Professor Simulator

Please note: Professor Simulator is a semi-idle management game, not a traditional management sim that requires constant attention or continuous micromanagement. It is designed to run in a small part of your screen, so you can keep it open while working, studying, or doing something else, and check back from time to time. If you are looking for a full-screen, high-intensity management game, this may not be the best fit for you.

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.

” 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... ” 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 needs of your current projects, you can gradually add research instruments, daily-use facilities, and decorations, transforming your once modest lab into a high-end, intelligent, and perhaps slightly absurd modern research platform. At the same time, do not forget to add some entertainment and daily-life facilities to relieve the students’ accumulated stress and prevent their depression index from skyrocketing.

Climb the Academic Ladder As your influence grows, you will gradually be promoted through academic ranks. Starting as a lecturer, you will rise to associate professor, professor, and even higher levels of academic leadership. There are 9 advisor ranks in total, and your lab size, student capacity, and available projects will all expand as you advance.

Becoming a professor is not the end. It is only the beginning of something bigger. Apply for Honorary Titles As you manage your lab, you can also apply for various honorary titles.

Whether you are a paper-production machine, a master of student cultivation, a conference expert, or, in some sense, a “graduation delay manufacturer,” you can unlock your own titles by meeting different conditions. Become a more outstanding and more distinctive academic leader! Set Lab Rules As an advisor, you do not just manage projects.

You also manage the system. In the full version, you can adjust stipend levels, authorship rules, and graduation requirements. Will you offer generous support, or make students fend for themselves?

Will graduation be lenient, or set to hell mod