Cozy Co-Workers

What you do

Cozy Co-Workers is a gentle hiring puzzle about building a balanced team board. Each week you read a small community goal, choose one applicant card, assign a role tile, and hire them to see whether the team has enough service, harmony, and warmth for the next goal.

• Ten-week puzzle run built around shuffled applicant cards, role tiles, and weekly target meters.
• Three easy-to-read puzzle meters: Harmony, Service, and Community Warmth.
• Applicants have skills, preferred roles, work styles, and short character notes.
• Six role tiles create the main puzzle: Baker, Barista, Server, Cleaner, Event Helper, and Stock Helper.
• Each Hire advances the week, so every applicant and role choice matters.
• Large card buttons and portrait-friendly layout for tablet, phone, mouse, and touch play.

How to play

1. Read the weekly community goal, target meters, and focus roles.
2. Tap an applicant card to inspect their role preference and work style.
3. Choose a role tile, then tap Hire to add that teammate and advance the week.
4. Watch Service, Harmony, and Warmth after each hire to understand the team shape.
5. Survive ten weekly puzzles and try to finish with the strongest festival score.

Controls

• Mouse or touch: tap applicant cards, role tiles, and the Hire button.
• Keyboard: 1-6 selects one of the visible applicants.
• Keyboard: M, H, or Enter hires the selected applicant into the chosen role.
• Keyboard: R restarts the campaign.
• Shared toolbar: pause, restart, or toggle sound.

Tips worth knowing

• Match for the current focus roles first, then check whether the team still has enough Harmony.
• Preferred roles give strong fit bonuses, especially in the first half of the run.
• A varied team board is usually better than stacking the same role over and over.
• Event Helpers and Servers are useful when a week asks for more Community Warmth.
• Because staff are shuffled each run, look for the best fit in the current six applicants instead of memorizing one route.
• Festival week needs a rounded cafe, so do not build only bakers or only servers.

Accessibility

• The play page includes instructions, controls, and strategy notes outside the canvas.
• Cards and buttons are drawn as large targets for touch play.
• The game avoids timers, so decisions can be made at a comfortable pace.