HIGH SCHOOL STORY
Casual Role-Playing Game for iOS and Android
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A High School Story FAQ/Strategy Guide
Version 1.4 (June 2014) for High School Story version 1.4
Created by awritingdog for GameFAQs, Neo Seeker, and Super Cheats
Copyright 2014 Mario Rustan
Mail: politicsbrat at gmail
High School Story is a property of Pixelberry Studios
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
2. Thank You
3. Game Mechanism
4. Strategy Guide
4.1 Classmates
4.2 Clothing
4.2a List of Female Clothes
4.2b List of Male Clothes
4.3 Recruiting Classmates
4.4 Making Moneys
4.5 Multiplayer
4.6 Romance
4.7 List of Buildings
4.8 List of Decorations
5. Questions and Answers
6. Conclusion
*What's New:New classmates, New Sections, New Mechanism, and new FAQs*
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1. INTRODUCTION
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High School Story is a casual game for Apple iOS and Google Android.
You are the pioneer student in a new high school. This high school, however,
cannot exist in real life. It has no teacher and principal and even school
staff. You are the principal, student president (unofficially), board
director, counselor, and probably even the teacher.
Your friend Autumn wants to move in. Standing on your way to make a great
school is the evil Hearst High, which interestingly has so many great
students. You will build a cool school while persuading Hearst students to
defect and populate your school.
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2. THANK YOU
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I gather some information from High School Database,
(http://highschoolstorydb.com) which is created by Adam Becker.Big thank you
for High School Story players who have linked with me and who have included
a version of me in your school. I'll repay the favor, with your chosen
sweetheart.
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3. GAME MECHANISM
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When the game starts, it asks your gender and your type - Jock, Nerd, Prep,
Artist, Slacker, Musician, or Rebel (I'll tell more about them if you are not
sure of their differences). You can only pick one of these seven basic types
and stick with it. You, however, are free to choose name, skin tone, face
shape, and hair for most characters except special characters (usually
defectors, uh, transfer students, from Hearst High).
High School Story has elements of adventure games (where you pick an option
- some even timed), city building game (but very simple), and Role-Playing
Game where you take quests from other students and do something to your
school.There are three currencies - coins, rings, and books.
Just like in other free-to-play games, you get coins over time from building
and items (and as rewards for completing quests), while rings are designed
to be purchased with real money. You gain a tiny amount of rings by level up
or by completing some rare quests. You level up characters by books and books
are generated in, of course, classrooms. Finally, if you've made purchase (I
recommend for about $10, a fair amount for this nice game), you'll get 2 free
rings for every other hour. Otherwise, you might watch some in-game ads.
The school in High School Story is very simple and quite unlike a real school.
The most important building is the HANGOUT, which you may take as a dorm.
There are hangouts for jocks, nerds, preps, and later on for artists,
slackers, musicians, and rebels. Other tribes/groups share traits with them
and can stay in any hangout that shares their traits.
The catch is, there is limitation for amount of buildings and decorations you
can have. Even when upgraded, a hangout can hold just 4-5 people and so
there's good chance that you are out of space for students from a particular
group. Add this to the fact that you can upgrade some hangouts only after
reaching a particular level. You are likely to have tough decision later on
to add which hangout and to kick out which student.
Besides hangout, there are CLASSROOMS, ADMISSIONS OFFICE, ISLE OF LOVE, and
PARTY CENTRAL. You farm books in classrooms, pair up students (anyone you want
- has little to do with the storyline) in the Isle of Love, and recruit new
student from the Party Central. The recruited student sits in the Admission
Office. If the student is unwanted, you can sell her or him for coins.
No hard feeling.
You level up by completing the PRIMARY QUEST, in which you are helping good
students at Hearst moving to your school while exposing Hearst's corruption.
There's no other way, as side quests are rewarded by currencies instead of XP
points.
An example of gameplay in High School Story goes like this. For the primary
quest, you need to film Wes buying exam questions from a Hearst teacher (like
in Bully). So you need him and a Filmmaker, and it takes 8 hours. When
you've completed the quest, you get XP points and even new characters on some
ocassions (say, the film persuades a Hearst nerd to defect).
Then, in second quest, you need to practice waltz before the prom night. So
you need both yourself and a Level 6 Dancer. After 4 hours of waiting, the
Dancer tells you the sequences and the narration challenges you, in the space
of five seconds, to pick right or left, turn or step, following the
instruction of the Dancer. Bonus coins if you get the right answers.
Otherwise, you get a clumsy main character and frowning faces, no bonus, but
no failed quest either.
Finally, for the third quest, the Emo needs an Artist to illustrate his
poetry, so pick them. They might ask you for a suggestion whether the dragon
for the poetry should look cute or fiery. Then the Emo wants to experience the
joy of party or witnessing heartbreak, so you have to put him in the Party
Central or breaking up a couple in the Isle of Love.
There are also premium quests, with rings as price of admission, or which
require you to wear a premium costume (priced in rings instead of coins), and
they are usually limited for 3-7 days. The quest disappears if you don't buy
the price of admission by the time limit. When you've got into a quest,
however, the game never forces you to spend rings or buying a premium item to
complete a quest. Nor it gives you a deadline to complete the quest.
In the latest version, it's easier to check the required conditions for a
quest. Say you need the Forever 16 or Heartbreaker outfit and your partner
for the quest is a Level 8 Actor. A green button next to your name will take
you to the Clothing menu with the appropriate clothing indicated. Your Actor
friend, if needed to be upgraded (upleveled?) will also have a green button
next to his name. Tap it an an arrow point to the Level Up button. Hope you
have enough books for him to study :)>.
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4. STRATEGY GUIDE
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Unfortunately, I am not in position to transcript the complete walkthrough of
High School Story. This is a game to play before you go to bed, while on the
bus, during the commercial break, et cetera. So no point in reading a walk-
through when you just want to take a couple of minutes on a train. You will do
fine even if you chose the wrong option.The game does not punish you for
failing to get every answer right (unlike most adventure/interactive fiction
games). What I can offer you is a good strategy to enjoy your play without
getting bogged down if the game asks for a Level 7 Skater to complete the main
quest, or what to do when it asks a couple to wear The JT and J-Pop
K-Pop Pop.
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4.1 Classmates
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In Sims 3 University Life, there are three social groups: Jocks, Rebels, and
Nerds. In High School Story, there are 33 groups (and counting), and here
they are called "type". I'll introduce them and also special characters who
belong into a particular group.
1. Jocks (Red running man banner)
The football guys and the athletics girls. Sports freaks who do the school
proud.
Special character: Julian. A temperamental football player who was benched
in Hearst. The main male character besides yourself (if you become a guy).
Torn between Autumn, Payton, and even probably you.
2. Nerds (Purple calculator banner)
The A+ kids, the guys and girls from Big Bang Theory.
Special character: Nishan. A kind Indian-American (like Kumar, not Tonto) who
had dark days in Hearst. His biggest baggage is Sakura, who is lovely in his
eyes and bit a b..east for everyone else.
3. Preps (Pink vest banner)
The well-dressed and sophisticated party people. Their hangout resembles a
French cafe with a pony stable on the side.
Special character: Payton. A classy and omigosh-I-have-to-have-these-shoes
African-American who always dresses for a party. Might be attracted to Julian
or Ezra.
4. Cheerleaders (Jock+Prep)
They cheer for the jocks and they are well dressed. And in High School Story,
there are male cheerleaders. Seriously. Maybe the hockey and volleyball girls
also need some male cheer.They can live in either Jock or Prep hangout.
Special character: Mia. A very preppy blonde who is tired of his evil family,
although she's not an innocent melancholic like Holly Alto is. Can be
attracted to Wes.
5. Gamers (Jock+Nerd)
What's the difference between a gamer and a nerd? You don't want to disturb a
gamer. They are jockish since they are fueled by energy drink, they believe
that sleeping is lame, and they are very competitive, whether about their
gaming PC specs and mods or about the power of their clan. They can hang with
both jocks and nerds, although they might fight for electric sockets and
bills.
Special character: Sakura. A Japanese-American with pink hair who was hurt by
something Nishan did, and your best hope to get into Hearst. She's more
detached from reality than Nishan is, making her quite unlikeable. She's also
ultra competitive.
6. Student Governors (Nerd+Prep)
Student governors make a lot of nerdy political jokes, but they dress
dashingly with agreeable hairstyle and ideologically representing ties. They
are obsessed with meetings, timetables, and are motivated to smear Hearst High
with vicious but catchy sound bites. In a nerd hangout, expect them to fight
over the TV - even among themselves.
7. Wallflowers (Prep+Jock+Nerd)
Whoa. I know that a wallflower is a nice person who does not socialize much,
but who thought that they are also sporty. I identify myself as a wallflower.
I don't like sci-fi, I don't play online games, I'm shy, and I prefer a long
talk over coffee than a party. And like the game emphasizes, I'm good with
observation and details (just need to brush up my fashion). Maybe they have
three traits because they can get along with all the three groups.
8. Artists (Golden palette & brush banner)
As it says. They paint, they take photographs, they sculpt. Even they also
played music in early version of the game.
Special character: Autumn. The main character's best friend who told you about
Hearst High. Attracted to Julian and Wes and probably even you. The main
female character if you play as a guy. The same Autumn from Surviving High
School.
9. Dancers (Jock+Artist)
Well America is indeed land of 1000 dances - not only they have to master
Broadway and tap dances, but now also hip hop and Korean Pop style dances.
10. Filmmakers (Nerd+Artist)
Filmmakers are such formidable nerds. Well, think of George Lucas & Steven
Spielberg. Actually, it's quite hard to think of nerdy female filmmakers.
11. Actors (Prep+Artist)
More Shakespearean than Hollywood, although you can have both by being an
actor in the Tolkien franchise.
12. Musicians (Green music notes banner)
The band kids.
Special character: Ezra. The charming African-American who is more into rock
than R&B, with the life history of Barney Stinson. Might be attracted to
Payton or the main character, to the annoyance of Julian.
13. Glees (Prep+Musician)
What's the difference between a glee and a dancer? A glee has to sing well
and thus doesn't dance energetically as a dancer. A dancer can look fierce
but a glee has to smile all the time while wearing a 20th century costume.
14. Bands (Jock+Musician)
The ones who come before the jocks running in. Don't underestimate their
ability to march to the tunes under the heat.
15. DJs (Nerds+Musician)
Some of them might say that Beats are overrated, and they really know their
equalizers - and LPs.
16. Hip Hop...pers (Slacker+Musician)
Not necessarily blacks.They don't even need a composition but boy they sound
good.
17. Virtuosos (Artist+Musician)
Slim & attractive people who play strings and piano. They are not stricly
classics with high demands coming from dance, pop, and even metal records.
18. Slackers (Brown unfriendly face in knit cap banner)
Unlike rebels, they care little about politics. They believe in playing guitar
lazily, hanging around, watching TVs, and juggling Hacky Sack.
Special character: Wes. The shady informer who appears and disappears at will
and masterminds the attack on Hearst High. Had history with Autumn and over
time he starts to impress Mia.I believe he was also in Surviving High School.
19. Skaters (Jock+Slacker)
People who take skateboard seriously and can be rich through clothes and
drink endorsements.Too bad they are still not taken as serious athletes.
20.Hipsters (Slacker+Prep)
They share traits of Preps and Wallflowers but don't tell that to them.
Hipsters hate Preps' mainstream tastes and Wallflowers' timidity. Rather
than slacking preps, they are more like rebelling preps.
21. Emos (Slacker+Artist)
Oh, the woe of love and life. Emo, however, can stand pain so much they can
stand the pain of tattoo needles.
22. Class Clowns (Slacker+Nerd)
Nerdy class clowns? I hate them more than just lazy class clowns, since
nerdy class clowns can always get back at you. The female one has very cute
animation, though.
23. Vampires (Prep+Jock+Artist)
Introduced during the Halloween and needed for some Halloween quests.
Maybe you have one in school, Well, if you are into Twilight and such.
Even the message of the vampire quest is "you cannot discriminate against
a vampire".
24. Movie Stars (Prep+Artist+Slacker)
Hey now you have one in your school! Might be great to be grouped with one for
assignments, but expect them to skip classes a lot.
25. Heartthrobs (Jock+Musician+Artist)
If Homecoming is the champion, this is the first contender (at least before
there were the proms). The default male, of course, is a olive-skin guy with
long hair and stubbles (the default female is less heartthrobing, but you can
costumize her). Loved by some, hated by others. But everyone has to agree they
have great bods.
26. Homecomings (Jock+Prep+Nerd+Artist)
The ultimate student. The homecoming queen is priced at 18000 rings if you
want to buy her outright, that's about $80. The free way to get her is to
have a cheerleader and filmmaker partying for close to 100 times, ditching
the homecoming kings they get along the way.
27. Mascots (Prep+Jock+Artist)
A mascot can be adorable (OK, Sims mascots are bit annoying. At least for me),
but your high school mascot can be freaky. They have the bodies of cheer-
leaders...and big head of cats. Ugh.I'm yet to get one but hopefully their
higher level uniforms are better.
28. Rebels (Black fist banner)
Aah, the new core type.They are rebelling alright, but their penchant with
leather (and motorbike, according to the story) makes them more like the
Greasers from Bully. Their hangout looks like a crossover between an anarchist
college pad and a 1980s heavy metal (or WWE) shrine. God knows which kitchen
sink is dirtier - the rebels' or the slackers' (at least the slackers don't
have to rationalize everything).
Special character: Koh. A darkly girl who has been kicked out by all schools
in the story (this means she's pretty rich, I guess) and probably also another
alumni of Surviving High School. Wes is just cynical but Koh is just angry.
Note: Is she Asian? Koh is a Chinese surname (popular in Singapore and
Malaysia) but it's not a given name. My theory is either she's Afghan or
Pakistani and her name means "Mountain" (it's also an unusual name), or it's
just her nickname. Kourtney Harris or something.
29. Hacker (Rebel+Nerd)
The most fashionable and no-nonsense nerds around, a regular of 1990s
fictions but now are everywhere thanks to Ed Snowden. Better be friendly with
one.
30. Parkour...er? (Rebel+Jock)
Parkour is a French extreme sport and its English title is free running.
Started by working class Parisian youth, the philosophy is you should be able
to negotiate every urban environment smoothly by jumping, running, climbing,
and sliding. Made popular by Assassin's Creed series and French action movies
(starring the Parkour athletes).
31. Club (Rebel+Prep)
Wooo! Sorry. Yes, they are under 18. So how do they get in? Even when alcohol
is not served, there are vices around a club. Actually, I think clubbers are
more like slacker preps, so they might want to switch affiliation with the
hipsters.
32. Street Artists (Rebel+Artist)
Yet to play their quest. I just assume they love grafitti. Which means they
are strongly appreciated in Australia, can be fined in United States, and may
receive physical punishment (caning. Seriously) in Singapore.
33. Prom (Jock+Prep+Nerd+Musician)
What's the different between Prom and Homecoming? Americans might be able
answer this better than me. In my understanding, they are the stars of two
different parties - prom is for graduation party, held at the end of school
year for those about graduating from High School. While Homecoming is like a
reunion, where graduates from schools (and colleges) are welcomed back. But
essentially, both Prom and Homecoming Queens & Kings are the most popular
students of the year. Let's say that in this game, the Homecoming acts better
while the Prom sings better.
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4.2 Clothing
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Every student can have a new outfit at Level 4, 7, and 10. There are also
plenty of free (priced in coins) and premium clothes, sometimes quest-
related. To change a classmate's clothes, choose him or her (tap on the
clipboard and find the student through name or type. Choose "Clothing".
Browse and BE CAREFUL with the item. Is it premium or can you buy it
with coins? When you've found the clothes you want, tap it. Again, BE
CAREFUL. It's considered sold when you tap "Buy" ONCE and there's an icon of
a hanger with the number of that outfit in your possession. If you tap "Buy"
once more, the game assumes you buy another outfit. If you want to cancel the
purchase, tap "Take Off".
Then, in the Closet tab, there are options for the classmate's group and
Bought. In case you need a clothes set to complete a quest, check the Bought
icon. You might have the clothes in your closet so no point of buying it
again. Finally, in the Customize tab, you can rename and remake that classmate
anytime. Except for the special classmates - they are uneditable.
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4.2a Female Clothes
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Category: Trending (June 2014)
1. Hot Tropic (190 coins) - beat the summer heat.
2. Valedictorian (3750 coins) - for the graduation look.
3. Tide and Blue (12500 coins) - on the beach.
4. Goooal! (75 rings. PREMIUM) - Soccer kit, American style.
5. Ole, Ole, Ole! (75 rings. PREMIUM) - Soccer kit, Mexican style.
6. Little Canary (75 rings. PREMIUM) - Soccer kit, Brazilian style.
7. Grad Night (100 rings. PREMIUM) - as it says.
8. ??? - revealed on 12 June. I suspect something Samba, to celebrate soccer
World Cup in Brazil.
Category: Casual
1. Forever 16 (200 coins) - White sleeveless top, gray pants.
2. Cotton Candy Crush (1000 coins) - Candy purple/pink (I'm bad in figuring
these two colors)
3. Intern Chic (2000 coins) - Office work.
4. Cuddle Up Cable Sweater (2500 coins) - Winter look, relevant in Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, and Chile.
5. Mint to be (5000 coins) - like it says.
6. Holiday Cheer (10000 coins) - Christmas leftover.
7. Spring Floral (100 thousand coins) - a la the Mother from How I Met...
8. Flirty and Fun Sundress (15 rings - PREMIUM) - 50s look.
9. Sweet and Slinky Sweater Dress (25 rings - PREMIUM) - as it says.
10. The Montgomery (100 rings.PREMIUM) - rich girl look. You even spend real
money for this.
11. Pretty in Pastels (180 rings. PREMIUM) - like it says.
Category: Party
1. Red Carpet Illusion (1000 coins) - Purple?
2. Lovely Lavender (2000 coins) - Necklace included.
3. Ravishing Red (5000 coins) - Low on shoulder, school and parents might not
approve.
4. Flirty in Red (10 thousand coins) - Better.
5. Be Mine Sundress (30 thousand coins) - Sundress can be used for party? Ok,
outdoor party.
6. Teal for Two (90 thousand coins) - another 50's outfit.
7. Red Ruby Sparkle Dress (50 rings. PREMIUM) - lacy top and golden belt.
8. Red Carpet Glam (80 rings. PREMIUM) - It's yellow.
9. All Wrapped Up (200 rings. PREMIUM) - lol gift style.
10. Dance til Dawn (380 rings. PREMIUM) - black.
11. cinderella Ball Gown (480 rings. PREMIUM) - Golden-silver (okay, I'm sorry
with the color description). Comes with tiara.
12. Hearts on Fire (500 rings. PREMIUM) - So 60s.
13. Some Like it Hot (800 rings. PREMIUM) - Better than Marilyn Monroe.
Category: Distinctive
1. Street Style (4000 coins) - Converse boot (with pink laces to boot) and
hat. Something Korean singer BoA would wear.
2. Sound of Rachel (8000 coins) - Did Rachel wear this? Kids, when grown ups
talk about Rachel, they talk about Rachel Green, Jennifer Aniston's character
in Friends.
3. Prep School (20 thousand coins) - If you want your school to be fully
private (or Japanese), have everyone wears this.
4. K-Pop J-Pop Pop (90 rings. PREMIUM) - More J-pop, actually. Made popular
by Japanese girl band AKB48 (current member count: 140).
5. Green with Envy (120 rings. PREMIUM) - Cause going green costs a lot.
6. Southern Girl (125 rings. PREMIUM) - Anyone from Southern United States? Do
girls actually wear this in school?
7. Cybersmile! (200 rings. PREMIUM) - Now you're a big sister. Purchase of
this item is donated to anti-cyberbullying group Cybersmile.
Category: Costume
1. Red Ruffle Revolution (20 thousand coins): If you want to return to 1774.
Wig not included.
2. Flapper Bird (90 thousand coins): Only one game character ever wore this:
a hitwoman in Blood Money. She dies when a piano falls on her.
3. Cat Girl (80 rings. PREMIUM): The school might allow you to wear it. Maybe.
4. Ice Queen (320 rings. PREMIUM): Looks sweet, not icy.
5. Funny Bunny (440 rings. PREMIUM): Wait for Easter 2015. Please don't wear
it.Think what the boys might say.
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4.2b Male Clothes
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Category: Trending (June 2014)
1.Breaking Plaid (190 coins): Either you're a cool guy enjoying summer or
you're working in Silicon Valley.
2. Summer Stunner (1250 coins): Anyone can wear it, but the belly makes the
difference.
3. With Honors (3750 coins): I confused two 1994 movies - Brendan Fraser
was in With Honors, while Winona Ryder was in Reality Bites (where she played
a graduating valedictorian).
4. Club Legend (15 thousand coins): I forget...has Barney Stinson worn this
suit?
5. Red, White, and Blue (75 rings. PREMIUM): Soccer kit, American style.
6. La Verde (75 rings. PREMIUM): Soccer kit, Mexican style.
7. Green and Yellow (75 rings. PREMIUM): Soccer kit, Brazilian style.
8. ???: Ready in 5 June.
9. ???: Ready in 19 June.
Category: Casual
1. Vintage Cool (200 coins): Torn jeans and white undershirt.
2. The Brad (2000 coins): It's not metrosexual if Brad Pitt wears it. Kids,
Brad Pitt was with Jennifer Aniston before he moved to Angelina Jolie.
3. Casually Classic (10 thousand coins): Like what LL Cool J wears in NCIS
LA, but with shorter sleeve. Like Chin Ho in Hawaii Five-O then.
4. Dashing Overcoat (15 thousand coins): For your winter.
5. The Obsidian (15 rings. PREMIUM): cool.
6. Always a Classic (100 rings. PREMIUM): 1940s bomber jacket, made famous
by American airmen. Taking care of the leather and suede are another story.
7. City Sophisticate (160 rings. PREMIUM): Now this is metrosexual. Do we
need the scarf?
8. Sunday Best (180 rings. PREMIUM): If you wear this, please stay in your
tennis club and stay away from the city. Unless you're Andre 3000 or Pharell.
Category: Party
1. Handsome Heartbreaker (10 thousand coins): Nothing says "I'm fun, lady",
like untucked shirt and red and white hearts tie.
2. Fashion Revolutionary (40 thousand coins): Dress like French nobles...
before they were decapitated.
3. The Humprey (25 rings. PREMIUM): Neat. I wonder if this refers to 1940s
actor Humprey Bogart.
4. Shaken not Stirred (50 rings. PREMIUM): Actually, white suits and pants
look more like James Bond Villain than James Bond.
5. Flappy Chicken (220 rings. PREMIUM): To maintain the dignity of your
girlfriend who wears the chicken suit.
6. Flashy and I Know It (240 rings. PREMIUM): Expensive and I know it.
7. Charming Prince Charming (480 rings. PREMIUM): Thanks to William, being
a prince is cool again.
8. Red Carpet Suave (600 rings. PREMIUM): Your all winning tuxedo.
Category: Distinctive
1. Go Green (2000 coins): Be careful for some brain and brawn contests for
wearing this in school.
2. Street Cred (4000 coins): Don't need to mimic the street talk, you know
what I'm saying?
3. March Mania (10 thousand coins): The basketball uniform belongs everywhere,
including the classroom and the lab.
4. Prep School Uniform (20 thousand coins): Buy seven good looking students,
dress them with this, and you have your own Korean boyband.
5. The JT (70 rings. PREMIUM): Justin Timberlake. Kids, Timberlake was like
Bieber - he was a pop idol. Then he reinvented himself successfully as
the smooth, preppy and happy version of Eminem.
7. Country Smile (125 rings. PREMIUM): Because living cost as a cowboy is
more expensive than becoming a prep school student.
8. Cybersmile! (200 rings. PREMIUM): Be a brother.
Category: Costume
1. Bad Hare Day (90 thousand coins): Do. Not. Wear.
2. The Temple Runner (80 rings. PREMIUM): Because every guy wants to become
Indiana Jones. I did until I realized that meant I had to explore caves and
temples with plenty of poison arrows, snakes, and angry monkeys.
3. Tribute to the Tribute (150 rings. PREMIUM): I think this is meant to be
a Rambo suit.
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4.3 Recruiting Classmates
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The quick way: Go to Store,tap on Classmates. Except for Jocks, Nerds, Preps,
female Artists and Musicians, male Slackers and Rebels, all classmates are
priced in rings, and the only meaningful to refill your ring is through real
money. That what the Party Central is for. Put Student 1 and Student 2 and
wait. The mixture is the equation of their traits. The simplest one is a
Cheerleader - you'll meet one by having a Jock and a Prep partying.
The male and female member of a group, however, cost differently. A male
cheerleader (you'll need one sooner or later to complete a quest) is worth
25 rings while a female one worth 15 rings. So roughly, there's 60% of chance
to get a female cheerleader from your party, and a 40% chance of getting the
male one. You'll see the result by the waiting duration of your party. The
longer it is, the rarer type of classmate you'll get.
After the party's over, the new classmate waits in the Admission Center. Only
one classmate can be in the admission center. Upgrading the center is bit
pointless since it's worth 300 rings and it only expands the capacity into
two. Plus, throughout the game you cannot build another admission center.
Then, the new classmate must have a vacant room in a hangout that fits his/her
personality. The game does great job in finding a vacancy, but you might later
need to move a classmate manually when say, you're welcoming a Hipster but the
Prep hangout is full. There is, however, a space in the Musician hangout and
there's a Glee in the Prep hangout, so you can move her into the Musician
hangout. Otherwise the game says that there's no room available for the
incoming Hipster.
Here are the prices for every classmate, which serves as an indication of
chance of getting them. More rings=rarer chance (and longer waiting time),
so keep trying. Also suggestions on how to get them.
Jocks: Female 500 coins, Male 500 coins. Just buy them outright from the
Store.
Nerds: Female 500 coins, Male 500 coins.
Preps: Female 500 coins, Male 500 coins.
Cheerleaders: Female 15 rings, Male 25 rings. Now things get interesting.
Get a Jock and a Prep, gender is irrelevant. Of course, if you have two
Cheerleaders you can also get them partying.
Gamers: Female 75 rings, Male 45 rings. Get a Jock and a Nerd.
Student Govs: Female 30 rings, Male 50 rings. More equal opportunity.
A Nerd and Prep.
Wallflowers: Female 230 rings, Male 105 rings. So 45% of wallflowers are
female? Still good odd. Usually get a Cheerleader and a Nerd. Perhaps a
Prep and Gamer also do the job.
Artists: Female 5000 coins, Male 125 rings. Here you can get the female
Artist outright as a starter. Get her to party with Autumn.
Dancers: Female 180 rings, Male 500 rings. Get a Jock and an Artist.
Filmmakers: Female 750 rings, Male 240 rings. Get a Nerd and an Artist.
Actors: Female 250 rings, Male 120 rings. Again, good chance of getting both
on your first attempt (note that the calculator tilts on the one with the
cheaper ring, but you don't have to repeat that many times to get a female
actor). A Prep and an Artist.
Vampires: Female 1000 rings, Male 330 rings. A Cheerleader and Artist, or a
Prep and Dancer. According to the game's tip during the Halloween, you have
to hold the party at night (local time).
Mascots: Female 315 rings, male 900 rings. Cheerleader and artist or prep and
dancer...oh wait...huh? They are actually vampires! Same recipe! Really.
They just got creepier!
Musicians: Female 15000 coins, Male 300 rings. Buy a female Musician from the
store and get her to party with Ezra when you've got him. Soon you'll get a
male Musician, although not on your first or second attempt.
Glees: Female 195 rings, Male 600 rings. Prep and Musician. At this point it's
more tempting (and easier) to get other classmates who fall into the musician
category, and at this point you are forced to choose wisely your classmate and
hangout.
Bands: Female 900 rings, Male 225 rings. Jock and Musician.
DJs: Female 225 rings, Male 1200 rings. Now it's not about the rarity in real
life (it should be the other way around), but the cool factor of getting a
male DJ. Nerd and Musician.
Hip Hop(per)s: Female 1400 rings, male 280 rings. A slacker and a musician.
Funny if you think about the party - the slacker and the musician listen to
indie rock and end up hang out with an emcee. Ryan Lewis & Macklemore.
Virtuosos: Female 285 rings, Male 1700 rings. Artist and Musician. Just like
Nodame Cantabile - the friendly female virtuoso (coming on board after meeting
a drummer and a cartoonist) and the anti-social male perfectionist - Nodame
and Chiaki.
Heartthrobs: Female 345 rings, male 3300 rings. Jock and Virtuoso or Band and
Artist. If only real life social circles had 9:1 ratio of beautiful girls to
Don Juans (then again, it's easier for me to find cool girls than cool guys).
Slackers: Female 1500 rings, Male 200000 coins. Buy a male Slacker (how come
an unwashed dude worth this much? Sorry male slackers) and get him to party
with Wes and try a couple of times since female Slackers are so cool (or not,
if you know one) they are that rare. Slacker hangout is hideously small
(covered with garbage and stuff) it can only house two people. So you cannot
house slacker people as many as you wish - you must reach Lvl 16 for that.
Skaters: Female 6000 rings, Male 600 rings. Jock and Slacker. Good luck
recruiting the female Skater. I still haven't succeeded.
Hipsters: Female 480 rings, Male 3000 rings. Prep and Slacker. In real life,
there are plenty of male Hipsters, but you know how hard it is to amuse one.
Emos: Female 5000 rings, Male 540 rings. Slacker and Artist. Notice that
female Emos are different with female gothics. Female gothics can be happy,
like Abby Sciutto.
Class Clowns: Female 390 rings, Male 1500 rings. Slacker and Nerd. Thank God.
I think I can stand a female class clown, although never met one in real life.
I imagine someone like Tomo Takino from Azumanga Daioh (in an Azumanga Daioh
10 years anniversary special, she actually wears an animal headgear).
Movie Stars: Female 1000 rings, Male 9000 rings. An actor and a slacker (a
movie star does not have to memorize Shakespeare) or a prep and an emo (now
this is an interesting party idea).I have no idea male movie stars are that
snobbish.
Rebels: Female 2000 rings, male 500000 coins. Buy the male one and get him
to party with Koh several times. They'll obey you for this one. Oh, you'll
get Koh when you've built the Rebel hangout.
Hackers: Female 3000 rings, male 270 rings. A rebel and a nerd. Question:
are real life female hackers are as hot like those on TVs (Skye in Agents of
SHIELD, Bishop in NCIS, Chloe in 24)?
Parkour: Female 260 rings, Male 2800 rings. A Rebel and Jock. Maybe the male
parkour demands you to defeat him first before agrees to join your school
(like some characters in Assassin's Creed).
Club: Female 250 rings, Male 2100 rings. A Rebel and Jock. I ask again: Is
it legal? And writing "No alcohol is served" like in Persona 4 is not good
enough.
Street Artist: Female 2700 rings, Street Artist 255 rings. Rebel and Artist.
Graffitti is so cool it should be legal. I'm dismayed on how many Asian
cities disdain them.
Homecomings: Female 8900 rings, Male 650 rings. Oh, the price of Homecoming
Queen falls more than half. Poor her. They have the quality of the
four major groups (Jocks, Nerds, Preps, and Artists) so keep trying with a
Gamer and an Actor. They might talk about Beyond: Two Souls.
Prom: Female 18000 rings, Male 690 rings.
The ultimate price, according to Sean Connery. They are like Homecomings but
Artist is replaced with Musician, so your Gamer should hang out with a DJ.
Because discussion about video game composers will invite a Prom king along
(ditto with a Wallflower and Musician talking about music). Eventually, the
Prom Queen will also come. Eventually. Even if it takes a hundred takes.
Here's the calculator to help you predicting what you'll get:
http://highschoolstorydb.com/party/calculator
O yeah, reading the Party Log from the High School Story Database, I get the
notion that the level of classmates also determines who you will get. In other
words, higher level classmates have the bigger chance of recruiting expensive
students.
Finally, to make things easier, here's the list of classmates you should aim
at based on their ring prices. Concentrate on getting them first before moving
to the next type. Cheaper=easier to get.
1. Male Cheerleader (25)
2. Male Student Gov (50)
3. Female Gamer (75)
4. Male Artist (125)
5. Female Wallflower (230)
6. Female Actor (250)
7. Male Musician (300)
8. Male Dancer (500)
9. Male Glee (600)
10.Female Filmmaker (750)
How are you doing?
11. Male Mascot (900)
12. Female Band (900)
13. Female Vampire (1000)
14. Male DJ (1200)
15. Female Hip Hop (1400)
16. Female Slacker (1500)
17. Male Class Clown (1500)
18. Male Virtuoso (1700)
19. Female Rebel (2000)
20. Male Club (2100)
Ready for the elites?
21. Female Street Artist (2700)
22. Male Parkour (2800)
23. Male Hipster (3000)
24. Female Hacker (3000)
25. Male Heartthrob (3300)
26. Female Emo (5000)
27. Female Skater (6000)
28. Female Homecoming (8900)
29. Male Movie Star (9000)
30. Female Prom (18000)
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4.4 Making Moneys
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So you have coins, rings, and books. Just like in any other smartphone game.
People must have different strategies, with gamers the best ones (don't change
your device's clock to speed things up, yah, you'll just ruin both your device
and the app). Coins are generated by classmates in their hangouts, and
naturally the amount of coins generated per hour are increased by upgraded
hangouts (containing more classmates) and by high level classmates (that's
this game's word for students). You can mass a million coins in no time, and
lose them easily by buying decorations and the gradually expensive land plots.
But in no way you should spend real money for coins.
As I said, High School Story is a free game but I think there's no problem
in donating to Pixelberry Studios for this beauty. Plus you'll get 2 rings
in return, again I think for every two hours.
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Now, premium quests. In the past I made a rule stating that you have to have
500 rings first before taking a premium quest. But now there are rarer premium
quests so I'm willing to take them. They are priced at 250 rings (divided into
a certain number of rings and premium clothes you have to buy). They have time
limit before the quest offer expires, but once you take them, they have no
expiry date and you will not have to spend another ring to win the quest. In
fact, when you've finished the quest, you'll be rewarded with 50 rings. So
it's a fair offer.
I suggest you to accumulate rings until the offer is close to expire (say,
with 6 to 12 hours remaining) and then play the premium quest. Otherwise,
$2 can get you 280 rings.
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Finally, books. This is a renewable resource and it's like the XP accumulating
tasks in The Simpsons' Tapped Out. But while it takes only 1-100 books to
level a classmate from Level 1 to Level 4, you need 1000 books at a time to
get them from Level 5 to 6. And by about Levels 8-10, the primary quest might
need a Level 7 student to get a job done. So early on, it's okay to just buy
100 books at a time, but later on, it's imperative to install the whole four
classrooms and ask them to produce 1000 books each - two at night and two at
daytime. Of course, they cost not only time (23 hours each) but also
coins.
When you've collected 5000 books, then level up a student. This has to
be raised to 10000 books if you want to level up Level 7 students to 8.
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4.5 Multiplayer
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Like some other city building games, you can visit your friends' school.
Add each other through the Game Center (on iOS) and make sure you turn on
Social button on Alerts (otherwise other players cannot connect with you).
Tap Social from the main game display and visit your friends.
Your friend's main character has a gift pack icon above her/his head. Tap it
to earn books and rings for you. Note that you cannot see their moneys and
make changes to their school. You can create a character and link that
character to your friend (be sure that they are happy with it, especially if
your Facebook or Game Center friends don't play High School Story). You and
they can earn rings by putting that linked character on quests and dating.
Finally, if you want to pair your friend's character, see her or his chosen
partner and you can make one like that with same name and look. Of course
this can be tricky if their lover is also based on a real person. It's for
this reason many players leave their linked friend as singles.
If you need to speak personally to another player, connect with them on
Facebook and remember to be safe and smart to yourself and be polite and
friendly to them. If you two know each other in real life, just talk to
each other face to face.
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4.6 Romance
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Romance is both related and not related to the storyline. The story implies
that the special characters have feelings for each other, but it's all up to
you to pair who with who. Until now there's no indication if Autumn feels
jealous if you are dating Julian and vice versa - Julian won't complain if
you are dating Autumn. Following hints from the storylines, I pair Autumn with
Julian, Ezra with Payton, and Sakura with Nishan. Wes might be paired with
Mia, although now I date him with Koh.
As far I know there are six stages: Flirting, Crushing, Online Official
(meaning that the couple put their Facebook status "In a Relationship with
______" so all their friends and family members know it. Oh kids),
Sweethearts,Over the Moon, and Head over Heels (hey, we're talking about
teens). The game says there's the seventh stage. I don't know what's it called
for people under 18 - certainly not Married. To get your relationship status
upgraded, you need to complete about five successful dates on each stage.
There is no minigame or whatever to determine the success of a date. I think
the game calculates the chance of success down to the disparity between the
two students' (sorry, I just think the term "classmate" sounds phony) levels
and their personalities. I paired a female jock and a male nerd and I had more
failed dates than usual so I guess traits matter.There are also speed bumps
so it's getting harder to get successful date streaks as you're at the later
stages. You can salvage a failed date for rings but it's not worth it.
Because it's up to you to break up the couple anytime, anyone. Online Official
and Flirting couple can break up that easily. Not even the Unification Church
has this kind of power, probably. More terrifyingly, you can pair up a
previously broken up couple again and they act like nothing happened.
So what's the point of dating? Some quests do ask you to have a certain
amount of couple, for a character to have a successful date, and even cruelly
to break up a couple. But other than that it's detached. The dating stories
are all randoms and have nothing to do with the quests. Even you can be online
official with a student, then in a romantic quest you are free to kiss another
student of your choice and your online official partner won't get mad or
anything (write me if the game is smarter than that and your angry partner
shows up, but that might contradict the quest's plot).
Romance might be the weakest aspect of High School Story, but we all want to
be with our dream lover and this game makes it super easy.
Oh, how to do all of this? Tap Isle of Love, where else.
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4.7 List of Buildings
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1. Jock Hangout 500 coins
Filled with a swimming pool (complete with diving board), treadmills and
weights, gymnastic halls, and certainly plenty of balls. Don't forget to
wipe the sweat and be considerate to people not waking up at 5 am.
2. Nerd Hangout 500 coins
The cause of the school's skyrocketing electricity bill.It has a big
telescope, radars, plenty of computers with broadband connection (plus
Wi-Fi routers), arcade machines, lab equipments, and I think every
classmate needs their own TVs and gaming console to avoid unneccesary fights.
Solar-powered robots roam the exterior and there's a fire hose handy - just
hope that someone is composed enough to operate it in case of fire.
3. Prep Hangout 500 coins
This is what a college Greek house looks like at noon. Filled with a
treasure of fine coffees and teas, the preps talk about their family's
jams and wine recipes while browsing the coffee table books and fashion
magazines. There's even a pony nearby, with several herbal scents to prevent
the smells from reaching the house.
4. Artist Hangout 5000 coins
The beautiful mess of paints, clay, stone, and papers around. It's the hangout
with the most natural light (some students might dislike lamps) and some
guitars and piano for inspiration.
5. Slacker Hangout 240 thousand coins
The ugly mess of pizza box, soft drink cups, shoes, and comics. Slackers, in
contrast to the nerds, watch their series on DVDs (or PCs) instead of Hulu and
are happy with old video games (with standard resolution and no online mode).
There's the deodorized VW Beetle for whatever and a skateboard half pipe and
some bongos. No weed, we promise.
6. Musician Hangout 40 thousand coins
The artists who were into music got fell off with other artists and have their
own hangouts - another electric guzzler with watts of amps, speakers, studios,
mixers, instruments, lights and Macs. Perfect acoustic and soundproof
rooms are necessary.
7. Rebel Hangout 240 thousand coins
Why so serious? They should ask the question themselves. The Anonymous, the
Ninety-nine Percenters, the street artists, the freedom riders. Apparently
the school has no problem with their outdoor clothesline and the overturned
school bus used as a lounge (not to mention the availability of computers with
hacking and Tor capability). Wonder how the Clubbers will fit in.
8. Classroom 2000 coins
Eighteen student lounges and four classrooms? This is not a good school. The
classroom even uses blackboards. I hate blackboards. Blackboards make my ugly
handwriting even uglier.
9. Admissions Office 1000 coins
Four types of people work as Admission Officers. The old lady who point out
all your faults without admitting hers. The sweet and helpful girl who ignores
your small talks. The stern but efficient minority guy. The nice guy who tells
you to fill another form or go to another department first.
10. Isle of Love 1000 coins
Apparently this isle has a tunnel that will teleport the loving couple to any
kind of random date, sometimes against their personality (the prep hates golf,
the Heartthrob swoons over the wallflower's body). Can't take the dates
seriously unless it involves your avatar.
11. Party Central 1000 coins
Party for two with endless impressions of Gangnam Style, which is so two years
ago.
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4.8 List of Decorations
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1. Concrete Path 10 coins. 150 pieces max.
Good for bike, not for shoes.
2. Gold Path 10 rings (PREMIUM). 150 pieces max.
Found in Oz and maybe in some Arabian palace.
3. Brick Path 20 coins. 150 pieces max.
Now this is school-like.
4. Slate Path 1000 coins. 150 pieces max.
Park life.
5. Stone Path 2000 coins. 150 pieces max.
Bad for high heels, worse for bikes.
6. Flower Box 25 coins. 12 pieces max.
A must have.
7. Park bench 50 coins. 8 pieces max.
Everyone needs it - jocks for exercising, nerds for chatting, preps for
talking, artists for contemplating, musicians for performing, slackers for
sleeping, and rebels for demonstrating.
8. Tree 100 coins. 12 pieces max.
Seriously, this school needs more trees and flower boxes than just 12.
9. Gas Lamp 25 rings (PREMIUM). 25 pieces max.
The school can be a dangerous place at night.
10. Balloons 250 coins. 12 pieces max.
Every week is a special week.
11. Hedge 500 coins. 20 pieces max.
Be careful of talking about a plot or a person - somebody inside the hedge
might be listening.
12. Elephant Bush 90 rings (PREMIUM). 8 pieces max.
This is like a Student Gov joke from 2000s.
13. Pumpkin Patch 4000 coins. 4 pieces max.
Something from the Halloween. Worshipped by Linus van Pelt from Peanuts.
14. Fire Pit 5000 coins. 1 piece max.
Now this is useful every weekend. Every night, in fact.
15. Rose Trellis, 90 rings (PREMIUM). 8 pieces max.
For your garden of love.
16. Porta Potty 190 rings (PREMIUM). 8 pieces max.
Why, not enough toilets? In other schools slackers and jocks will have a field
day with them with the nerds inside. Your school, of course, is Nerd-Friendly.
17. Potted Plant 30 thousand coins. 8 pieces max.
Make sure the gardener clean them. Watery pots are breding grounds for
mosquitos.
18. Box of Puppies 290 rings (PREMIUM). 8 pieces max.
Based on the latest psychological research that puppies lower stress level
in workplace.
19. Palm Tree 100 thousand coins. 12 pieces max.
The slackers won't get enough of humming the Miami Vice Theme (YouTube it and
get rocked).
20. Carriage 490 rings (PREMIUM). 8 pieces max.
Stricly for goths. And vampires.
21. Fountain 200 thousand coins. 4 pieces max.
Since Pixelberry is not EA, they don't have enough budget to make the water
flowing.
22. Taco Truck 690 rings (PREMIUM). 8 pieces max.
Michelle Obama would not approve.
23. Picnic Table 250 thousand coins. 6 pieces max.
For inter-tribe feast.
24. Lion Statue 300 thousand coins. 4 pieces max.
Makes your school preppier.
25. Asian Lion 888 Rings (PREMIUM). 8 pieces max.
Makes your school...more like a Hong Kong bank/hotel...and makes Pixelberry
much richer.
26. Sweets Table 500 thousand coins. 2 pieces max.
Beware of the ants and ladies on diet.
27. Dino Skeleton 1990 rings (PREMIUM). 8 pieces max.
Now the nerds ask for it.
28. 3 more plots for me. I guess it's bike stand.
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5. Questions and Answers
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Q: Is this a rip-off of Surviving High School?
A: This is its spiritual sequel done differently. Surviving High School forces
you to adopt the personality of a designated student and scores your
responses. A pure adventure game. High School Story gives you the freedom to
adopt your own persona and emphasizes feel good story over dramas. And there's
no mini games in High School Story, and the view is completely third person -
you'll see the main character over and over again.
Surviving High School and High School Story are set in the same universe. So
you have Owen and Kimi dropping by to talk with Autumn and Wes time to time,
with you in the middle.
Q: Excuse me, what is Surviving High School?
A: Surviving High School is a popular mobile video game from EA where you
play different characters on episodic quests. It was constantly updated for
about three years (with plenty of premium episodes) and some people who made
SHS left EA, created Pixelberry Studios, and are fortunate enough to hold the
SHS copyrights.
Q: Why there are no mini games here?
A: Hmm...sometimes they can be weak and frustrating. In the future perhaps, if
they are good.
Q: How many classmates should I have?
A: With 33 types of classmates right now, and with only 18 hangouts permitted,
even we cannot afford to have three classmates from each type anymore. I'd
have a male and female from each type (they are often required by the quest)
while allowing the special character to occupy an extra spot. So I have three
nerds - a male, female, and Nishan, but only two student govs since there's no
special character for this type.
Q: Grr...High School Story keeps on crashing! Even I have deleted and
reinstalled it but it keeps on crashing! What's going on?!
A: Well, the last few weeks have been emotional and frankly it put down
my enthusiasm for High School Story a bit. Yes, I've turned off HSS (double
tap on the iPhone button and swipe the HSS screen up) but it didn't help.
Since no apology from Pixelberry in the update note (usually they are quick
with that), I assume it's a server problem. More people were playing High
School Story and their servers could not cope - therefore the crash was AFTER
you've suceeded to log in, even often just when the loading screen was
complete. Luckily this problem has gone this month, maybe because they have
bought new servers.
Note that HSS might crash when you're visiting your friend's school, but you
will get in on your second attempt.
Pixelberry, if you have written apology note on your Facebook page or forum,
and I get things wrong, I'm sorry. I just want to address a big question asked
over the world in the past few weeks.
Q: This dude was online official with this gal and I just kicked him out.
Now she's single again?
A: Yes. And she won't miss him. Scary thing about romance in this school, hey?
Q: Can you sell special characters?
A: No. Really, you don't want to bust your game, do you? No matter what do you
think of them, they have to be there to get on with the story. You cannot
change anything about them, for the sake of the game.
Q: What's your philosophy on levelling up students?
A: I want everyone to be equally strong (hence my praise for Valkyria
Chronicles levelling system) so when there's a new student, I level up them to
5. Sooner or later you'll be asked for a Level 7 student. If that happens,
then gather all the books for this student. When that condition is fulfilled,
then I get back to levelling each student in order.
Some other players prefer to level up their favorite students, to level 10
even, while leaving other students at level 1 or 3.
Q: Hmm, since there are quests where you have to level up a student and it
doesn't care of its current level, I believe it's smarter to just wait for
this quest to appear before you level up a student too high.
A: That's fair enough, and I agree that it's smarter to solve the level-up
request from level 4 to 5 than 5 to 6. But keep in mind that students who are
evenly strong have bigger chance of recruiting better students at parties and
generate more coins. And have better chances of scoring successful dates on
later stages.
Q: Mario the Wallflower, why is your main character Mary the Jock?
If I can choose the gender of my character, I choose a woman because women are
overtly underrepresented in video games. When I started playing HSS, I was
watching Mary Tyler Moore Show, a 1970s sitcom which inspired 30 Rock. But if
Liz Lemon is a nerd, Mary Richards is a jock.
Coincidentally, the main character according to HSS is like Mary - a helpful
but ocassionally clumsy leader. Mario the Nerd can't help everyone and getting
out from tricky situations like her (it's so hilarious when Mia picked me as
the vocalist of the band to annoy Razor).
Q: How to manage my land?
A: I'm terrible in city building games so I prefer to keep it simple with
grids. Build enough pavements so your students can navigate nicely.
Many schools I've seen are more well designed than mine, with more open
spaces and specified quarters for parks, classrooms, and dorms. Many players
build their school like plazas with open air centers surrounded by buildings.
I don't know if mine looks crampy because I'm a guy, or because I'm Asian
Asian (think Hong Kong or your city's Chinatown), or I'm just me.
Personally I don't like the quarters system where hangouts of the same clans
are grouped together (all jock hangouts here, all nerd hangouts there) because
that'd build the us and them mentality.
Again, BE CAREFUL and check if a decoration is a premium one or not.
Q: Waiting to add new plot sucks.
A: Some players farm for new lands by buying them but do not unpack them while
they are ready. Then when a quest asks for a new plot of land, they unpack
that and it is available instantly. A flaw of this strategy is that you have
to be careful not to unpack a bought land prematurely.
Q: Help! The premium quest asked me to have a character wearing Sparkling Red
but I bought the Flaming Red instead! I've lost 50 rings for nothing!
A: Yes, it hurts. They can have similar clothes for male and female with
similar sounding names. Some cynics may say this is a ploy to waste your
rings. Maybe, maybe not. So in the latest update you are pointed to the
correct clothes - and you can refer to my clothes list to find which one
is it.
Q: Can I resell my clothes?
A: No, its yours to keep, even the weird costume ones.
Q: I'm new in this game and I love vampires.I've put the two right people
partying and I got the mascot instead! How can I get a vampire?
A: You have bigger chance of getting a vampire (instead of a mascot) if you
hold the party at night (your local time).
Q: The mascot's outfit is sooo ugly! How can I remove it?
A: Just buy a new outfit for the mascot. He/she will thank you.
Q: I can't get this particular classmate after several parties!
A: If you're looking for a Prom, there was a bug which prevented partying
DJ and cheerleader (or people with those four elements) to recruit a Prom.
Update to the latest version (through App Store and Updates on iOS) to beat
this bug. If you're looking for rare classmates like female skater or male
movie star, all I can say is keep trying.
Q: I don't like how my game is going. Can I reset it?
A: Unfortunately not, and the way to reset High School Story is to delete the
app and reinstall it. I have a bad habit of cancelling my game progress if I
don't like it and starting over again. For High School Story, this idea is
wasteful if you consider all the rings you have spent. So be calm and know
that you can rename and reshape your main character and created classmates
-that's good enough. This means you can put a more idealized character (say,
a virtuoso or a wallflower in my case) and having them assisting the main
character all the time.
And if you are patient, all the moneys you've lost can be regained over time.
Q: Have you finished High School Story?
A: No, because High School Story is an ongoing game.
Q: Hey, I play High School Story too! Can be we friends?
A: Sure. Look for awritingdog. Thanks for adding.
For your questions and tips, write to politicsbrat at gmail.
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6. Conclusion
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Hope this Strategy Guide (sorry I cannot make a walkthrough, actually you
don't really need one) will help you getting cozy with High School Story. If
you are reading this to see if it's good and what's inside, I hope it has
covered all you wanted to know. It's addictive in a good way and you have to
be patient in waiting for the quests to complete. But it is, overall, an easy
game. I'll keep this guide updated as new developments coming in. Making your
dream village in The Sims takes insane amount of time and computer processing
power, but it's a breeze to make your dream class in High School Story, so
cheers to Pixelberry Studios for making this cheerful and positive game.
-awritingdog, Southeast Asia, January 14
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