You just arrived to LA with nothing but a trust fund and a dream. The goal is stardom, but that doesn't happen overnight...unless you play your cards right. What do you do first?
[[Upload a YouTube video about your big move|YT Upload]]
[[Go to Venice Beach|Venice Beach]]
[[Get a job? People have those, right?|Get a job]]You upload a YouTube video to your page to show your subscribers you moved to LA. They want some new exciting content. You decide to:
[[Produce your own single|Single]]
[[Upload a make-up tutorial|Make up]] While your roommate is taking a picture of you at the beach, a guy in a suit approaches. He says he's trying to become an agent and that he thinks you could help each other make it. However, you'd be his first client.
[[Take his card -> Took Card]]
[[Decline -> No Card]]Three roads diverged in a [Holly]wood, and you - took the one less glamarous. You see a job opening to be an assistant. Paparazzi won't be mowing each other down to get your pic, but at least you'll have a little something in your pocket in the mean time. Are you:
[[An assistant to an assistant -> Assistant 1.]]
[[An assistant to a C-list celebrity -> Assistant 2.]]
[[An assistant to an A-list celebrity -> Assistant 3.]]
Music seems like the easiest path to success. But how?
[[Do it yourself|Rap Cover]]
[[HIre a production company|Prod. Company]]Manny MUA and Jeffree Star made it, why can't you? Which brand will you use?
[[MAC -> MAC]]
[[KKW -> KKW]][[Game Over|Welcome to LA]]
Everything on the radio is so overproduced you think to yourself; it's time to get back to the basics. You dust off the old acoustic guitar and get to strumming. You do an acoustic cover of God's Plan because the world needs more acoustic covers of popular rap songs. However, the world does not need more acoustic covers of popular rap songs. Your subscribers flee. Do better.
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[[Double-click this passage to edit it.You're in luck, he's the son of a big shot movie producer who is bankrolling his talent agency (s/o nepotism). Do you:
[[Take the first gig he gets you -> Real Wannabes of LA]]
[[Be patient and wait until he finds something you love -> Nah fam]][[Game Over|Welcome to LA]]
Network. Has City Year taught you nothing?? Try Again.
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So turns out you and your agent don't see eye to eye. Being the new face of 'Takis' isnt quite the career trajectory you envisioned. You amicably part ways, but now you're right back where you started.
//click game over to play again//Double-click this passage to edit it.You're in luck. Your C-list employer's trending upward thanks to the success of her breakout indie film. In an interview she credits much of her success (and style) to you and how your friendship helped her through tough times. People don't know who you are yet, but they're getting curious. What's you next move?
[[Do a joint interview with Us Weekly about your friendship -> Interview]]
[[Book a feature for Vice about the secret lives of Hollywood assistants -> Vice]][[Game Over ->Welcome to LA]]
Your celebrity employer is very much in demand and so your work is being rewarded handsomely. Given her busy schedule she is usually out of town for work. Her equally high profile partner however, is around more often than not. You get caught up in a scandal and lose your cushy job almost as quickly as you got it. Back to square one.
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