Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11068309-20161103031405

Hard Mode is a difficulty-enhancing game mode, unlocked by completing 1980's Mode.

Losing Reputation
In Hard Mode, when doing suspicious actions, it decreases reputation by twenty points if School Atmosphere is high, thirty points if School Atmosphere is medium, and fifty points if School Atmosphere is low.

Delinquents
Once the delinquents strike the player in the head with their weapons after chasing her, Yandere-chan now gets killed by them and blood can be seen around her, leading to a "KILLED" Game Over screen, instead of the "COMATOSE" version. In this Game Over screen, the player can only choose "Reset Week" as any attempts to choose the "Load Checkpoint" or "Main Menu" option will be ineffective.

Teachers and Heroic students
The running speed of teachers and Heroic students is now higher than they were before, making it harder to outrun them.

Police timer
The police timer is now only 2 minutes instead of 5 minutes, which increases difficulty of cleaning up evidence.

Students
Students are a lot paranoid in Hard Mode, and will react extremely quickly to dangerous situations. If anyone sees Yandere-chan commit murder, her reputation will drop by twenty-five points every subsequent day that witness is alive. On the next day, when talking to a witness (with the Social Butterfly, Loner, or Teacher's Pet persona), they will immediately tell everyone what they saw, decreasing reputation by 75 points.

Skipping School
If the player skips school due to torturing students for twelve or eighteen hours, students will think of her as a delinquent. When torturing someone for twelve or eighteen hours, Yandere-chan's reputation will drop by seventy points.

Study Points
The player can now only spend fewer study points. The number of Study Points they can spend is three (7:00 AM - 10:00 AM), two (10:00 AM - 11:00 AM), and one (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM). If they come to class on 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, no Study Points are given. 