haven't beaten Level Eleven yet, though.

[kent1000000]

thanks for the tip i going to try that next time

[dandogkinie]

thank you- all of you i just made it to level 9 for the first time thanks to you.

[SallyAnne]

Originally Posted by dandogkinie

thank you- all of you i just made it to level 9 for the first time thanks to you.

Dandogkinie,

Congratulations on making it through level 9! Now, for level 10, what you need to know is that the level starts off with 3 customers coming at the same time and ordering 3 1/4 pizzas. So, even before they show up, make the 3 1/4 pizzas in your dough makers. The rest of the level isn't too bad. Also, you should check the guide--as I remember, the third has three toppings, so you need to start making that one first. But check the guide: I've sworn off the game since no one seems to be able to pass Level 17, but you should keep playing because it's a great challenge up to that level. And I might (just might) be willing to play it again to refresh my memory if you need some help!

:ccat: and a green floral fox