After falling in love with Game Dev Story, Kairo's Hot Springs Story seems to be a worthy successor and great addition to sim-gaming on the iPhone. Here's a small compendium of information i've gathered so far (with many thanks to FateMortis, Phazer89 and others who have contributed!) Target Types and their effects: Tea Expert - 4 - Facilities Journalist - 3 - Advertising Comedian - 4 - Advertising TV Host - 3 - Advertising Trader - 4 - Money Secretary - 3 - Stayers Booth Babe - 3 - Votes Announcer - 3 - Stayers Nobleman - 4 - Items Nurse - 4 - Money Rich Missus - 5 - Stayers Student - 1 - Advertising Fortuneteller - 3 - Items Biz-woman - 2 - Stayers Governor - 4 -Money COO - 4 - Items Model - 4 - Advertising Actress - 4 - Advertising Celebrity - 4 - Items M. Artist - 3 - Stayers Chairprsn - 5 - Votes Opera Sngr - 4 - Votes Pop Singer - 5 - Advertising First Lady - 5 - Advertising Noblewmn - 5 - Facilities G. Manager - 3 - Advertising Landlord - 3 - Stayers Painter - 3 - Facilities Legislator - 5 - Votes CEO - 5 - Items Pianist - 3 - Items Pastry Chef - 3 - Items Rich Couple - 5 - Stayers Fisherman - 2 - Items Illustrator - 2 - Facilities Rich Heir - 5 - Facilities Prgrmmr - 2 - Stayers Lawyer - 4 - Money Housewife - 2 - Votes Cartoonist - 3 - Money Old Couple - 2 - Items Yng Family - 2 - Votes Hiker - 1 - Money Novelist - 3 - Votes Researcher - 3 - Facilities Antique Dlr - 1 - Votes Yng Couple - 2 - Stayers Manager - 2 - Money Biz-man - 2 - Items Compatibility List Room and Pachinko Mchn - All DOWN Room and Massage Chair - Adult UP + Seniors UP Room and Cafe - Men UP Room and Fortuneteller - Women UP Room and Vending Mchn - All UP Tatami Room and Tatami Room - All UP Tatami Room and Tea Room - Adults UP + Seniors UP Western Room and Westerm Room - All UP Western Room and Restaurant - All UP Souvenir Stnd and Western Room - Youth UP + Others DOWN Souvenir Stand and Vending Mchn - Youth UP + Adults UP + Groups UP Pachinko Mchn and Arcade - Men UP Pachinko Mchn and Tea Room - All DOWN Pachinko Mchn and Pachinko Mchn - Adults (M) UP Massage Chair and Salon - Women UP Cafe and Reading Room - Adults (M) UP + Seniors (M) UP Cafe and Arcade - Adults (M) DOWN + Seniors (M) DOWN Salon and Fortuneteller - Women UP Salon and Pachinko Mchn - Women UP Vending Mchn and Ping Pong Tbl - All UP Vending Mchn and Arcade - Youth UP Tea Room and Restaurant - All UP Reading Room and Pachinko Mchn - All DOWN Ping Pong Tbl and Arcade - Groups UP Room and VIP Room - All UP Tea Room and VIP Room - All UP Vending Mchn and VIP Room - All UP Massage Chair and VIP Room - All UP Restaurant and VIP Room - All UP Souvenir Stnd and VIP Room - All UP Arcade and VIP Room - All UP Reading Room and VIP Room - All UP Pachinko Mchn and VIP Room - All UP Salon and VIP Room - All UP Karaoke Room and VIP Room - All UP Cafe and VIP Room - All UP Fortuneteller and VIP Room - All UP Ping Pong Tbl and VIP Room - All UP To get VIP Room, you must get all the 49 targets to at least 90/95 Popularity. Then you will unlock an investment called 'Kairobot'. Pass him to unlock the VIP Room. Anything within 5x5 squares of VIP Room get 'All UP' except for Baths. To get Large Bath (M), Large Bath (W). You have to hit Number 1 on all 8 Guides, and unlock an investment called 'Chimpan Z'. Pass him to unlock both Large Baths. Large Baths take up 2x3 spaces and cannot be rotated. Bath Effects Jacuzzi: Seniors up 1 Vending Mchn, 2 Natural Stones Adds +0.5 compatibility to Seniors at Level 1, +1 at Level 2, +2 at Level 3 Spa: Adults Up 2 Pachinko Mchns, 1 Massage Chair, 1 Lantern Adds +1 compatibility to Adults at Level 1, +2 at Level 2, +3 at Level 3 Silky Smooth: Women up Use a Milk on the Bath first for one level of effect 2 Salons, 1 Azalea, 2 Natural Stones Adds +1 compatibility to Female Youths and Adults, +0.5 to Seniors at Level 1, +2/1 at Level 2, +3/1.5 at Level 3 Fast Friends: Groups up 2 Karaoke Rooms, 1 Ping Pong Tbl, 1 Azalea Adds +1.5 compatibility to Groups at Level 1, 3 at Level 2, +4 at Level 3 In-Crowd: Youth up 2 Souvenir Stnds, 2 Azaleas Adds +1 compatibility to Youths at Level 1, +2 at Level 2, +3 at Level 3 Forever Young: Adults up, Seniors up 2 Fortunetellers, 2 Plum Trees, 1 Pond Adds +1 compatibility to Male Adults and Seniors, +1.5 to Female Adults and Seniors *** I haven't started a second playthrough with Pond carried over so I don't know the stats for Level 2/3. Springerade: Men up 2 Cafes, 2 Vending Mchns, 1 Bamboo Adds +1 compatibility to Males at Level 1, +2 at Level 2, +3 at Level 3 Scenery Each decoration provides a different amount of scenery depending where it is placed in relation to the facility. 5 4 3 4 5 4 2 1 2 4 3 1 D 1 3 4 2 1 2 4 5 4 3 4 5 Where 1=full effect, 5=weakest, D=decoration. The details are in my guide, the formatting is kinda hard to translate over to forums so you'll have to check there. :X Guides Local Springs Unlock in Year 1 Month 6 automatically Targets: Housewife, Hiker, Student Rewards: $100,000, 2 Popularity Seeds, 2 Price Seeds Perfectural Springs Unlock by getting Rank 1 in Local Springs Guide Targets: Nurse, Student, Biz-woman Rewards: $200,000, 2 Popularity Seeds, 2 Price Seeds Touring Japan Unlock by getting Rank 1 in Perfectural Springs Guide Targets: TV Host, Pop Singer, Biz-man Rewards: $300,000, 2 Popularity Seeds, 2 Price Seeds Le Nichelin Guide Unlock by getting Rank 1 in Touring Japan Guide Targets: Rich Couple, Rich Heir, First Lady Rewards: $400,000, 2 Popularity Seeds, 2 Price Seeds Glamour Springs Unlock in Year 1 automatically Targets: Biz-woman, Booth Babe, Pop Singer Rewards: $200,000, 1 Popularity Seed, 1 Price Seed, 1 Glamour Seed Top 100 Springs Unlock condition unknown (I unlocked this in Year 12 Month 4, if you know the specific requirement do let me know) Targets: Prgrmmr, Biz-woman, Painter Special: Bath effects affect score Rewards: $240,000, 1 Popularity Seed, 1 Price Seed, 1 Fame Seed Gourmet Springs Unlock after upgrading Restaurant (at least, that's what happened to me should require around 10-15 upgrades) Targets: Nobleman, Biz-woman, Novelist Special: Popularity of Restaurants affect score Rewards: $220,000, 1 Popularity Seed, 1 Price Seed, 1 Gourmet Seed Relaxing Springs Unlock after building 20 decorations (I'll need confirmation for this) Targets: Prgrmmr, Pop Singer, Novelist Special: Scenery of Facilities affect score Rewards: $250,000, 1 Popularity Seed, 1 Price Seed, 1 Relaxation Seed Tech-tree Antique Dlr -> Fortuneteller -> Tea Expert -> Opera Sngr -> Rich Missus -> First Lady Biz-Man -> Prgrmmr -> Researcher -> TV Host -> Pianist -> Trader -> Nobleman Biz-Man -> Yng Couple -> Yng Family Biz-Man -> Manager -> M. Artist -> Old Couple Biz-Man -> Manager -> M. Artist -> Novelist -> G. Manager -> Secretary OR Painter Painter -> COO -> Governor -> Legislator Painter -> COO -> CEO -> Rich Heir Biz-Woman (50 pop) -> Illustrator -> Cartoonist -> Booth Babe -> Model -> Lawyer -> Celebrity -> Pop Singer Housewife -> Pastry Chef -> Journalist -> Announcer -> Nurse -> Actress -> Chairprsn -> Noblewmn Student Year 1 Month 11-> Hiker -> Fisherman Land Deed II -> Landlord -> Comedian Nobleman + Noblewmn (0 pop) -> Rich Couple Layout Strategies This set-piece layout will get you four baths with full "three heart" ratings for the Jacuzzi. On the other side of the rocks are four bedrooms with high ratings (because of all the Natural Stones) Early-bird layout for three green hearts in all four bath-houses (jacuzzi) AVSNNSA XXXBBXX AVSNNSA A - Azalea V - Vending Mchn S - Salon N - Natural Stone X - Road B - Bath (W) Guidebooks Local Springs - Housewife + Hiker + Student (Popularity) Prefectural Springs - Nurse + Student + Biz-woman (Popularity ) Touring Japan - TV Host + Pop Singer + Biz-man (Popularity) Le Nichelin Guide - Rich Couple + Rich Heir + First Lady (Popularity) Glamour Springs - Biz-woman + Booth Babe + Pop Singer (Popularity) Top 100 Springs - Prgrmmr + Biz-woman + Painter (Bath Effects) Gourmet Springs - Nobleman + Biz-woman + Novelist (Popularity of Restarants) Relaxing Springs - Prgrmmr + Pop Singer + Novelist (Scenery of Facilities) The 3 listed beside each guide is the target that you should advertise to when you enter the guide. The brackets indicates what you should concentrate on to do better in the voting. Topping Relaxing Springs will get you 'Relaxation Seed'. Topping Glamour Springs will get you 'Glamour Seed'. 'Fame Seed' comes from topping 'Top 100 Springs', thanks to sokolov22. To get 'Pond', you must have 20 of Lanterns/Natural Stones (combined) General Tips/Strategies -Change your 'target customer' type based upon your experiences and needs. ie: If your cash flow is weak, target the hiker (+money) and Business Woman (+stayers). -Build room types and layouts according to the type of customers you want to attract. Refer to the above Compatibility Guide for this. -Don't be afraid to remodel your Spa... several times! Demolish, get creative and rebuild to optimize your layout. More to come - feel free to contribute and i'll edit them into the main post!
Main post updated with more info. Good as a reference to check up on instead of going through in-game menus between gameplay!
Nice idea for a thread. So far, the only advice I can think of is to buy all of the land deeds as soon as possible. There are 5 land deeds iirc.
Thanks, and yes - very true. I just edited in an image of a mini layout to get four 3-star jacuzzis in a small space. Please submit your ideas as well, everyone!
Rotate your device There's an option to lock the orientation in-game once you've rotated it to your liking.
Perhaps the device itself has orientation-lock enabled? Double tap the Home button, swipe right, and check the button to the left of the music controls.
It's an iPhone 3G, so it doesn't have orientation lock. and I don't see any option in-game to change it.
How to rotate rooms? Can someone tell me how to rotate the rooms? I want to change my layout but can't for the life of me figure it out. Must have missed that step in tutorial!? Thanks!
The only room you can rotate is the Bath. All other rooms can't be rotated. Never fear though - guests can walk in or out of rooms from any side (even if it looks as if there's a wall blocking them)
There's this in the app description: It's not something you can fix. It's just a hardware problem I'm guessing.
Has anybody made an effort to produce a list of what demographic opens up what investment? Like, after you target somebody and they reach a certain level/popularity rating, somebody will stop by and say "My friend <demographic> suggested I ask you to invest in <thing>". I think I just got Comedy Jam or Ping Pong Table from targeting "Landlord". edit: A better example: I just got Illustrator to 30 Popularity, and one suggested I invest in Art Colony, which opens up the Cartoonist demographic. Also, peep this early game layout. Three green hearts in all four bathhouses, no land expansion or anything.
I'm wondering what the most optimal way to layout is, and if the scenery seed? The one you get from winning the zen? contest book is available to purchase in shop eventually.
Does anyone know how to unlock more stuff? So far I'm in Year 9 and the stuff I can buy doesn't look like enough. e ___ o
Few pointers: You can and SHOULD use seeds on other rooms, most of them will increase the Price and Popularity slightly. Save Popularity Seeds for use on Vending Machines, and Massage Chairs, since they're hard to raise otherwise. You can use them on the Tatami/Western and M/F bathrooms if you think they're not high enough though. For the endgame guests you'lll need a Popularity of at least 100 for your facilities if you want them to gain XP. Popularity is the most important stat, it determines how fast your guest will level up. Generally though, the higher tier your guest is, the more Popularity he/she will require from a facility before gaining experience. Not too sure about Scenery, but I spruce up every facility just in case. Here's an example of a bathhouse I did.