Big Fish Games - New Game Releases

Big Fish Games - Time Management

25 April, 2008

Youda Camper

Tired of overcrowded campsites and impolite neighbors? Bulldoze your dream retreat with proper sanitation, supermarkets, and entertainment. As a campsite owner you set the tent fees and manage the overnight flow. Fulfill campers wants and needs by watching the complaint screen. You can make plans to open a supermarket, extra bungalows, and even a bingo hall in this rugged resource management game. As a Youda Camper, the great outdoors is simply marvelous.


* Customize your own campground.
* Attract campers with ads.
* Create a camper`s haven!

Wow, a game you actually have to think about. You really get to plan out your campground on an empty grid! Plan carefully, different campers want different things near their camp sites, and different size sites.

Don't forget to build roads to get to things, and to provide parking spaces for your campers. This game will keep you busy for hours! I have to say that this game is definitely for the older crowd, little ones may not be able to keep up with the pace of the game.
Click a picture to download a free trial for yourself, and enjoy 60 minutes of full game play on your computer!

24 April, 2008

Kindergarten

Caring for children is a cinch, right? Meet Mila, the super sweet owner of the Kindergarten daycare. Help her begin with one adorable baby then grow her business to an ultra baby boom. Keep the little ones happy by fulfilling their needs in the form of hunger, sleep, diaper changing, playtime, and vomit-free zones. The social rating shows your popularity with the parents in this bubbly time-management game. Are you the next daycare owner in high demand?


* Charming time-management game.
* Pick your employees.
* Care for cute babies!

This game is not about Kindergarten, as you can tell from the description. The children that you are caring for are babies. You need to change their diapers, give them baths, feed them bottles, put them in the playpen to play and put them to bed for naps.

You can hire one employee per day to help you out. This game wasn't bad, except that I was expecting preschoolers and coloring or block building or some other preschool activity. The graphics are friendly and cute, and I would have enjoyed playing it for longer... but the kids have other games higher on the list.

23 April, 2008

Jane`s Hotel: Family Hero

Jane`s Hotel: Family Hero
Want to be a fabulous entrepreneur? Expand a boutique hotel chain and provide 4-star service to eager guests. Help Jane purchase four International hotels, make upgrades, and pay off that large looming bank loan. In addition to the normal guest services, Jane can now help customers buy souvenirs and take pictures. Jane`s Hotel: Family Hero is the hospitable sequel adding a brand new twist to time management and cafe simulation games.


* Sequel to the hit game
* Fast-paced levels.
* New guest features!
* Remember to check in to Jane`s Hotel

I liked Jane's Hotel the first time around, and I am pleased to say that Jane's Hotel: Family Hero is even more fun. There are several location for you to run the hotel at, each with their own unique decor. Make extra money by providing your guests with extra services like drinks, phone calls, and newspapers.

This time around you have a porter to fix things for you, take pictures of your guests, and carry their luggage to their room. Buy courses to make all the employees be able to move faster. Buy new furniture to gain clients, increase prices, or gain popularity. Click on a picture to get 60 minutes of free game time to try it out yourself!

22 April, 2008

Sprill: The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Sprill: The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
Help Sprill search the wreckage of boats and planes that have disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle. Explore beautifully crafted undersea locations for hundreds of items that provide clues to the location of the pearl that will save the aliens` planet! And solve clever mechanical puzzles that will help you accomplish the task before you. You`ll have fun from beginning to end as you and Sprill discover the secret of the Bermuda Triangle!


* Enjoy clever mini-games.
* Exciting courses to master.
* Familiar and fun game play.

The graphics on the hidden object game are so cute! My youngest was absolutely entranced with Sprill! It is great to find hidden object games that are friendly and bright like this one!

I am still getting requests for this game even though it came out a few weeks ago. This is one of those games where the 60 minute free trial went by way to fast! Click on a picture to get a free trial on your computer!
Try it out for yourself today!

20 April, 2008

Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year

Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year
Study the blueprints, it`s time to design a new town in Build-a-lot 2. Use your entrepreneurial eye to spot the right locations for parks and shops. Pick your paint colors, upgrades, and landscaping to create the ultimate curb appeal for outstanding profits. How about a latte from the new coffee shop? Maybe new flower boxes for the garden center? Flip houses in this fancy resource management sequel. Welcome to the neighborhood in Build-a-lot 2!


* Flip houses for profit.
* Build parks and stores.
* Pick paint and upgrades.
* Get back to basics with Build-a-lot

Build-a-lot 2 is a lot like Build-a-lot but with more added perks. Vote for your favorite town as you finish each level or wait until your done with them all. Earn gifts from each mayor as you finish their town.

We are really enjoying this game! We love picking the colors for the houses, and do the landscaping! Although sometimes we get so involved in the new perks that we run out of time! I have got to remember to build that coffee shop or flower shop first to be earning money while I paint houses and plant flowers!

11 April, 2008

Cooking Academy

Grab your oven mitts and don your chef`s hat! Cooking Academy is the game that places you in the kitchens of a prestigious culinary school! From eggrolls to pancakes, to crème brulee, it`s up to you to prepare over 50 different recipes! Learn interesting trivia about food while mastering the skills of chopping, kneading, mashing, flipping, frying, and much more! Unlock new recipes and trophies by passing your cooking courses and exams. Are you ready to be a Master Chef?


* Unique recipes.
* Exciting courses to master.
* Become a Master Chef!

Our favorite appetizer was the Guacamole! Although it certainly wasn't our recipe! (Who puts mayonnaise in their Guacamole?) Regardless the kids had fun playing this with me.

Get graded on each recipe. Pass the exams to move onto the next course. And YES, you can go back and redo any of it!

10 April, 2008

Penguins` Journey

Join the journey from penguin farm to icy Antarctica in Penguins` Journey, an exciting tile-based Brain Teaser game. Build bridges between the islands to help your Penguins island hop and make it home safely. If your penguins fall into the water, it is up you to save them by throwing life preservers. As each level is completed, the challenge becomes more difficult with more tiles, increasingly intricate bridges, pesky creatures presenting obstacles and less time.


* Buy upgrades with fish.
* Familiar and fun game play.
* Save cute penguins!

My youngest is really into penguins, and absolutely loved this game! It is a wonderful puzzle game where you have to fit the pieces together to create a bridge before the penguins fall into the water. You can use fish to buy bonus items like hammers and spackle to help fill gaps and break up problems!

It reminds me in general of the old Tetris game, but with a much friendlier appearance! The whole family enjoyed this game!

09 April, 2008

Finders Keepers

Play Finders Keepers and join Floyd Finders and his trusty sidekick Goldie in this aquatic adventure! Collect treasure, fish and special trinkets to help reunite lost loves, all while trying to avoid trouble from Pirates, Whales, Walruses and Ghosts. Finders Keepers will let you play at exciting and exotic places like the North Pole and even the resting place of the Titanic! Watch out for adversaries as you search the Atlantic to retrieve something very special to Floyd.


* Unique Boss levels.
* Action-packed locations.
* Dynamic characters to play!

This game was almost an instant hit! As soon as we saw that it had a 2 player mode we were ready to buy it without trying it! And I am happy to say that it held up even after trying it! This is one of our new favorites! There are three different types of play: Adventure, Boss, and 2 Players.

In Adventure you go through the story, and as you finish each location, that location is unlocked for you to play in the Boss games. The 2 Players is pretty self explanatory! Pick which of three characters you want to be, they each have there own helpers, and then pick which location you want to play at!

This is a New Family Favorite, and the kids have labeled it a Must Have!

08 April, 2008

Doggie Dash

Doggie Dash
Help reluctant pet spa partners Walter and Scarlett get a Dinertown business up and running! Featuring the goal of delivering a happy and perfectly pampered pet to its owner every time, Doggie Dash incorporates the customer service fun of the Diner Dash series with the new challenge of cleaning, grooming, and accessorizing canine and feline clients. Be sure to keep an eye out for Walter and Scarlett`s friend Flo not to mention her very own faithful retriever, Skillet!


* Purchasable upgrade items.
* Pet-themed medals.
* Numerous pet types to choose!

This is another classic hit from the makers of Diner Dash! How can you resist the cute little pets? Especially when the pets are the one's conniving to get the business blooming! It may be another Time Management game, but we loved working towards the upgrades, and getting into the story!

We loved upgrading the interior, especially since you could go back and change interior elements before starting each day! Don't forget to buy the upgrades to pamper these pampered pets that little bit extra! Fun for the whole family!

07 April, 2008

Magic Farm

In Magic Farm you take on the role of a savvy young entrepreneur with a magical green thumb. Grow a variety of flowers and fruit in this enchanting new Time Management game. Sell your flowers separately or make beautiful bouquets for maximum profits! It`s up to you to water, protect, and sell your cash crop in order to save your beloved parents.


* Deep involving story.
* Get help from a cute dragon.
* Save your beloved parents.

I am enjoying this game. It has beautiful artwork, and fun characters. After a few "days" you get the help of a dragon around your garden. The kids loved that addition!

You get to choose what type of flowers you want to grow. And each day when you go to sell that harvest, you can arrange the flowers into bouquets to earn even more money.

06 April, 2008

Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients


The delicious world of chocolate is once again turned on its side, this time by deceit and deception in the new chapter of the Chocolatier saga. There is a mole controlling Baumeister Confections, and it is up to you to build a new empire from the ground up and take over Baumeister Confections. On this journey you will need to rise up in this industrial age of innovation and seek out secret ingredients to create rich new recipes.

* Exciting mini game.
* Secret ingredients to find.
* Uncover hidden ports!



I actually enjoyed this game so much that I went back to download the original too! Set each factories pace for each recipe by shooting ingredients into their molds. Travel around the world to buy the finest ingredients! Meet people at every port to help you on your quest for new recipes!



My daughter and I can't get enough of this game! An instant favorite! Of course when chocolate is involved, what's not to like?!