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Heyo. I’m Cody, I’ve been doing this whole writing thing for the past seven or so years now (and have been dabbling in community management for the past year!). I’ve worked with some tiny teams with shoe-strap budgets (and sometimes no budget at all), as well as large studios with teams scattered across the globe. I have a handful of published game titles under my belt, most being moderately/highly successful indie games, a handful of mobile games, along with a smattering of cleanly written web copy to boot.
Despite a handful of years in the industry, it hasn’t managed to beat me down just yet. I’m absolutely in love with what I do, and I’m incredibly passionate about writing, narrative design, and community management, both for games and otherwise. If you’ve got a nifty looking project, and you’re willing to find my quest to find the world’s best hot chocolate, shoot me a message on your preferred platform. (My own preferred platform is Discord. I’ve had some email offers go into spam before.)
I work great with other writers, and I'm happy to step up and work with artists, game designers, and especially voice actors. I adore working with voice actors whenever I get the chance.
I also have done some community management work before! If that interests you at all, please, let me know, I’d love the excuse to work on it. I do also work on non-game-related things from time to time, so if you're curious, just ask.
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Heyo. I’m Cody, I’ve been doing this whole writing thing for the past seven or so years now (and have been dabbling in community management for the past year!). I’ve worked with some tiny teams with shoe-strap budgets (and sometimes no budget at all), as well as large studios with teams scattered across the globe. I have a handful of published game titles under my belt, most being moderately/highly successful indie games, a handful of mobile games, along with a smattering of cleanly written web copy to boot.
Despite a handful of years in the industry, it hasn’t managed to beat me down just yet. I’m absolutely in love with what I do, and I’m incredibly passionate about writing, narrative design, and community management, both for games and otherwise. If you’ve got a nifty looking project, and you’re willing to find my quest to find the world’s best hot chocolate, shoot me a message on your preferred platform. (My own preferred platform is Discord. I’ve had some email offers go into spam before.)
I work great with other writers, and I'm happy to step up and work with artists, game designers, and especially voice actors. I adore working with voice actors whenever I get the chance.
I also have done some community management work before! If that interests you at all, please, let me know, I’d love the excuse to work on it. I do also work on non-game-related things from time to time, so if you're curious, just ask.
You can go and check out my Portfolio/Resume/Writing Samples over here: https://uplinkedwriting.wpcomstaging.com/
Pricing: I generally charge anywhere between $25-35/hr (USD), but this is highly subject to change (both up OR down, let's chat) and is usually only included at the bottom of these posts because bots tend to get angry if it doesn't see some numbers somewhere in my post.
Contact: Email: Uplinkedxd@gmail.com Discord: Uplinked Reddit: Uplinked

Heyo. I’m Cody, I’ve been doing this whole writing thing for the past seven or so years now (and have been dabbling in community management for the past year!). I’ve worked with some tiny teams with shoe-strap budgets (and sometimes no budget at all), as well as large studios with teams scattered across the globe. I have a handful of published game titles under my belt, most being moderately/highly successful indie games, a handful of mobile games, along with a smattering of cleanly written web copy to boot.
Despite a handful of years in the industry, it hasn’t managed to beat me down just yet. I’m absolutely in love with what I do, and I’m incredibly passionate about writing, narrative design, and community management, both for games and otherwise. If you’ve got a nifty looking project, and you’re willing to find my quest to find the world’s best hot chocolate, shoot me a message on your preferred platform. (My own preferred platform is Discord. I’ve had some email offers go into spam before.)
I work great with other writers, and I'm happy to step up and work with artists, game designers, and especially voice actors. I adore working with voice actors whenever I get the chance.
I also have done some community management work before! If that interests you at all, please, let me know, I’d love the excuse to work on it. I do also work on non-game-related things from time to time, so if you're curious, just ask.
You can go and check out my Portfolio/Resume/Writing Samples over here: https://uplinkedwriting.wpcomstaging.com/
Pricing: I generally charge anywhere between $25-35/hr (USD), but this is highly subject to change (both up OR down, let's chat) and is usually only included at the bottom of these posts because bots tend to get angry if it doesn't see some numbers somewhere in my post.
Contact: Email: Uplinkedxd@gmail.com Discord: Uplinked Reddit: Uplinked

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I’m back, still alive!
So, I saw another animal, but first, let me talk about my discussions with Andrew. He seemed relieved that I wanted to stay on after meeting Miss Giant Spider. There were several occasions that she was the reason a new night security person had quit, mostly because she was often the first to come say hello once we were able to see her. She was social, or at least the version of social that things like her could be.
At that, Andrew told me he’d decide to resume tours. Apparently I’ve been doing so well, and I’d handled meeting Yui with such grace (I didn’t tell him I almost pissed my pants) that he figured I’d be sticking around. He was right, of course. And it was encouraging enough to hear it from him that I got a little boost of self-confidence. I know y’all are probably older than me, but this is my first real full-time job, so that was really cool to hear from him.
I know continuing to work here does make me the world’s biggest hypocrite considering my pet peeve of people who lack common sense, but it seems the universe found my weakness. I can’t help it. I’m a wildlife biologist at heart and these animals are devastatingly fascinating, and if I quit I wouldn’t be able to learn all about them. I’m hoping Andrew will eventually let me ask Suzanne for books about them, from wherever they’re from. Plus, the scariest thing I’d ever seen in my life didn’t kill me, so maybe I can put this in the ‘common sense win’ column, hm? The spider wanted to eat me, she didn’t eat me, therefore the wards are solid and she can’t eat me. Right? I’m going with that.
Apparently Roger, the last guy who ran the night shift, ran a tight ship. He interacted with the animals on a purely basic level, never falling for their tricks, never getting killed or even hurt. Some of his job, and therefore what was becoming my job, was ensuring that the animals were doing well. This meant he needed to be able to see all of them, and so once they realized he’d reached his limit at eight, Suzanne did some wand-waving (no, I don’t know if she has a wand, I’m being facetious), and he could see the rest. According to Andrew, that had something to do with letting our minds stretch and reach its natural limits before stretching it further.
Most nights I arrive early, just before Andrew leaves, and I ask him questions I have. After seeing Yui’s human form, I did ask Andrew about her intelligence, but he just smiled and shook his head. He explained that there were dogs smarter than any the animals at the zoo, at least when you were comparing them to levels of human intelligence. Her appearance was just a disguise and her polite words to me were intelligence of an impressive border collie the filtered through the skill of a parrot. I wouldn’t be able to converse with her on any real level.
However, saying all of that lacks accuracy, because comparing animals to humans always leaves out quite a bit. For example, humans realized ants can figure out where they are and where to go from the position of the sun, while humans would need trigonometry for that. It doesn’t mean ants are capable of learning trig.
Something notable that I brought up with Andrew was enrichment. The layout of the zoo isn’t exactly typical, because for most of the animals, it backs up quite a ways into the forest that surrounds the zoo before ending at a tall fence. That means there’s more of a natural existence for them, and with a lot more space than even the most generous zoo, it likely feels to them like they’re still out in the wild, and they don’t get bored too easily.
That was the reason Andrew gave for having so few enrichment ideas, that they already had space to roam and engaged with plenty of animals including some that burrowed, various birds (and snatching eggs from nests), and climbers like racoons, opossums, and squirrels. The big thing my boss considered enrichment was putting specific live prey like goats or turkeys into the enclosures for some variety, which made sense. But I couldn’t help thinking that it was still important to make like any other zoo and give them some bonus fun occasionally.
When it came to Yui, I asked Andrew if he knew whether she’d prefer something to play with in her human form or her tarantula form. That’s when I learned the human form was a disguise, to get prey to come closer, which was exactly the honey trap of death that my subconscious had imagined it to be. (Yay.) So, she remains a tarantula most of the time.
On that note, did you know many pet tarantulas like ping-pong balls? Check it out on YouTube if you’ve got some time to kill. On that note, I thought it’d be worth a shot to see if Yui liked it.
My first image was of that meme of George R.R. Martin in a giant hamster ball, the person who’d shared it giving the photo a caption that scolded him from goofing off when they wanted him to be writing the next Game of Thrones book. The thing is, that was approximately the right size, but most of those are inflatable. Yui has little claws at the end of her feet, so I needed something plastic. That meant making some calls around to manufacturers (by email, since I was doing this in the middle of the night) for something custom made.
I do have to say, looking to have a giant plastic ball for a huge tarantula to play with had not been on my list of likely things to happen at my new job, but it was highly entertaining. I wish I could have told the people I was emailing, but at least I can tell all of you.
I wrote a list of other enrichment possibilities in my phone, and one morning when I arrived early, I spoke with Andrew about them. It wasn’t much of a list yet, but I’d gotten started from what I knew about Yui and figured I’d throw some other things at the wall to see what stuck.
Andrew did seem iffy about introducing new things, saying, “If it ain’t broke, I don’t like trying to fix it.” But part of my job was allegedly enrichment, according to the job posting. It just seemed like over the decades of the zoo’s existence so far, they counted on prey to be that enrichment. Not that I’m saying they were neglecting the animals, of course; honestly I still have a lot (or rather, everything) to learn about them. But I figured doing the kind of enrichment I’d been taught in my college classes could be great.
“By the way, this might sound stupid, but does Leila need any enrichment?” I asked with a grimace. “I don’t know a lot about ghosts, but I would assume it’s a boring existence. I can only go on stories, and a bored ghost gets into trouble, according to the popular culture.”
Andrew smirked and nodded. “Yeah, they do in films, but this isn’t that kind of situation. With Leila…her soul isn’t actually here. The ghost is more of an echo of her, left behind, imprinted when she was attacked,” he explained.
“Her soul isn’t here,” I repeated. “That’s…interesting.”
“I’m not in charge of the afterlife,” he said with a shrug. “Gratefully, Ripley, I only have to manage this one business. Whatever goes on with that side of things must be more stress than I can imagine and I’d turn down the job if offered, no matter the pay.”
Once I received an email confirming a company’s ability to create a lightweight but solid plastic ball, much like a super-sized ping-pong ball, Andrew approved the purchase of the toy. I was eager to get started on stuff for the other animals, but until I got a good look at them, I felt I didn’t have enough info to go on. And Andrew still didn’t want to educate me on things I hadn’t seen yet, calling it learning on a ‘need-to-know basis,’ since I’m human, so he’ll be waiting before spilling all the weird, freaky beans. I’ll have to be patient.
What he had done was given me a summaries that Roger had written down, but actually they weren’t much help. This was because Roger had a background as a security guard rather than being educated in wildlife, as I did. Andrew said the man had been extremely capable at his job, but looking for someone with a degree this time was a choice he was happy with.
Roger was concise, I’ll give him that. On this list of his, taking Yui as an example, it said ‘spider woman - enclosure 7 - Yui’, along with the animals she liked to hunt. It hadn’t taken him that long to figure out what our animals most enjoyed hunting, mostly from wildlife cameras that were installed in the forestry. They were all omnivores (or rather, you could say they had degrees in being omnivores with a specialization in being a carnivore, because Andrew said they could eat almost anything someone might toss into their enclosure), but some of them had special preferences on top of that.
Another description for animal I hadn’t seen yet was, ‘centaur - enclosure 10 - Arnold’. For any animal that didn’t have a given name (Yui was able to introduce herself, since she’d been named before, I was told), Roger made one up, and Andrew told me that Arnold was named after Arnold Schwarzenegger because he had incredible muscles. Also notable was that he was not a centaur, that was just the closest approximation that Roger’s mind was able to label him, because his most notable feature was that he had no skin. The part of my brain that was a biology major crawled all over that fact, but couldn’t make sense of how it could be beneficial to survival. Then again, since they came from another world, I had no environment on which to base my evolutionary ideas.
Yui has looked out at me from the forest on two more occasions so far, both times in her spider form, though she didn’t attempt communication again. I was extremely grateful, because even as I reminded myself that she hadn’t so much as attempted to hurt me, and that there really was an invisible wall there, I still wanted some more time to get used to her appearance. There was a near certain chance she would love to have me as a meal, just as any predator might, so my hindbrain trembled whenever I saw her. But each time, I reminded myself that this was why I’d been hired, because I showed a healthy amount of fear for the animals. Then I took a deep breath and moved on.
However, I did see another animal on the cameras, and then on a walk, a few days ago. This one wasn’t as terrifying as Yui (though that’s a high bar), but it was freaky. I saw it when I passed the area that led to the small lake, where I’d been told several animals had access from their enclosures bordering it. I zoomed in to get a better look, the cameras doing the impressive job of making the animal many times bigger and perfectly crisp on the screen.
At first glance it seemed like some sort of dog-possum hybrid, the size of a Doberman. Most notable was the hand at the end of its tail, like that of a racoon but larger and with claws. I recall thinking that the animals in our world with prehensile tails have nothing on that. It had small ears and black and grey fur covered its body, but the animal had shaken itself after coming out of the water, and when it had done so, its hair stood up on end like it was infused with static electricity. The thing was, having done that, it looked like the hair down its back had become a mohawk of spines. Wondering if it had the skills of a porcupine, I mentally took in as much information as I could about its appearance.
Later that shift, on another walk through the zoo, I thought I heard an animal crying. I say animal, but if I hadn’t been a major in wildlife biology, I would’ve said I heard a human baby crying. There are a surprising amount of animals that sound like humans shrieking or crying, which can make for a disturbing experience if you live in rural areas with lots of forestry. If someone grew up there, they got used to it. If they were unfamiliar with that weirdness, however, they might get worried some psycho had left a baby in the woods and went looking for the source, but those folks were probably candidates for a Darwin award.
This was definitely an imitation of a human baby crying, and it was spot on. It was coming from Spike’s enclosure, but I just stopped a couple yards from the fence for a long, thoughtful moment before moving on to walk the rest of the zoo, ignoring the sound. Two hours (and therefore two laps) later, it gave up trying to draw me in.
Anyway, the first time I’d seen the animal, I’d returned to the security room, double-checked, and confirmed that this animal was named ‘Spike’ (no points for originality, Roger). Apparently its food of choice was fish, but musing on that didn’t give me many hints as to what it might enjoy as enrichment. Clearly the sound imitation was a form of drawing in prey, so that didn’t help much either. What did give me hints was the fact that, according to Roger’s notes, it was known to not just kill the fish and eat the meat, but also the scales.
In addition, it didn’t just eat fish, but also turtles, lizards, and snakes, and if it killed a human, it had been known to specifically go for our nails and hair before making like a carnivore on the rest of us. That meant keratin was an important element of his diet. So, any fish or reptile made nutritious prey, which was convenient since the lake was stocked regularly and the reptiles were plentiful throughout the forest.
Determined to find something for it to enjoy, though, I considered what its instincts might prompt it to appreciate. That’s the way to go with all enrichment, even for humans. Just think of all the games we play as kids. Hide and seek. Tag. Red light, green light. All things that tested our ability to avoid predators and catch prey. We play these games since we enjoy them, and we enjoy them for a very good reason: our brain gives us happy-hormone feedback because it’s good training for our ongoing survival.
With that in mind, I considered possibly giving it foods that were difficult to eat, to mimic the difficulty of pulling nails and hair out of corpses. I know, it’s a gruesome train of thought, considering I was one of those animals that he’d probably be delighted to snack on, but that’s what happens when you’re in charge of animals like these. I considered things like pomegranates, artichokes, avocados, or pineapple, but definitely nuts like pistachios, pecans, peanuts, and hazelnuts. Its claws were made for attacking prey, but they could also be useful when opening nuts. And I didn’t get a good look at its teeth, but I figured it was similar to a squirrel in that way.
Those items were easy to fetch from a big grocery store, and there was a Walmart on my commute home, so I stopped in to buy some. The cashier was probably confused as to why I was sampling a bunch of things, but I was using the zoo’s business card for this, and didn’t want to overdo it.
I’d asked Andrew if he wanted to get them himself or reimburse me, actually, and he’d just handed me the card. “I doubt you’re the type to head to Vegas,” he’d said with a smile. “Keep it in your wallet for the future and I’ll get another. Just bring me the receipts from your purchases and I’ll file them in the system.”
The diet of the zoo’s animals didn’t wholly consist of animals they hunted. Some was delivered, and near the dumpster was a pile of boxes that had been broken down, so I grabbed one of those and taped it back together to bring the food out to Spike. I put the fruits in, and then a handful of each of the nuts. Then I folded the flaps closed, walked through the zoo over to enclosure four and, from two yards away, lifted the box to my shoulder and chucked it as hard as I could.
The box landed with a thud, and I waited around for a minute but Spike didn’t show, so I headed back to the security room. He’d emerged from the trees shortly after I’d left, wandering over to the box. I pulled up the view of the camera and enlarged it on the screen, zooming in, watching hopefully as he prodded at it. It didn’t take him long to open it, though he used his claws rather than following the strategy of simply unfolding the flaps like a human would have done.
Spike was definitely curious of the variety of new, potentially edible things splayed across the ground. He took a minute to look through them before settling on the pineapple. The spikes seemed to intrigue him, and he used his claws to open up the fruit, carving out a slice. Eating it, I couldn’t really decipher his reaction through facial expressions, but he dropped it and backed up at step before swiping at it with a hand, flinging it yards away, as if it had insulted his mother. So, it seemed he was not fond of it.
The same thing went for the pomegranate and avocado, unfortunately, and I slumped in disappointment, but I was happy to see that the artichoke was one in the win column. He looked like he was enjoying peeling of each leaf individually, and then ate the heart last. By that point I felt like I’d gotten a small sense of reading his body language, and I think he enjoyed the heart.
The smaller foods came next, and I leaned in closer, folding my arms on the desk. The pistachios are what Spike went for first, presumably because the gap between the shells let him get into it pretty quickly. Those were a no-go too, unfortunately, which wasn’t that surprising to me considering their distinctive taste. But when he tried the pecans next? Holy crap, he bounced from foot to foot in an undeniable happy dance, finding the others and gathering them all in a pile.
Cracking each shell open with his claws, he went through every single pecan, one by one, often opening several and eating them together. I leaned back in my chair with a satisfied smile as I watched him go through all of them. After he’d finished them, he moved onto the peanuts, which weren’t appealing, but the hazelnuts were.
My eyes widened when put the nut in between his teeth and chomped down enough to crack the shell. I swore under my breath. Those shells are tough, so that was terrifyingly impressive. And again, the hazelnut was more appealing to him, whatever quality of taste it had prompting him to go through each of them just as he had the pecans.
“So, that was a job well done,” I spoke to myself out loud.
Taking my notepad from my pocket, I added in Enrichment: artichokes, pecans, hazelnuts, on the page that I’d titled Spike and mentally patted myself on the back.
I know it’s unlikely that I can find enrichment items for every animal at the zoo, and Andrew was right that they don’t have typical enclosures, since they have their own little forests. But it was fulfilling to finally use my degree for something, to add something to the life of an animal that didn’t get to hang out with others in its species, as was typical for animals. Or at least was typical for animals on Earth. I figured these things at least had a drive to mate. These things might be terrifying, dangerous cryptids, but they are starting to feel like my terrifying, dangerous cryptids.
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Hello, here is the latest changelog.
Content: * Added tarot cards as a variant of playing cards and added Ouija board as a playable board game. by aapocalypseAArisen * Adds a new globally unique special to spawn in the ocean : an Oil Platform ! by Peakwastaken * Add More Nightmares by TheMurderUnicorn
Features: * Limbify consumption times by Venera3 * The player can swap between defined outfits with the 'set of clothes' item by RenechCDDA * Provides new utility to mounds of upturned dirt, as well as fixing inconsistencies with its counterpart. by Amnestasia * Resume butchering by inogenous * Adding support for ImTui to draw unicode characters by katemonster33 * The player's overmap destination is now a valid destination for telling NPCs to go-to by RenechCDDA
Balance: * Add Craft, Uncraft, Furniture version, and Construction to Fancy Tables by TheMurderUnicorn * Fix Up Travel Toilets by TheMurderUnicorn * The average skill level of NPCs will rise over time by RenechCDDA * Land prisons also keep you out by casswedson * Tweak Wind Turbine Recipe Learning by TheMurderUnicorn * Make pupating explosion quieter by Procyonae * Added Bronze Wood Saw to Misc Repair Kit Craft by TheMurderUnicorn * Reinforced garbage bags are now watertight by DragonWizard23 * document monster dodge balance by LyleSY * You Can Smash Skunk Skulls by TheMurderUnicorn * Splits star vampires into a fast-blood-sucking and a strong-grabbing version. by carlarctg * Assess and Change Vehicle Part breaks_into Entries by TheMurderUnicorn
Interface: * Updates the Terminus font by Procyonae * Rename cover - concealment by Procyonae * Don't show gun without default ammo defined as an option in reload ui by osuphobia * Provide a visual UI for changing vehicle part shapes by irwiss * Change world setting 'Spawn Time Options' to 'World Time Options' by theFeu
Mods: * Give Liam opinions in XE by Maleclypse * Aftershock: Add poison based bullets, grenades and 'toxic flamethrower' by John-Candlebury * [MoM] EoC-ify Eater drain attack by Standing-Storm * [MA] Starting a new game works again by Procyonae * [MoM] Feral telekinetics have no inherent armor, they use their powers instead by Standing-Storm * [MoM] Add triffid psions by Standing-Storm * [MoM] Rework Combat Sense with modern enchants by Standing-Storm * Tamable Skunks by LordBarkBread * New joke spell by rty275 * [MoM] Increase feral clairsentient dodge by Standing-Storm * [MoM] Normalize feral biokinetic HP by Standing-Storm * [No Hope] Adds a difficulty setting prompt to determine item spawn rates by Procyonae * [Bombastic Perks] More perks by Standing-Storm
Performance: * Optimize item::stacks as well as allocation patterns in item and elsewhere by Procyonae
Bugfixes: * Added the Ouija board to appropriate loot pools. by aapocalypseAArisen * Gives an explanation for why the TALON UGV Liberty Edition turns into the regular TALON UGV M16A4. by TealcOneill * Duct tape described as liquid by osuphobia * Check validity of Win32 file names by Procyonae * fix draw_critter_above bounds check by mischief * fix assert in diary info panel clamp by mischief * Fixed arrows disappearing when unwielded by Procyonae * Fix health dreams when you are ill by Procyonae * xs_gloves_wool_fingerless and xl_gloves_wool_fingerless did not have relevant PREFIX flags. by SomeGuyIGues * Fix heat func fault, correct the null check, remove the original heat_food duplicate bug. by yuganxia * Not to try to reload a gun without default ammo type defined by osuphobia * Define Rubik's personality values by Procyonae * NPCs will prioritize wielding ranged weapons when allowed by Procyonae * Fixes power grid teleportation, crashes, and other buggy interactions by Procyonae * Rotten ingredients correctly result in rotten products by Procyonae * Tutorial screen popup text no longer cuts off by katemonster33 * Fixing a clang-tidy error from a recent ImTui-related PR by katemonster33 * Add molle accessories to webbing belt by b0bhat * Fix integrated armor being incompatible with some mutations by KittyTac * krakens swim by LyleSY
Infrastructure: * Adjust how open_container affects Character::dispose_item by osuphobia * fix forward declaration of imgui ImVec2 by mischief
Build: * Fix netbsd ncurses build. The ncurses include path is set with CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS by mmyjona
None: * Add cattle samples to more ungulates by Karol1223 * Backport #73104 by Procyonae * Backport #70686 by Procyonae * Backport #72759 and #73703 by Procyonae * Backport #70875 by Procyonae * Backport #71304 by Procyonae * extend zombie security guard drops by casswedson * Expose daily calories calendar to math by GuardianDll * Added explicit roofs to field basecamp 1 by PatrikLundell * Backport #70695 by Procyonae * Backport #70713 by Procyonae * Backport #70688 by Procyonae * Backport #70844 by Procyonae * Backport #71068 by Procyonae * Backport #71351 by Procyonae * Backport #71382 by Procyonae * Backport #71157 by Procyonae * Backport #71333 by Procyonae * Backport #71338 by Procyonae * Gun without magic gun barrel by Kamejeir * clamp the multiplicative speed bonus by GuardianDll * Load faults / fault_fixes with generic_factory by irwiss * Better debug message on loading bad vehicle parts by irwiss * Add -gsplit-dwarf to LTO build to cut memory utilization in linker by kevingranade * Hydration pouch size fixes by TheAthenaCabin0 * Typified editmap by PatrikLundell * Added explicit roofs to hub version 2 by PatrikLundell * Include vehicle roofs for map::draw_from_above by irwiss * Nerf artwork prices into oblivion by Karol1223 * Fix door on select, door controls should keep selection by irwiss * Fix crash when opening construction menu with no visible entries by Qrox * Backport #70772 and #70775 by Procyonae * Backport #70646 by Procyonae * Backport #70657 by Procyonae * Backport #70706 by Procyonae * Backport #70700 by Procyonae * Backport #70767 by Procyonae * Backport #73296 by Procyonae * Trigger rebuild of cataclysmdda.org when a 0.H release candidate is created by kevingranade * Added roofs to livestock 1 by PatrikLundell * Split construction into many files in a subdirectory by PatrikLundell * Extract feed and pet messages by Uwuewsky * Confirm ability requested by TealcOneill * Propane shelved by kevingranade * Refactor f_bulk_trade_accept by RenechCDDA * Backport #71582 by Procyonae * Remove backported test by Procyonae * Backport #70764 by Procyonae * Backport #70698 by Procyonae * Backport #70708 by Procyonae * Backport #73487 by Procyonae * Backport #70768 by Procyonae * Backport #72801 by Procyonae * Remove redundant emscripten build by kevingranade * Cable pockets don't add extra encumbrance by RenechCDDA * Define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED on mac localized curses builds for wchar by kevingranade * fix spawn_rate being zero by default by GuardianDll * Backport #71860 by Procyonae * Backport #72898 by Procyonae * Backport #70769 by Procyonae * #include vector in cata_imgui.h by kevingranade * Provided 3D camp construction + Livestock 2 example by PatrikLundell * Use dummy parser for attack_vector to fix string extraction script error by Qrox * typified animation.cpp by PatrikLundell * Backport updated release notes generation workflow to 0.H by kevingranade * skip emscripten build for draft PRs by kevingranade * Backport #71403 by Procyonae * Backport #73113 by Procyonae * Backport #72942 by Procyonae * Routine i18n updates on 11 May 2024 by kevingranade * Give me (Amnestasia) /confirm privileges by Amnestasia * Backport #73632 by Procyonae * Automation changes for 0.H release candidates by kevingranade * Don't access out of bounds by RenechCDDA * skip slow builds for draft PRs by kevingranade * Add translation context to short art snippets by Qrox * Move Sewer Gators to CrazyCata by Karol1223 * Test to ensure unconditional and conditional nest placement works by Procyonae * Skunk Spray Neutralizer by Maleclypse * make the game faster when player sleep near the tree by GuardianDll * Fish fry & tadpole minor audit by Karol1223 * Added construction of roofs by PatrikLundell * Use ncurses accessor macros by kevingranade * Fix carving knife being defined as a bread knife by VladMasarik

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Hi all, slapping a TL;DR here in case my essay below is too long: Chance of mission to fail due to gamebreaking glitch, coupled with issues of unfairness and reward vs time, make tower defense missions a chore to play through
To start off, I don't hate the concept of a tower defense mission. When a mission is running smoothly without glitches on a bug planet, that's where this mission shines in terms of fun and engagement...the most, at least. Unfortunately in several other cases, this is far from reality and the mission has several glaring problems that make this a frustrating experience.
1) Inconsistency/Complete halting of rocket launches [Glitch] The mission features 8 rockets that launch over time that serve as a progress indicator to how far into the defense mission you are in. You would think that the rocket launches are tied to the mission timer or an internal clock, but it is widely inconsistent for some odd reason. I've had missions that have ended with 12 minutes on the clock, and missions that have ended with 3 minutes left.
If the inconsistencies weren't bad enough, there's a glitch that tends to happen when someone leaves midway that causes the rockets to stop launching, causing essentially an inevitable mission fail. The problem is, you would have no idea if this was actually happening, because I've had times where the mission eventually resumed after 3 minutes of silence, and times where it never resumes at all. This glitch is really what kills the experience for me
2) Gates are one-shotted by chargers and tanks [Gameplay] It just seems a bit weird that gates are a core mechanic in this mission, and yet as soon as even a single charger or tank executes an attack on the gate, it falls apart in one-shot. Meanwhile gates can hold off for a relatively long time against anything weaker than these 2, so why is there such a massive sharp dip in durability past the chargers and hulks? I understand a bile titan or factory strider accomplishing this, but these are the only 2 exceptions because they are large units. You might as well remove gates altogether if they are instantly going to be destroyed by the first charger or tank to touch them.
3) Severe lackluster of rewards vs time [Gameplay] I get it, we play to have fun, but I think a good majority of us also play to get some form of reward for our hard work too, and frankly speaking, defense missions don't accomplish that at all. Their XP payout is simply the worst in the game, and there is nothing to collect; Samples, Super Credits, etc.. You reach the result screen and it just feels so...anticlimatic after you've busted out all your guns for 10 - 20 minutes just to see less than 500xp earned on your screen.
4) Clear Unfairness against Bots [Gameplay] As mentioned in my intro statement, this mission shines the most on a bug planet because it feels like it was made for it. Unfortunately, similar to the evacuation mission, it just feels like the mission was copy-pasted into the bot planets with no consideration to the very much different threats and circumstances to play against. You've probably heard of sufficient horror stories in regards to this; Bots dropping on the landing zone which is right next to the generators, factory striders sniping the generators from across the map, the skillset specification of stealth for bots not being considered and being expected to fight them head on just like bugs...just to name a few.
Anyways these are probably the 4 main issues I have with this mission type, so much so that I genuinely despise this mission and hate to see it on my campaign because it's just not fun to deal with a buggy mission that seems so....primitive oddly enough. Definitely needs more work done on it, I wouldn't mind if it disappeared for a few months just to polish it further, because it feels like a beta-test mission.

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• Jollibee Q1 profit: P2.6-B (up 27%)
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• [NEWS] BSP keeps interest rates steady... The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) [link] said yesterday that its Monetary Board decided to keep rates steady. In doing so, the BSP said that inflationary risks “continue to lean toward the upside”, but that its latest forecasts showed that “inflation would settle close tot he upper-end of the target range.” As for inflation expectations, the BSP said that those “remain well-anchored”. The Monetary Board said that it “deems it appropriate to ensure tight monetary policy settings until inflation settles firmly within the target range”, and indicated that such a stance would also “help keep inflation expectations anchored”.
  
  • MB: At least the BSP stopped talking about wage increases as a potential inflationary risk. That said, does anyone else detect an air of contradiction in what the BSP is saying? Perhaps contradiction is too strong of a term, but I get the growing sense that the BSP’s reasons for keeping rates high are somewhat diverging from its own analysis. The BSP says that it’s primary objective is price stability, so we can infer that it’s keeping rates high as a means of trying to suppress price increases, and yet the BSP has again and again told us that the driver for price increases is a problem on the supply side of the equation, not the demand side. Interest rate adjustments don’t impact supply-side problems, because interest rate increases are meant to suppress demand. We don’t have a demand problem. Adding to this is the BSP’s concern about maintaining a tight policy to keep inflation expectations anchored, despite noting just a paragraph earlier that inflation expectations were already “well-anchored”. This implies that there is psychological space for the BSP to lower rates within the framework of current expectations. This is picky stuff, I know, there are simply too many people and companies struggling under high rates to ignore the rapidly decreasing marginal utility of yet another cycle of the BSP’s conservative observation of the situation. Just my personal opinion.
• [DIVS] DDMPR declares falling Q1 div at 116% payout ratio... DDMP [DDMPR 1.17 ▲0.9%; 37% avgVol] [link] declared a Q1/24 dividend of ₱0.023476, payable on July 15 to shareholders of record as of June 19. The dividend has an annualized yield of 8.03% based on the previous closing price. The total amount of the dividend is ₱419 million, which is 116% of the ₱362 million in distributable income that DDMPR reported for the quarter. Relative to DDMPR’s IPO price, the dividend increased DDMPR’s total stock and dividend return to -32.29%, up from its pre-dividend total return of -32.33%. DDMP REIT Fund Managers reported that DDMPR’s occupancy as of March 31 was just 76%, with occupancy at its main building (DoubleDragon Plaza) listed at just 70.8%.
  
  • MB: The dividend amount is up 1.4% from DDMPR’s disastrous Q4/23 dividend, but it’s down 7.5% y/y and down 15.8% from Q1/22. DDMPR is the second-oldest REIT on the PSE. It issued its first dividend to shareholders in Q4/20. Its sponsor,DoubleDragon* [DD 10.48 ▲10.0%; 581% avgVol], is bursting at the seams with potential assets that could be downloaded to DDMPR to diversify the REIT’s portfolio and breathe some much-needed life into this stagnating afterthought. DDMPR’s assets are fine, but their strategy in how to monetize those assets is outdated. Gone are the days when high commercial rents from POGOs could excuse the growing issue of collections from those POGOs. Now we have DDMPR suffering from high (and going higher) rates of delinquency. Gone are the days when investors were lapping up the chance to get in on the commercial office space game. Now we have the threat of a POGO ban and the existential threat of AI putting all of the “easy” BPO leasing opportunities at risk. Gone are the days when DDMPR’s inactivity could be explained away by its newness. Now we’re left picking through the rubble of yet another disappointing Quarterly Report, yet another y/y dividend reduction, and bagholders have heard no plan from management on what they’ll do to right the ship.*
• [EARNINGS] Jollibee Q1 profit: ₱2.6-B (up 27%)... Jollibee [JFC 224.00 ▲0.9%; 300% avgVol] [link] posted a Q1 net income attributable of ₱2.6 billion, up 27% from its Q1/23 net income attributable of ₱2.1 billion. JFC said it was able to grow profit margins and exceed its Q1 performance outlook thanks to “healthy top line growth combined with further operational efficiencies and effective management of expenses”. JFC’s system-wide sales were up 10.4% to ₱86.8 billion due to new store additions and same-store sales growth was up 5.5%, which JFC said was due to increased volume. Across all of JFC’s segmented business units, “Europe, Middle East, Asia” had the largest same-store sales growth (+14.7%) and system-wide sales growth (+25.5%). The “People’s Republic of China” and “Highlands Coffee” were negative in terms of same-store sales growth (-3.7% and -9.0%, respectively), and only the People’s Republic of China business unit was negative in terms of system-wide sales growth (-3.7%). JFC said that its difficulties in China are partly due to a high bar effect from last year’s success, and a slowdown in the quick service restaurant industry in that country more generally. JFC said that while Highlands Coffee saw its same-store sales growth fall 9.0%, it did “better than industry” and managed to gain 4% market share during that period.
  
  • MB: The bee perseveres. It has made massive bets in “coffee” and “China” that could pay off handsomely in the future, and all of this activity has likely bought the management team some more time with its shareholder base to deliver on the delicious fruits of these bets. JFC’s stock price is up almost 150% from its COVID low, but it’s somewhat rangebound between about ₱200/share and ₱270/share. The stock hit ₱273/share in late February, only to rapidly retreat back to the ₱215/share level over the next six weeks in a pattern that the share price has repeated two or three times already this year. Generally speaking, the highs are higher and the lows are higher, but maybe with all the segments firing this busy season the stock will finally be able to push out of that range.
• [NEWS] Several notable firms placed on suspension notice for failure to report... The PSE [link] notified four high-profile companies that their shares would be suspended at 9 AM today if 2023 Annual Reports were not posted. The companies that were put on notice are Tony Tiu’s AgriNurture [ANI 0.57 ▼1.7%; 102% avgVol], Philippine Infradev [INFRA 0.53 ▲1.9%; 262% avgVol] and two from pseudo-tycoon Dennis Uy, Chelsea Logistics [C 1.30 ▲4.0%; 526% avgVol] and Phoenix Petroleum [PNX 4.17 ▼0.2%; 78% avgVol]. Should any of these companies fail to submit their Annual Reports before 9 AM, they will remain suspended for up to three months until such report is submitted. If nothing has changed after three months, the PSE must begin involuntary delisting proceedings.
  
  • MB: These companies are not a random sample, and they’re not representative of the PSE as a whole. Will ANI, INFRA, C, and PNX push their luck right up to the deadline, or will any of these companies slip into a suspended state for failure to complete one of the most basic components of public corporate life? As usual, retail bagholders will just have to wait and see what the owners decide to do.

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Hey friends!
Looks like the Deck Building Card Battle (20 Card Decks) won yesterday. Thank you for participating in the vote.
Because this is the first group game, it will be very casual, as this will all be done on Reddit. I'll enable our chat to help out, but I'll need your help to keep people from abusing it. For the future, I want to have a discord server where we can interact better, but that's a slow process for me (anyone with experience and a desire to help please DM me).
I'll start out by really introducing myself; I'm Magnus, a game designer in Vancouver, Canada. My company, BRB Games, has been a subsidiary of a large game company, and my employees and I primarily designed games for ages 3-12. I have worked on a few other projects as a consultant, mainly doing logic, core design, testing, etc. In November we found out cutbacks were incoming. Due to a tight contract, I've had a second job the last few years as a lead robotics designer (among other hats) to cover my costs, plus top-up my own employees at BRB. I was often doing 16 hour days, juggling way too much, ontop of a 3 hour commute if I even went home. We all talked and closure was the best choice. Most of my employees were picked up right away, or transitioned into the parent company, and in April, my last person got a fantastic job remotely for an Australian company as a junior designer. I gave my notice with my employer and that brings me to here and now. I have time to actually go to conventions again, I'll be teaching 4 classes a month in person, I'm interning a highschool student in game design from California currently, doing weekly volunteer math tutoring, and I feel I can finally help everyone in boardgamedesign. I want to build this community back up, the best it's ever been. When it closed due to the Reddit protest, we lost 80,000 subs. I became the mod after 2 attempts (and a long talk with Reddit admins). Honestly, this calling in life fulfills me, and if I can pass on anything to you, or help get your game noticed and sold, I'm more than happy to. Long intro short, I'm here to help, so feel free to ask me anything and if I don't know the answer (happens a lot), we can find out!
Also, thanks to our mods u/bgg-uglywalrus and u/MudkipzLover. Without them, we couldn't do this. Their experience, determination and willingness for anything boardgames is inspirational and a foundation of what we are. Thank you, muchly.
So to get started on the game, I want to focus on the first aspects of proper design:
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This document will be updated constantly until we lock it and create the next stage.

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Card Game: Prebuilt Deck Builder

(Boardgamedesign Edition)
1 - Main Objective (DEVELOPMENT STAGE)

• Design an engaging card game battle experience with deck building mechanics.
• Defeat opponents deck by reducing Health to zero
• Creating a lock out condition (Deck stall)
• Aim for a complexity of 2 (ages 8+) (u/boredgameslab)

2 - Card Types:

• Character cards
• Artifact cards (?)
• Condition cards (?)
• (Group Defined)
• Universal Status Cards (shared third deck with joint positive/negative effects)

3 - Resource System:

• Cards are played from hand as defined per card
• Cards are activated using resources (?)
• Cards are activated with combining each cards defined resource value(?)
• (Group Defined Input)

4 - Deck Construction

• 20 Cards per deck hard limit (multiple decks)
• Players construct a deck using individual preset decks of 20 cards.
• Players share a pool of universal condition cards (?)
• Players are able to discard cards (deal damage?) (u/Zoql)

5 - Card and Deck Abilities, Conditions, Effects

• (Group Defined)

Deck 1 (u/Zoql) * Discarding cards deals damage at the risk of running out of cards (?)
Deck 2 (u/Superbly_Humble) * Attacks and abilities don't use resources, but conditional on meeting a card setup condition (High risk / reward) *
6 - Game Mechanisms

• Two players (u/boredgameslab) • Setup - (layout as we define structure)
  
• Shuffle
  
• Determine turn order
  
• Draw (5) cards to hand (?)
  
• First turn rules (no attacks, activations?)
  

Turn Structure and Phases

• Draw
• Playing
• Activating
• Resolving
• Player Universal Actions
• Resolving Turn

7 - Combat Logistics

• Activation
• Checks
• Blocks
• Damage Dealt
• Conditions (Weakness, Lasting effects?)
• Interactions
• Resolution

8 - Win Conditions

• Reducing players health to zero
• Defeating all defensive cards (?)
• Creating a zero sum condition (unique mechanic or the 'gimmick')

9 - Balancing and Maths (ALPHA STAGE)

• Spreadsheet stats analysis (as we go)
• FIRST INTERNAL PLAYTESTING (yay!)
• Recording data sets of all conditions
• Extensive strategy testing

10 - Reworks based on data / feedback

• Group input about what worked, and didn't
• Refine Ruleset
• Card conditions and activation tweaks
• Gameplay change and redesign as needed

You can ALWAYS change your game at any time, this is a checks and balance dedicated to it

11 - Closed Public Playtesting (BETA STAGE)

Closed as the artwork isn't finished yet, and play conditions are directly controlled

• Create play sheets for players
• Conditions to try Feedback for a variety of mechanics
• Seek out closed groups (either local, or online)
• Compile data and rework as needed

12 - Art and Theme

It's time to dedicate our resources to visual appeal and player immersion

Artwork

• Overall game theme
• Deck theme
• Character theme
• Dice, Spinner, token theme (components)

Player Immersion

• Game backstory ("Once a year, players...")
• Individual deck story
• Unique wording and phrases
• Compelling intrigue dialogue

Promotional Materials (Unique Art and tone)

• Art testing
• Compile feedback forms
• Test for colour visions, dyslexia and other impairments

Art reworks and touchups
13 - Rulebook Design and Creation

To be succinct, the rules will be compiled already, this is the design aspect

• List all game rules and mechanisms
• Startup guide (can be a seperate insert)
• Quick references (if complicated)
• Determine phrasing based on thematics
• Artwork and formatting
• Page count Structure and finesse

14 - Production and Distribution
Decide on platform (Digital or Physical, or Both)
Digital

• Select release program Design phase (Inhouse or hire)
• Testing inhouse
• Testing public
• Feedback Review and reworks

Physical

• Determine desired materials (Request sample)
• Playtest with physical prototypes (We know certain materials hold up and reuse them to save time, so we only need to heavily test if we are using an unknown vendor, new product or process, or new paints).
• Determine content arrangement
• Choose box size
• Design insert
• Box art creation
• Decide on manufacturer
• Get specifications about batch sizes, weight, and distribution to warehouse / choice location
• Calculate shipping and vendor distribution

15 - Creating your sell sheet

• You'll have the data to do this now.

16 - Public Review Playtesting and Attention

We are able to send out prototypes before this step

• Select choice game stores, boardgame bars, playtesting groups, reviewers, streamers / YouTubers, notable designers, game design companies, publishers, and convention directors (You'll want to have a diaglue about review in exchange for a free game, credits or money. Return shipping if needed. Also a timeframe!).

17 - Community Engagement

Honestly this should be happening very early. The more people know about your game from an early stage, the more they feel connected. Ask for controlled opinions, and respond to everyone within reasonable limits. Every person and is a potential customer now and in the future, and you are building loyalty to YOU, not the game.

• Forums, Reddit, Online videos, Interviewers, Blogs, Website, Conventions, In person, everywhere!
• Business cards are affordable, grab them
• (More?)

18 - Crowdfunding

• We'll cover this more

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Alright, this is my basic design format for board game development, with an updated minimal and modern approach. I'm going to treat it as a loose project management, with a 2 week turn around on the development stage.
Please feel free to add a comment with the section you'd like to add to quoted. We can respond to those threads for more detail, but EACH persons comments will be a different design element. Your name will be added to that section and that's your contribution! More than 1 person can be credited for the section, and more than 1 section can be credited to a person, because we are all collaborating!
When it comes to the deck creations, keep the art and theme to yourself for now, but list what you want in a deck mechanic. We will come to themes when it is time.
Again, this document will be updated constantly until we lock it and create the next stage.
If we determine that this project comes to a marketable standing (which is not intended, but never say no to glory), contributors will have a few options. Either DM me your real info for credit or your username will be used. I know privacy is a premium on the internet, but I can only credit those that want it. If that means creating a new account to protect your privacy, you'll have to DM the mod team so we can approve you due to the low karma automod ruleset.
Lastly, anything you contribute to this project is considered the IP of the project as a whole. Credit where credit is due (having your name on a project is a HUGE start for your resume), but please only contribute if you understand that there is no financial incentive, nor compensation of any kind outside of credit. I can't afford to feed you all :)

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Hey all,
Our firm has tried Indeed, Ziprecruiter, etc but it seems to be a lot of spam resumes so we thought we'd try something a little bit less formal and local!
My partners and I have an accounting firm (taxes) and investment firm. We are a young firm but have been around for over a decade. We specialize in income tax planning, helping clients retire peacefully, and managing investments.
At this point we have grown so fast that we are looking for additional help - we are open to part time and/or full time. Given that we have multiple partners I placed the job title as executive assistant as you would be assisting more than one of us (depending on the season and which department is the busiest).
Job duties include:
-Managing our schedule
-Scheduling clients
-Monitoring email inboxes and taking inbound client calls (assisting them)
-Preparing paperwork (applications, beneficiary changes, investment options, gathering client data)
-Data input in tax software/financial planning software.
-Managing office efficiency (If you notice we can do something bettefaster -- implement it).
-Updating social media and client communications
-Learning new software updates and implementing them
-Scheduling lunch meetings and work events
-Misc tasks that need to be done (going to the post office, mailing out documents, etc.)
The above is just a base sample of what we would need done as an executive assistant; however, if you have an interest in the finance/accounting/world travel field -- there is definitely room to get licensed and learn another skill within our firm... We welcome and appreciate that; so no ceilings would be placed on advancement. This may be learning about stocks & bonds, how to save money on taxes, in's and out's of real estate, life insurance, long term care insurance, Medicare, etc. This would be a very good opportunity for a college student looking to break into the industry - but just to clarify this is a PAID position; not an internship (however it would qualify for college credits - must check with university first).
The ideal candidate is a self-starter and can function independently. We work in a high stress field but our clients are amazing people and we are definitely laid back. If you're open to travel we will pay for you to attend conferences with us (flights, hotels, meals, etc) to help us drive the business forward. We are looking for more of a teammate that is invested in the growth of the firm rather than an employee who just punches the clock. Our goal is to grow together; and see you grow in your knowledge and expertise as well. We take pride in what we do so we would expect the same of you.
Starting pay depends on experience. You would be starting as a 1099 contractor in the beginning to see if this is a good fit for everyone involved. Must have your own transportation and be able to pass a background test and fingerprinting (cannot have felonies/crimes/misdemeanors involving financial matters. We will be implementing a profit share so we can all enjoy success and growth together.
No need for a formal resume as I feel that doesn't tell us much about who you are. A brief summary about yourself, your goals in life, why you'd be interested in working with us, and any questions you may have would be a great start! Please include your name and phone number for a call back.
Our email is: [financialhiringv1@gmail.com](mailto:financialhiringv1@gmail.com)
Thank you Vegas - Talk soon.

I (26F) have been having employment issues for over a year despite having a masters degree in public administration/certificate in health administration and top grades (long story short I had two job that I was not qualified for and they hired me anyways, only for them to fire me afterwards a few months later leading to a gap).
I got to the point that I was applying to ANY job just to get the skills/references. And then I sent a general application to a religious elementary school I used to go to.
I had an initial call with them and it all went well, I am going for a trial day next Thursday to see if I am the right fit . There were no administrative positions but there were open spots for assistant teachers in the Early Childhood Department for Pre-K.
Now this didn't bother me because:

1. I am close friends with someone who works in the department
2. My capstone was about children's education during distance learning and future economic prospects
3. I have extensive volunteer experience working in my local temples children's program and very good references
4. Salary (which can be $19 according to the school's Glassdoor) is not my biggest concern at the moment, my concern is getting work/references.

5)Schedule is flexible aside from departmental meetings
6) Doesn't require me to get any teaching degrees, only certifications in the state (NY) that I'm currently in.
However I am worried about the future as well because I hope to eventually move to Washington DC in a couple years, which will mean I have to leave the job eventually and find a new one. And I'm worried by taking this position as a Pre-K assistant teacher I'm nuking any chances of ever working directly within the policy world or for local communities.
My questions really are then:

1. Should I take the job if offered? Most likely I won't be starting until the 2024-2025 semester which starts in September. Which gives me three months not looking for a job in anticipation of working there. I live with my parents so rent and food is not an issue for now but it'll be a hard stop on spending. If so....
2. Should I take the job if offered but let them know if I get a position in my field by the summer more relevant I have to decline it?
3. If I take the job, how can I leverage it for work I want to do, especially since its an assistant teacher job for Pre-K? Just searching around I could get involved in my local religious community more when it comes to work but they also require office experience. What about writing samples? How could I realistically leverage this position for other teaching jobs with better pay in the future?Another option could be local community centers?

My main issue regarding it all is that I mainly have internship experience currently on my resume for the more administrative jobs which may tank other prospects in the future for me.

I (26F) have been having employment issues for over a year despite having a masters degree in public administration/certificate in health administration and top grades (long story short I had two job that I was not qualified for and they hired me anyways, only for them to fire me afterwards a few months later leading to a gap).
I got to the point that I was applying to ANY job just to get the skills/references. And then I sent a general application to a religious elementary school I used to go to.
I had an initial call with them and it all went well, I am going for a trial day next Thursday to see if I am the right fit There were no administrative positions but there were open spots for assistant teachers in the Early Childhood Department for Pre-K.
Now this didn't bother me because:

1. I am close friends with someone who works in the department
2. My capstone was about children's education during distance learning and future economic prospects
3. I have extensive volunteer experience working in my local temples children's program and very good references
4. Salary (which can be $19 according to the school's Glassdoor) is not my biggest concern at the moment, my concern is getting work/references.

5)Schedule is flexible aside from departmental meetings
6) Doesn't require me to get any teaching degrees, only certifications in the state (NY) that I'm currently in.
However I am worried about the future as well because I hope to eventually move to Washington DC in a couple years, which will mean I have to leave the job eventually and find a new one. And I'm worried by taking this position as a Pre-K assistant teacher I'm nuking any chances of ever working directly within the policy world or for local communities.
My questions really are then:

1. Should I take the job if offered? Most likely I won't be starting until the 2024-2025 semester which starts in September. Which gives me three months not looking for a job in anticipation of working there. I live with my parents so rent and food is not an issue for now but it'll be a hard stop on spending. If so....
2. Should I take the job if offered but let them know if I get a position in my field by the summer more relevant I have to decline it?
3. If I take the job, how can I leverage it for work I want to do, especially since its an assistant teacher job for Pre-K? Just searching around I could get involved in my local religious community more when it comes to work but they also require office experience. What about writing samples? How could I realistically leverage this position for other teaching jobs with better pay in the future?Another option could be local community centers?

My main issue regarding it all is that I mainly have internship experience currently on my resume for the more administrative jobs which may tank other prospects in the future for me.