*For reference 20 Shillings is 1 Pound and 12 Pennies is 1 Shilling
The Player starts the game with 6 lives and will be in a static position within a ticket booth and will be approach by customers one after another. When the NPC customer approaches the player next to the booth there will be a speech bubble next to the NPC character presenting various details which the player will have to pay attention to but the bubble will not disappear unless they have moved on to the next NPC character.The details/information that is provided to the player is as follows:
Using these details, the player is able to use all tools provided to give the NPC character the correct result. The player will be provided with an in-game abacus giving the player the ability to do simple calculations. The player will then
After the player has stated the amount, the player must then grab the correct ticket and stamp it to finish with the customer and move on to the next one. The player must first select the ticket and place it in front of the customer, then grab the stamp to stamp the tciket and approve the purchase. If the ticket is incorrect the player will lose 1 life.
Each NPC will stay near the booth when they are being served by the player, however each customer has a timer and are expected to receive the ticket promptly, the player will have at least 80 secs for each customer. This amount will decrease depending with every 3 customers that have been served by 20 secs and cannot decrease below 30 secs. If they player is unable to serve the customer in time they will lose 1 life and then the game will move on to the next customer which the timer will reset back to 80 secs.
During the first playthrough, the timer for customers will stay the same and they will only have 4 customers to deal with. After successfully completing the first playthrough, the player will start with 3 lives and the game will be continuous until the player loses all of their lives. Additionally a counter in the ticket booth will be provided showing the player how many NPC customers they have served.