School Atmosphere

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School Atmosphere reflects how strongly the people at Akademi are convinced that there's a serial killer on the loose and how much their lives may be in danger.

Gameplay

A sleuth investigating.

School Atmosphere is affected by the protagonist's actions in 202X and 1980s Mode and the difficulty settings in Mission Mode. The more people that go missing or are found dead, the lower the atmosphere will be. It will, however, slowly be restored over time if nothing suspicious happens. The lower the atmosphere, the more suspicious and paranoid the students become, which increases the difficulty of the gameplay.

Each student that goes missing without explanation will decrease the atmosphere by 10%. Each corpse discovered decreases the atmosphere by 20%. Additionally, each missing student or corpse found prompts the school to install one security camera or metal detector. Killing a Student Council member locks the atmosphere at 0% and causes every camera and metal detector to be installed at once.

In order to restore School Atmosphere, the protagonist must avoid doing suspicious activities; each day with no incident will cause the atmosphere to increase by 5%. The protagonist can also frame another student, which will raise the atmosphere by 50%; or write an article for the school newspaper if she's a member of the Newspaper Club. Atmosphere will also increase by 5% if the delinquents are expelled, and by 10% if a student kidnapped by The Yakuza has returned.

If School Atmosphere is at 80% or lower, Sleuths will actively investigate students around school with cameras in their hands; the protagonist will also be investigated from time to time. In 202X Mode, the members of the Photography Club will not investigate each other, including Ayano if she is part of the club.

If students see the protagonist doing something suspicious, her reputation will be damaged by an additional 0.1 points for every percentage of School Atmosphere depleted; at 0% atmosphere, her reputation will be damaged by 20 points if she is caught doing suspicious activity.

High Atmosphere

High atmosphere is between 100% and 70%. During this level, the students will have a short range of sight and hearing and will act normally.

Medium Atmosphere

Medium atmosphere is between 69% and 21%. Students are slightly more aware, but still not completely paranoid. They will notice and hear things from a longer range.

Low Atmosphere

When school atmosphere drops to 20% or lower, students become very paranoid, constantly looking around. Their range of sight and hearing becomes very high and they will react to Ayano's footsteps. They will also refuse to do any favors for the protagonist. If they see the protagonist both covered in blood and carrying a weapon, they will automatically assume she is a murderer.

Trivia

• School Atmosphere was implemented in the September 1st, 2015 Build.
• In future builds, the Kaobook page for Akademi may get negative comments/reviews if School Atmosphere is low.
• In Lovesick Mode, the atmosphere is always at 0%.
• If the Demonic Ritual has been completed, the school atmosphere is automatically set at 20%.
• Besides the Sleuths, some students will look back and forth while walking at low atmosphere.
• All faculty members and some students don't use paranoid idle animations even at low atmosphere.
• If the player has activated debug commands, they can change the school atmosphere in the debug menu.
• There's a specific reason why the students continue to attend school even during low atmosphere, but it hasn't been stated publicly yet.
• The school atmosphere also affects the background music and loading screen.
  • At 50% or lower, the loading screen will turn black and red, and the animation at the bottom right is replaced with Ayano or Ryoba stabbing Osana Najimi or Sumire Saitozaki, respectively.