Have you ever wanted a game that is not only challenging and fun? If you answered “Yes” to that question then you need the “free” Harbor Master by Imangi Studios, LLC! Harbor Master is a trade boat simulator that allows you draw paths of the boats avoiding the seemingly inevitable crash. With more paid maps available you can only add to the fun of this app!

Game Play

When you fist start the game you will be presented with a blank ocean/lake figure with 3 cargo transfer units, from there boats will start arriving and you will have to draw line from the boat to the closest dock the corresponds with the color of the cargo.  If the boats are not given a path they will wonder until they find a corresponding colored dock, greatly increasing the percent of chance of hitting one another. If a boat does inevitably hit another the game is over and you are able to play again trying to beat your highest score. This game will keep you on your brains edge trying to keep track of the new paths of new boats or the exit paths of emptied boats. When two boats have collided and you have lost you are given a pop-up saying your amount of “received cargo”. From this menu you are given the option to replay and try it again, post your results to Twitter or post your results to the online leader board! Now here comes the test of if you really are a Harbor Master, after you get around 40 packs of cargo successfully delivered to the docks,  you will start to see larger cargo ships with both yellow and purple cargo. These boats have to go to both color docks in order for it to be fully unloaded and for you to keep playing. All of this is happening while you still have other, smaller, normal boats to dock. As you can see this game can get complicated, and it can do it fast. Now for some of us who think we’re cool and are better than “master” you can go into the settings/options and speed the game up to your liking, not for me (well not yet).