Applicant

v0.37

• v0.37a — "Career, Credit, and a Good Start"
• The economy has been redesigned: challenging for newcomers, but fair; it becomes easier as the heroine grows.
• Work is a career, not a grind.
• Wages now depend on the position, not on infinite skill growth. Skill affects shift reliability.
• Promotions — small scenes after shifts (cafe: $35 → $55 → barista; bar: $45 → $70 → "Nick's right-hand man" $100; library: +$10 "senior assistant").
• The "harder every day" penalty has been completely removed.
• The city runs by the clock.
• Cafe — morning/afternoon, bar — evening. One shift per location per day. Maximum of 3 shifts (morning + afternoon + evening).
• Soft Start (not a freebie)
• "Beginner's Fervor": +1 Energy in the mornings for the first 10 days.
• For the first 10 days, catastrophic shifts are mitigated; failure never results in $0 (minimum 30% of the bet). After a failure, a bonus is added to the next roll.
• Jack's Notebook: For the first 10 days, you can borrow a night's lodging (max. 2 nights), which can be repaid with money or cleaning (4 cleanings = a night). If you have no debt, you can rent a private room.
• Honest Loan (complete redesign)
• Reverse Interest: $500 → 5%/night, $1000 → 3.5%, $1500 → 2.5%. A small loan is expensive, a large one buys you time.
• Collectors come when the debt grows to 1.65 times the amount borrowed. Each loan has its own limit and overnight reserve (~8/11/15).
• Full terms are shown before signing. The sleep screen shows the debt growth and the reserve until the "line." Partial repayment extends the deadline.
• "Strikes" are melting: 4 nights below the line = minus one warning.
• New expenses – energy and time for money
• Energy drink at the supermarket: can $30 / 6-pack $150. Drink anywhere (+1 energy, no more than 2 per day).
• A private room gives +1 energy in the morning.
• Tutor in the library ($150) – quick intellect.
• Personal trainer in the gym ($150) – guaranteed physical training.
• VIP spa in the salon ($520) – luxury treatment.
• New meeting with Rada
• Completely rewritten: coffee without asking, "rule one – nothing is free," a quarter's debt, advice about Leonard.
• +15 thoughts on the sleep screen
• Adapted to the new economy: city schedule, promotions, Jack's notebook, credit, energy drinks, tutor, warning about the end of "beginner's fervor," and more.
• Fixes (including critical ones)
• Crash with any outfit other than the starting one (fixed in 12 locations: bar/cafe/library).
• Softlock in the shower (two branches were draining energy and preventing you from leaving).
• The character journal now displays quests and hints.
• Character colors are now consistent with canon, negative balances are eliminated, and purchases require money.
• Grid in the wardrobe and clothing stores.
• Old saves now support all new variables (including through the "Mending Threads of Fate" fortune teller).
• v0.37b — "Hotfix: Broken Scenes"
• The "Drink" and "Find a Sponsor" buttons in the bar were displaying errors and resetting all text and images. The problem was systemic – the entire project and bar were cleared.