Hello once again, Pizza Express players!
After a few months of development, online leaderboards are finally here, along with 40 new achievements, new features and lots of improvements! To celebrate, Pizza Express will be 50% off this week, so get it while it's hot! Meanwhile, here is the changelog:
- ADDED Challenge Mode. This is an online mode where players can compete for the best score in two different game modes: Arcade and Endurance!
- ADDED 40 new achievements related to Challenge Mode.
- ADDED the option to remove pizzas from the menu.
- ADDED the option to remove ingredients from the kitchen. Doing so will consequently affect the menu, so be careful!
- ADDED further descriptions in the Edit menu screen when editing the pizzas.
- ADDED a sound to further notify the player when pizzas share the same name or recipe in the Edit menu screen.
- ADDED a new sound to notify the arrival of a new order when the restaurant is already full.
- ADDED a sound effect when clicking on cells in the Edit kitchen screen.
- ADDED new tips.
- FIXED sliders not saving the correct volume when switching between fullscreen and windowed mode.
- FIXED wrong pizzas being rarely considered correct.
- FIXED a rare bug that occurred when the player would try to toss away a pizza immediately after clicking on it to serve it.
- FIXED the splash screen failing to skip in certain instances.
- FIXED music not looping in the Evaluation screen.
- UPDATED the appearance of coins in the Evaluation screen.
- UPDATED the tutorials to reflect the most recent changes.
- UPDATED the file steam_api.dll to allow online play.
- UPDATED the game manual.
- UPDATED localisation files.
As you can see, you entrepreneurs now have the chance to remove ingredients from the kitchen and delete pizzas from the menu, giving you even more freedom about your restaurant's organization! Remember, however, that the F.L.A.B. likes variety...
But talking about the main event, online leaderboards! With the introduction of Challenge Mode, players now have the chance to battle for the number one spot in two different game modes: Arcade and Endurance. So spice up your kitchen, design your menu and go for it! The more difficult you make your game, the better your score will be (provided you can handle the heat!).
Arcade mode
In Arcade mode, players have 5 minutes to score as many points as possible, by serving pizzas and completing orders as usual. Don't make mistakes to increase your combo counters faster, restock only when necessary to avoid penalties and don't let your customers wait around too long. Sounds easy? Maybe, but there are a few surprises waiting for you...
Endurance mode
Endurance mode is pretty self-explainatory: run your restaurant for as long as you can doing the usual stuff! Boring? Not when you're under constant pressure! Making customers wait and committing mistakes will drain your Reputation Points away, and when they hit zero, it's game over! But fear not, you'll have a secret weapon you can use to survive...
Excitement!
So what are you waiting for? Glory is waiting for you! Do you have what it takes to be the best pizza chef in the world? There's only a way to find that out...!
As always, feel free to report any bug on the game forums. I'll try to address them as quickly as possible! Thank you for your time, and happy gaming!
Extra info
Further info about this update are available here.
La lista dei cambiamenti è disponibile anche in italiano qui.