HaberDashers

[h1] Cappy racing game with some weird toy characters. Different power ups like ink, hamster ball, annoying magnet that pulls everyone together immobilizing racing capabilities and marble balls to ruin the gameplay. Collect golden buttons for turbo boost or drift for same effect. Controls are working. Music gets on your nerve. 4 characters, 4 vehicles and 3 tracks sums up the game. Skip? Yes. [/h1]

"HaberDashers" is a student project from the SMU Guildhall and once more the students passed the course this year. This is a servicable toy racer/micro racer kart game that has you driving around on tracks in an oversized home. The graphics in this game are really quite good, which at least makes the game look more appealing. And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics. To be worth a gamers time, the game must match top tier visuals with top tier gameplay, and that's not happening here. You're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable End User License Agreement... for such a relatively low effort, low quality product, this comes across more as a delusion of grandeur than anything else. This agreement includes questionable requirements that may attempt to revoke consumer law protections that gamers expect to have, which is also highly problematic. Developers must learn they are here to serve gamers, not control them. I had my cat walk over the keyboard while the EULA was displaying, which fixed that problem for me. Not every "free" game really is. The…

Cool idea for an educational instituiton to release games

Игра 'HaberDashers' - это неожиданно захватывающий симулятор управления ателье с приятной пиксельной графикой и увлекательным геймплеем. Сначала кажется, что задача простая: принимай заказы, выбирай подходящие ткани, шей одежду. Но постепенно появляется все больше нюансов: от управления запасами и найма персонала до поддержания репутации и участия в модных показах. Что мне понравилось больше всего, так это ощущение прогресса. Начинаешь с крохотной мастерской и постепенно превращаешься в известного дизайнера, чьи модели пользуются спросом. При этом игра не превращается в рутину, постоянно подбрасывая новые вызовы и возможности. Есть, конечно, и небольшие недостатки. Иногда интерфейс кажется немного перегруженным, а в поздних этапах игры не хватает глубины взаимодействия с клиентами. Однако в целом, 'HaberDashers' – это отличная игра, которая затянет вас на долгие часы. Рекомендую всем любителям симуляторов и тем, кто хочет почувствовать себя в роли владельца модного бизнеса!

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// HaberDashers Go-Karts... not as good as Disney Windstorm, Hex Rally Racers, or even Riding Seas... but really neat environments (living room, kitchen, bathroom). Much slower than the other 3 I mentioned -- which could be great for younger kiddos. But it's definitely worth playing -- and it's free! 2-4 Play Local Couch Coop Split Screen. [I was able to play with an Xbox Core Controller + an 8BitDo Pro 2.]