It was released on July 2020.
Gameplay
The game's intro explains that the judging for Employee of the Month Award is coming up, and the customers will vote on who it is. Thus, SpongeBob must try to keep them happy while also continuing to earn money for Mr. Krabs.
The player must click on different slides until an event shows up—a "tool" event, "collection", or "choice." In "tool" events, various items are shown, and the right one must be dragged to a character to solve the problem. "Collection" events are similar, but require three items to be collected. In "choice" events, the player is presented a scenario and given two ways to respond. Their answer will affect their money and their "moral" values, the latter of which is hidden from the player but tracked internally.
Choices
- UH-OH, SPONGEBOB HAS SPREAD AN ITCHY FUNGUS AROUND THE KRUSTY KRAB!
- Blame Squidward: +3 money, -1 moral
- Own up: 0 money, +1 moral
- HMM, I'M PRETTY SURE THIS CUSTOMER IS PLANKTON IN DISGUISE...
- Serve him: -3 money, +1 moral
- Kick him out: +4 money, -1 moral
- MR KRABS HAS POISONED THE HEALTH INSPECTOR!
- Hide the evidence: +5 money, -1 moral
- Report Krabs: -3 money, +1 moral
- YOU ARE WORKING THE NIGHTSHIFT AND BURN THE PATTIES!
- Serve them anyways: +4 money, -1 moral
- Throw them away: -2 money, +1 moral
- PLANKTON OFFERS YOU $$$ FOR THE SECRET FORMULA
- Accept: -6 money, -1 moral
- Refuse: +4 money, +1 moral
- PATRICK HAS STARTED WORKING AT THE KRUSTY KRAB
- Train him: +6 money, +1 moral
- Ignore him: 0 money, 0 moral (no changes)
Tool events
- WHAT DOES SPONGEBOB NEED TO COOK KRABBY PATTIES?
- Answer: Spatula
- WHAT WOULD MAKE MR KRABS HAPPY?
- Answer: Money
- SELECT A SIDE DISH TO GO WITH A KRABBY PATTY
- Answer: Coral bits
- CHOOSE SOMETHING TO DISTRACT SQUIDWARD
- Answer: Squidward's clarinet
- WHAT CAN SPONGEBOB USE TO COLLECT JELLY FOR THE MR KRABS' JELLY PATTY?
- Answer: Jellyfish net
Collection events
- CHORE TASK! DRAG THE ITEMS TO GIVE SPONGEBOB WHAT HE NEEDS FOR WORK
- Answer: Krusty Krab employee hat, spatula, pan
- CHORE TASK! DRAG THE BEST CUSTOMERS ONTO SPONGEBOB
- Answer: The three fish
Endings
The ending text depends on how moral the player's choices were, while also showing their money total.
- -99 to -3: OH WOW! YOU MADE A LOT OF MONEY BUT YOU HAD TO MAKE SOME EVIL CHOICES TO DO THAT. REMEMBER, A GOOD EMPLOYEE HAS TO BE NICE. WHY NOT PLAY AGAIN AND SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE BE A NICER PERSON THIS TIME!
- -2 to 0: WELL, YOU MADE SOME MONEY, BUT YOU DIDN'T REALLY DO THE RIGHT THING. A GOOD EMPLOYEE MUST BE NICE TOO. TRY AGAIN AND SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE SOME MORE OF THE RIGHT CHOICES.
- 1 to 2: WELL DONE, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH! YOU WERE MOSTLY HELPFUL, BUT REMEMBER, IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S ABOUT BEING A NICE PERSON TOO! TRY AGAIN AND SEE IF YOU CAN BE SUPER NICE THIS TIME!
- 3 to 99: CONGRATULATIONS, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH! YOU MAY NOT HAVE COLLECTED THE MOST MONEY, BUT YOU MADE THE CUSTOMERS HAPPY AND DID THE RIGHT THING AT EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY - A PERFECT SCORE!
Medals
- Busybody: Congratulations, you've played with all characters!
- Sleepyhead: You've done nothing for 1 whole minute. Take a medal.
- Double Done: You've completed the game twice! Nice!
- First Steps: You've made your first decision! Keep going!
- Tough Choices: You've made 50 decisions, medal up!
- Red Herring: Oh you found it, there's a medal for that.
- On The Right Path: You went right 5 times in a row, so you're left with a medal.
- 2nd Time Unlucky: You played again and got a lower score? Have this shiny medal.
Locations
When a path is about to be chosen, it has pictures of the locations:
- Patrick Star's house
- Patrick's house at night
- Krusty Krab
- SpongeBob's house
- SpongeBob's house inside
- Squidward Tentacles' house
- Squidward's house at night
- The Remote Island
- SpongeBob's house at night
- Mrs. Puff's Boating School
Walkthrough
SpongeBob SquarePants Pick-a-Path - Full Game