This is a game in which a laundromat enjoys popularity similar to a restaurant.
The browser version had a consistent framerate issue, so I went to use the downloadable. I don't like doing this when there is a missing export, but it technically works.
The first 5 levels do a good job teaching you how the game works while the second 5 levels has you playing the game proper. When I got to level 8 (At least I think that's the level I was on), I suffered from the constant stream of things piling up, which forced me to reevaluate several times over which ones went into the laundry first, not even to mention that the shades of blue were starting to blend together. I made it through with a single star, but I could not go on.
For those looking to go even further than I did, you need to organize the clothes on the floor first before committing them to a washing machine so that you don't lose sight of what you're doing. Only run 2 washing machines at a time, trying to run 3 will almost immediately cause the circuit breaker to trip. In a way, this implies that you're using one of the machines as a Laundry Basket.
A strong entry, and for a newcomer no less! Now, I need to rest, that was a little exhausting.
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Thank you for your detailed post, and for playing it so extensively!
I realized too late that 2d lights are very gpu instense, and I did not dare to change it fearing I will break the game.
It was indeed my intention to ease the players into how to play the game in the first 5 levels, but I fully expected to have a lot of players reach their limit in the early levels. I was thinking about adding a third action button. But in my own gaming experience it rarely helps in novel scenarios, I still press the wrong buttons when I play a game that has - for me - unusual controls.
One of the things that is not obvious, is that there are only 4 logical colors, there is no difference between blues. You can wash together any kind of blue clothes without a problem. On level 8 you can just put everything together generally. On the other hand in Level 9...
I would have loved to see the cloth organizing you did on the ground. In general I would love to see people struggle, and be overloaded with my game haha.
You can start the washing machines with 5 seconds delay to each other and if you manually stop them once the clothes are drying you can get a lot out of the limited electricity.
If you are interested in a perfect level 8 run, and an almost perfect level 9 I made a playthrough video (level 10 is more of an endurance game):