[ chuckles ] I'm in danger

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

I fucking KNEW IT

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

I CAN'T TAKE THIS KIND OF STRESS

[dhobern@scicomm.xyz]

@jalefkowit

What's in all the IKEA boxes?

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

I know what you were thinking this was about, and it isn't, ok? it is about using a lint roller

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

So far Laundry Store Simulator is a less satisfying simulation of running a laundromat than Arcade Paradise, a game in which running a laundromat is a thing you have to do to earn enough money to open an arcade

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388870/Arcade_Paradise/

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

YES THIS IS HOW I AM SPENDING MY EVENING, SHUT UP

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

"You can deal with objectionable customers by hitting them with your wrench"

[grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange]

@jalefkowit this makes me want to check out what the let's game it out guy is up to

[anctreat5358@mindly.social]

@jalefkowit "I bet you think this song is about you, don't you...don't youuuuuu." 🎶 - You're So Vain by Carly Simon

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

Laundry Store Simulator is the kind of game that starts by presenting you with a bunch of annoyances, and then as you earn money/make progress, you unlock upgrades that reduce or eliminate those annoyances. For instance, at the beginning you walk very slowly while carrying a laundry basket, but you can buy upgraded baskets that let you move faster.

That's fine as far as it goes, but it also means that your player's first impression of the game is going to be of it in its most tedious, least fun state. I wonder how many players bail out because of the annoyances before they ever realize you can earn your way past them

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

Just another day watching the clowns go by

[carpetbomberz@mastodon.online]

@jalefkowit

Now this makes me want a dish-washing simulator. And no dishwasher allowed. It's all hand-wash.

[monkeyben@mastodon.sdf.org]

@jalefkowit

Those colours look a bit washed out

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

WHY ARE CUSTOMERS LEAVING BOMBS IN MY CLOTHES DRYERS

[silvermoon82@wandering.shop]

@jalefkowit
Because you hit them with a wrench?

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

@silvermoon82 Or maybe I didn’t hit them hard enough 🤔

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

I hired an assistant to help with ironing and folding. Apparently when the laundromat closes she just stands in the corner all night

[silvermoon82@wandering.shop]

@jalefkowit
The housing market is rough these days!

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

You can also put in coin-operated laundry machines. But I have yet to find a way to buy a chair

[butchh11@twit.social]

@jalefkowit poor little NPC - please find a way to get her a chair.