The Permit to Have Fun: a free game about filling forms right

What is The Permit to Have Fun?

You'd like to enjoy your weekend. The Office of Leisure would like a form. No activities with a K in them, an even number of hours, lowercase names only: fill every field so it passes the rule sheet before you run out of submissions.

The Permit to Have Fun is a free satire game. You'd like to enjoy your weekend, and the Office of Leisure would like a form: name, day, activity, hours, companions, fun level and ink colour.

The rule sheet is absurd (no activities with a K in them, an even number of hours, lowercase names only) but it is the rule sheet. Each rejection only names the first broken rule.

At a glance

Category

Absurd Bureaucracy

Difficulty

Easy

Play time

5 min

Price

Free, in your browser, sign-up optional

How to play

Fill

Answer every field so it meets every rule on the sheet.

Submit

A rejection names only the first broken rule. Submissions are limited.

Three levels

Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.

Satire

Absurd and warm: every country, office, planet and form is made up, and every run ends on a real admin skill.

Scoring

+100 per rule the final form meets and +10 per submission. Approval adds 200 plus 100 per submission left.

Win by getting the permit approved.

What it trains

Following instructions

Checking every field against every rule.

Linked rules

Spotting rules that connect two fields.

Strategy and tips

Read every rule first

Some rules link two fields, like companions and hours.

Check before submitting

Go down the rule sheet and check each field once.

Spare submissions pay

Approval on the first try scores the most.

Why play The Permit to Have Fun?

Forms get rejected for small things. Reading all the instructions first and checking before sending is the habit that avoids weeks of back-and-forth.

Frequently asked questions