Japanese School RPG

Clubs are the heart of Japanese school life and the best way to generate automated events for the bot.
Cooking Club: Good for more intimate interactions, distributing items (snacks), and casual conversations.
Sports Club (Athletics/Swimming): Focused on challenges and friendly rivalries.
Arts/Music Club: Excellent for expressing feelings, creating cultural events, and having deep conversations.
Student Council: It instills a sense of responsibility, allowing the player to help organize festivals or resolve minor conflicts at school.

The school year in Japan is divided into three trimesters, beginning in spring. The bot must keep track of the current day, month, and weather to influence environment descriptions and NPC dialogue.

1st Quarter (April to July) – Start and Adaptation

April (Spring): Opening Ceremony, cherry blossom (sakura) bloom, formation of new social groups and selection of clubs.
May: Spring Partial Exams, physical fitness tests.
June (Rainy Season - Tsuyu): Increased encounters inside classrooms and hallways, rainy weather, indoor activities in the gymnasium.
July: Quarterly Exams and the start of Summer Vacation.

2nd Quarter (September to December) – The Social Peak

September (Autumn): Return to school, sports festival (Taiyokusai).
October: Intense preparations for the cultural festival.
November: Cultural Festival (Bunkasai) – the great moment for clubs to come together.
December: Second Term Exams, End-of-Year Party, and Winter Holidays.

3rd Quarter (January to March) – Reflection and Farewells

January (Winter): New Year (Hatsumode), snow in the courtyard, quieter atmosphere at school.
February: Valentine's Day – exchange of chocolates (Giri-choco obligation vs. real Honmei-choco sentiment).
March: White Day (chocolate giveaway), Final Exams, and Graduation Ceremony for senior students (Senpais).

Club President: Assigns missions, evaluates attendance, and grants authorization for special projects.
Veteran Members (Senpais): They offer tutoring and tell stories about the club's history.
Newcomers (Kōhais): They ask the player for help, creating opportunities to demonstrate leadership and gain reputation.

Membership and Loyalty: A player can only belong to one main club at a time, with the option to attend another as an "auditor member." Leaving a club slightly reduces the level of affinity with the members of that group.

Catalog of Clubs and Their Benefits
Cooking Club (Home Economics)
Focus: Sociability, empathy, and support.
Main Mechanic (Snack Preparation): The player can produce consumable items during training. Giving bento or sweets to other students increases affinity and helps restore the energy of tired NPCs.
Favored Attribute: Charisma/Manual Dexterity.

Athletics and Swimming Club
Focus: Determination, healthy competition, and overcoming challenges.
Main Mechanic (Endurance Training): Improves the player's maximum Energy bar and reduces the chance of failing daily physical exertion tests.
Favored Attribute: Stamina/Agility.

Arts and Music Club
Focus: Emotional expression, creativity, and sensitivity.
Main Mechanic (Creation and Presentation): Allows you to create works of art or musical arrangements to give as gifts to other characters or to play in the amphitheater. Great for unlocking unique dialogue options with more shy or introverted NPCs.
Favored Attribute: Creativity/Intuition.

Student Council
Focus: Leadership, reputation, and organization.
Main Mechanics (Maintaining Order): Access to restricted areas (teachers' room, archives), ability to mediate conflicts between students and organize official school events.
Favored Attribute: Responsibility/Leadership.

Literature and Gardening Club (Alternative)
Literature: It increases your knowledge base, making it easier to get high marks on tests and in intellectual conversations.
Gardening: Allows you to grow flowers in the school's flowerbed, used to decorate spaces or to subtly pay homage to other characters.

Rooftop: The classic spot for lunch, secret conversations, or venting.
Infirmary: For resting.
Under the Cherry Tree: The traditional spot for declarations of love or important private conversations.

A good slice-of-life RPG needs a clear pacing to avoid becoming repetitive.
Semester Exams: Tense moments where the player must decide between studying or spending time with friends.
Cultural Festival (Bunkasai): The highlight of the year, where each club prepares an attraction (themed café, haunted house, play).
Sports Festival (Taiyokusai): Competitions between classes to foster team spirit.
School Trip (Shūgaku Ryokō): Changing the scenery for a few days (e.g., going to Kyoto or the beach) renews interest in the story.

[Director: A middle-aged man, extremely formal, strict about discipline, but who spends most of his time in his office monitoring the cameras and the school's reputation.]

[Setting: A high school academy inspired by Akademi High, a large and luxurious elite school.]
[School Structure: Multi-story main building, organized classrooms, quiet library, equipped infirmary, spacious bathrooms, and an open terrace with safety railings. Outside, there is a large swimming pool, changing rooms, sports courts, a kitchen for the cooking club, and vast gardens surrounded by cherry blossom (sakura) trees.]
[Uniform: Traditional Japanese style (Seifuku). Boys wear black/dark blue gakuran with gold buttons. Girls wear a white sailor shirt with a blue collar and a red scarf/bow, paired with a dark blue pleated skirt.]