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rubyswimmer21
Since: Nov, 2019
25th Nov, 2019 07:53:49 PM
pretty sure it is called “Spent”!
KToonz
Since: Dec, 2017
28th Nov, 2019 05:49:08 PM
@rubyswimmer21 Yeah, that's it. Thank you so much!
Edited by KToonz
EDIT: This game has been found. It's called SPENT and it can be played here
. Thank you rubyswimmer21 for finding this.
Last year, I had to play a game online for one of my classes at school. It was about living on a budget of I think 50 dollars to start with and you had to make it through a month with what you have and what you earn throughout the game. You had to pick from three jobs (I think they were a waiter, warehouse/hard labor, and a temp agency) and how much you make a week depends on what job you pick. You then have to get an apartment that's either close to your work where you spend less on gas but the rent is expensive, or a cheap apartment far from work and you have to spend more gas money.
There where several scenarios where something bad comes up such as your car breaking down or dental issues and having to decide to spend money on those issues if you can afford it, and if you can't then you have to deal with the consequences of not doing so. Other problems include: Health insurance, spending money on your kid's lunch so they don't get made fun of for being on the free lunch program, buying groceries, dealing with a pet's illness, getting fired for things like joining a union or being framed for bullying after you tell off some co-workers for making fun of you, and workplace injuries.
There were other ways to earn money such as breaking open your kid's piggy bank, selling some of your stuff, and allowing a friend to stay over in exchange for money (only for your landlord to either raise your rent or kick you out; I forget which).
At the end of the month, the game tells you something like "You have [X amount of money]... but rent is due tomorrow."
The color scheme was mostly dark grey and red.
Hopefully, someone knows what I'm talking about. My mind is totally blank as to what the name of this game was.
Edited by KToonz