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Gym Mania: Fitness Hotel Game
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By Erin Brereton , based on child development research. How do we rate?
Levels don't vary, so it's a fairly average workout world.
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Gym Mania: Fitness Hotel Game
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What's It About?
Kids clean and assign workout machines and take visitors' money in GYM MANIA: FITNESS HOTEL GAME. They direct Jane, an employee, to perform tasks such as giving people energy bars by clicking on the vending machine so she'll walk over to it and wait for an item to be dispensed. Kids then need to click on the recipient for Jane to deliver it. Keeping people waiting affects performance. The timed levels have different goals, such as earning a certain amount of coins -- which kids can use to upgrade things like the treadmills.
Is It Any Good?
With mostly minor challenges and little variation between levels, the game's easy -- but ultimately not too exciting -- to play. Kids move briskly through a series of tasks in Gym Mania: Fitness Hotel Game -- prepping machines, directing gym guests to them, and addressing their other needs. They can line up a series of actions by clicking on items as they're doing something else. The game could potentially have a positive effect by reinforcing some useful habits, like scrubbing down each machine after it's been used, and they can expand and develop an entire chain of gyms after fine-tuning their first one. The gameplay involves time management, decision-making, and other critical thinking skills.
Guests tend to come and leave in clusters, which can make trying to cater to them stressful -- and tapping on the correct person can be tricky, if you're playing on a device with a small screen, such as a phone. Kids should be able to play for quite awhile without any pauses due to running out of lives. But the game starts suggesting you buy things fairly early on. In addition to special ticket-based items that appear as pop-ups, kids will be taken to the Shop section periodically, where the game suggests they purchase amenities such as a vending machine. If the amount of coins earned by playing isn't quite enough for it, they may feel like they have to spend real-world money to progress in the game. The biggest detriment, though, is the repetitive format. Even with the addition of new gym items, speedier character capabilities, and other new aspects, kids will be doing the same few things. Trying to reach the requested goal in each level, such as getting a certain amount of likes from gym guests, may keep some kids coming back -- but after doing the same thing over and over, others may lose interest and promptly check out of Gym Mania: Fitness Hotel Game.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how to handle having more than one task to complete in Gym Mania: Fitness Hotel Game. How can kids determine what to do first?
Does multitasking make your child feel stressed? Discuss some healthy ways to cope with pressure and break work down into more manageable steps.
What elements are involved in running a business? How does that include accepting payments and customer service? Which items seem to be the most important, in regard to the gym's success?
App Details
- Devices: iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Mac
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: February 9, 2023
- Category: Simulation Games
- Publisher: BIT.GAMES PBL
- Version: 21.3
- Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 12.0 or later or macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with an Apple M1 chip or later.
- Last updated: February 21, 2023
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