🧰 Careers: New Features and Content! (Patreon)

Hi, Anna here!

Today, I’m here to update you on career features and new content I’ve been working on recently. 

🔐As usual, today’s post is for Patrons only so please don’t share it, thanks!

🤩 Changes to the Interface for Careers

 This interface allows players to track and manage how their career progresses.

Compared to when we first introduced careers, you may have noted that there are new features and that the Expertises have disappeared. Extras and Expertises have been combined to become Perks, which are various upgrades that you can unlock for your job.

📈 New Feature: Job Performance

Your character must now maintain good work performance; otherwise, they might get a strike and eventually be fired! The job performance depends on your character’s current needs, emotions, skill levels, and personality, but it can also be changed by the perks you choose when upgrading your career. By default, if your performance meter is under 10% by the end of a work day, your character will get a strike and after three strikes, they will get fired. However, it is still possible to clean the slate after some time or with luck in the perks you get at your company!

Also, the chance of getting an upgrade point at the end of a work day (to get promoted to a higher rank or get additional perks) now depends on this job performance meter, so better try to keep this up if you want more advantages and more money at your job!

As you can see here, my Para didn’t feel well when they went to work and their skill level is too low for the job rank they are at, so they are underperforming. Because of that, they got one strike when they finished their workday.

🏖️ New Feature: Vacation Days

Your hardworking characters can now get, accumulate and take vacation days!

 Of course, vacation days are paid.

🏢 New Companies and Jobs in Town

You can now find available jobs from all companies on the laptop, where you can filter them by fields. Of course, any resemblance to actual companies is purely coincidental.

Every day, different job offers are posted for every company in town. As you already know from this previous post, you need to get enough application points to get the job and you can choose one of the proposed schedules. We’ve added a bunch of careers and companies since we started working on the town layout! We are trying to have diverse enough jobs, some that are easily accessible without having too much experience or skills, but also more skilled ones that are much more difficult to get.

Each workplace will have its own culture and atmosphere, which is reflected in the salary range of its workers and the different perks that are available to upgrade your character’s job, whatever your job title may be. Some prioritize a stress-free environment, while others demand high performance scores and expectations. Certain companies might provide a lot more financial incentives and career opportunities, while others emphasize teamwork or personal fulfillment. It is up to you to choose the company that will match your gameplay or your story!

⭐ New Content for Perks Upgrades

When your character gets an upgrade point, they can choose between upgrading their job’s rank (and getting more salary) or getting an extra perk. Here are some examples of upgrades to choose from:

In purple are new types of perks, which are one-time use only. This time, it gives you a little task (a bit like the school’s homework system!) that you can achieve to get rewards. The upgrade on the right might be great if you don’t plan on taking your earned vacation days!

There are lots of opportunities to increase skills while at work, like this upgrade in the middle, which helps optimize the time spent in those rabbit hole workplaces.

Some of the upgrades can combo well with personality traits (like the Mind stat here)!

 There’s a maximum number of perks you can have at a job but you can replace them with new perks as you progress in your career. Here, the first two perks that my Para has combo well together to make skills level up faster. The third perk gives more chances to get a vacation day and together with my fourth perk, it creates a great combo that will bring more money home.

There are A LOT of different perks that you can gain from the different companies and jobs. I can’t wait for you to discover them all and I hope you liked all of these updates! 

Have a wonderful Friday, 

Anna 🌞