Barbara Birthday Party

Controls

Mouse on a computer, touch on a phone or tablet. Some games also take the arrow keys or the letter keys, and the game will say so when it starts.

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Barbara Birthday Party

Barbara Birthday Party sits in the cooking section, so it is worth being straight about what it is: nothing in it gets baked. The cake arrives already made, and your job is everything that goes on top of it.

This is her eighteenth, and the party comes in two halves. First the cake, worked over with toppings, edible ornaments and the little figures that stand on the surface.

The wardrobe stays shut until that cake is finished, which is an unusual piece of structure for a game of this kind, because it means the dress up cannot be skipped to. Once it opens, an outfit and a set of accessories go on to match whatever the cake turned into.

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How to play Barbara Birthday Party

Finish the cake before the wardrobe opens

  • Start on the cake, which is baked before the game begins.
  • Add the toppings, then the edible ornaments, then the figures that sit up top.
  • Keep going until it is done: the next stage is locked behind it.
  • Pick an outfit from the wardrobe.
  • Round the look off with accessories.

Controls

Click the cake, the wardrobe and each item with the mouse. Two portals also list it as touch playable, though the canvas is a fixed desktop size.

Tips and strategy

Settle on a colour scheme while you are still on the cake and carry it through to the clothes, since anyone looking at the final screen sees both halves together. Do not use everything up early: the toppers go on last and are where the eye lands. And because the clothes stay locked, there is no reading ahead to an outfit and working backwards towards it.

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Frequently asked questions

Is there any cooking?

No. The cake is already baked when the game starts, and every stage is decorating or dressing up.

Whose birthday is it?

Barbara is turning eighteen, and the party is hers.

Can you skip to the dress up part?

No. The wardrobe only opens once the cake is finished.

What goes on the cake?

Toppings, edible ornaments and cake toppers. There is no mixing or baking step at all.

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