{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3ce21fad0a089ce5cbe27bf7","clusterId":"c_1b78cff1ca8ffd7f92a312e9","slug":"skool-days-hands-you-one-year-and-three-friends-to-earn","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Skool Days Hands You One Year And Three Friends To Earn","summary":"Cocodrolo Games, a studio based in Catalonia, is developing Skool Days, a school life simulation shown at SAGA Barcelona Game Fest 2026. The player moves to a new town, spends roughly 63 in-game days and about 20 hours making three close friends, managing textbooks, lockers and limited free time. Studio lead Xavier Parcerisa Maribel says he wants players to learn in a safe space how their choices affect others.","whyItMatters":"The social choice system has no correct answer, so the game's design problem is the same one the studio is still working out for markets abroad: how far to localize school culture before the simulation stops describing anyone's school.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe demo opens with a character setup that runs deep: appearance and clothing, family structure, and specialties such as academics, sports or art. Once inside, the school is a logistics problem. You move between the principal\u0026#39;s office, classrooms and the cafeteria, and your belongings sit in a locker, a backpack and your pockets. Miss the right textbook and the teacher scolds you and your evaluation drops. Chat in the hallway through break and you can be late to the next class on another floor.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt home, parents give you a block of free time. You can preview tomorrow\u0026#39;s lessons, redecorate your room or check social media, where the school\u0026#39;s politics surface. Studio lead Xavier Parcerisa Maribel said the aim is for players to learn, in a safe game space, how their choices affect others. He also said the studio is weighing how far to reflect cultural differences, noting that Western students move between classrooms while Japanese teachers often do.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Skool Days gives you roughly 63 days to lock in three close friends. Cocodrolo Games built a budget that forces triage: textbooks, lockers and limited free time compete for the hours that build a relationship.","twitterPost":"Skool Days' three-friend cap turns every free hour into a trade-off. Cocodrolo Games designed scarcity into the calendar, not the dialogue.","threadsPost":"Skool Days hands you one year and three friends, then limits free time around textbooks and lockers. Cocodrolo Games is testing whether a school sim can make the calendar, not the conversation, the thing that decides who you keep.","newsletterBlurb":"Cocodrolo Games, a Catalonia studio, is building Skool Days, a school life sim shown at SAGA Barcelona Game Fest 2026. The player gets one year, about 63 in-game days and roughly 20 hours to make three close friends while juggling textbooks, lockers and limited free time. Studio lead Xavier Parcerisa Maribel says the point is for players to learn in a safe space how their choices affect other people.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/009/G100960/20261017002/\",\"title\":\"Experience the Weight of Choices and Relationships That Can't Be Reduced to Black and White! A Look at the Catalonia-Made School Life Sim \\\"Skool Days\\\" [Play Report]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4647,"outputTokens":713,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792195630,"createdAt":"2026-10-17T00:01:24.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-17T00:06:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-17T00:06:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1b78cff1ca8ffd7f92a312e9","canonicalTitle":"白黒つけられない人間関係と選択の重みを体験する！ カタルーニャ発の学園生活シム「Skool Days」をチェック［プレイレポ］","representativeArticleId":"a_b58f80e2982c64c7e3e9c5f7","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Skool Days\"],\"studios\":[\"Cocodrolo Games\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"review\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-16T22:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-16T22:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-17T00:06:05.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/009/G100960/20261017002/","title":"白黒つけられない人間関係と選択の重みを体験する！ カタルーニャ発の学園生活シム「Skool Days」をチェック［プレイレポ］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Skool Days"],"studios":["Cocodrolo Games"],"people":[],"type":"review","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}