Features Buffet vol. 1 - Know the Basics 🍔🍴

You’ve probably noticed some changes around Food Truck Empire’s page on Steam…
That’s right, we will have news about the game coming to you VERY SOON

However, we also wanted you to get a glimpse of the gameplay mechanics, so we got into the nitty-gritty of them to present you with the most important information regarding in-game mechanics!



Managing food trucks seems easy enough - there is only so much space you can manoeuvre, what can go wrong? Actually, a lot.
For you to get happy customers and great 5-star reviews, delicious food is important but not enough. Who would want to wait in a long line for a mouth-watering burger just to then wait half an hour to eat it? You need to make sure your service is fast enough for people not to get frustrated.

How to do it though? Well, first of all - the order of operations. If preparing a patty starts in one corner of the truck just to grill it in another… well, that’s not efficient at all. You have to make sure that you are setting up your truck for success. Make it seamless to transition from one operation to another without having to run all around the space like a headless chicken. From ingredients to preparation and cooking, straight to the serving counter and hungry bellies of your customers.



Another crucial factor to keep in mind is the complexity of the dishes served. Maybe you don’t need every single thing under the sun in this one burger to satisfy your customers. While some clients will appreciate a hand-made, gourmet, grass-fed, free-range burger patty, others prefer just an old-fashioned grilled meat piece without the steep price tag. Optimise your pipeline by removing ingredients or steps accordingly to make the process much faster for your customers. With more ingredients and dishes, you have to take into account the frequency of possible refills to your station.

Don’t forget to make every step of food preparation beneficial to your business and your customers. Focus not only on the food itself but also the pipeline of production.



Alright, your production is perfectly optimized, but you are still getting bashed online? Well, then maybe your food is bad.
Harsh as it may sound, you cannot build a proper empire on premade patties and frozen vegetables. You need to listen to your customers and see if they actually like your food. In Food Truck Empire, the review score is influenced mostly by your food, but also very heavily by the particular food preferences. Kids will like different food than Hipsters do and that will affect your reviews.



Try different dishes at different places at different times and see what works best for your business.



Hunger never sleeps, so you ain’t got time for slacking around!
Sometimes in the wild, you may come across a quest or a bigger city event that will require you to, for example, serve a certain amount of customers or a certain type of food for some time. These quests may seem limiting at first, but they can become a blessing if done correctly.



You get rewards for completing those tasks - they vary from quest to quest, but you can get f. eg. money or fame. However, the decision to take a quest is ultimately yours. If a quest requires you to serve 10 Grilled Cheeses to Kids, is it really worth investing in a whole new truck just for that? Accepting such a city event is a kind of commitment. In those hours, you have to be in this place for a certain amount of time and have to provide for a certain group of people.



To grow your empire, you need… well, buildings. There are several options available for you in Food Truck Empire to invest in real estate that will help boost your sales or production output.

[h2]Headquarters[/h2]
The most important building in the game - literally! The tutorial tells you so at least. HQ is your general hub of operations. Your empire starts here, from one humble food truck. You can not only buy parking spaces to accommodate new food trucks but also equip trucks with proper equipment. Not only that, you can develop whole faculties dedicated to specific research projects like new recipes or technologies.


[h2]Outposts[/h2]
Outposts are the refill stations that also allow you to explore different districts of the town. Just imagine - you have a sweet deal to cater to workers during their lunch hour, but there is one problem. The office is at the other end of town, making it nigh impossible to keep up with the demand without refilling. That’s where Outposts come into play - build your station somewhere close to the office so you can quickly restock there and come back to your spot to bring even more profit.

[h2]Food parks[/h2]
Once you get more comfortable with setting up proper routes for your food trucks and bringing enough profit, you can start creating a special place for your customers in the neighbourhood - a food park! Food doesn’t grow on trees there, but it’s still beneficial to your business. You can set up your own usual spot for up to 4 food trucks at a time, making it possible for different people to enjoy your food. It also makes it pretty convenient for you - long are the days of you chasing every single hungry customer with your truck. Now they can come to you! Once you serve enough customers, you will be able to improve and upgrade your food parks to accommodate larger crowds and more food trucks.



That would be all for now, Emperors. If you have any questions regarding this post or Food Truck Empire in general - let us know below in the comments.


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