This is a really fun game. I've played several different times, as I had some trouble figuring out how restoring stamina worked and ended up wildly bankrupt. On my latest save, I bought the break room and had the manager as soon as possible. That worked. I look forward to seeing what comes next. My biggest complaint is that it's difficult to recognise which staffer is working on which project.

Sometimes it's easy to differentiate. If there's a dance room and the dance coach is not with a second sprite, but she's still working with another person; it means she's working on a song or concert. Same with the vocal coach. If there's no idol with them, but there's someone in the studio, they're prepping for a release. You can hover over your portrait, for example, to see if he's preparing for a date with an idol, or writing lyrics for a song.

You can hover over any staffer's portrait and see what they're working on.

And yes, one of the drawbacks to this game is that it has an extremely rough start and there's a narrow window between creeping towards eventual success and failure due to bankruptcy.