Beginner Guide - First Day on the Job
New to the game? This beginner guide covers the premise, the survival ticket, your first tasks, and the rules of a world where the demons won and you still have to work.
Quick Answer: What Is This Game?
An action-adventure about an ordinary office clerk in a world ruled by demons. You complete tasks assigned by your boss, solve puzzles, talk with demons and survivors, explore a broken city, collect items for your break room, and reach one of multiple endings shaped by your choices. Your survival ticket — kept valid by doing the work — is the only thing between you and a demon's maw.
The Premise in One Minute
The demons won the war. Humanity is on the brink of extinction, and those who remain are eaten, sacrificed or enslaved. The game's dark joke is that even now, you still have to work for a living: the city keeps running, the bosses keep assigning, and your employment is what keeps you off the menu. It is published by Black Lantern Collective, developed by dennisCorner, and released on September 28, 2026 for Windows on Steam.
Your First Priorities
- Learn the loop: read the task memo at your terminal, do the assignment, come back alive
- Guard the survival ticket — every choice that risks it needs a reason
- Talk to everyone: demons and survivors both teach you the rules of the new society
- Read every note and label you pass; hidden information is a headline feature
- Decorate your break room when you can — it is the one place that is yours
How the World Treats You
The official description draws one clean line: show that you are useful and you might live to see tomorrow — or hold on to hope and work against the demons from within. Watchers like the Office Overseer grade your diligence; conversations like the Receptionist's "Are you a visitor?" are choices wearing small talk's clothes. Decide early what kind of clerk you are, because the game promises multiple endings based on exactly that.
Published September 28, 2026 · Last updated September 28, 2026