Soap Opera Dash is a spin-off dash game starring Rosie the Regular, who was previously the basic customer of Diner Dash.
Rosie, whose pitch was rejected by a local television show, met with her high school crush, Simon the Celebrity, who was recently fired from his acting gig due to poor reviews. As they reminisce about their past, Rosie has an idea to start off her new show with Simon as her lead actor. Together with Flo, Quinn and the rest of the DinerTown residents, they started their soap opera project. During this, Simon gets competitive with Quinn and Simon's former bosses warn Rosie that Simon is still under their contract, also threatening to sue, but Flo is unfazed and instead sees this as a competition. She arranges a meeting with Simon's bosses to ensure that they can't get in the way. Following an opera performance contest, the winners are Stella and Samson. Quinn is kicked out after throwing a fit, and Simon and Rosie are glad that things turned out well for them despite Simon not winning. Quinn is further annoyed when Joe starts talking to Rosie.
Each episode is divided into a few scenes, and actors of a particular scene will appear at the chairs accordingly. Actors will need to read the script and move to stations to get their hair and makeup done, along with a change of costume. When all the necessary steps are done, they will be ready on the set for their shoot. However, their needs must be tended to quickly since their mood (indicated by the number of hearts) will fade and will affect the quality of the scene. Players will run a risk of losing a scene if one of the required actors left with a bad mood on set.
In addition to the actors, props are needed to be brought in by the player and Hal the Hungry Man, the cameraman, is called in to shoot the scene. Mini games of matching hair color, wardrobe and makeup will appear when stars hover around the actor. Later during the game, critics (a.k.a the Director from Cooking Dash DinerTown Studios) will come to review the show. They must be seated in a director's chair, and later ask for a burger. They leave happy when served promptly, otherwise they'll deduct points if they're kept waiting. Fans (who are Cassie clones from the game Pet Shop Hop) will also pay the set a visit and will grant bonus points if they receive an autograph from their favorite actor. Lastly, the player will run into "star actors", actors who let success get to their heads. They expect quick service and can only be placed at starred stations. They will always be seated in a special starred chair while flashing.
An important note is that each level contains special objectives from a set of judges, such as not throwing away any items or obtaining a specific amount of color bonuses. Completing these objectives grants the player good votes, which can be redeemed at the Treasure Trove to unlock special features and bonus levels.
Soap Opera Dash is abandonware and no longer sold or supported by its publishers. Files are archived here for these platforms:
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