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This is an idle game that won’t interrupt your work, experiments, or paper writing.

It only takes up a tiny corner of your screen, quietly running in the background and keeping you company.

In the game, you play as a young lecturer at the start of your academic career. Beginning with a humble little lab, you will recruit students, conduct research projects, publish papers, purchase equipment, set lab rules, and gradually climb the academic ladder until you become a true academic heavyweight.

The journey may be painful, and it may be absurd, but at least—

you finally get to be the advisor.

Interview Students

Starting from scratch, you will personally interview master’s and PhD students, selecting the most suitable candidates to join your team.

Different students have different abilities, personalities, and growth potential. Some are naturally gifted, some are hardworking and reliable, and some look extremely promising—while simply waiting for the perfect chance to slack off.

As your academic rank rises, your lab will gradually expand, allowing you to recruit more students and build a larger research team.

Manage Your Research Team

Students will occasionally “slack off,” so you need to check in regularly, click to view their status, motivate them, boost their research abilities, and effectively reduce the number of times they secretly “take it easy.”

You can observe each student’s condition, ability growth, stress, and relationships, then train them, assign tasks, or let them continue experiencing the harsh reality of academia at the right moment.

If a student produces little to no results for a long time... you also have the authority to take decisive action—deny graduation and let them feel the full force of the “academic iron fist.”

Of course, once you are promoted to a higher academic rank, your management options will become even richer. The lab rules system allows you to adjust stipends, authorship rules, and graduation requirements, creating a research environment that is lenient, strict, or full of pressure.

Conduct Projects and Publish Papers

Research cannot rely on passion alone. You also need projects and results.

Lead your students through different types of research projects, accumulating innovation, workload, and writing quality. When the results are ready, remember to write the paper and submit it to a journal.

The higher the quality of your work, the greater the chance of being accepted by a high-impact journal. But submission is never entirely predictable—even if you do everything well, you still may not escape the fate assigned by the reviewers.

You will need to guide your students through different research stages, bouncing between revisions, rejections, and publications, eventually accumulating academic influence of your own.

Purchase and Upgrade Lab Equipment

Purchase and upgrade lab equipment to significantly improve your team’s research efficiency.

Different equipment affects research outputs such as innovation, workload, and writing quality. Based on the nee