I've been waiting two weeks for the release of this game, and it's finally here! In Nanny Mania, you are the new nanny for the mayor's family, and it's your job to keep on top of household chores.
When the game begins, you cook and clean for the mayor, his wife, and their newborn baby girl. When a task needs doing, an item will become highlighted (you'll see a yellow outline around it). To perform the task, you click on the item. Sound pretty easy? It is for the first few rounds. As the game progresses, however, things get more difficult. The baby becomes a toddler who is capable of creating even more messes and undoing cleanup you've already done. Dad decides to go golfing and tracks mud into the house. Mom decides to take a relaxing bath, leaving you to clean the bathtub. As in real life, the family grows and the children get older. Soon, you find that you're caring for a toddler and a newborn while still performing the usual household duties. Eventually, with the progression of the game through higher and higher levels, you'll be taking care of Mom, Dad, and their four children.
The trick to this game is to find a strategy for staying on top of all the chores and getting them done before a member of the family creates a new mess. Personally, I like to start by gathering all the laundry first so it can be washing and drying while I perform other tasks. You just have to find something that works for you and get into the routine of it.
Nanny Mania is a hugely addictive simulation/strategy game with a good replayability factor. No two rounds are ever exactly the same, and it's fun to see if you can finish all your chores within the "perfect" time limit. I played a beta test version of this game two weeks before its release date, and I could hardly wait for the full version to be released. Well, now it's here, and it was definitely worth the wait! Who would have ever thought that housework could be this much fun?
