An assistant who explains the game and a stadium that grows

Giving the game a voice means I now have to make sure it has something useful to say.

Joe’s help is growing beyond the first dock messages. The stadium is growing too, which creates more decisions for him to explain. I’ve managed to give my fictional assistant a workload.

What changed since the identity update

• Contracts have a readable parchment presentation. Named parties, numbered terms and financial review lead into sequential signatures after acceptance.
• Expiry is visible before departure. An orange portrait border and remaining-term information point toward a real contract review.
• Joe has a question box and topic search. Answers can link to the relevant menu and suggest related subjects.
• The guided tour has chapters. Previous, Next, Skip and replay controls sit alongside saved progress.
• Help reaches the detailed systems. Rules, scoring, ability and potential, scouting, training, legal rosters, injuries, queues, waivers, finance and analytics have explanations.
• Loading has measured progress and variety. The loading screen has 200 rotating hints, while explicit small talk has a separate 300-response catalog.
• The stadium view shows construction. Level artwork, pending cranes and opening dates make a project’s state visible.
• Five additions join the original nine. Upper-deck expansion, luxury suites, merchandise, transit and floodlights complete the fourteen-part set.

What can go into the stadium

The full list is: Megatron Replay Screen, Domed Stadium, Performance Turf, Premium Concessions, Adaptable Practice Field, Power-Run Training Lanes, Passing Sightline System, Possession Practice Complex, Defensive Crowd Wall, Upper-Deck Expansion, Skyline Luxury Suites, Team Merchandise Shop, Fan Transit Plaza and Stadium Floodlights.

The prices are in the finance screens, and I’m still adjusting them. Each project has levels, construction time and a different purpose. I need those choices to compete for the same money without one obvious answer swallowing the whole budget.

An explanation shouldn’t commit the action

Joe can show where something is and explain its effect. Taking the tour shouldn’t spend my funds, play a match or accept a contract. The manager still makes those decisions.

That distinction matters on the parchment screen too. An unsigned offer and an accepted agreement need to be visibly different, while the calculations underneath remain the real contract calculations. Fancy paper doesn’t create a second economy.

The tour is already at 161 steps. That is a fairly generous definition of “a quick introduction.” Skip and saved progress let somebody leave it and return without starting the entire conversation again.

Next I’m returning to people: coaches, personalities, fashion and what happens to a pixel face over a long career.