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Last updated: 22 October 2026

How to play

In the browser: open the USA game (1971–1991) or the Japan game (1980–2005), pick a career and live through 15 years quarter by quarter: save, invest in stocks or gold, buy a home, pay debts. You win when passive income covers your living costs for four quarters in a row (USA), or when your net worth covers ten years of living costs for four quarters in a row (Japan).

In ChatGPT: add the In Someone Else's Shoes app and ask, for example, “Start a game in Japan as a bank employee, put half my cash into stocks and play four quarters.” ChatGPT uses these tools:

• list_professions, start_game — choose a career and start;
• get_status — money, holdings, prices and what the bank would lend (changes nothing);
• make_decision — buy or sell stocks or gold, buy or sell a home, refinance, repay a loan;
• next_turn — move one quarter forward;
• end_game — see the final result; delete_game — erase the game.

Common problems

• An action was refused. The reply names the reason: not enough cash, the bank refuses a mortgage (no job or payments too high), gold ownership not yet legal (USA before 1975), nothing to sell, or no refinancing offer. Check get_status and try a smaller amount or another quarter.
• “request_id already used”. Each action needs a new request ID; a repeated ID returns the earlier result instead of acting twice. ChatGPT normally handles this; ask it to try again as a new action.
• “Session not found”. The game was deleted, or expired 30 days after its last change. Start a new game.
• “Game is finished”. The 15 years are over, you won, or you went bankrupt. Ask for the final result (end_game) and start a new game.
• Browser progress disappeared. Saves live in your browser's site data; clearing it, private browsing or another device starts fresh.
• Browser and chat games differ. They are separate games; progress does not carry over.

Contact

Email: info@ndbase.kz — game support and privacy or data-deletion requests. Mention “In Someone Else's Shoes”, the edition (USA, Japan or ChatGPT), the quarter, the action and the exact message.

Public bug reports: GitHub issues (a free GitHub account is needed). Issues are public — do not post personal information, chat content or session IDs there.

To delete a chat game yourself, see Data deletion.