Unemployed simulator

Describe your character in the starting text box with a name, an age, a past job, and a real city. You can write that you left an office role and want a fresh start. The game draws your portrait and places you on the real 3D map.

Without a fixed workday, you build your own structure using life goals, a daily to-do list, and a calendar. Add daily tasks like tailoring resumes, filling out application forms, or visiting a neighborhood cafe. Put upcoming phone or video interviews on your calendar so you stay focused.

You can edit the people in your cast to fit your situation. Add a spouse or roommate to talk about shared budgets and household chores. Include a former manager or coworker who can serve as a reference and pass along leads.

You can also add an employment agency caseworker or a corporate recruiter to your world. Each person has a job, a routine, and a journal of past events. When you text a former boss or meet a librarian, they remember your past conversations.

Your city shapes your week. In Chicago, you can use place search to find a neighborhood public library branch in the morning. In the afternoon, you can walk along the lakefront trails during quiet weekday hours.

In Tokyo, you can search the map for a local Hello Work office to register your separation certificate, the Rishoku-hyo. In London, you can visit Jobcentre Plus with a P45 form, or walk through free national museums between interviews. Each day ends with a recap of your moments.

Life between jobs has common worries, such as explaining resume gaps or facing silence from employers. It also brings joys, like sleeping without an alarm, cooking meals from scratch, and learning new hobbies. Your story can shift based on who you meet during the day.

You can agree to walk a neighbor's dog at noon, which can turn into a neighborhood pet-sitting routine. You might take a seasonal job at a local bakery and discover a talent for customer small talk. You can also practice interview answers on a park bench and meet a hiring manager.

Claire, 34, is a former marketing coordinator in Montreal, Canada. She sets a life goal to land a creative role, and puts resume writing on her morning to-do list. Every weekday, she uses place search to go to the Grande Bibliotheque.

At the library, she talks with a retiree and a freelance illustrator who share her table. Later in the week, she plans an outing with them to walk up Mount Royal. When a recruiter texts her for a sudden interview, her new friends help her practice her answers.