How to play Lagos Life

Make one person, then keep that person fed, washed, employed and housed. The city is shared. Other players stand in the same rooms. Players should be 18 or older.

Six bars

The bars fall all day. The number is the decay rate in the public build.

• HungerDecay 5.5. Eat at Amala Shitta, or cook at home.
• EnergyDecay 4. Sleep at home restores the most. Night shifts should sleep through the morning.
• FunDecay 4.5. Quilox, Elegushi Beach and Freedom Park refill this. Owambe Spirit makes it fall faster.
• SocialDecay 3. The slowest bar. Talking at work usually covers it.
• HygieneDecay 3.5. Shower, or take a bucket bath, before a shift. Clean Pikin slows the drop.
• BladderDecay 7. The fastest bar. Use the toilet before you leave home.

Traits

Pick the trait for the shift you mean to keep. A small decay change shows up by Thursday.

• Tech Bro or SisCoding rises faster. Fits Steady salary, Yaba unicorn.
• Night CrawlerEnergy falls a little slower, and nights feel better. Fits Nightlife star.
• MusicalMusic rises faster. Fits Nightlife star.
• HustlerHustle rises faster, and shifts go better. Fits Market boss.
• FoodieCooking rises faster. Fits Chef at Amala Shitta.
• Gym RatFitness rises faster. Fits Nursing, fitness coach.
• Smooth TalkerCharisma rises faster. Fits Banking, teaching, content, football.
• Owambe SpiritParties restore more fun, then fun falls faster. Fits Nightlife, not a morning shift.
• Clean PikinHygiene falls slower. Fits Any route.
• Lazy BoneEnergy falls slower, and work performance dips a little. Fits An easy week, not a goal rush.

Two starts, and UNILAG

Nepo Baby begins with a furnished Lekki flat, rent covered, a car, Banking already at Branch Manager, and ₦500,000 pocket money. LAPO Baby takes a ₦60,000 loan, repays ₦12,000 a week, and the note is ₦72,000. Hustle starts at 2, skills grow faster, and you still pick Mushin or Yaba.

UNILAG students can take the hall in Akoka. The public build lists acceptance at ₦15,000, fees at ₦20,000 and an allowance of ₦3,000. Hall rent is ₦1,200 a week.

Getting to work

• Trek. Walk when cash is thin and the distance is short.
• Keke. Short hops. Faster than walking, before a cross-town ride is required.
• Danfo. Cross-town shifts while pay is still on the first two ranks.
• Okada. Use it when you are late, not as the daily default.
• Cab. A late ride home, or a clock-in you are about to miss.
• Your own car. Buy it after top-rank pay is steady and weekly rent is comfortable.

A shift, then home

Read the place hours before you cross town. Work the shift, eat, and sleep at home. Solar in the landlord notes costs ₦78,000. Voting at Polling Unit 001 closes Sunday at 20:00. Standing costs ₦50,000.

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