Try every way of making a living.
Abin is 24, two years out of college, still out of work. He owes ten thousand yuan on his phone, and the last fifty yuan sits in his wallet. Nobody on this street remembers his name — they just call him "the one living in the back room."
If you want to survive, you have to earn it yourself.
The street-food cart — wok your way to a living.
Buy a second-hand food cart, stock up on ingredients, watch the heat, control the doneness, season it right, and serve the neighbors. With every toss of the wok, your reputation grows, and the regulars keep coming back.
Delivery gigs — riding the streets.
Hop on an e-bike and take orders. How well you know the roads decides how many runs you land and how much you make. The evening breeze by the river, the traffic lights at the corner — all part of the grind.
Fishing — a little spare cash.
Settle onto a stool by the river, pick a rod, choose your bait. Each cast is a four-step dance — power, waiting, hooking, tension. Drop a crucian carp or a carp into the keepnet, and it's cash in hand before long.
Chess and Go — double or nothing.
By the game tables in Evergreen Park, play a full nineteen-line game of Go with captures and counting, or set up a proper game of xiangqi. Win and take double your stake; lose and settle up. Sometimes a worthy opponent is worth more than the money.
When nothing else works — tear down walls, do odd jobs.
Sweat for cash: the most honest work, and the most exhausting. Every yuan goes into the ledger, and every debt gets paid back, one entry at a time.
A cast of people, one street.
Make a living in the streets by day, come back to the rented room at night, and slowly get to know everyone living on this street. Eight women you can grow close to, plus neighbors, coworkers, cops, and debt collectors — some pull you up, and some drag you down.
Your choices really do change your fate.
The debts you owe, the things you've done, the hearts you've touched — it all adds up, leading to 7 completely different endings.
About the gameplay: a serious visual-novel story and top-down exploration running side by side, sharing a single save — every yuan you save is the same yuan in both.
Reminder: Some of the art in the game is created using AI