Carry Over for Pocket Clothier

There are so many things to learn in my first Pocket Clothier game. I collected a lot of Items made from the Idea Room, but I wasn't sure if I should have spent the time to use them all. I wondered what gets carried over so I didn't have to waste my time. Turned out, most of the things get carried over.

Here's a list of things that get carried over to the next game:

• Staff Levels, Stats (Taste, Charisma, Stocking, Speed) and Skills
• Company Rapport
• All Clothes States, Levels, Appeal, Demand, and Prices
• Shelves and Rack's Stats, Appeal, Demand, and Prices
• Economic Forecast Accuracy
• Compatibility Guide ( once discovered, they will stay there for the next game )
• Trophy List
• Career / Job List

Things that don't get carried over are:

• Staff Salary, Loyalty
• Weather Forecast Accuracy
• Store Fund
• Medals - use all your medals before the game ends.
• Customer Jobs - They will start from the basic jobs again.

Compatibility Guide Updated

Finally, we have completed the project - Compatibility Guide in picture for Pocket Clothier. I don't think I could have done this without Lazycat's help. He always gives me interesting and intelligent ideas.

Please check the post to see the latest Compatibility Guide.

The image is put together using Imagemagick and Gimp.

Fixtures

My Pocket Clothier did the regular crash again so I thought maybe it's a hint to post something new. I suspect it might be the phone trying to connect to the network on and off. After quite a few attempts the phone gets upset and says I've had enough. Maybe. I've turned off Wi-Fi, turned off 3G. I will probably give airplane mode a go just to find out.

It's a little tricky making up this spreadsheet for fixtures. It's been quite a few playthroughs now. The required rapport for each company may not be 100%.

When a fixture is placed at its best location, a reward will be given IF

1. You have signed up a contract with the particular company giving out the reward
2. You have enough rapport with that particular company

Once the reward is received, it won't be taken away even if you remove the fixture.






Other Tips and Facts:

• If the reward is not given when a fixture is place at its best location, most likely you need to build up more rapport with the company giving out the reward.
• It's not terribly wrong placing fixtures at a spot where it's not best location or other good location. It just means it's less likely to be used by customers ( less Appeal ). However the boost it provides would stay the same.
• Enna sometimes plays the game when she is sleepy. The recorded data may not be 100%. Please do let her know by leaving a comment if there's anything wrong with the spreadsheet. Thank you lots. :)

Compatibility Guide for Pocket Clothier

Finally I've got every single piece of clothes in Pocket Clothier. It took me quite a few playthroughs, partly because I wasn't sure what I was doing for a while.

I have an idea of presenting this information in a better way, so I will update this post in the future if I ever get the idea through. ( Where can I buy some mana potion for Lazycat? ) The project is now finished. ( 6 July 2012 )

What a long list, almost not useable.  >_<  Some of the items appear on the left column and middle column, making it difficult to look things up. I made a copy of the same data and pasted the left column to the middle, the middle to the left, then sorted the data again by the name. You can find the sheet by clicking the tab on the bottom of this spreadsheet. Hope that helps.  :)

Cost down is not a bad thing. It makes the items cheaper to get from the supplier by $1 or so.

Click the image to see the original size.

A few items look identical in the Compatibility Guide picture. Please use it as a guide and confirm with the spreadsheet if unsure.

Pocket Clothier Compatibility Guide Spreadsheet - It's such a long list. Maybe it's easier to read printed out.

Cafe Nippon Update Fixed

Last time I was all OMG don't download the latest patch of Cafe Nippon. Looks like they've fixed the overlapping issue. Phew~, It's now safe to download.

I haven't been playing Cafe Nippon lately because I started playing Pocket Clothier. I learnt something new about remodeling stores in Cafe Nippon this week so I should really add / change some of the posts I did in the past. Nothing major though. I don't really know if I've told people the wrong thing. I probably have, here and there.

I know I haven't been posting for quite a few days now, a week? I have been updating though, adding info to the older posts.

What I have been working on is the compatibility list for Pocket Clothier. I am nearly there. It takes quite a few play-throughs to get everything. At the same time I'm adding more to the Job List.

Well, just so you know, I am still here.  :)

2 July 2012
Compatibility Guide has been added. ( Here )

List of Trophies

There we go, a list of trophies. I don't think there is more but if you see something I don't have here, please leave a comment and I'll fix it right away.  :)

12-Month Sales Record

I was browsing through a list of trophies for Pocket Clothier. I have received everything except two :

• 5-Month Sales Record
• 12-Month Sales Record

Of course we have to get those two as well. But how? I thought it was impossible since the weather and economy change all the time. Those two factors make the Monthly Profit go up and down even if everything else stay the same.

It took a bit of effort but we finally did it.  *cheering*

It is most achievable at the beginning of the game. This is how we did it.

Step 1 - Increase Price to 20 %

I did this to increase the price gap I can work with. It may not be necessary but I will find out when I play again next time.

 ( Menu > Shop > Shop Policies )

Step 2 - Set up Shelves and Racks as usual while making sure Monthly Balance does not go red

Step 3 - Keep Monthly Balance as low as you can the end of the day

Before the last customer walks out of the door, you want to make sure the Monthly Balance is as low as possible but higher than the previous month. If it goes over too much, open Order Settings and click on Additional Order to do a Manual Order.

Click on Additional Order

You can order the same product again and again until you are happy with the number.

Increase the # of Orders by clicking on the left green arrow. Then Place Order

Repeat Step 2, and Step 3 until you get your trophies.

Other Tips

• If you think your Monthly Balance is very close to the previous month, save the game - so you can reload if needed.
• The shop is quite crowded in Month 12. You might want to buy a few more things earlier in the Month ( or Day if you prefer ). Otherwise it'll be difficult to make the next few months generate higher Monthly Profit

Who Cares about Tax?

I tried my best using smaller shelves and racks, so I didn't overstock too much. I complained about how Auto Stock system was not perfect, talked about how to avoid 3M tax. HOWEVER, I don't need to worry about this anymore.

We've got a solution. :D :D :D :D :D

What we need to do is to earn heaps more so tax money wouldn't matter.

What we need to do is

1. Have two staff with 1700+ speed combined on the same level
2. Leave one Large Register only in the shop ( get rid of other registers )
3. Change Menu > Shop > Shop Policies > Price Setting to Price Increased: 20%
4. Change Menu > Shop > Shop Policies > Staff Policy > Register to High

Have two staff with 1700+ speed combined

Just any combination that's greater than 1700 Speed.

Example 1

Staff A : Speed 800

Staff B : Speed 900

Example 2 - if you prefer having 3 staff working on the same level

Staff C : Speed 999

Staff D : Speed 850
Staff E : Speed 870

Leave one Large Register only in the shop

I found 2 speedy staff with 1 Large Register fast enough to serve the whole shop. 

Price Setting > Price Increased: 20%

Believe or not, customers are happy with the increase if they are happy with the register.

Staff Policy > Register to High

This is to make sure there are always 2 staff at the Large Register, otherwise you don't get the bonus.

Let's see how well it went.

I tried this setup during Month 3, 4, and 5. The income went all the way up. Month 6, and 7 I swapped someone with lower Speed in just to compare. Month 8, 9, 10 swapped them back again but Miss Wood was kindly helping other customers at the Service Desk so the income went down a bit. ( probably should remove that service desk )

I was very happy with the outcome.

Here's another picture to show what happened when you have this set up.

Every customer served by two speedy staff at the Large Register gives Bonus.

So from now on, we don't need to worry about tax in 3M and we can have a different way to set up the shop.  :D

*hi5*

Tips

• You might want to think about changing the Price back to Normal or even cheaper later on to attract more customers. That way you get the rapport faster.

Auto Stock is not perfect

I have to say, the Auto Stock system in Pocket Clothier is not making much sense to me.

You see, when Auto Stock is on, your staff would order new goods in, whenever the stock is low. The staff don't check if you have clothes on shelves or racks in the shop. This creates a problem - over stocking. They really should check both.  >_<

Now, you get taxed in 3M if you have more than $100k, and have any items that reaches over 100 pieces in shop + stock.

There are a few ways to avoid 3M tax

• Try and lower your fund before 3M - upgrades is what most people do
• Not use Large Shelves and Racks
• Manual ordering
• Remove overstocked items in your store

I don't like the way it is. It means the game is a little not well thought. I tried manual ordering but it's just too much trouble.

HOWEVER, if you are sick of trying to avoid tax, like me, you might want to look at how to make big monthly profit to pay tax. Check this out : Who Cares about Tax?

Job List

I finally finished my first play-through of Pocket Clothier. I think I did alright. <-- hasn't really read any guides yet that's why she's saying that.

I've got a Job List and Requirement. It's now completed. I also added another sheet that's sorted by the Career names.

I only realized recently what the bonus requirement is. When we coordinate someone's outfit, say for a Comedian, if we give them a Stage Outfit and the plan went through successfully, we get some bonus rewards - usually cash and more boost items. ( 24 June 2012 )



I spent quite some time to see how I can play my Android games on PCs. I found YouWave and BlueStacks, also Android -x86. I installed BlueStacks ( yay for free software ) but it doesn't run Pocket Clothier or any other Kairosoft games I own. Some people tried YouWave and was able to play Kairosoft's games but after a while it stopped working. I am not willing to pay for something that might not work so I just gave up on that one for now. Android -x86 gets a little too complicated as I was getting hungry by the time I had a chance to look at it. Maybe some other time.

I still love playing games on my little mobile phone. There is something nice about it.  :)

Shelves and Racks

I am finally in the second half of the game ( Pocket Clothier ) and only realized there is a better position for different types of shelves and racks

All the Shelves and Racks would be available when the requirements are met. The only one that's a little trickier is Large/Lrg Shelves. You have to actually pick the Star Staff Challenge in Month 12, and be Ranked number 1 as a result in Month 3 next year. If you never pick that challenge, you'll never get Large Shelves.



My biggest enemy is the mobile phone battery. I don't like playing while my phone is charging, but the game drains the battery so fast. The charging speed can't even catch up. Occasionally the game gets forced quit due to low battery and I'd lose some game progress. It's not just this game though. The same situation happened to some other pretty good games on my mobile phone.

I wonder if it is easier to play on a Tablet PC. My fingers feel so sore after holding the little device ( using Samsung Nexus S )  for a long time. It was okay with Cafe Nippon because I can hold it horizontally. Pocket Clothier doesn't have this option however. Hopefully they will make it available later.

Pocket Clothier Downloaded

OMG, I so don't have time to post this. I just downloaded Pocket Clothier and am already addicted to it.  XD

It looks like there are more things to manage in this game, or maybe it's just because it's new to me. However after a few months it started to make sense. As usual, I like to play through the game not knowing too much about it first. I'd say if you like any of Kairosoft's games, you will like this one for sure.

Pocket Clothier in Google Play. ( please click Here )

Please feel very welcome to e-mail me about Cafe Nippon. I will do my best to work out how to solve any issues you might have. When I gather enough of questions, I will probably make an FAQ. ( wowenna at gmail.com )

Have a wonderful weekend!

Pocket Clothier

I got stuck playing LoL these two days. It is such an interesting game.  XD


By the way, did you know about Kairospot? If you are into Kairosoft Games, it is worth joining the community. You can find forums for different Kairosoft games. It's free to join after all. Then you get to read the forum, ask questions there, read game news, make friends... etc.


I got e-mail from Kairospot yesterday, saying there's another Kairosoft game called Pocket Clothier getting translated into English. It will be releasing to the Android Play Store on June 8th. ( See the News here )

I will play Pocket Clothier first and if I like it I will post something about it. I had a look at アパレル洋品店. It looks like something I might like. Looking forward to it.