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To pay her college tuition, Kelly finds herself working at the local juice bar making delicious fruit smoothies and milkshakes for customers. As jobs go, it could be worse. As games go, however, Golden Hearts Juice Bar could be better as a great premise is compromised by sloppiness and an annoying glitch.
The premise of Golden Hearts Juice Bar is similar to Big Island Blends, another smoothie-slinging time management game. Both games task you with creating a variety of beverages by combining different fruits and garnishes in a certain type of glass, and then serving them to the waiting customers. The similarities end there, however. Golden Hearts Juice Bar boasts better graphics, and the playing area is laid out like a restaurant rather than a bar, which requires Kelly to act as waitress delivering orders to customers as they sit at tables instead of just handing them over the counter.
During a typical day at the juice bar, customers will arrive and seat themselves at one of the tables. After a few seconds they'll place an order, indicating what shape of glass and flavour of smoothie they want. You must select the correct glass and raw ingredient, such as strawberry (red), banana (yellow), blueberry (blue) or milk (white) and take them over to the blender to create the smoothie. When it's finished, you carry it to the customer's table. The final step is to collect the cash they leave behind. If the minimum cash goal is reached by closing time, you pass the level and get to move on to the next day. Read more...