Paradise Beach
Platform: Windows
On the surface, Paradise Beach resembles a casual building game like Coconut Queen. The gameplay, however, is more similar to the classic of the tycoon sim genre Rollercoaster Tycoon. Join Mr. Gates and his cute — and occasionally annoying — granddaughter as they develop beachfront property. Travel to six different islands and work with the pair to develop a fun beach experience, all the while helping endangered species, uncovering dinosaur skeletons, finding pirate treasure, and all the other fun things that happen to folks who create vacation beaches.
You begin on the first island with a pristine beach ready for development. Mr. Gates and Emmy will walk you through an easy tutorial as the tourists begin to arrive... and begin to complain. The first complaint? Not enough sidewalks. Because it's dreadful to have to actually walk on the sand when you go to the beach. The learning curve is smooth and gradual as different complexities are added, such as structures that break down, garbage that needs to be picked up, vandals, drowning swimmers, power shortages, and the ever and constantly complaining tourists. By the end of the fifth level you will have learned the basics of developing a resort and can move on to the second island, where more developing fun awaits.
Every island has five levels, each level building on the one previous. When you begin an island all you have is a stretch of beach and some basic structures, plants, and accessories. Manage to placate enough tourists and you will get a higher beach rating, which unlocks more complex structures. Lay down sidewalks and folks will want ice cream and fruit. The minute you build the facilities, however, the tourists will then complain about the long lines to get said ice cream and fruit, not to mention they will immediately begin littering your formerly pristine beach. Place garbage cans, more structures, and begin hiring employees to keep buildings repaired, keep the beaches clean, keep the tourists from drowning, and keep the vandals from wreaking havoc. One of the best parts of play? Beating up on the vandals until they leave the park.
Tourists will also complain about the lack of more advanced facilities such as swimming pools (because who wants to actually swim in the ocean when they go to the beach?), spas, clothing stores, and theaters, as well as complaining about the lack of shade trees (because who wants to sunbathe in the actual sun?) and other greenery. Tourists are also forgetful, and will constantly be losing things they want you to help them find: sunglasses, towels, purses, wallets, passports, cell phones, and swimming trunks. (Swimming trunks? How did they lose their swimming trunks? Never mind...)
Development itself is a breeze. Tabbed menus at the bottom of the screen organize facilities, accessories, plants, and employees. Other nice features include buttons that show coverage grids of your various employees, as well as grids that highlight greenery areas (showing where more is needed) and garbage areas (highlighting where the trash is piling up). Simply click on an item (if you have the money to build it) and click on the area you wish to place it. Items such as sidewalks and plants can be dragged to create large areas without constant clicking. Employee coverage areas are controlled by little flags that can be moved and dragged around as needed to move the areas under their influence.
Although each level in an island builds on the one before it, each can be played separately, making Paradise Beach perfect for fun, breezy, casual gameplay. After each island is completed it unlocks a "sandbox" mode, where you can go in and develop each area as you please. Completing all 30 levels of the timed mode unlocks a special 31st level that takes place on the pirate island and which involves making a lot of tourist pirate ghosts happy.
Analysis: Major effort has gone into making Paradise Beach not only fun to play but also a joy just to look at. The beach scenery is so realistic you can almost feel the sand in your toes. Your little animated tourists come in all shapes and sizes, and wander around actually using the facilities built for them. Watching all the action can become so engrossing it is easy to forget that there are actual goals and a ticking clock. The music is light and breezy and matches the scenery perfectly.
The real pleasure here, though, is the gameplay itself. The learning curve is perfect, not so slow as to be boring or too quick, piling on information faster than you can absorb it. As Goldilocks would say, they got it just right. At the end of the last level of each island the player has the option to move on or continue developing the current island, affording the chance to sit back, relax, and just enjoy watching the action.
It is obvious the developers were aiming for whimsical, but some of the dialogue between Mr. Gates and Emmy can be a little... annoying. Nevertheless, Mr. Gates has lots of sage advice for a novice beach developer, much of it dispensed at the loading screen between levels. Despite the sometimes annoying Emmy, Paradise Beach is a light-hearted, amusing romp of a tycoon management sim, managing to be simultaneously challenging and relaxing. Pull up a lounge chair, grab a drink from the tiki bar, and start building!
Windows:
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Walkthrough Guide
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Paradise Beach Walkthrough
General Tips and Strategies
When you get an alert bubble (message about someone drowning, repairs, vandals, etc) you can click the bubble to have the screen focus on the location of the issue.
Frequently when visitors are complaining that lines are too long or stands are turning them away, it can be because a repair is needed. Check that your buildings are functioning before you build additional ones.
Often when a visitor loses an item, it will be nearby. It is almost always on a shore. Having security guards can be helpful because they will recover lost items for you.
To ensure a high rating, whenever you build a new attraction, make sure there are convenient sidewalks connecting it to the rest of your buildings.
You can't really have too many plants and trees - greenery will boost your rating a great deal. Line all your sidewalks and buildings with any plants you can afford.
Make sure you keep the trash situation under control or your rating will drop. At first, clear trash yourself and set up garbage cans (under the accessory tab). Be sure to empty the garbage cans or the trash will pile up around them. When you can afford to, invest in custodians. You can see the area each custodian (or other employee type) covers by going into the staff tab and clicking the appropriate worker type. The map will show a blue grid of the areas already covered. It is most critical to have custodians in your heavily trafficked areas but you may want them in your empty beach spaces as well, if litter is piling up.
A good way to boost your rating is creating sand castles, statues, fountains, and other accessories in areas with a lot of passersby.
Build trees and plants to create shade around your lounge chairs.
Generally, upgrading your buildings is a good way to increase your income. Upgrade a building by clicking it and selecting the upgrade button on top.
If people are complaining about lines for a particular building, build another of that type of building when you can afford to. Otherwise only build as many of that attraction as your visitors require - you won't make any extra profit from buildings that aren't being used.
As soon as you can afford to, build engineers. They will maintain your buildings so you don't have to do costly repairs.
Build buoys to keep your visitors from swimming outside the range of your lifeguards. At the beginning of the level when you are being careful about your money, take care of the drowning swimmers yourself. Make sure you do it quickly as if you don't save them, your rating will drop. Once you have the funds and more people at your beach, it may be worth hiring lifeguards for your most popular swimming areas.
Level 1
Build two ice cream stands and three lounge chairs to meet the level goals.
Level 2
Build two more lounge chairs and two fruit stands.
Level 3
Build two additional chairs, a diesel generator, some plants, and four trash cans.
Level 4
Build three showers and some plants and trees. Hire a lifeguard, a surfboard rental, a fruit stand.
Make any necessary repairs that arise. When you get an alert that something needs repair, you can click the alert to zoom to the broken building.
Hire a custodian.
Level 5
Build two volleyball courts and more plants.
Build buoys in the ocean. Buoy can only be built in the designated squares around the edge of the map. Buoys will prevent your visitors from swimming out of the range of your lifeguards.
Build another shower and more lounge chairs to meet the level goal.
Level 6
Build six lounge chairs, two fruit stands, 3 ice cream stands.
Build two surfboard rentals, some plants, trash cans, buoys, and a diesel generator.
Level 7
Place dry shrubs on the squares of the maze as indicated on the island.
Hire a custodian, build a fruit stand, a surf rental, greenery, two showers, and ice cream stand, and two volleyball courts.
Level 8
Build 20 cacti and 20 green flower beds/cactus beds.
Build lounge chairs, a fruit stand, a surfboard, a generator, many plants, a volleyball court, buoys, and lifeguards.
Level 9
Goals: find 5 red flowers,build a bar, hire two lifeguards.
To find the red flowers, you must be attentive to the guests with blue question marks over their heads. When they tell you they found a red flower, you will have a limited time to find the flower on the island. The flowers generally appear on the shores of the island. Once you've found all five the ghosts will disappear.
Build two bars, upgrade one of them to three stars to meet the requirements. Plant a lot of greenery and build any buildings your visitors complain are too busy.
Level 10
Build equipment rental and upgrade to one star
You'll have to start contending with vandals who destroy your buildings. Hire at least two security guards to pass the level, and click any vandals you see several times to scare them off.
Build the souvenir stand and cafe to bring your rating up.
Level 11
Three star shower, open-air enclosure, 2 three star fruit stands.
In addition, you will probably need to build two ice cream stands, two surfboard rentals, another shower, a generator, and possibly a volleyball court.
Build the open-air enclosure using the fence parts under the accessories menu to protect the turtles.
Level 12
You will need to find the five turtles when guests see them
Build two three star surfboard rentals and a souvenir stand to pass the level.
Once you have met the building requirements, build many plants, custodians, and additional buildings to meet the visitors desires.
Level 13
Two three star volleyball courts and one three star bar. 15000
Hire engineers if you haven't yet to keep your maintenance costs down.
You should be able to get the $15,000 pretty quickly if you continue to keep everyone happy.
Level 14
A one-star cafe and two three-star bars.
This time five guests will bring some turtle eggs to your attention.
You may need another souvenir stand and other additional buildings to meet visitor expectations.
Level 15
Two one-star equipment rental stands, two one-star cafes, and four open-air turtle enclosures from the accessories menu.
Build another generator, more lounge chairs. Build sidewalks to all new buildings and plants next to the sidewalks.
Level 16
With the visitors help, find the 6 obelisk pieces.
First build a fruit stand, ice cream stand, a surfboard rental, some lounge chairs, and trash cans.
When you have enough money, build the volleyball court, another surfboard rental. Upgrade the volleyball court to two-stars and the surfboard rentals to three-stars to meet the level requirements.
Build a wind-powered generator, hire a custodian, and more stands. Make sure you have plants everywhere.
Fill as many requests as possible and build statues and fountains when you can afford it to boost your ratings.
Level 17
Upgrade any fruit stands you have to three-star to meet the level requirements.
Once you rating has gone up, build the bar and upgrade it to three-stars. Then when you can afford it, build another wind generator and souvenir stand, and upgrade it to three stars. If you don't have three three-star fruit stands, build them now.
Also build two engineers to keep your repair costs down.
Level 18
You can't build the yellow flowers to reveal the secret passage until the beach rating is higher, so let's work on the rating first.
Build a security guard and fix people's complaints until your rating goes up a level. Then build the cafe and upgrade it to three stars.
You can also now build the arrow of yellow flowers on the north side of the island.
Hire two more security guards.
Once all the requirements are met, build accessories and address visitor complaints until your rating is high enough to pass.
Level 19
Guests will be informing you about spotting an eye, a pirate hat, and a wooden leg. Your security guards may help you find them.
Build another bar and volleyball court and upgrade them.
Now save your money until you can buy the Equipment Rental. Upgrade it to three stars.
Build accessories, clean, and build new buildings according to visitor comments until your rating is high enough to pass.
Level 20
Build another bar, surfboard rental, wind-powered generator, and fruit stand. Make sure any new areas you build in are covered by mechanics and custodians.
When you have gone up a level, buy the pool and upgrade to three-stars. Start building on the northern areas of the island if you haven't already - the visitors will come up there when you build.
Go to the northeast part of the island and build the flowerbed in the pattern indicated on the ground.
Improve the island until you rating reaches the goal. Save up money to build a spa.
Level 21
In this level, in addition to building your resort, you must prevent the cacti from being eaten by the man-eating plants by clicking on them when they rise to attack.
Build one of each type of stand and a few lounge chairs. Build a sidewalk, plants, and a garbage can.
Upgrade the stands and build new ones until you reach the next rating level.
Build a tiki bar and volleyball court, showers, a custodian and an engineer. Continue to upgrade until your rating reaches the goal.
Whenever a plant attacks you must immediately attend to it so it doesn't eat the tree.
Level 22
Guests will inform you when they see a tree seed - they are brown and on the shores. Once you have collected some seeds, you can plant them from the plant menu. Once you have planted 5, you will have met the level requirements.
Build another volleyball court, generator, souvenir shop, and anything else the guests want until your rating is high enough.
Level 23
First build the water pump so that the nozzle is in the water and the body of it is on land. The whole thing will be green when you have placed it correctly. Then place sprinklers to water all the pink palms on the island, including the ones you planted in the last level.
Upgrade your buildings and build the new ones that become available to you as soon as you can afford them. Finally save up for the pool. Add accessories and upgrade until you have reached the four-star rating and meet the goal.
Level 24
First upgrade your pool to three-stars to meet the level requirement.
Start saving up for the spa, making any changes you need to keep your rating up.
Build and upgrade the spa as soon as you can afford to.
Build the fence around the dinosaur bones on the southern part of the island.
Level 25
First upgrade your buildings and expand until you get another star rating.
Save up for the clothing store and upgrade it to three-stars.
Continue to improve until you can afford the Jet Ski rental. This building must be built half on land and half in the water. It will turn completely green when you've placed it correctly. Upgrade to three-stars.
You will need a very high customer rating to beat the level. Upgrade everything, try to fulfill every customer's complaint, and fill all the space with plants and accessories as you can. Have a large number of custodians covering most of the beach.
Level 26
Start with the basic stands, some lounge chairs and some garbage cans.
Whenever you get a geyser alert, stop what you are doing and click the geyser until it disappears. Otherwise it will destroy your nearby buildings.
Upgrade and improve until you get the next rating level. Build two volleyball courts and the bar. Upgrade the bar to two stars.
Plant trees and plants until your rating reaches the goal.
Level 27
On this level you will face groups of crabs on the beach. When you are warned, go to the area and kill all three crabs.
Build a cafe and upgrade to level two.
Meet the other guests' requests until your rating reaches the goal.
Level 28
Upgrade anything that isn't upgraded and save up for the equipment rental stand. Your rating should go up soon after you build it.
Then save up for a pool and upgrade to two-stars as soon as you can afford to. Plant more trees and flowers, and fulfill visitor requests.
Level 29
Upgrade your pool to three-stars. Save up for a spa. Meet any visitor's requests, and you should soon get the 150 visitors necessary to pass the level.
Build the spa and your rating should go up to have access to the clothing store. Upgrade the spa and start saving for the clothing store.
Spend all your resources for the remainder of the level to build and upgrade the two three-star clothing stores.
Level 30
Upgrade all your current buildings. Save up to build the jet ski rental. This should push your rating up.
Build another equip rental place, and another tiki bar.
Your money will slowly be decreasing if you don't continue to invest in the beach, so try to keep upgrading and meeting new requests the whole time. When you have enough money, buy and upgrade the restaurant. Before you buy the movie theater, you may need to increase your profits by building new improvements and additional buildings. Finally buy and upgrade the movie theater. If you notice your money and visitors dropping consistently, buy more buildings and upgrade them to increase your income and rating.
Pirate Island
After the credits, you can go back to Pirate Island to rescue the skeleton crew. To do this, you need 8000 positive ratings. You will have to constantly be building and upgrading attractions to meet visitor demands in order to reach this goal. Don't forget to add generous greenery and accessories as well.
Posted by: eileen
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September 30, 2009 7:10 PM