FAKE HUNTER

Prospectus

REAL... OR FAKE? You have seconds to decide! Customers pour into your collectibles shop with adorable Blobbies to sell. Some are the real deal. Others are shameless knock-offs with a third eye, the wrong ears or a label that smells fishy. Spin it, zoom in, hit it with the UV lamp... and SLAM your verdict! Buy the real ones and watch the coins rain. Bust the fakes and become the legend of the neighbourhood. Get fooled... and the scammers laugh all the way to the bank. - A 30-day story: hunt down THE MOLE, the master forger flooding your street - Detective tools: magnifier, UV lamp, scale, phone check and certificates - Every morning is different: rush hour, rain, sales, heat waves that melt cheap paint - Blind boxes with ultra-rare SECRET and 1-in-144 CHASE figures - 7 dream shops to unlock: neon arcade, tropical, luxury, festival and more - 9 extra modes: daily challenge, endless, time attack, auctions and friend challenges by code - Minigames between days, a sticker album to complete, upgrades and staff to hire Think you've got the eye? Prove it.

How it plays

Each customer brings one Blobby. The official model is shown on the card in the corner. Compare the figure on the counter with the official one, turn it around to check the back label, and decide before the customer runs out of patience: REAL to buy it, FAKE to reject it. Right calls earn coins and stars, mistakes cost money. Spend your coins on upgrades between days. Mouse / touch: tap REAL or FAKE (or drag the figure right / left). Tap the tools to turn the figure, use the UV lamp or the scale. Press and hold on the figure for the magnifying glass. Keyboard: Right arrow or D = REAL. Left arrow or A = FAKE. Up arrow, W or Space = turn the figure. Z (hold) = magnifying glass. U = UV lamp. P or Esc = pause.

Opening an account with this game takes one press: Open the holding, above, and it loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first decision. It is drawn for a portrait (upright) screen and takes its instructions from mouse, keyboard or touch, as the game prefers. The file is drawn tall, for an upright screen — a phone held the usual way frames it best, though it will run in any window you give it. If a fullscreen control is offered, take it — a growing enterprise deserves the whole desk.

Analyst's notes for management holdings

• Fix the queue before the product. In management games the line out the door is rarely a quality problem; it is a staffing and layout problem wearing a quality costume.
• Hire for the hour you cannot cover. Your own attention is the scarcest employee in any management sim — spend money wherever it buys your attention back.
• Read the complaint, not the rating. Averages hide the one broken station that is quietly taxing every customer; the written grumble names it for free.

FAKE HUNTER — questions from the readership

What does it cost to open FAKE HUNTER?

Nothing, at any point. The holding is free from the first click to the last upgrade — no account to open, no download to wait for, no paywall filed anywhere in its pages. The advertising around this page is what pays the bookkeeping.

What kind of game is FAKE HUNTER, exactly?

We file it on the Management shelf of the ledger. It is a browser game through and through — the prospectus above is the publisher's own summary of what the game asks of you and what it gives back.

Can I play FAKE HUNTER on a phone or tablet?

Yes — it runs in the browser on phones and tablets just as it does on a computer. The file is drawn tall, for an upright screen — a phone held the usual way frames it best, though it will run in any window you give it.

Is there anything to download or install first?

Nothing at all. FAKE HUNTER is an HTML5 game: press the open button and it loads on this very page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind on your device.

Closing entry

Finished the audit, or still mid-season? The full Management shelf is one click away — One hundred and eighty-one exercises in being in charge: rotas, stock, queues, budgets and the eternal discovery that the bottleneck was you. Management games for people who enjoy a tidy operation.