The challenge in the game is to manage it all without going into a fully-fledged panic mode because customers are impatiently waiting and more and more come into the shop. If, after the first level, you are uncertain how to play you can always check the ” How to Play” section that’s accessible through the + button on the right Jo圜on. And from the tray, she serves her customers. Aside from the books in the first store, there is coffee, cakes and other goodies to sell. All go onto a tray when Erika touches them. People come to Erika’s counter or sit at a table waiting to be served. Some are ready to go, others she has to prep before she can hand them out. There are some staple articles in the shop that customers can ask for. The game starts you off with a little tutorial showing you how to run the first shop, Grandma’s bookstore. Managing the magic item store Efficiency is Key The writer has clearly been inspired by them, and it makes for an entertaining story.
Wizard robes with coloured scarves, different house plaques, wands and Mandrake roots. An outsider entering the magic world, being different when it comes to actually performing magic and the dark secrets that somehow centre around Erika. If you know the story of Harry Potter (and who hasn’t?) you can’t help but notice the similarities. She meets friends, finds enemies and a dark secret, all the while managing several shops and venues like a wand shop, a greenhouse and more. Even though it’s a struggle to adjust to a new life as a magical college student. The Magic Book is a giveaway!Įverything falls into place when she enrols in the Academy. Her life changes when she discovers her grandma is a witch and that the bookstore/café she helps to manage actually contains a portal to the Arcane Arts Academy. We meet Erika, a girl who has always felt different and never really fit in. I haven’t played it on mobile yet, so let’s see if Arcane Arts Academy, brought to the Switch by Qubic Games, fits the standard I’ve come to expect of entertaining gameplay and a great storyline. And the Delicious Emily series isn’t one of a kind: check the website for GameHouse original stories and you will fi nd there are many games that all have two things in common: time management and a story about a character that will appeal to you.Ĭheck more closely and you will see the game I am reviewing on the Nintendo Switch is listed too: Arcane Arts Academy, one of the newer ones. I found a game that was at its heart a time management game but it had something special: a strong story. Browsing through the AppStore I came across a strange-sounding title: Delicious Emily….” That’s how it started, and the wording of that title alone made me curious enough to investigate. In the words of Golden Girl Sophia: “Picture this…it was 2012 and I was super chuffed at having my own new iPad.
Many years ago, back when I bought myself my first iPad I discovered a game genre I hadn’t played before. Review code provided with many thanks to Qubic Games
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