Ayoub

Ayoub is a school drama about developing the skills of a robot that talks to Ayoub as he learns from it. Ayoub is the main player in a world where only one player is active at a time. His experience is added to that of players from previous years, and the elite class gives him a new experience.

The elite class

The class must make a good impression to continue. An approval meter displays its standing publicly to the school, and each student may vote twice during the year. Voting is optional. The eight students in the elite class must start two clubs and share news about them with the rest of the school. Students may base their votes on the class’s grades, club news and other news about it. If approval falls, the class ends and all eight students return to their regular classes.

The elite class has its own budget, which students can spend as they choose. They also manage everything in the class themselves.

Levels and cards

Any danger that threatens the class’s continuation becomes a level. Ayoub must overcome the danger to win the level; if the danger is removed, the level can end, and Ayoub wins when his actions remove it. The game shows the name of anyone who does something wrong that threatens the class or harms a student. That person receives a card, which may appear in their locker, on their desk or somewhere else that belongs to them. The card stays lit until the level ends, then switches off.

The game has seven secret members, also called players: Ayoub’s classmates. Someone outside Ayoub and those seven who causes a problem that harms the class receives a card marked “unknown.” If one of the seven players leaves the game, Ayoub will see “unknown” instead of their name; this happens only if they know about the game. Sometimes Ayoub sees a second type of card that is unlit and not real; the story explains these cards.

Story endings

The story has two potential endings.