Pros: dozens of upgrades, superb animation, fun mini-games.
Cons: bit repetitious, impersonal customers.
The summer is finally over, but this isn’t the case in casual games. The latest time management game Beach Party Craze is a great opportunity to prolong summer!
This time you play for a beach goddess Maria who had planned to spend her vacation lying in the sun but instead had to take part in the Beach Management Contest, to lend a helping hand to her friend Helen. To all appearances, the contest is going to be hot as the main rival is Helen’s ex. In Beach Party Craze you have not only begin at the beginning of the beachfront business but endeavor to beat your rival at filling more points.
Revel in the summer sun but don’t forget about other sun worshippers. Each day on the beach starts with waiting new customers. As soon as a customer finds a spot to lie down near the water, he will sprout a thought bubble indicating what he wants. Managing every need of your sun-kissed client’s will result in increasing your popularity. Serve food and drinks, rent swimming and diving gear, sell toys and souvenirs and keep in mind sun umbrellas. Some customer requests make you construct a building first. You’ll eventually run out of supplies, so you must send someone to the mainland quickly to restock the buildings.
At the end of each working day you count the cash to buy any of 50 different upgrades or hire an additional help such as a waiter or worker. You can also spend money on some advertising when business is slow.
The distinctive feature of Beach Party Craze is a great amount of fun mini-games. They include a glass with water flowing up and down (you must stop the water level closer to the rim of the glass), building a burger by clicking on the ingredients the customer requests, and picking up a unique gift from a souvenir or toy shop.
Still there is a fly in the ointment. Though the game is rather challenging, requiring you to complete the different tasks listed in the top right corner of the screen, it’s a bit repetitious. Speeding up the gameplay will definitely improve the situation.
To sum up, Beach Party Craze is not only a captivating game but a great possibility to continue the hot summer sun on your computer. With the amusing characters, the superb animation, the humorous storyline and increasingly challenging gameplay you’ll find, this is sure to make Beach Party Craze a splash with the entire family! You’ll even feel the sand between your toes.
At the end of each working day you count the cash to buy any of 50 different upgrades or hire an additional help such as a waiter or worker. You can also spend money on some advertising when business is slow. 
