Diner Dash (2014)

Not to be confused with the original Diner Dash, Sizzle & Serve, 2009 Remake, 2010 Remake or Classic.

Diner Dash (referred to as Diner Dash X internally), is a 2014 strategy and time management video game initially developed by Glu Mobile and published by San Francisco-based PlayFirst. It is the 10th installment and the 13th release in the Diner Dash series. It serves as a soft reboot of the original Diner Dash. The game was released on Android, iOS and is also playable on Facebook, powered by a company called APP.

The game received more than 10 million downloads on Google Play Store.

The game was delisted from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Story
The story for the 2014 Diner Dash is very irrelevant to the story from the original game, it concerns with the iconic character, Flo, and her chef-partner Cookie, managing to protect each restaurant from negative destruction and feedback of Mr. Big. The first arc of the story reveals that the real Mr. Big is held captive by his younger brother, Lil Big, who was primarily the minor villain. The second arc goes on with the real Mr. Big villain.

Gameplay
It is the identical gameplay as the original Diner Dash game, additional to the mixture of touch and drag and drop gameplay with the 2012 reboot. Despite its similarity, this game features a new cast of customers and VIPs, outrageously diverting challenges, brand new restaurants for payment, and disappointingly interruptible functions (ex. spills, rocket, health inspector, etc.). There is a new currency aside from coins called "Dineros", which is used to pay easier upgrades. Instead of continuing to play levels, the new reboot gives out a set of 3 limited bolts.

The character designs, props, and backgrounds gradually become more subtle and sharper than the previous incarnation designs; adding a modern touch to a classic art style.

Main

 * Flo
 * Cookie
 * Mr. Big

Other

 * Sophie Perrano
 * Mariachis

Returning

 * Rosie: An average customer who has normal patience for both waiting and eating, and has a medium tip.
 * Barb: A normally impatient customer who eats fast and has a high tip.
 * Bernie: A normally patient customer who pays less.
 * Kingston: An impatient customer who dislikes the jukebox, Sophie's singing voice, and mariachis.
 * Norbert: An elderly customer who is very patient at waiting and eating.

New

 * Shakes McGee: A character who is only addicted to coffee and dislikes reading menus.
 * Skip: A customer who does not pay after eating. Catch him before he escapes!
 * Hennui: A gloomy customer; bring him a menu to soothe him, before seating him.
 * Maddie: A quickly impatient character; cheer her up with a quick menu.
 * Flynn: A to-go order customer who only orders coffee.
 * Hugo Furst: A polite customer, granting customers behind him to go before him. He always talks when eating and paying a check.
 * Ariel: A to-go order customer who only orders dessert.
 * Violeta: A very impatient customer who enjoys mariachis.
 * Tira: A very impatient customer who orders dessert first, before ordering a meal.
 * Klaus: An impatient customer who prefers to sit on 4 or 6-seated tables; small tables are too narrow for him.
 * Agora: A shy customer who prefers to sit on 2 or 4-seated tables; 6-seated tables makes her nervous.

VIPs

 * Gordon: The first VIP introduced, a plump, middle-aged man who orders more than one dish.
 * Lina Sayer: The second VIP, who is a movie star disguising herself to avoid paparazzi. Moderately impatient.
 * Dinah: The third VIP, a middle-aged woman who is very impatient.
 * Mayor Prollum: The fourth VIP, formerly works with Lil Big.
 * Van Ryder: The fifth VIP, a rebellious rock star. Very impatient and wrecks tables if he loses one more heart.
 * Cray Teaque: The sixth VIP, a cleansed man who is very impatient.
 * Lil Big: The seventh VIP, and the main antagonist of the first arc.
 * Grael Keenes: The eighth VIP, an elderly but fine-clothed woman.
 * Al Bondigas: The ninth VIP, a Mexican telenovela star and international sex symbol. He dislikes horchatas, menus, but enjoys chips and salsa and mariachis.
 * Connor Carnie: The tenth VIP, a mad-minded minion who works for Mr. Big to wreck tables at diners Flo is currently working on.
 * Shirley: The eleventh VIP, a professional ice skater.

Restaurants

 * Greasy Spoon: The first stage. An old-school-styled restaurant owned by Cookie.
 * Deep Sea Diner: A seafood diner.
 * Rocket Diner: A dangerously space-located diner.
 * Le Gordon Bleu: Gordon's signature restaurant. An elegant French restaurant.
 * Taco Gigante: A traditional, stereotypical Mexican restaurant.
 * Candy Carnival: A café that only serves confectionery.
 * Grill 'N' Chill: An arctic restaurant located at the DinerTown Iceplex.
 * Could it be Wurst?: A German-traditional restaurant.

Development
Internally referred to as "Diner Dash X" in the code, data package folder for the game and by the developers. This may be referring to the game as the 10th installment (not release; discounting remakes/ports) in the Diner Dash series.

Removal
Prior to the release of Diner Dash Adventures, the game was delisted from Google Play Store and Apple App Store for unknown reasons, simply getting the APK+Data and installing it will not work on OS7+ Android phones as the game is targeted at a lower version of Android (Nougat / Android 5).

It is possible that the game was delisted due to not working on OS7 devices and to avoid negative feedback as a result of that, since as the game is still available on Google Play but is unlisted, it is also featured on the PlayFirst website with no download links available.

The only known workaround for this is to download the APK/Data and play the game on an emulator running a lower version of Android, preferably Android 5.0 (Nougat) or around that range.

Unused and scrapped material

 * According to the game's final release (v.1.13.1) there was supposed to be another restaurant "coming soon" but was ultimately never released/finished, there may have been possibly more veanues planned.
 * On the portfolio of an Artist who worked on the game we can see that there are unused character concept arts: Myna, Stacy, Klaus and Snailgo.

Emulating
This is a work in progress solution, as such it is not guaranteed to work perfectly and may not fully work...

Due to a killswitch (of sorts) implemented in the game server-side, the game can be a bit trick to get working. In order to get Diner Dash X (2014) working, follow one of these methods below (Special thanks to Doan Tuan Khoi):

Manual Method
This method is future proof and should work without the need of downloading assets in-game.


 * 1) Get an Android Emulator that can run an OS less than Android 7.0 (E.G. Nox Mul-drive feature to boot Android 5.0).
 * 2) Update Google Play Games and Google Play Services
 * 3) Get the game's APK and Data (Official, [Mirror])
 * 4) Install the Game's APK
 * 5) Copy the content of DLC.zip to Android/data/com.playfirst.dinerdashx/filesassets
 * 6) Turn off wifi in the emulator/android system and boot the game.

Auto method
This method requires that the game's servers still allows you to download data.


 * 1) Get an Android Emulator that can run an OS less than Android 7.0 (E.G. Nox Mul-drive feature to boot Android 5.0).
 * 2) Update Google Play Games and Google Play Services
 * 3) Get the game's APK
 * 4) Launch the game.
 * 5) Once the game finishes downloading assets the game will likely force quit as soon as it loads the first level, turn off wifi in the emulator/android system and boot the game up again and it should work fine.