Quick Answer
Unlock Jay's Skating Game by completing regular Diner, Petshop, and Lovemeter, then watching Grace's transitional conversation. Clear three stages, then continue or close the window during the red fourth stage. Your earlier broken games determine which closing route you qualify for.
How do you unlock Jay's Skating Game?
You need the regular versions of Diner, Petshop, and Lovemeter before Grace's conversation unlocks Jay's Skating Game.
Complete regular Diner and Petshop
Finish both games normally before moving toward Jay's Skating Game. Use the Lacey's Diner walkthrough if Diner is still blocking your progress.
If you want Thanks for the tip, keep the earlier games unbroken, with Wardrobe as the exception. That requirement matters before you reach the skating window.
Get a regular Lovemeter result
Use neutral names in Lovemeter. Avoid the Lacey + Uncle combination on this route.
The Love Meter walkthrough covers that prerequisite if you need help reaching a regular result.
Watch Grace's conversation
Watch the transitional conversation until Jay's Skating Game unlocks. Grace mentions closing the game during stage four or five.
The closing route below uses the fourth red stage.
How do you pass the first three stages?
Use the space bar to jump, and judge when you should let Jay fall naturally instead.
Time jumps and natural falls
You need both actions during skating. Do not treat every change in height as a reason to jump.
Finish three regular stages
Complete the first three regular stages before making your route choice. You reach the red background in the fourth stage.
Choose whether to stay or close
For the closing route, watch for jumping to become disabled. For the death route, leave the window open and continue watching.
How do you unlock Goodbye Jay?
Keep the fourth stage open and watch the entire death presentation to unlock Goodbye j̵̀̊̾͊á̶̯͊̓ý̴̛͂̕.
That is the official achievement's stylized name; Goodbye Jay is the readable shorthand used here.
Enter the red fourth stage
Finish the first three stages and continue into the red stage. You are choosing the route that keeps the minigame running.
Leave the window open
Do not close the game or interrupt the sequence. Jay dies on this route.
Wait for the presentation to finish
Watch the whole presentation. The achievement check happens after the scene finishes, so reaching the death alone is not the final step.
How do you unlock Thanks for the tip?
Close the red fourth stage when jumping stops, with no broken minigames except Wardrobe, to unlock Thanks for the tip.
Keep the earlier route clean
Do not break any minigame other than Wardrobe before this attempt. Avoid the horror routes for Nail, Slacking, Diner, Petshop, Lovemeter, Magic, and House Makeover.
Close at the fourth-stage trigger
Complete three regular stages, then enter the red fourth stage. As soon as jumping becomes disabled, immediately click the minigame window's X button.
Close it before the death scene begins.
Watch Grace's full reaction
Let Grace's entire reaction finish to unlock Thanks for the tip.
Grace says stage four or five, but the closing steps above work at the red fourth stage, when jumping stops.
How does Goodbye Charlie differ?
Goodbye Charlie requires you to break at least one game besides Wardrobe, then leave before breaking Jay's Skating Game.
Check your earlier games before choosing this route. Breaking Wardrobe alone does not meet the achievement's requirement.
The distinction from Thanks for the tip is your earlier broken games. Thanks for the tip requires you to avoid those other horror routes. Goodbye Charlie requires at least one other broken game.
See how these routes fit with the rest of the game in the Lacey's Flash Games endings guide.
For the surrounding game sequence, return to the Lacey's Flash Games walkthrough.
FAQ
You need regular Diner, Petshop, and Lovemeter, followed by Grace's transitional conversation. Use neutral Lovemeter names for this unlock route.
You use the space bar to jump. You also need to judge when to let Jay fall naturally.
Use the red fourth stage when jumping becomes disabled for the closing route. Grace's dialogue mentions stage four or five.
No. You must break at least one game besides Wardrobe and leave before breaking Jay's Skating Game.
You must watch the entire death presentation after leaving the fourth stage open. The achievement check happens when that scene finishes.