What exactly does it mean to franchise?

[valimne]

I have two restaurants on overtime and it seems like nothing important changed since I made the 5 stars. Altough it is getting a bit hard to complete the next shift. I'm not sure I understood the "end goal" of a restaurant. This isn't to say I'm frustrated with the game it just feels like I'm missing sth fundamental about the game.

[Chris!!]

"Franchising" means that you can start a new restaurant with three of the cards (recipes or gameplay changes) you've chosen through your current run - the longer you make it the more potentially favourable options you get at the end of your run, along with a beneficial golden card effective when you start a new run with that franchise.

This process can repeat an endless number of times, or at least until you've exhausted every card options, so in a sense the end goal would be to stack a franchise with as many cards as you can to reach as far into overtime as you can.

[my butt is erect]

That's basically correct but gold cards are not simply beneficial because they also increase customer count by 30 percent sometimes. So if it isn't super good, then that's really bad.

It's basically like any cards, they can be hurtful or helpful depending on context. But like, 30 percent more customers just to start with a grabber is a bit mean.

[BlueSpear]

Psst, you can just try it and find out yourself or you could have googled this

[valimne]

Thank you all for the answers! I have only one question left that Google ;) can't answer. After franchising my restauarnts had the same interior as before. So they don't automatically restart themselves (if that was the intention). I tried to figure out how to make a new restaurant with the franchise cards but haven't figured it out yet. Can you explain?

[Greenie /Taxibutler]

You keep going in an endless mode until your restaurant fails, which then gives you the option to franchise with some of your cards (and some unique cards I think). You can also just intentionally fail and go straight back into it if you want

[Chris!!]

Originally posted by valimne:

Thank you all for the answers! I have only one question left that Google ;) can't answer. After franchising my restauarnts had the same interior as before. So they don't automatically restart themselves (if that was the intention). I tried to figure out how to make a new restaurant with the franchise cards but haven't figured it out yet. Can you explain?

In the lobby there's a room with a projector you use to load franchises. Use that and then pick a layout like you do a normal restaurant, and there you go.

Remember, if you fail before completing day 15 you lose the whole franchise, but make it further than day 15 and end the run by any means, you'll get to continue the franchise with all the cards you had earlier + 3 cards from your current run + one new golden card.

[valimne]

Originally posted by Chris!!:

Originally posted by valimne:

Thank you all for the answers! I have only one question left that Google ;) can't answer. After franchising my restauarnts had the same interior as before. So they don't automatically restart themselves (if that was the intention). I tried to figure out how to make a new restaurant with the franchise cards but haven't figured it out yet. Can you explain?

In the lobby there's a room with a projector you use to load franchises. Use that and then pick a layout like you do a normal restaurant, and there you go.

Remember, if you fail before completing day 15 you lose the whole franchise, but make it further than day 15 and end the run by any means, you'll get to continue the franchise with all the cards you had earlier + 3 cards from your current run + one new golden card.

Thank you a lot! That should solve it!

[tonygov75]

Originally posted by poongoolie (rip heavy crew):

That's basically correct but gold cards are not simply beneficial because they also increase customer count by 30 percent sometimes. So if it isn't super good, then that's really bad.

It's basically like any cards, they can be hurtful or helpful depending on context. But like, 30 percent more customers just to start with a grabber is a bit mean.

that is why you choose your other cards that reduce customers. but franchising is also meant to be a different type of challenge compared to just seeing how many days into OT you can get.