Snip Happens! Guide: How to Cut Hair, Dodge Sneezes and Earn 5 Stars
Snip Happens! looks like a calm haircut game for about ten seconds. Then somebody sneezes. This guide covers how the hair really behaves, the order that saves time, and what each of the twelve customers will try to do to you. The last customer stays a secret.
How the hair works
Every strand has a length, and the photo sets the length it should be. Pink stripes show the part of a strand that is past that length. While your blade is over pink, it takes only the pink, even if good hair sits right underneath. So the safest way to work is simple: stay on the pink.
The real danger is cutting where there is no pink. Scissors passing over good hair nibble it a little, and sawing back and forth does real damage. Clippers are harsher, because they mow anything rooted under them when nothing there is too long. Short sides and long tops call for careful clipper work.
The Match score starts at 0% on the untouched head. It climbs as the head gets closer to the photo, and bald patches pull it down harder than they look.
The order that saves time
- Look at the photo, and turn the chair once to see the back.
- If the style stands up, use the gel first. Standing hair is far easier to level.
- Make long passes across the head at the level of the pink. One good pass can take thousands of strands.
- Turn the chair and repeat on each side. Half of most haircuts is behind the customer’s ears.
- Finish with dye or the comb. Green sparkles mean a strand still wants colour, gel or a comb.
- Press DONE when Match stops climbing. There is no bonus for running down the clock.
Tools
- Scissors: the everyday tool, and the safest one.
- Clippers: fast and wide. Use them where the photo shows skin or stubble.
- Comb: drag the way the hair should lie. Slick-backs need it.
- Dye: spray the sparkling strands.
- Gel: rub it in and the hair stands up.
- Tonic: grows hair back, which makes it your only undo. It runs out, and it is very easy to use too much.
The customers and their tricks
Sneezes. The customer says “Ah… ah…” and the screen edge glows. Lift your finger or mouse button before the sneeze. If a cutting tool is down when it hits, your hand jumps and takes a long line out of the head. If that happens, the tonic can repair the worst of it.
Little Tí cannot sit still. Short strokes work better than long ones.
Guard Dũng falls asleep and his head sinks, then snaps back up. Cut between nods.
Kai turns away to take calls. Wait for him to turn back, or use the time to work on the side he is showing you.
Grandma Năm’s cat lands on the head and blocks the top. Tap it three times.
Madame Gorgon has hair that grows back while you work, so move fast and press DONE at your peak. When her shades slip, tap her face right away. If you are too slow, your hands turn to stone for a moment.
The Count cuts the lights. Flickers show the head for a moment, and the pink guide stays visible in the dark, so memorise the shape and work in short bursts.
The twelfth customer uses everything you have learned. We will not say more.
Daily Customer and The Queue
The Daily Customer is the same head with the same interruptions for everybody that day. After a try you get a six-character code, and a link with that code challenges a friend to beat your Match score.
The Queue opens after Uncle Sáu. It sends random customers until three of them give you two stars or fewer. Each new customer brings less time and more chaos.
Upgrades worth buying first
Free Iced Coffee adds time to every appointment, so it helps everywhere. Sharper Blades widens each snip, which speeds up long passes. Steady Nerves is a good pick if sneezes keep catching you.
The Hall of Shame
Every finished haircut hangs on your wall as a small polaroid, stored only in your own browser. The Share the Damage button makes a card that shows The Photo next to Reality, with the stars and the review. Sometimes a one-star card is the better one to send.