Free play mode allows the player to travel, manufacture, and trade without undertaking quests. The player must locate the 64 lost recipes, visit 14 different cities around the globe, purchase six closed Baumeister factories, establish business relationships with outlets and suppliers, and manufacture chocolates to stay in business. The player is enlisted by Evangeline Baumeister to rebuild the Baumeister chocolate empire, which has been ruined by Evangeline's younger sister, who scattered chocolate recipes around the world.

Story mode involves a number of quests, including delivering specific chocolates and restoring the fictional Baumeister chocolate empire to its former glory. The game has two modes of play: story and free play. The player assumes the role of a young chocolatier in 1880, during the Victorian era. The game received a mostly positive reception: reviewers enjoyed the action minigame which is played when chocolates are manufactured, as well as the game's graphics, sound, and Victorian-era presentation. This prototype was rejected by publishers, but after coming up with the premise of Chocolatier, the team was signed up by PlayFirst and completed the title. Two modes of play are available: in story mode the player must rebuild an almost-bankrupt chocolate empire and acquire 64 chocolate recipes from around the world in free mode players start out with scant resources and must become successful chocolatiers.Ĭhocolatier was the first game developed by Big Splash Games, founded a trio of video game designers who developed a prototype game in their spare time while still employed by an unknown publisher.

Players assume the role of a young chocolatier, who must navigate 14 cities around the globe while buying ingredients, manufacturing chocolate confections, and selling them to chocolate shops. The game was released for download on May 1, 2007, and was followed by a CD-ROM release on September 27, 2007. Chocolatier is a casual strategy video game with action game elements, developed by American studio Big Splash Games and published by PlayFirst.