The free demo of Net Worthless is out. You can play it right now on this page.
The demo is limited to one character: the Student. There's no time limit, but his dream is one of the easier ones, so a full run as him is much shorter than runs as the other characters will be at release.
If you've already seen the demo in someone's video, that was an early build. Here's what changed since then:
- Study and career progress right on the job board. Your course card shows how many months of study you've completed, and your job card shows how far you are from the next promotion and what it actually requires.
- Broken tech can be replaced. When your phone or computer breaks, the repair shop now offers a refurbished replacement at a markup instead of leaving you stranded until the yearly restock.
- No more blind career moves. Quitting a job or dropping a course asks for confirmation and spells out what you lose. Every job offer goes through a picker that quotes your current salary, so you can tell a raise from a pay cut.
- A pile of smaller fixes: windows no longer cover the resource HUD, tooltips explain more, and text reads better in many languages.
If something breaks or feels wrong, there's a report-a-bug button right in the menu. I read every report.
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