Help with Cakemania 3, please

I am so frustrated...I've tryed and tryed to pass but its just too hard

I've posted some basic tips, and updated them today... there's also a thread on France and Ancient China.

You may have chosen a different world for your first level though, so you have to let us know which one you're on ... it's location I mean ... in order for us to help you.

There's one tip I forgot to mention earlier: start out with France. The double conter gives more customers then other worlds you start out in.

Thank you for all the tips; they do help. At least I have an Expert now up till 2.5. Buy the faster shoes quickly was one of the best tips; as the tips for the tv. I feel it's sometimes better to collect the money quickly and forget about trying to get a Sugar rush; at the end I did make more money like this on several levels. It is definitely a very challenging game. I'll continue playing.!

same here, tlsstr etc........

i cant remember how many times iv started over the games! and in what order.. i think the last time, i did them in the order they appear.. from top to bottom. im now on the last level in eygpt with everything upgraded to gold, by saving each level. you do this by using someones tip..i dont remember whose.. but i cant pass the level so i can go on to the prehistoric one with the dina sours.. i have to get 950, and the closest i have come is 920, im going crazy.. i absolutley LOVE this cake mania!

I am currently up to level 4.6 (it is the castle on the mountain) It just goes nuts...need 800 level points to pass on .... but the monkeys appear and change all the orders... I can not get pass $598.

I think the level difficulty does depend on what gates you go through first.

It certainly is the hardest cake mania so far...and is so frustrating....I like to play these games to unwind...but find I am getting so frustrated by it ..... but it is very addictive and keep thinking one more go.

It is also frustrating how long it takes to load each section

Good luck!

I have wasted a whole day off from work (I'm obsessive-compulsive) trying to get past this third level. There seems to be no way to pass that third level no matter where you start. I passed at one point, but since I had an unecessary cake, I lost by $2.00. It's just too hard.

I started with France because I'm not a big fan of the "de-icer" on upper levels--it takes away one slot from each of the icers and slows things down!!

I think I went to England second because Robin Hood and the witches make me crazy!!!

For the same reason, I went to Egypt next. Stayed there for a loooooong time but eventually got out thanks to that wonderful person who posted the tip under "impossible?" thread . . . (THANKS!!) Managed to earn enough to get out of there.

Got LOTS of money in the prehistoric level by upgrading toppers to get the volcano, then bashing a line with the club and making them all buy double cakes with volcanoes!!!

Armed with all of that, I headed to China and found it to be pretty easy, up to the last level. Of course, by this time, I had a gold kitchen . . . The last level, however, is going to take a while to get through . . . I missed the goal by a whole lot on my first run through . . .

I agree, though, that this one is just too hard to be really fun. You ought to be able to replay earlier levels to make enough money to upgrade your kitchen along the way. Not being able to do that gets you totally stranded with no choice but to start over or go back to a much earlier saved level to change your upgrade strategy or "cheat" by saving after a failure to earn money (see thread mentioned earlier). While a challenge is good, there's just got to be a less frustrating way to get by it.

I can't get past Egypt day 4 -- am playing as fourth world. The purple women don't pay enough no matter what I try.

lizzziee wrote:I am currently up to level 4.6 (it is the castle on the mountain) It just goes nuts...need 800 level points to pass on .... but the monkeys appear and change all the orders... I can not get pass $598.

I think the level difficulty does depend on what gates you go through first.

It certainly is the hardest cake mania so far...and is so frustrating....I like to play these games to unwind...but find I am getting so frustrated by it ..... but it is very addictive and keep thinking one more go.

It is also frustrating how long it takes to load each section

Good luck!

lizzziee wrote:I am currently up to level 4.6 (it is the castle on the mountain) It just goes nuts...need 800 level points to pass on .... but the monkeys appear and change all the orders... I can not get pass $598.

I think the level difficulty does depend on what gates you go through first.

It certainly is the hardest cake mania so far...and is so frustrating....I like to play these games to unwind...but find I am getting so frustrated by it ..... but it is very addictive and keep thinking one more go.

It is also frustrating how long it takes to load each section

Good luck!

You're right, lizzziee! Very good y'r on 4.6.

bitsy1949 wrote:I have wasted a whole day off from work (I'm obsessive-compulsive) trying to get past this third level. There seems to be no way to pass that third level no matter where you start. I passed at one point, but since I had an unecessary cake, I lost by $2.00. It's just too hard.

Agreed. I can't get futher than 3.11 either; have not entered world 4 yet.. hic..

I started with France and couldn't win the game so I created a new player and started with Egypt. I did get frustrated but didn't quit. I needed more money for upgrades so I found out by saving the game once that when I went back I had more money so after I would fail a level and I didn't try and pass for a few of them to try this out I had enough money to upgrade. I purchased faster shoes, then the cookie machine to keep customers happy if I passed a leve fine if not saved and got more money. This system worked for me! It wasn't fast like I like a game to be but now I'm on level 9 in France and I've upgraded everything and there isn't anything else to upgrade. The cake refrigerator really helped me get here. I kept baking and storing cakes and saving for the next level. I made sure the freezer had cakes before I saved for served the last customer his cake. I just kept feeding them cookies also to keep them happy. I upgraded the cookie machine and freezer as soon as I could to gold. For me the tv was just a problem took too much time and the phone uless I had the time was a distracton. I am having trouble with 9 just can't seem to get that level. Almost the end but it is so time consuming I'm about to give up. I need $900 and can't get there. The soldiers are scaring the customers away and they won't buy cakes from the freezer. Sigh

Hello... I've played this game several ways...the way I got all red stars in the main game (not futuristic level) & upgraded equipment the fastest was to start with the prehistoric level. The game seems to give Jill more clients and have them appear faster on this level, slow moving Jill doesn't have to walk far on this level and you can use the club when client counter is full on all clients except cave man and make triple layer cakes if no toppers have been acquired yet.
I then chose Egypt as Jill can stay open longer by activating Horus.
I don't buy the phone as that $500 can easily be made by buying toppers and equipment.
I buy only the first TV and upgrade to the wide-screen until almost the very end as it only seems to maintain the clients patience a small fraction longer... however there was one level late in the game I couldn't receive a red star on until I purchased the wide-screen.
The only BASIC item I purchase is one topper and the TV, I purchase the 2nd/pink level on all other equipment, save my money and then jump purchase to GOLD on the remaining equipment.
I then chose China, had GOLD equipment by the end of this level except 1 froster, 1 oven and the drink dispenser.
I then chose England (still don't understand the crystal ball very well).
I chose France last as Jill receives a double counter line PLUS Marquis de Cake (red coated male, not burgundy coated) periodically appears with an unearned sugar rush.
Hope this helps or gives you different strategies to attempt.

I finished the GAME!! YAY! Here is how I did it. After getting to the alien world, I kept saving the game (overwriting others and not buying anything!) until I had enough $$ to buy all the upgrades. Then, I would make 3-4 extra two-layered cakes with the most expensive toppers and store those in the refrigerator so I could make lots of $$ and sell them quickly.

Hope this helps!!

Finally I managed to get the best trick after Failing a level: go to Main Menu - Save - Continue, and the money in the failed level is added to what you had already. First it didn't work with me, so I uninstalled the game and installed it again - all my played levels were still there.
Now I'm a happy Cakemania 3 player again, hooray.!

WebWench wrote:Tips:

- Serve Anubis first so that he doesn't turn your customers into mummies (changing their orders as a result). Don't give anyone a menu when he's there, so that he can't change their order Only hand out menus and prepare cakes after he's left the building.

- Egyptian Queens always order a second cake after you've delivered the first, so try to get to her quickly.

- Use the "Ra's gift" bonus, which will add time to your clock. Once per level, used while you have many difficult cakes is when this is best used. Can appear as a black cat, or pharaoh.

Your such a sweet, thx for the tips. If there was somekind of BFG Oscars, think you'll get the award for all your useful tips

Did anyone play right to the end of level 6 already?

I am stuck on the last world too grrrrrr, it is way to hard. I also restarted the game a lot just to see what I needed to upgrade. TY for posting about the 1 oven and 1 froster I like this idea and will try it. The tv is a good one.

Guess what happened to me.. serious pc crash. Pc was with pc doctor for days. Now it runs like a beauty again, but I have to re-install Everything and..
.. lost ALL the progress of all my games........ so I have to start all over again.
At least I'm pretty good and quick now.
speedy shoes, 1 golden oven, 1 golden icer, than the Tv = the go, I think