So Kitchen Job was too hard and kind of boring, but Cheer Must Go On is better? I'll take that, it means I'm getting a better feel for what works.
I am sorry that the point reductions felt like a punishment though; I meant that to be a joke on Ariel - the harder she works the worse it gets, and somebody (you!) keeps messing with her clothes.
It's not a nice setup because it means you'd have to laugh at Ariel and not with her. At the time I figured that from player's perspective, a real victory isn't a spotless kitchen and a tidy uniform - it's Ariel facing inspection in a soaking wet mess with nothing to wear but short wet tee shirt.
I'm probably terrible. I do agree that Kitchen Job isn't quite there yet, though lately I've been wondering if there's a way to remake it with better art and make the comedic perspective actually work in a way that is funny but not malicious or punishing.