You told us the jobs were lackluster. They were: hold E on a pad, or stop a bar in the green. So we threw them out and built seven proper ones, each a small game that actually feels like the job on the sign.
Seven jobs
- Burger Barn Grill (11:00 to 02:00): tickets come in. Patties on, flip them at the right moment, drag them to the board, stack the toppings in the ticket's order, ring the bell.
- Diner Dish Duty (06:00 to 15:00): scrub the spots off, rinse under the tap, and set each dish gently into the right row of the rack.
- Dave's Garage (08:00 to 18:00): circle the mouse to undo the lug nuts in a star pattern, swap the wheel, line up the holes, then tighten them back into the torque band. Pros get an oil top-up too.
- Warehouse Packing (open 24 hours, +20% at night): fit the order into the box like a puzzle (right click or R turns a piece), keep fragile things off the walls, tape the seam and stick on the right label. Every box is guaranteed to fit.
- Construction (07:00 to 17:00): butter the bed, set the brick to the string line and tap it level until the bubble sits in the middle.
- Yard Work (08:00 to 19:00): push a real mower over a real lawn in clean stripes without flattening the flower beds, then trim the hedge to the shape on the card.
- Sanitation Route (04:00 to 11:00): follow the bin truck up Main Street, grab the marked bins and tip them in before it pulls away, then sort the recycling back at the depot.
A shift takes two or three minutes. Station jobs give you a fixed view and a free cursor (Esc clocks out); the walking jobs stay first person (hold Q to clock out).
Grades, ranks and pay
- Every shift gets a grade, from Sloppy to Perfect, with a card at the end showing how each part went. Better grades pay more, and some jobs add tips.
- Each job has its own ranks: Trainee, Regular after 5 shifts and Pro after 15. Higher ranks pay more and bring harder variants.
- The first shift at each job shows a short how-to. After that it gets out of your way.
Working stoned
It is allowed, and it is a bit funny. Your hands drift a little the higher you are, never enough to ruin a shift. Some jobs react in their own way: the munchies earn you bigger tips at the grill (but the patties cook faster than you think), stoned mowing gets you wavy "zen" stripes the owner loves, and at the garage the socket slips.
Opening hours and a longer day
- Every job hires at its own hours. The phone has a new Work app that shows who is hiring right now and your rank at each job.
- The day is now 14 minutes (it was 10), so there is time to work a shift and still catch the sunset.
The neighbours need a hand
Odd jobs are now favours. Every so often a neighbour texts you: Mrs. Hattie on Palm Lane, Old Walt on Beach Road or Rosa on Sunset Lane. A ! appears over their porch. Fetch the groceries, find the cat (it bolts), or hammer the loose fence pickets back in. They pay in cash, or in weed, and sometimes in a rare strain you cannot buy anywhere: Hattie's Heirloom or Beach Bum Haze. Short on cash? The Work app can ask around for you.
Friends can watch
Like rolling, anyone nearby sees your shift happen live: the patties, the wheel coming off, the box filling up. One worker per station; the grill and the dish pit have two.
Journal
New stats for shifts at every job, Perfect shifts, jobs tried and neighbours helped, and 12 new trophies (50 in total), including Grill Master, Tetris Brain, Bin Day Hero, Employee Of The Month, Jack Of All Trades and Good Neighbour.
Sound
- The "waves everywhere" sound, even far inland, was the wind. It is now a gentle leaf rustle that gets louder up high and near the shore.
- Taking a pull no longer sounds like a wave. The high's hum and the munchies' stomach growl were rebuilt without the heavy rumble.
- New sounds for every job: sizzles, scrubbing, ratchets, tape, mowers, the truck and a very annoyed cat.
Removed
- The Town Hall Odd Jobs board and the Fishing Charter job. The fishing spots on the pier and at the tarn are still there.