The wait is almost over! Stefano’s pizzeria, located in a romanticized version of New York, is waiting for you - Tonio, to take the chef’s mantle and uphold the real Italian tradition of baking pizza. It’s a family business, so more or less, you’re on your own to manage the whole restaurant. Let’s break it down and see what awaits you in the game:
You inherit grandpa Stefano’s pizzeria - it has clearly seen better days - there’s only one table, the toilet is not working and the only person there is your cousin - Alfonso, who would sooner poison the customers by accident than run a successful business. You roll up your sleeves and go to work!
The game’s campaign is divided into 21 days, where you start with almost nothing and end up rebuilding Stefano’s legacy. You will need to shop for your ingredients in two places: a convenience store and a bazaar. Once the pizzeria is stocked up, it’s time to prep: clean the place up, dice and slice the veggies, form the dough, and finally, compose and bake your pizza. After you flip the open sign it will also be your job to serve the customers. Time and work organization will be of essence. Expect frantic runs to the store to grab a tomato sauce, while your pizza is baking and two other orders are already waiting for you in line. Pizza Slice is a true pizzeria management experience!
If you thought you already had enough problems on your plate, add a dirty competition to the list - Greasy Pizza is a restaurant chain that doesn’t play nice. When they see you successfully grow your business, they will start to make your life harder by promoting directly right in front of your door or by throwing stinky bombs to your restaurant. You will need to act fast to not lose customers!
You’re also one phone call away from a sanitation check, so remember to keep your restaurant clean and tidy or face the fines!
Finally, it wouldn’t be a compelling NY city story, if there were no mafia goons involved. This is however a double edged sword - sometimes they will make your life miserable, sometimes you will use them to your own benefit.
Keep vigilant, work hard, and overcome all of your problems!
Alfonso may be a lazy and clumsy bum but he knows his way around the city and has the connections to help you out when you will most need him. He can also clean dishes for you, sweep the floors and even do some performance marketing, so he’s definitely not entirely useless!
With success comes increased demand, to keep up with it you will need to hire a waitress. Sofia is also a part of the family and she will not only cover the customers for you, she will bring in her marketing friends to the picture. With her around you’ll be one phone call away from a city wide marketing campaign, helping you secure even more guests!
We all know that multiplayer tastes better and a living, breathing opponent is always better than an NPC. We’re lining up some surprises in that regard for you chefs and we can’t wait to disclose more information on the subject very, very soon! Stay tuned!
Grandpa Stefano left you his cookbook, so you will always have the tried and true recipes to serve your customers, however nothing stops you from evolving the restaurant into something completely yours! You will be able to compose any pizza you want from a variety of ingredients: 4 types of meat, 2 types of cheese, 2 types of sauce, over a dozen different veggies, some fruits and even fish or a ready-made pesto. Just price it correctly so that your creations are attractive for customers and you earn from each pizza baked!
Make enough money to upgrade your kitchenware and expand your restaurant by adding more tables and a fresh visual look to the place. There’s plenty to unlock in Pizza Slice!
For those of you who will not get enough of making pizzas - we have prepared an endless mode after you complete the campaign, so you can achieve everything you ever wanted from your restaurant!
Oh my, that’s a lot of content waiting for you next week! We can’t wait for you to dive into the experience and share your thoughts with us!
By the way, we owe you a big, heartful thank you for all the comments and feedback you provided after both of our playtests! We took everything to heart and have been applying your suggestions, fixing bugs, as well as improving the online stability of the game ever since. Just a few last polishing tweaks left before we launch Pizza Slice, March 13!
See you at the table!
The Pizza Slice team