Reading a sign-off request: options, odds and expected changes

This game is one stamp after another on sign-off requests. Once you can read the paperwork, even the same choice feels less scary. Let's go from reading a single card to how stories carry on.

One card, top to bottom

The top line shows the document number, your age, the year and month, and your company name. Below it come the title, a one-line summary, and the main text that explains the situation. The summary alone gives you a feel for it, and the details are in the main text. An occasional "Note" line adds background, such as real-world statistics.

The options are numbered buttons. If you lack a requirement, the button shows 🔒 and the reason, and you cannot pick it. Some cards also carry Review notes. The Manager leans a little toward money and growth, and the Staff member leans a little toward safety, so their opinions often differ. The decision is yours.

Reading the chips under each option

Small chips sit under each option. They come in two groups.

• Costs and conditions: action points, cost, and what you need
• Expected results: ▲ is the good side, and ▼ is the price you pay

The expected results include changes the game works out ahead of time. It copies your current state and runs the same choice ten times. If the result is always the same, you see something like "Company cash ₩100M → ₩80M". If the result splits two ways, you see odds like "Roughly Hype: 12 (60%) / 5 (40%)". Because it is ten runs, the odds are rough, in steps of 10%. If the result splits more than that, you see a range from lowest to highest. If follow-up events can come later, "Leads to follow-up events" is added.

The previewed items include personal cash, company cash, monthly profit, customers, hype, quality, morale, health and mind. Some cards cannot be calculated in advance, such as the dossier-style ones, and they may say "You find out after you sign". The estimates are hints, not promises.

Four parts: Setup, Rising, Twist, Finale

Some events do not end on one card. Most run as a story in four parts.

1. Setup (the omen): A line like "📌 Setup · ..." is written to your life log first, and the card arrives a month or two later.
2. Rising, Twist, Finale: After you stamp, the next part arrives roughly two or three months later. A label like "Rising · Story name (2/4)" appears on top of the card.

Your earlier choices are remembered. The main text of the next part starts by picking up your last choice, in the style of "You had done X, but...". The same story can play out differently depending on how you choose. Some stories end quietly partway through, depending on your choices. The effect numbers on story cards are written right on the options, so nothing about them is left to luck.

Follow-up paperwork and decisions that come back

A card marked "Follow-up" is the result of an earlier stamp. The cause button under the title reads something like 'Result of stamping "Title" last month'. Tap it to see the date and the option you picked back then. A card that came from an omen shows 'Cause: life record "..."'.

Some come back much later. If you let someone go or broke a promise, it usually returns after about a year, with a small chance each month. In your life log it appears as "📎 ...: an old decision came back."

There is also dossier-style paperwork. These cards show conflicting reports from three departments, and spending 1 action point on "Investigate further" gives you an investigation result. If you choose "Hold", you pay a cost and the same paperwork returns two months later. If you stamp it, a "follow-up report" arrives two months later.

The life log and the feel of the stamp

The life log is a diary of your choices. A choice you made is written as "→ 「Choice」 (cause: ...)", and the money that moved is attached as a tag like [Company cash +₩100M]. The last big event in bold becomes the "Decisive moment" on your ending share card.

When you stamp, the option gets a check mark, the first part of the CEO's name is pressed into the stamp, and you hear a thud. A moment later the card shakes very briefly, and on a supported phone it gives one light buzz. Then tap OK on the result screen to move on.

The shake and buzz do not happen during auto sign-off, when you run fast in Speed mode, or when the device's reduce-motion setting is on. Turn off "Screen shake & flashes" in Settings to stop the shake, and turn off "Vibration" to stop the buzz.

Quick recap

• Read the summary, the main text and then the chips, and you can decide quickly.
• The percentages are rough numbers from ten test runs, so use them only as hints.
• In the four-part stories, your earlier choices carry into the next part's text.
• The cause button on a follow-up card and your life log let you trace the choice you made back then.