DINER DASH v1.0  README

Welcome to DINER DASH, the action-puzzle game that brings out the entrepreneur in all of us!

HOW TO PLAY DINER DASH

The key to Diner Dash is this: keep the customer satisfied. 

The faster you serve, the happier your customers are, the happier they are, the bigger your tips, the bigger your tips, the more glorious your restaurant becomes. Take too long to serve your customers and they’ll get up and leave. Get enough tips and you finish your shift and win the level. Fail to earn those tips and you lose a star.  Lose all your stars and the game is over.

Action 1: Seat customers
      Click and drag a customer group to seat them at a clean, open table.
      Color matching:  Re-arrange customers and match them with the same color seats to make them happier.

Action 2: Taking orders 
	Take order: when customers put down their menus, click on their table to pick up the order
	Drop ticket: click on the spinning ticket station to drop it off

Action 3:  Serve food
	Pick up food: click on the food at the counter to pick it up	
	Serve food: click on the corresponding table to serve food

Action 4:  Settle the bill
	Give check: when a table is finished eating, click on the table to give the check and customers leave.

Action 5:  Bus the tables
	Pick up dirty dishes: click on a table to pick up the dirty dishes
	Drop off dirty dishes: click on the bus station to drop them off

**You can only carry two items at once.

**Earn bonus points by doing the same action many times in a row!

**Checkmarks show you all the restaurant locations Flo has queued to visit.  Two checkmarks in the same location mean Flo will perform two actions (i.e. give check and pick up dirty dishes).

CUSTOMER TYPES
Young woman:  Your basic friendly customer Tips well and is moderately patient.

Kindly senior:  More patient in line and at the table, but does not tip so well.

Businesswoman: Tips very well, but is not as patient!

College student: Tips okay; very impatient in line, but lingers at the table.

Mr. Hot Shot: Tips well, waits patiently in line, but has no patience while waiting at the table.

The Restaurant Critic:  VIP customer; gives you a star if she leaves very happy, but costs you points if she leaves mad!

RESTAURANT IMPROVEMENTS
Snack station:  when customers request this item, bring it to them quickly or else they will get upset.

Drink station: (coffee, tiki, etc):  Gives customers a drink while they are ordering or eating to make them happier.  You can only use the drink station only once each time it is highlighted.    

Podium:  Go to the podium to begin filling up the heart meter.  When the heart is full, all the customers in line become happier.

Stereo system:  Slows the rate at which people at the table become unhappy.

Performer:  Slows the rate at which people in line become unhappy.

Oven:  Makes the chef cook customers’ meals faster.

Running shoes:  Makes Flo walk faster


CREDITS
gameLab
      Game Design
      	Nick Fortugno (Lead)
      	Peter Lee
      	Mattia Romeo
      Process
      	Peter Lee
      Game Code
      	Peter Nicolai
      Art Direction
      	Peter Lee
      Visual Design
      	Amy Kim Ganter
      	Carolica Moya
      	CL Woncheol Lee
      	Beom-Sik Shim
      Special thanks to Ji-In-Lee
      Sound by Audiobrain
PlayFirst
	Executive Producers
		John Welch
		Kenny Dinkin
	Producer
		Erik Zwerling
		Andrew Mayer
	QA
		Justin Pace
	Special thanks to Brad Edelman
	Quality Assurance services provided by 20/20 Labs, Inc.


Copyright 2004, PlayFirst, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.  PLAYFIRST, the PLAYFIRST LOGO and DINER DASH are trademarks of PlayFirst, Inc.  gameLab and the gameLab logo are trademarks of gameLab, LLC.   Protected by copyright and licenses restricting use, copying, distribution and decompilation.


