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kiskit
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Achievement won on 04 Aug 11TA Score for this game: 260
Posted on 08 August 11 at 07:14, Edited on 21 January 13 at 19:25
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Play each new level (Sally's new shops) over & over until you have purchased every upgrade for every shop she owns. After every round you play you will have the option to upgrade that shop depending on how much money you have. Upgrades include better (more expensive) chairs at the various stations, magazines, coffee, candles, and additional employees at various stations. One "upgrade" includes buying a cat for the counter by the till but that upgrade didn't really help at all.
Once you have bought all or most upgrades you can focus on going for "Expert" and "Perfect" scores at each leg of the game. A "Perfect" is obtained when each customer leaves with 5 hearts (satisfaction) above their heads and you have processed the minimum customers (varies depending in which level, gradually increases as game progresses etc).
Some customers will start with 2-3 stars & even if you process them quickly without losing any of their stars they'll still only have 4stars at checkout. Such customers can be given coffee before they leave, for example. One cup of coffee gives 1 star boost per client.
The upgrades I found useful were: upgraded all chairs & hire all extra help. Start making coffee as soon as shop opens. On some levels if you make coffee once then it'll be refilled from then on by an employee standing there. Not all her shops have this employee so you will need keep an eye on this & refill accordingly (takes about 30 sec to refill.) if shop starts getting full give coffee to lower stars plus give magazines esp to those who have not been addressed at all. After a set time you will notice the shop's clock in upper right of screen will show that it is closed. Anyone who is still inside can still be worked on, they can also leave if they are not being taken care of. However no new clients can enter. So the trick is to get the room as full as you can before shop closes without losing any clients due to innattention. Usually at this point is where I liked to use the brown candle as it instantly gives each client +1 heart. Some levels have 2 of each candle. In these cases I may use the 1st brown candle a little before shop closing if things start getting too busy. The blue candles can be used during these same times as they slow down customers loss of hearts. Always keep the coffee available & use it liberally. Personally I found the cat upgrade to be useless tho some say it gives +1 heart per game at the cash register. I cannot verify this as I never saw it despite trying to activate it multiple times.
One other note about getting a perfect level is this: each round or "day" of each level has a specific minimum number of clients who must be processed such as 7, 12 or 16. Let's say a round requires 16 minimum processed clients. And say 20 clients come through the door. Say that 1 client gets upset & leaves the salon. It is still possible to get expert even if you lose a client provided you meet the minimum for completing level and minimum for expert (usu 1-2 more clients than for normal level requirements). I believe perfect is lost once a customer leaves without completion of services. So if going strictly for perfect levels you will need to restart that round or day. Perfect is doing expert level with 5 stars on all completed clients , in addition to processing a minimum number of ever increasing clients at 5stars. All customers must leave the store with 5stars in order to gain a perfect score. |
Lonesquiff
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Achievement won on 04 Jan 13TA Score for this game: 260
Posted on 04 January 13 at 22:44, Edited on 04 January 13 at 22:55
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There is an issue that can crop up during your game that can make getting this last achievement unnecessarily difficult. This happened to me on one level and here is what I learned to prevent this from happening to others.
Salon Master should be obtained in your first playthrough to make it easier. The reason for this is that when you replay a level later for a perfect score, you run the risk of not getting credit. Here's why: When you complete a level the game tracks how much money you made that day. When you replay the level later, you not only have to process enough people with 5 hearts but you must ALSO make more money than you did your first time through. Even though the game may say you got 'perfect' on a level, it won't count unless you made more money the 2nd time.
Fortunately, there is an easy method to avoid this problem. In the top left corner of your screen is a heart symbol with a ratio (ie 1/1). This is a tracker of how many customers you rang out at max hearts vs how many customers you rang out total. The heart will stay red if there is no change. If a customer gets rung out at less than max hearts, the heart icon will change to blue and the ratio will be off (ie 1/2). If at any point you see this happen, immediately pause the game and select 'end game'. This can even be done when you see the results screen at the end of the day, as long as you don't hit the checkmark. If in the results screen you see 'perfect' then proceed as normal. If you see 'excellent' or 'good work' then pause and reload.
When you reload the level, you will be in the Upgrade/Purchase shop. Any money you spent prior will be gone so proceed to open for daily business. You can pause and reload as many times as necessary until you get your perfect.
As for upgrades, get coffee maxed out asap, then focus on upgrading Sally's speed. When you have the money, get the coffee assistant. From then on it's a matter of upgrading chairs. Upgrade 1 blue, and then focus on all of the yellow ones as this is where most customers will be waiting. Don't forget that coffee and magazines can be handed out to anyone, not just those in the entry chairs. Also if you notice you only have 1 coffee waiting at the counter hand it out and get a new pot going. This will help if things get hectic or you find several people in line missing hearts and are out of coffee.
To get the most customers in your store on a given day, focus on having at least one entry chair available while the shop is open. Hand people in blue chairs magazines and move people from entry chairs straight to yellow to keep customers coming in. Once the store is closed for the day you can take your time and focus on getting everyone out.
Levels that you have a perfect on will have a heart over them in the level select screen. You can also view your progress from the main menu by going into 'statistics'. |