FREE game on GOTD. Featuring fast-paced gameplay, eye-popping graphics and lively music, Pet Craze Show is destined to become a stunning time management success!

#24

I was not meaning to sound like it was shouting, and no way was i intending to be rude but i have ask this question time after time and have never got a response, so thank you for that info i will now check of a weekend, as now i have worked out why i always miss out on new games, Maybe the site needs to change there name or put a note up the top saying they only give them away of a week end cause i did not know and i am pretty sure a lot of other people did not know, did you send a copy of this to my email if so i did not get one, so thanks again now i know what is going on !!!

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Hi Sue, thank you for your response, it was much appreciated. It's been suggested many times by others that the name should change. The trouble with that is the game giveawayoftheday title has become a well known title with the major search engines. It's well respected and has a high profile. If they changed their name they may lose much of that. Also, they do eventually hope to return to true daily giveaways.

By the way, I wasn't trying to be sarcastic or negative in my reply to you. I was just pointing out forum/comment/blog etiquette. I'm surprised you've never had a reply before as I usually answer such queries. I do miss the odd one, but if you've asked several times, I don't understand why I've not replied? Unusual to say the least.

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#23

SO IT IS A NEW DAY ARE WE GOING TO GET A NEW GAME ???????

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Hi Sue, no, only games at the weekend for now. When the recession hit back in 2008, the game giveawayoftheday went to weekends only, it was said that it would only be temporary, but to be hgonest the game scene has changed drastically since then. Arcade games used to cost nearly $20 each, now you can get them dirt cheap and even free from several sites aropund the net. AAA games used to hold their price fopr at least a year, now you can get discounts only weeks after release for most games for example, I got the latest Medal of Honor Warfighter game for half price only two weeks after release and recently got a still unreleased AAA game (Gost Sniper 2) with 66% off.

The giveaway team have not been able to secure enough f=games to give them away every day, so, until the economic climate improves drastically the games will only come at weekends. We are really lucky that Playrix and Alawar are still giving games away.

b.t.w. Sue, its considered shouting and a little rude to use capitals when posting in forums and comments sections like these.

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#22

Nice TM game with some unique features. Instructions could be more explicit, e.g., definition of a "chain." (or rather, clarifying what constitutes an "action"). Also there are some details that need attending to, such as (1) when customers are waiting on the doormat, you should be able to see their number of hearts, so you know which one to serve first, and (2) when you use the ad flyer, the dialog in which you choose a service to render to the customer covers up the machines, so you can't see which services are busy and which are free.
This kind of thing makes me wonder -- don't the developers actually PLAY these games before they release them? Or better yet, don't they WATCH a new person play for awhile?

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Thank you for your feedback :0 (sorry it took so long to moderate)

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#21

I tried to download and install this game 4 times. Each time after a 2 hour download (I have a slow internet connection.), I unzipped an empty folder! This is outrageous! I never had this problem before, so what gives????

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It's more likely to be a problem with your connection or computer than a problem with the giveaway servers. There has been several thousand downloads with no one else reporting this problem.

Did you read the FAQ's section that i link to in my review. sometimes using a diffewrent archiver such as 7 Zip or J Zip can solve the problem.

Also try using a download manager. The problem with slow connections, sometimes a faulty line can casue downloads to dump/crash, so you lose all of the data. It may be that the connection was faulty?

(just trying to make suggestions)

You can get today's game giveaway free from MyPlayCity; do rememeber to uncheck the check boxes when installing and booting up the game if you decide to download the MPC version.

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I'm off to bed. I'll endevour to moderate first thing in the morning. I should be up around an hour to 20 mins before the end of the giveaway, so, if you do have serious problems getting the game to work, check back about 10 minutes before the end. so long as you have the file downloaded you can sometimes still activate a game for an hour or so after the giveaway is finished. But you can't download once the giveaway is over.

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#19

I just can't get any game to work any more with the new wrapper. I close down my AV every time before downloading, and they still don't launch. This one has a screen that says "pet show craze.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close", etc. It's showing the files and game icon where it should be in the "games" folder, along with other GAOTD games that can't be launched.

The messages are different with some games, or the game has a flash of starting and then just closes down. :-(

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Hello MeadowLark, Check your event logs after trying to install. Hopefully you'll get messages that can be interpreted and hopefully a solution found. Check google if you're not sure how to checvk your event logs. also make a note of all messages you get. I'd post this problem over in the forums as you're more likely to get help.

Have you checked the FAQ's section in the Game discussion sticky section? you may find a solution there.

Make sure all your drivers are up to date and ensure the security ids properly shut off via Task Manager. Also you could check to see if another program is conflicting with giveaways by turning off individual programs that are running in the back ground. An easy way to do this is to run a copy of Game Booster. you can still find free copies online. Game booster basically turns off all unecessary background programs that windows runs plus you can configure it to shut off other programs. Once you've played your game a click of a button turns everything back on. (The latest versions of Game booster aitomatically shut background programs down when you start a game and then turn them back on automatically. :)

I hope one of the above helps. If not, don't despair, we will get to the bottom of this, even if it takes weeks or months. Please post in the forums. If you don't have a profile you'll need to set one up to post in the forums, but its worth it. :)

I just can't get any game to work any more with the new wrapper.  I close down my AV every time before downloading, and they still don't launch. This one has a screen that says "pet show craze.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close", etc. It's showing the files and game icon where it should be in the "games" folder, along with other GAOTD games that can't be launched.

The messages are different with some games, or the game has a flash of starting and then just closes down.  :-(

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Hello MeadowLark,  Check your event logs after trying to install.  Hopefully  you'll get   messages that can be interpreted and hopefully a solution  found.  Check google if you're not sure how to checvk your event logs.  also make a note of all messages you get.  I'd post this problem over in the  forums as  you're more likely to get help.

Have you checked the  FAQ's section in the Game discussion sticky section?  you may find a solution there.

Make sure all your drivers are up to date and ensure  the security ids properly  shut off via Task Manager.  Also you could   check to see if  another program is  conflicting with giveaways by  turning off individual programs that are   running in the back ground.  An easy way to do this   is to run a copy of Game Booster.  you can still find free copies online.  Game booster basically turns off all unecessary background programs  that windows  runs plus you can  configure it to shut off other programs.  Once you've played your game   a click of a button turns everything back on.  (The latest versions of Game booster   aitomatically shut background programs down when you start a game and  then turn them back on automatically.  :)

I hope  one of the above helps.  If not, don't despair, we will get to the bottom of this, even if it takes  weeks or months.  Please post in the forums.  If you don't have a profile you'll need to set one up to post in the forums, but its worth it.  :)

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#18

Thank you, the game installed & works fine for me, this is the type of game I'm used to, time management games are my favourite. I've only done 14 levels in the first store & my critisms so far are: 1. The level stops once you've reached the goals & doesn't allow us to finish serving all the customers who are still in the shop (to make more money). 2. The workers are too slow 3. The machines break down too frequently. I haven't got to the next shop yet but if the previous upgrades are not present in the new shop (as mentioned) then that's also a criticism. However I like the game. Thanks.

Jay said: "I know females would love this game". Yes I'm female & I love it.

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nice one Tal, thanks for the feedback. I agree about the level ending once you attain the goals. you should be able to continue until all customers are served.

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#17

@ #15, Cheryl ... way to go Girl.

GOTD team really Censors posts and comments ... they only allow what makes them look good!

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Hi Moonbeam aka G aka Jack aka Foro ;) I let virtually all comments through. It's very rare that I have to delete a post and then it's usually because of the swearing and other inappropriate content like links to sex sites etc.

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#16

I'm a bit annoyed about how many people appeared to have given a thumbs down just because they don't like Time Management games - I remember trying the demo of this once and its a reasonable TM game but there were better games to spend my money on at the time. As for the storyline, oh please, 95% of TM games have no storyline to speak of or really twee ones - its the gameplay us TM fans go for not the storyline, it ain't Skyrim! Thanks to GGotD and Alawar for the giveaway, I'm grateful for it even if others aren't as I just lost all my free games a few weeks ago when I had to reinstall Windows ;o)

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The thumbs up/thumbs down rarely reflect the comments section; as you say, they see a TM game and immediately vote it down. I'm not a great lover of TM games, but I can appreciate the work that has gone into these games.

I have around 20 - 30 TM games, many of which I got for free for beta testing, but I have also purchased quite a few over the years; (my favorites are the farm related and gardening ones)

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#15

"So imagine Masha’s surprise when a greedy industrialist starts snapping up all the land in Petsville in order to build a factory that produces plastic animals. Without a moment’s hesitation, she makes a beeline for the town to show how pet care can rake in more money than selling fake cats and dogs."

Really? Why do you have to have a scenario of fighting the "greedy industrialist". Why not just have Masha be an entrepreneur starting her own chain of businesses? (They made the guy an entrepreneur working his way up in Gourmania, for example.) I'm a (somewhat older) girl who is a gamer; I find the scenario a turn off.

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#14

Wonderful game!!! Thank you so much for a time management game! It is progressing just fast enough to make it fun and interesting. I am loving this game. Time management is my favorite genre and they seem to be few and far between lately.

I am hooked on this game already. I have bought quite a few Alawar games previously... and will be watching the FBN game makers now.

THANKS AGAIN for a GREAT GAME!

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#13

great time management game. The story line is ok and the game itself is quite challenging. The only thing I find abit frustrating is that once you have done everything to complete the level the level finishes and you cant finish serving the customers. Thank you for a good game.

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#12

I have played this many times on another site. The time management game play is good and the mini games add a nice touch. It is quite similar to, though not quite as good, as their Beach Party Craze. I have found that, overall, Alawar makes solid time management games and this is a fine example of it. Thank you for making it free today! :)

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#11

My daughter loves this game, and we download the give away games all the time. My only quirk is that whne I typed in my daughter's name for the player name, it entered and displayed backwards. In order too display her name correctly, I had to type it in backwards.

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#10

#3/Jay --> Female here; wrong, wrong, wrong, but maybe because I'm over 9?

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#9

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see you soon
Sacha

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Thanks Sacha, I checked out some of the links and was impressed. Just got YoWindow unlimited v3 for free. :) (ends at 11.59pm GMT tonight) - I've posted a link to that deal in the forums.

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#8

"Greedy Industrialist", why not "Greedy Capitalist" ... let's Start BRAIN-WASHING our Kids at way Early, Early age!

I pass on this one!

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#7

@moderator

thank but i don't speak Russian just few word, i speak French and i study english, italian, espagnol and some other language in Europe and few word of chines and russian.

for transfer PC game on PC to PC i have any problem
for transfer PC game on PC to MAC i have any problem (behind .swf technology, or like wine on linux)
for transfer MAC game on PC to MAC i can't realize it (some little are possible)

for transfer PC software on PC to PC i have some difficult to realize it (some are impossible)
for transfer MAC software on PC to PC i can't realize it (some little are possible)

yeaa i try save giveaway i found on net JUST FOR ME AND ME because i regularly format or/and re-install my computer, and also the reason (i have already say) i have just little pc connected

Thank for your answer
Sacha

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I only speak 30 or so words of German, several French and Spanish, a couple of Polish and Russian words and one Japanese word, lol. ;)

Technically you are only supposed to instal games and apps on the day of the giveaway. :) I used to format around twice a year. any giveaways I really found useful or liked I ended up purchasing; seemed the right thing to do, though I realize not everyone can afford to purchase. :(

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#6

#4: "I got a feeling a lot of the audience of GOTD is male. Otherwise, I know females would love this game. -Jay"

Don't know, Jay... Get these for my wife, & the majority of the time she could care less about the story line -- to her it's all about the challenge whatever game has to offer. Myself, I find some of the characters as drawn a bit creepy in this one, and I'm a bit put off by any politically correct sort of storyline, but I've gone ahead & grabbed it because she'll ignore that stuff anyway.

BTW, the last game on GOTD she actually *loved* was Aztec Tribe [1/20/13], which was a rare exception to the rule that characters etc. don't matter. Maybe others will chime in with what they like/dislike as far as storylines go?

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#5

Oh! I love Love LOVE IT! It's CUTE CUTE CUTE!!! Look at the cute lil piggy! And the cute lil kitty! And the CUTE lil bunny and ducky!!! Even the dogs are cute in their ugliness!

And it's a dress-up party! I love dress-up parties!! I'll wear this top with these tights and this blouse with this mini. FUNFUNFUN!

Oh, I'm sooooo excited! IF I'm not careful I'm gonna pee my pants in my excitement! Then I'd have to go put on another pair of super cute jeans!

Ah, I love the kitty and ducky and bunny and piggy! I love the ugly doggies! Nobody better replace them with some ol plastic fake animals! Fake animals are like all sucky!

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#4

Hello all

No thank by me for this game, but thanks by my sister for this game.

Hello Moderator

No i haven't home Internet connection (impossible) for have it i go to an internet cafe or use my friend's wifi their live between my house (not stable connection).

all time connection is on my own portable computer (Eee PC) but i format it regularly.
i don't connect my MAC and my Big computer (like alien-ware) because it's for professional use.

i use a2991451@rmqkr.net mail by http://10minutemail.com for haven't spam or un-wanted mail.
i correct it by my true mail addresses if you want mail me (JUST YOU OR YOUR TEAM).
Sacha it's my International Student's Name it come from Russia and say Alex in French, also at this time it's not ease for me too write true correct English like i wrote french.
Excuse me for my bad wrote.

Sacha

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Your English is far better than my 'non existant' Russian. :) Try copying the Bristlies exe to your offline computer. Some games can be transferred.

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#3

I got a feeling a lot of the audience of GOTD is male. Otherwise, I know females would love this game. -Jay

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#2

Installs by unzipping into C:\Games\PetShowCraze_game as stated by Stephen in his review. Works on XP SP3 without a glitch, i.e. it doesn't crash at all when exiting the game and restarts remembering the previous position. Maybe it was written for XP and just happens to work under later Windows versions. The gameplay is weird because after you achieve the required quantity of hearts and money you don't have to serve customers who already are in your shop (and can't even if you wanted to). The "Level complete" screen pops up. Try doing this in real life and see how long you stay in the business. My first customer brought a goose. A GOOSE in a beauty shop (btw, shouldn't this game be called Pet SHOP Craze, not SHOW?). And judging from the start screen there may be a pig later. A pig! Holy cow ! Oh, wait. A cow? Moooooo, SPLASH. Can anyone open all the windows? No, they don't have a cow on the start screen. And they don't bring pigs to pets beauty saloons in real life either. Just dogs and cats, right? Don't know what to think of this game. Didn't vote 'cause I'm not a fan of the genre - it is the first time management game I have ever tried.

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Thank you for your feedback Joe. Much appreciated.

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#1

Pet Show Craze:

In Brief:

A time management game with plenty of variety and mini games. Scores a 6.6 out of 10

Installation:

Pet Show Craze downloads to a 49.9 MB zip file that unpacks to a read me and a wrapped setup activation file (the orange colored file with the key symbol), plus there's a setup file with security (setup.gcd) that's protected from being hacked. This file may case some security software to alert the user to a possible malware attack, but it will be a false positive.

The game giveaway team check all game giveaways for malware using several well known anti -malware suites. There has never been a game giveaway infected with malware since the project started back in Dec 2006. The installed game is 166 MB in size. and installs to:

C:\Games\PetShowCraze_game (can someone confirm this)

by default but can be changed to suit whatever your wishes are. There is no uninstaller, but this game is free standing so to delete just remove the installed folder from your hard drive. No shortcuts are installed so you will have to create your own which as most of you know is easy an easy process (right click on the games executable then select ‘Send to’ then from the drop down menu select ‘Desktop (create shortcut) ’). If you want to create a start menu/programs folder you’ll need to find the appropriate folders via your account. Once the game is installed you can delete the giveaway setup files.

I've only tested the game on Win 7 this time around, Anyone running Win 8, Vista or XP, please confirm whether this game works Thanks.

If you miss the giveaway or have problems installing the game Pet Show Craze is available 24/7 from MyPlayCity HERE

Introduction:

Show a greedy industrialist how pet care can rake in more money than selling fake cats and dogs. Featuring fast-paced gameplay, eye-popping graphics and lively music, Pet Craze Show is destined to become a stunning time management success!

Reference accessed HERE March 2013

The Game:

With pet-themed time management games raining like cats and dogs on the casual game industry, we've come to expect more from the late-comers. Although Pet Show Craze won't win any Best in Show awards, it does deliver a couple of treats.Anyone who has played two or three pet games already will experience déjà vu. Pet Show Craze contains similar activities as the ones in Purrfect Pet Shop and Paradise Pet Salon, including bathing, feeding, beautifying, and treating the pets. Like Pet Shop Hop, there's a David vs. Goliath story in that it's Mom and Pop shop versus evil empire.

The main character, Maria, discovers that Petsville is about to close and a big company plans to buy all the land to build plastic animals that need no caring, feeding, or walking. Kira, the not so nice gal, believes the plastic pet business can make a greater profit than the real thing. Every level has two goals: money and happiness. Money upgrades furniture, equipment, and employees. Happiness buys charms, which you shop for like upgrades. Three charms charge up with every combo (doing the same activity in a row) and these you can only have one per level. You pick the combo charm at the start each level. You can upgrade combo charms to extend their power.

The other charms - such as earning five more coins for every haircut or customers coming in with an extra heart - work as soon as you buy them. You can also cheer up customers by making them a snack that matches their request or click the coffee maker when a guy has one heart left and make him a drink and snack to pump up the heart volume.A hair dryer or comb pops up when a pet needs blow drying or hair styling. In the hair dryer mini-game, a line moves up and down and players need to click the window as soon as the line falls into the green zone - the most comfortable temperature - to earn the most money.

Not only do you give the seven animals new 'dos, but also stylin' outfits. For combing, select the hair style that brings in the most money - animals sport styles ranging from wild to wacky that'll make you smile. This is a mindless game, but you'll be able to skip it on occasion by earning charm bonuses by keeping customers happy. Once in a while, a seek and find game pops up where you hunt down a bunch of the same objects. Kittens run off during the story and you must find all 17 of them. This ties in nicely with the story. Pet Show Craze has three salons that provide a lovely change of scenery. The first one feels darker while the second one has windows to brighten the place and the third sits on the beach. A new salon can set you back, which annoys a little because you have to buy some of the same toys again. It'd be fresher to buy a different set of toys and change the look of the tables.

When switching out of the program to check email or do something else on the computer, the game freezes almost every time. Furthermore, clicking things doesn't always take, which creates tiresome mouse work. Chaining and clicking ahead work well, but there's no way to undo any action. Forty-eight levels, 10 customer types, seven in-game mini-games, seven outside mini-games, 12 products for sale, 60 salon upgrades, 13 charms, and 15 trophies fill up Pet Show Craze to the brim. Sometimes it feels like too much is happening, especially when you have to constantly wake up the vet, tell the stylist to get off the phone, and avoid seating similar customers next to each other.
Despite the varied options, the game drags in the first 10 levels. It picks up speed as you buy upgrades and earn bonuses, though, so play a few levels and wait until more upgrades and features are available before giving up.

Maria can also change outfits for every level, and you can either change her outfit or choose the random option so you don't have to mess with it. The first-rate graphics and lively music drive players to work hard and fast. It's tough to buy and upgrade everything before completing all 48 levels, so players will keep playing to win all the upgrades and trophies. If Pet Show Craze had come out before the multitude of pet games, it would do better. But many of its features and gameplay are nothing new so that its few innovative features get lost in the zoo. Anyone who hasn't played many of the pet games will think Pet Show Craze as the cat's pajamas, while others see it as a drone.

Reference accessed HERE March2013

Tips:

After every twelve levels you get into a new store, where most of your previously purchased store-upgrades are not available anymore. That means it is a good idea to not buy every possible upgrade in the first three stores so that you have enough money left to buy some important upgrades right in the beginning when you get into a new store.

There are two currencies by which you can buy the different upgrades. These two currencies, namely money and popularity, are represented by the coin- and the heart-symbol. They also constitute your goals in the different levels, to advance in the game you always have to earn a certain amount of money and popularity in each level.

Under each station (except for the veterinarian and the bowls) is a bar which symbolizes the reliability of it. When this bar is filled and turns red the stations need to be repaired immediately. It is much easier to repair them beforehand when the bar is already half-full. The reparation takes much less time and in this manner it is easier for you to plan ahead.

It rarely happens that you reach both goals at the same time, so when you've reached the needed amount of either money or popularity, concentrate yourself totally on the goal still left.

You can replay every level as often as you want to and every time again the money and popularity you earn is added to the amount you already possess. To replay earlier levels is especially advisable if you keep missing one or both goals of a certain level. Replaying former and easier levels makes you able to purchase additional upgrades and better charms to succeed with a more difficult level.

While playing a mini-game during a level, customers wont lose any hearts and animals which are waiting for a new haircut, food or to be blow-dried won't lose patience, however time keeps running and the employees will go on with their current tasks.
As mentioned above some stations need two workers depending on the pet that is in treatment. Pets who need to be taken care of by two workers are the monkey, the pig, the boxer and the Dalmatian. All the other pets, like the mouse, the cats, the rabbit, the goose or the terrier only need one worker.

Maria is responsible for a lot of tasks. She has to give out the menus to the customers, has to take the pets to the appropriate stations, will bring ordered goods to the customers before they leave and shows them to the door in the end. Apart from that she is also able to help every worker with their tasks whether to treat animals or to repair the stations. However she is not able to get one of these two tasks done on her own, she just can assist. She is also responsible for the cleaning of every station. When a station is dirty this is indicated by a white bubble above it and no pet can be treated there until Maria has cleaned it.

Sometimes a specific upgrade from the shop is needed to proceed with the next level. In case that you do not have enough money to purchase this upgrade just repeat an earlier level to earn the necessary amount of money.

The highest possible number of hearts for one customer is five. If a customer reaches a satisfaction of five hearts treat him or her as quickly as possible because from this time on he/she can only lose popularity.

It is always a good idea to check a level for one or two minutes and then to restart. A lot of levels show a pattern which customers arrive together and in which order. If you recognize this pattern and restart it is easier for you to plan ahead and maximize your popularity by treating the customers in the right order.

Keep Maria as busy as possible. There is a lot going on in each level and you have to care for a bunch of tasks at the same time, but Maria is the core character of the game and there will always be work for her to do, so do not let her wait leisured.

When two customers on the same bench are about to leave it is a very helpful strategy to let one of them go and then to place a new customer beside the remaining one. A good example for it is this combination: A model and a golden boy are sitting on the same bench and want to leave (perhaps even without ordering a good). At that moment another model arrives on the rug. Let the model on the bench leave the store and place the new model directly next to the golden boy. By doing this you increase for one thing the satisfaction of both of them and for another thing the chance that the golden boy will order a good yet again in the end.

There are several ways to increase the satisfaction of your customers: Give them a cup of coffee; seat them beside customer types they like; bring their pets to the appropriate stations in time.

Take into account that in the later stages some customers will order two different treatments. Consider this when you are planning ahead.

Stations:
There are a lot of different stations which make quite different demands on the player:

The bowl: If a pet wants to eat just take it from the owner and then deliver the needed sort of food. However, as soon as you purchase the special food, some animals order two portions. No assistance of any worker is needed here.

The massage station: At this station one or two workers are needed to treat the animal and afterwards it may be that the animal wants to be blow-dried, too.

The bathtub: The same applies to this station as to the massage station.

The haircutting station: Again one or two workers are needed to treat animals at this station, but instead of blow-drying a lot of pets will need a new haircut afterwards.

The veterinarian: At this station the doctor is the whole level through, so the help by other workers is not needed. However he tends to sleep while working. If that happens send Maria to wake him up.

The stylist: The same applies to this station as to the veterinarian, except for that you always have to play a mini-game when you bring a pet to this station. Instead of the veterinarian's sleepiness the stylist loves to phone while working. To stop that you simply have to click her, it is not needed to send Maria there.

Upgrades:

You can buy upgrades in Maria's House, so-called charms, and general upgrades for your pet store in the shop.

Maria's House:
If you enter Maria's house from the map screen, you will see different clothes on the right side. Choose them as you like it, they do not affect the game in any way. On the left side you see a shelf with the different charms. Charms are purchased with the hearts. There are two different classes of charms. The first class includes the three charms on the top row of the shelf. These charms can be upgraded three times each, but you only can use one of them per level.

Mini-Game-Magic:

This charm helps you with the mini-games during the levels. When activated you do not have to play the mini-games yourself and Maria will automatically get the best results. This charm affects every possible mini-game, namely the perfect coffee or tea, the games at the service stations and the goods-game before a customer leaves.

Speed Boost:

This charm simply makes Maria walk and work quicker when activated.

Relaxation Charm:

This charm will add a heart to each customer who is currently sitting on a sofa in your store, when activated.

Again, you can only choose one of these three charms per level. All of them are activated by performing combos. By upgrading these charms to higher ranks you need to perform less combos to activate them.

The most useful charms are definitely the mini-game-magic and the relaxation charm, so you can neglect to waste hearts for upgrading the speed boost which is not that helpful at all. It is up to your own pace which one of the other two charms you prefer. If you see that you have greater problems to achieve the money goal in certain games it is advisable to use Mini-Game-Magic, because for one thing it saves you worthwhile time and for another thing you automatically receive as much money as possible out of every mini-game Maria plays. Otherwise, if you notice that you regularly fulfill the money goal before the popularity goal, choose the Relaxation Charm. You can change the currently used charm at the beginning of each new level.

Combos can be made by nearly every task of Maria, that means handing out menus, taking pets to the stations, to bring ordered goods to customers and so on. Perform combos as often as possible and as many of the same kind as you can to activate your current charm regularly.

The other charms on the three bottom rows are active from the moment on when you purchase them. They have no need to be activated by combos. Seven of those charms are just price boosts who make the treatments at the different stations more expensive. However, the other three charms are much more important for your success. The "Repair Boost" will shorten the time the workers need to repair the various machines a lot. The two charms "Heart Boost: Men" and "Heart Boost: Women" are the two probably most important charms in the whole game. Though they are the most expensive ones they are definitely worth the money, better to say the hearts you have to invest. After you have purchased them every man and every woman who enter your store will have two hearts instead of one in the beginning. This advantage will make it much easier to achieve the needed popularity for expert time.

The bowl-"station" makes an exception beneath the stations. In the beginning you only have grain-based food, which is eaten by every animal except for cats and dogs. Not before you buy the meat-based food cats and dogs will also attend this station.

The Shop:

Hire up to three workers :

This upgrade is extremely advisable in order to serve a lot of customers as quickly as possible to reach both goals in time.

The "Goods-shelf":

In this shelf you are able to buy more expensive goods the customers can purchase and to add the special food to your product range. While the more expensive goods are simplifying the achievement of the money goal a lot, the special food is an upgrade that you can definitely neglect until there is nothing else left to purchase. Keep checking this shelf for new available products.

The Coffee Machine:

After purchasing this upgrade you still have the possibility to make it work faster. Every time you give a cup of tea or coffee to a customer you have to play a mini-game and depending on your success in it, the customer will earn from a half up to two hearts by it.

The service stations:

Other than the obvious opportunity to purchase additional stations you can also upgrade their speed and their reliability, that means the amount of time you can use them without reparation. Purchase additional stations as soon as possible, since you are able to serve more customers at the same time. Especially important are the veterinarian, the stylist and the food bowls, because these stations do not need to be taken care of by your general workers.

The rugs:

Again you can for one thing purchase additional rugs and for another thing upgrade those rugs you already possess to shorten the time they need to be cleaned to let new customers enter your store.

The benches:

Additional benches/seats are obviously quite an important upgrade, for that you can serve more customers at the same time and to have more space to create "positive" customer-combinations which are good for the popularity goal.

The Grooming Kit and the Blow-Dryer:

These two upgrades are a nice way to earn additional money but nonetheless you have to take into account that they afford another step (that means another mini-game) by Maria. After a pet is treated at a station and wants a new hairdo or to be blow-dried this will be indicated by a new thought-bubble appearing above its head.

The Ad-Magazine:

This upgrade is extremely important because by handing out this magazine to a customer you can choose at which station his or her pet should be treated. This measure is especially helpful when a lot of customers order the service of the same station or if you want to avoid that pets are treated at stations where two workers are needed. It is always advisable to send a Dalmatian, a pig, a monkey or a boxer to the bowl, the stylist or the veterinarian to avoid long waiting periods for other customers. To purchase one, two or three magazines in the store makes certainly sense not before you have purchased some additional stations.

The TV on the goods-shelf::

This upgrade is a nice feature bot not immensely important, because when it becomes available the money goal is not that hard to reach anyway. You can use this upgrade by simply clicking on it. A short tv ad will be shown to the customers and it might convince some of them to order goods even if they have not four or more hearts. But you have to take in mind that this only applies to customers who are on the point of leaving the store.

Types of customers:

Here is a list with all customer types, which pet they own and beside which other customer types they earn one or even two heart(s):

The young man with the cat: earns two hearts when he sits next to the model and one beside the woman in the gown and the Dalmatian-woman.

The woman with the Dalmatian: earns two hearts when she sits next to the golden boy and one beside the young man and the man with the boxer.

The young boy with the mouse: earns two hearts beside the model and one if he sits next to the young girl.

The young girl with the rabbit: earns two hearts beside the golden boy and one beside the young boy.

The army-man with the goose: earns two hearts if he sits next to the model and one heart beside the old woman.

The old woman with the cat: earns two hearts beside the golden boy and one heart beside the old army man.

The model with the terrier: earns two hearts beside the golden boy and one heart next to the young man and the man with the boxer.

The golden boy with the monkey: earns two hearts beside the model and one heart when he sits next to the Dalmatian woman and the woman in the gown.

The man with the boxer: earns two hearts when he is sitting next to the model and one heart beside the Dalmatian-woman and the woman in the gown.

The woman in the gown with the pig: earns two hearts beside the golden boy and one heart beside the young man and the man with the boxer.

Customer Tips:

Important note: The woman in the gown with the pig always (!!) wants to be served at first. This attitude has several consequences for you: (1) If you do not want to deal with her just serve other customers before her. She then will immediately leave your store. However this will cost you time and money. (2) Do not let two of these women on your benches at the same time, because this will make the serving extremely complicated, if not impossible. (3) If you click on other customers to serve them before there is an orange exclamation point flashing in her thought bubble she will NOT leave, but you have to observe her and the other customers very carefully to be successful with this strategy.

An important clue to increase the satisfaction of a customer and at the same time the amount of hearts you earn when he leaves is to pair the right customers together on a sofa. Definitely avoid to pair two of the same customers together, because both of them will lose a heart in that case.

In some levels you will also have an additional seat where only one customer can sit. In those levels the above mentioned patterns of the different levels are even more important to figure out which customer should be seated there. It is also advisable to give the coffee always to the customer on the seat in those levels because obviously you have not the opportunity to increase his satisfaction by other customers.

Mini Games:

There are two different kinds of mini-games in Pet Show Craze, the bonus-level mini-games and the various ones which take place during the general levels. Bonus Levels:

The Pet Show Levels: In these levels four or five different pets are standing on a kind of stage. You have to assign the spotlighted pet to the appropriate food, footprint or object. If you make a mistake because you are unsure just restart and try again. In the bonus levels it is quite easy to get the expert goal, so do not miss this opportunity just because of one or two wrong guesses.

The Hidden-Object levels: The location of these levels is a garden where you have to find a certain amount of bones (for a dog) or acorns (for a pig). Here the same applies as to the pet show levels - if you see that you are running out of time just restart the level to make sure that you get expert score.
Mini games during the general levels:

The goods-game: If a customer wants to leave and has reached a certain degree of satisfaction he will order a special good. Before Maria can take this of the goods-shelf she has to play a mini-game, either to find a picture of his ordered good out of a collection of various goods' pictures or by clicking at the right moment in a wheel-of-fortune game. Concerning the latter one it is your choice which product he or she will order, so always click when the needle is in the area of the most expensive product.

The blow-drying: In this mini-game you see a scale with a moving pointer. The scale is divided in white (least profit), orange (average profit) and green (most profit) areas. Just click when the pointer is inside the green area to get the most possible profit.

The hairdo-game: Here you can click back and forth through a menu of different haircuts. The profit by each of those different haircuts is shown by the number of coins beneath. Just choose the hairdo which provides you with the highest profit. Take into account that in later stages the number of different haircuts will grow and so will the range of profit.

The coffee game: If you hand over a cup of coffee or tea to a customer for increasing his number of hearts Maria has to prepare this herself. The coffee/tea consists of always three different ingredients and depending on how many of them you choose right according to the customers wish he or she gains up to two additional hearts. That also means that it is advisable to give coffee only to customers with three or less hearts to gain the full effect of it.

The stylist game: The styling station is the only station where Maria always has to play a mini-game right in the beginning. If you bring a pet to this station a new window will open automatically where various possibilities of styles are presented to you. Just move your pointer over the different styles to see how much profit they will give you and choose that style which offers the most coins.

Additional tips:

In the later stages you will regularly achieve the money goal much earlier than the popularity goal. If you have already reached the money goal in any level you do not have to care about the mini-games anymore (except for the coffee game, obviously). It does not affect the customers' satisfaction which style/good/haircut you choose so you should click immediately to save worthwhile time.

Reference accessed HERE March 2013

System Requirements:

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8

CPU: 600 Mhz

System RAM: 256 MB

DirectX: 7.0

Hard Drive: 172 MB

Video:

You’ll find videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE
and HERE.

Music:

You can change the music by swapping the music files via the following path. You will need to rename each file and convert them to the .ogg format:

C:\Games\PetShowCraze_game\Data\Sounds\x.ogg

where x.ogg represents the music files. Most of the files are sound bites for the various sound effects and thesae shouldn't be changed unless you want the game to sound crazy. The music files should be obvious for example Music_Game or Music_Bonus_Level

Conclusion:

Scoring

Gameplay – 7
Graphics – 7
Audio – 6
Re-playability – 7
Originality – 6

Total = 6.6

Problems:

If you are posting late in the day I would also suggest posting in the main giveaway forums in the game discussion section. If you’ve installed the game but it won’t work for some reason, it should still be registered, so someone may be able to help at another time. Unfortunately if your problem is actually installing it then once the giveaway period is over there’s nothing that can be done until the game is given away again (though that isn’t guaranteed). It’s always worth checking out the free games sites as sometimes the games we get here are also available for free from them. MyPlayCity has the most with oover 600 games to choose from. Todays game is available from MyPlayCity HERE

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Please leave some feedback once you’ve checked the game out. It can be positive or negative, but please explain what your reasons were for the feedback you post. You could also leave suggestions for improving the game, for example, this game could do with more block types for the levels editor, add more power-ups, describing the ones you think would be suitable, add some mini games (which seem all the rage in some arcade games now) or enable the user to be able to change the in game music easily.

Thank you in advance to all those who take the time to post a constructive comment.

Regards

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Pet Show Craze:

In Brief:

A time management game with plenty of variety and mini games. Scores a  6.6 out of 10

Installation:

Pet Show Craze downloads to a  49.9 MB zip file  that unpacks to a read me and a wrapped setup activation  file (the orange colored  file with the key symbol), plus there's a setup file  with security (setup.gcd) that's protected from being hacked. This file may case some security software to  alert the user  to a possible malware attack, but   it will be a false positive.

The game giveaway team  check all game giveaways for  malware using several well known  anti -malware suites.  There has never been a game giveaway infected with malware since the project started  back in Dec 2006.  The installed game is 166 MB in size. and  installs to:

C:\Games\PetShowCraze_game  (can someone confirm this)

by default but can be changed to suit whatever your wishes are. There is no uninstaller, but this game is free standing so to delete just remove the installed folder from your hard drive. No shortcuts are installed so you will have to create your own which as most of you know is easy an easy process (right click on the games executable then select ‘Send to’ then from the drop down menu select ‘Desktop (create shortcut) ’). If you want to create a start menu/programs folder you’ll need to find the appropriate folders via your account. Once the game is installed you can delete the giveaway setup files.

I've only tested the game on Win 7 this time around,  Anyone running Win 8, Vista or XP, please confirm whether this game works  Thanks.

If you miss the giveaway or have problems installing the game Pet Show Craze is available 24/7 from MyPlayCity <a href="http://www.myplaycity.com/pet_show_craze/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>

Introduction:

<blockquote>Show a greedy industrialist how pet care can rake in more money than selling fake cats and dogs. Featuring fast-paced gameplay, eye-popping graphics and lively music, Pet Craze Show is destined to become a stunning time management success!</blockquote>

Reference accessed <a href="http://www.alawar.com/game/pet-show-craze" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> March 2013

The Game:

With pet-themed time management games raining like cats and dogs on the casual game industry, we've come to expect more from the late-comers. Although Pet Show Craze won't win any Best in Show awards, it does deliver a couple of treats.Anyone who has played two or three pet games already will experience déjà vu. Pet Show Craze contains similar activities as the ones in Purrfect Pet Shop and Paradise Pet Salon, including bathing, feeding, beautifying, and treating the pets. Like Pet Shop Hop, there's a David vs. Goliath story in that it's Mom and Pop shop versus evil empire.

The main character, Maria, discovers that Petsville is about to close and a big company plans to buy all the land to build plastic animals that need no caring, feeding, or walking. Kira, the not so nice gal, believes the plastic pet business can make a greater profit than the real thing. Every level has two goals: money and happiness. Money upgrades furniture, equipment, and employees. Happiness buys charms, which you shop for like upgrades. Three charms charge up with every combo (doing the same activity in a row) and these you can only have one per level. You pick the combo charm at the start each level. You can upgrade combo charms to extend their power.

The other charms - such as earning five more coins for every haircut or customers coming in with an extra heart - work as soon as you buy them. You can also cheer up customers by making them a snack that matches their request or click the coffee maker when a guy has one heart left and make him a drink and snack to pump up the heart volume.A hair dryer or comb pops up when a pet needs blow drying or hair styling. In the hair dryer mini-game, a line moves up and down and players need to click the window as soon as the line falls into the green zone - the most comfortable temperature - to earn the most money.

Not only do you give the seven animals new 'dos, but also stylin' outfits. For combing, select the hair style that brings in the most money - animals sport styles ranging from wild to wacky that'll make you smile. This is a mindless game, but you'll be able to skip it on occasion by earning charm bonuses by keeping customers happy. Once in a while, a seek and find game pops up where you hunt down a bunch of the same objects. Kittens run off during the story and you must find all 17 of them. This ties in nicely with the story. Pet Show Craze has three salons that provide a lovely change of scenery. The first one feels darker while the second one has windows to brighten the place and the third sits on the beach. A new salon can set you back, which annoys a little because you have to buy some of the same toys again. It'd be fresher to buy a different set of toys and change the look of the tables.

When switching out of the program to check email or do something else on the computer, the game freezes almost every time. Furthermore, clicking things doesn't always take, which creates tiresome mouse work. Chaining and clicking ahead work well, but there's no way to undo any action. Forty-eight levels, 10 customer types, seven in-game mini-games, seven outside mini-games, 12 products for sale, 60 salon upgrades, 13 charms, and 15 trophies fill up Pet Show Craze to the brim. Sometimes it feels like too much is happening, especially when you have to constantly wake up the vet, tell the stylist to get off the phone, and avoid seating similar customers next to each other.
Despite the varied options, the game drags in the first 10 levels. It picks up speed as you buy upgrades and earn bonuses, though, so play a few levels and wait until more upgrades and features are available before giving up.

Maria can also change outfits for every level, and you can either change her outfit or choose the random option so you don't have to mess with it. The first-rate graphics and lively music drive players to work hard and fast. It's tough to buy and upgrade everything before completing all 48 levels, so players will keep playing to win all the upgrades and trophies. If Pet Show Craze had come out before the multitude of pet games, it would do better. But many of its features and gameplay are nothing new so that its few innovative features get lost in the zoo. Anyone who hasn't played many of the pet games will think Pet Show Craze as the cat's pajamas, while others see it as a drone.

Reference accessed <a href="http://www.gamezebo.com/games/pet-show-craze/review" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> March2013

Tips:

After every twelve levels you get into a new store, where most of your previously purchased store-upgrades are not available anymore. That means it is a good idea to not buy every possible upgrade in the first three stores so that you have enough money left to buy some important upgrades right in the beginning when you get into a new store.

There are two currencies by which you can buy the different upgrades. These two currencies, namely money and popularity, are represented by the coin- and the heart-symbol. They also constitute your goals in the different levels, to advance in the game you always have to earn a certain amount of money and popularity in each level.

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	Under each station (except for the veterinarian and the bowls) is a bar which symbolizes the reliability of it. When this bar is filled and turns red the stations need to be repaired immediately. It is much easier to repair them beforehand when the bar is already half-full. The reparation takes much less time and in this manner it is easier for you to plan ahead.

It rarely happens that you reach both goals at the same time, so when you've reached the needed amount of either money or popularity, concentrate yourself totally on the goal still left.

You can replay every level as often as you want to and every time again the money and popularity you earn is added to the amount you already possess. To replay earlier levels is especially advisable if you keep missing one or both goals of a certain level. Replaying former and easier levels makes you able to purchase additional upgrades and better charms to succeed with a more difficult level.

While playing a mini-game during a level, customers wont lose any hearts and animals which are waiting for a new haircut, food or to be blow-dried won't lose patience, however time keeps running and the employees will go on with their current tasks. 
	As mentioned above some stations need two workers depending on the pet that is in treatment. Pets who need to be taken care of by two workers are the monkey, the pig, the boxer and the Dalmatian. All the other pets, like the mouse, the cats, the rabbit, the goose or the terrier only need one worker.

Maria is responsible for a lot of tasks. She has to give out the menus to the customers, has to take the pets to the appropriate stations, will bring ordered goods to the customers before they leave and shows them to the door in the end. Apart from that she is also able to help every worker with their tasks whether to treat animals or to repair the stations. However she is not able to get one of these two tasks done on her own, she just can assist. She is also responsible for the cleaning of every station. When a station is dirty this is indicated by a white bubble above it and no pet can be treated there until Maria has cleaned it.

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	Sometimes a specific upgrade from the shop is needed to proceed with the next level. In case that you do not have enough money to purchase this upgrade just repeat an earlier level to earn the necessary amount of money.

The highest possible number of hearts for one customer is five. If a customer reaches a satisfaction of five hearts treat him or her as quickly as possible because from this time on he/she can only lose popularity.

It is always a good idea to check a level for one or two minutes and then to restart. A lot of levels show a pattern which customers arrive together and in which order. If you recognize this pattern and restart it is easier for you to plan ahead and maximize your popularity by treating the customers in the right order.

Keep Maria as busy as possible. There is a lot going on in each level and you have to care for a bunch of tasks at the same time, but Maria is the core character of the game and there will always be work for her to do, so do not let her wait leisured.

When two customers on the same bench are about to leave it is a very helpful strategy to let one of them go and then to place a new customer beside the remaining one. A good example for it is this combination: A model and a golden boy are sitting on the same bench and want to leave (perhaps even without ordering a good). At that moment another model arrives on the rug. Let the model on the bench leave the store and place the new model directly next to the golden boy. By doing this you increase for one thing the satisfaction of both of them and for another thing the chance that the golden boy will order a good yet again in the end.
 
	There are several ways to increase the satisfaction of your customers: Give them a cup of coffee; seat them beside customer types they like; bring their pets to the appropriate stations in time.

Take into account that in the later stages some customers will order two different treatments. Consider this when you are planning ahead.

Stations:
There are a lot of different stations which make quite different demands on the player:

The bowl: If a pet wants to eat just take it from the owner and then deliver the needed sort of food. However, as soon as you purchase the special food, some animals order two portions. No assistance of any worker is needed here.

The massage station: At this station one or two workers are needed to treat the animal and afterwards it may be that the animal wants to be blow-dried, too.

The bathtub: The same applies to this station as to the massage station.

The haircutting station: Again one or two workers are needed to treat animals at this station, but instead of blow-drying a lot of pets will need a new haircut afterwards.

The veterinarian: At this station the doctor is the whole level through, so the help by other workers is not needed. However he tends to sleep while working. If that happens send Maria to wake him up.

The stylist: The same applies to this station as to the veterinarian, except for that you always have to play a mini-game when you bring a pet to this station. Instead of the veterinarian's sleepiness the stylist loves to phone while working. To stop that you simply have to click her, it is not needed to send Maria there.

Upgrades:

You can buy upgrades in Maria's House, so-called charms, and general upgrades for your pet store in the shop. 
	
	Maria's House: 
	If you enter Maria's house from the map screen, you will see different clothes on the right side. Choose them as you like it, they do not affect the game in any way. On the left side you see a shelf with the different charms. Charms are purchased with the hearts. There are two different classes of charms. The first class includes the three charms on the top row of the shelf. These charms can be upgraded three times each, but you only can use one of them per level.

Mini-Game-Magic:
	
	 This charm helps you with the mini-games during the levels. When activated you do not have to play the mini-games yourself and Maria will automatically get the best results. This charm affects every possible mini-game, namely the perfect coffee or tea, the games at the service stations and the goods-game before a customer leaves.

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	Speed Boost:
	
	 This charm simply makes Maria walk and work quicker when activated. 
	
	
	Relaxation Charm:
	
	 This charm will add a heart to each customer who is currently sitting on a sofa in your store, when activated.

Again, you can only choose one of these three charms per level. All of them are activated by performing combos. By upgrading these charms to higher ranks you need to perform less combos to activate them.

The most useful charms are definitely the mini-game-magic and the relaxation charm, so you can neglect to waste hearts for upgrading the speed boost which is not that helpful at all. It is up to your own pace which one of the other two charms you prefer. If you see that you have greater problems to achieve the money goal in certain games it is advisable to use Mini-Game-Magic, because for one thing it saves you worthwhile time and for another thing you automatically receive as much money as possible out of every mini-game Maria plays. Otherwise, if you notice that you regularly fulfill the money goal before the popularity goal, choose the Relaxation Charm. You can change the currently used charm at the beginning of each new level.

Combos can be made by nearly every task of Maria, that means handing out menus, taking pets to the stations, to bring ordered goods to customers and so on. Perform combos as often as possible and as many of the same kind as you can to activate your current charm regularly.

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	The other charms on the three bottom rows are active from the moment on when you purchase them. They have no need to be activated by combos. Seven of those charms are just price boosts who make the treatments at the different stations more expensive. However, the other three charms are much more important for your success. The "Repair Boost" will shorten the time the workers need to repair the various machines a lot. The two charms "Heart Boost: Men" and "Heart Boost: Women" are the two probably most important charms in the whole game. Though they are the most expensive ones they are definitely worth the money, better to say the hearts you have to invest. After you have purchased them every man and every woman who enter your store will have two hearts instead of one in the beginning. This advantage will make it much easier to achieve the needed popularity for expert time.

The bowl-"station" makes an exception beneath the stations. In the beginning you only have grain-based food, which is eaten by every animal except for cats and dogs. Not before you buy the meat-based food cats and dogs will also attend this station.

The Shop:

Hire up to three workers :

This upgrade is extremely advisable in order to serve a lot of customers as quickly as possible to reach both goals in time.

The "Goods-shelf":

In this shelf you are able to buy more expensive goods the customers can purchase and to add the special food to your product range. While the more expensive goods are simplifying the achievement of the money goal a lot, the special food is an upgrade that you can definitely neglect until there is nothing else left to purchase. Keep checking this shelf for new available products.

The Coffee Machine:

After purchasing this upgrade you still have the possibility to make it work faster. Every time you give a cup of tea or coffee to a customer you have to play a mini-game and depending on your success in it, the customer will earn from a half up to two hearts by it.

The service stations:

Other than the obvious opportunity to purchase additional stations you can also upgrade their speed and their reliability, that means the amount of time you can use them without reparation. Purchase additional stations as soon as possible, since you are able to serve more customers at the same time. Especially important are the veterinarian, the stylist and the food bowls, because these stations do not need to be taken care of by your general workers.

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	The rugs:

Again you can for one thing purchase additional rugs and for another thing upgrade those rugs you already possess to shorten the time they need to be cleaned to let new customers enter your store.

The benches:

Additional benches/seats are obviously quite an important upgrade, for that you can serve more customers at the same time and to have more space to create "positive" customer-combinations which are good for the popularity goal.

The Grooming Kit and the Blow-Dryer:

These two upgrades are a nice way to earn additional money but nonetheless you have to take into account that they afford another step (that means another mini-game) by Maria. After a pet is treated at a station and wants a new hairdo or to be blow-dried this will be indicated by a new thought-bubble appearing above its head.

The Ad-Magazine:

This upgrade is extremely important because by handing out this magazine to a customer you can choose at which station his or her pet should be treated. This measure is especially helpful when a lot of customers order the service of the same station or if you want to avoid that pets are treated at stations where two workers are needed. It is always advisable to send a Dalmatian, a pig, a monkey or a boxer to the bowl, the stylist or the veterinarian to avoid long waiting periods for other customers. To purchase one, two or three magazines in the store makes certainly sense not before you have purchased some additional stations.

The TV on the goods-shelf::

This upgrade is a nice feature bot not immensely important, because when it becomes available the money goal is not that hard to reach anyway. You can use this upgrade by simply clicking on it. A short tv ad will be shown to the customers and it might convince some of them to order goods even if they have not four or more hearts. But you have to take in mind that this only applies to customers who are on the point of leaving the store.

Types of customers:

Here is a list with all customer types, which pet they own and beside which other customer types they earn one or even two heart(s):

The young man with the cat: earns two hearts when he sits next to the model and one beside the woman in the gown and the Dalmatian-woman.

The woman with the Dalmatian: earns two hearts when she sits next to the golden boy and one beside the young man and the man with the boxer.

The young boy with the mouse: earns two hearts beside the model and one if he sits next to the young girl.

The young girl with the rabbit: earns two hearts beside the golden boy and one beside the young boy.

The army-man with the goose: earns two hearts if he sits next to the model and one heart beside the old woman.

The old woman with the cat: earns two hearts beside the golden boy and one heart beside the old army man.

The model with the terrier</UL>: earns two hearts beside the golden boy and one heart next to the young man and the man with the boxer.

The golden boy with the monkey: earns two hearts beside the model and one heart when he sits next to the Dalmatian woman and the woman in the gown.

The man with the boxer: earns two hearts when he is sitting next to the model and one heart beside the Dalmatian-woman and the woman in the gown.

The woman in the gown with the pig: earns two hearts beside the golden boy and one heart beside the young man and the man with the boxer. 
	
	
Customer Tips:
	
	
	Important note: The woman in the gown with the pig always (!!) wants to be served at first. This attitude has several consequences for you: (1) If you do not want to deal with her just serve other customers before her. She then will immediately leave your store. However this will cost you time and money. (2) Do not let two of these women on your benches at the same time, because this will make the serving extremely complicated, if not impossible. (3) If you click on other customers to serve them before there is an orange exclamation point flashing in her thought bubble she will NOT leave, but you have to observe her and the other customers very carefully to be successful with this strategy.
 
	An important clue to increase the satisfaction of a customer and at the same time the amount of hearts you earn when he leaves is to pair the right customers together on a sofa. Definitely avoid to pair two of the same customers together, because both of them will lose a heart in that case.

In some levels you will also have an additional seat where only one customer can sit. In those levels the above mentioned patterns of the different levels are even more important to figure out which customer should be seated there. It is also advisable to give the coffee always to the customer on the seat in those levels because obviously you have not the opportunity to increase his satisfaction by other customers.

Mini Games:

There are two different kinds of mini-games in Pet Show Craze, the bonus-level mini-games and the various ones which take place during the general levels. Bonus Levels:

The Pet Show Levels: In these levels four or five different pets are standing on a kind of stage. You have to assign the spotlighted pet to the appropriate food, footprint or object. If you make a mistake because you are unsure just restart and try again. In the bonus levels it is quite easy to get the expert goal, so do not miss this opportunity just because of one or two wrong guesses. 
	
	The Hidden-Object levels: The location of these levels is a garden where you have to find a certain amount of bones (for a dog) or acorns (for a pig). Here the same applies as to the pet show levels - if you see that you are running out of time just restart the level to make sure that you get expert score. 
Mini games during the general levels:

The goods-game: If a customer wants to leave and has reached a certain degree of satisfaction he will order a special good. Before Maria can take this of the goods-shelf she has to play a mini-game, either to find a picture of his ordered good out of a collection of various goods' pictures or by clicking at the right moment in a wheel-of-fortune game. Concerning the latter one it is your choice which product he or she will order, so always click when the needle is in the area of the most expensive product. 
	
	The blow-drying: In this mini-game you see a scale with a moving pointer. The scale is divided in white (least profit), orange (average profit) and green (most profit) areas. Just click when the pointer is inside the green area to get the most possible profit. 
	
	The hairdo-game: Here you can click back and forth through a menu of different haircuts. The profit by each of those different haircuts is shown by the number of coins beneath. Just choose the hairdo which provides you with the highest profit. Take into account that in later stages the number of different haircuts will grow and so will the range of profit. 
	
	The coffee game: If you hand over a cup of coffee or tea to a customer for increasing his number of hearts Maria has to prepare this herself. The coffee/tea consists of always three different ingredients and depending on how many of them you choose right according to the customers wish he or she gains up to two additional hearts. That also means that it is advisable to give coffee only to customers with three or less hearts to gain the full effect of it. 
	
	The stylist game: The styling station is the only station where Maria always has to play a mini-game right in the beginning. If you bring a pet to this station a new window will open automatically where various possibilities of styles are presented to you. Just move your pointer over the different styles to see how much profit they will give you and choose that style which offers the most coins.

Additional tips:

In the later stages you will regularly achieve the money goal much earlier than the popularity goal. If you have already reached the money goal in any level you do not have to care about the mini-games anymore (except for the coffee game, obviously). It does not affect the customers' satisfaction which style/good/haircut you choose so you should click immediately to save worthwhile time.

Reference accessed <a href="http://www.gamezebo.com/games/pet-show-craze/walkthrough-cheats-strategy-guide" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> March 2013

System Requirements:

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8

CPU: 600 Mhz

System RAM: 256 MB

DirectX: 7.0

Hard Drive: 172 MB

Video:

You’ll find videos of game play <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKPuszhipTw" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="http://uk.msn.com/?rd=1&ucc=GB&dcc=GB&opt=1&pc=UP50&ocid=EIE9HP&tc=0" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbRfamcIp-w" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CQ5zcHnPDM" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> 
 and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ0vKU-90es" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.

Music:

You can change the music by  swapping the  music files   via the following path.  You will need to rename each file and convert  them to the  .ogg format:

C:\Games\PetShowCraze_game\Data\Sounds\x.ogg

where x.ogg represents the music files.  Most of the  files are   sound bites for the various  sound effects and thesae shouldn't be changed unless you want the game to sound crazy.  The music files should be obvious for example Music_Game or Music_Bonus_Level

Conclusion:

Scoring

Gameplay –  7
Graphics –  7
Audio – 6
Re-playability – 7
Originality – 6

Total = 6.6

Problems:

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A Request for help:

<blockquote>Developers rely on good feedback to improve their games. If you download this game please take some time once you’ve played it a while to leave some constructive feedback either positive or negative. The more constructive feedback we get, the more likely developers are going to give more games away. The giveaway site already has a very good standing with the search engines. Developers want their products out there on the WWW, this site has the potential to do that. The game giveaway project gives away on average between 9 to 17 thousand downloads for each game depending upon what genre and how obscure the game is. That’s a lot of homes these games are being downloaded into and a lot of 'potential' cash that’s being lost by the developers. If we get better games because of better feedback, the community are likely to continue to benefit from the generosity of the developers. Satisfied community members are then more likely to visit the home sites of those developers and purchase games that they may not have bothered with before they discovered the developer via the game giveaway site, thus giving the developers more incentives to give away even more decent games.

Please leave some feedback once you’ve checked the game out. It can be positive or negative, but please explain what your reasons were for the feedback you post. You could also leave suggestions for improving the game, for example, this game could do with more block types for the levels editor, add more power-ups, describing the ones you think would be suitable, add some mini games (which seem all the rage in some arcade games now) or enable the user to be able to change the in game music easily.

Thank you in advance to all those who take the time to post a constructive comment.</blockquote>

Regards

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