
Campus mystery hides conditioning. All act with scripts. Smiles, tears, hugs are props and hints. Surveillance and rules bind. Stay true, break free. Protagonist: an anti-conditioning game of disguise and self-redemption. The system writes, your principles decide. Newcomer, the show begins.
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All the world's a stage, yet homeward lies the heart.
This story is purely fictional. Any resemblance to reality—
may not be coincidence, but rather a reflection of choices we’ve all faced at similar crossroads in our lives.
Protagonist is an interactive game about anti-conditioning, portraying a theatrical journey of pretense and self-redemption. The script is written by the system, but the ending is determined by your own principles.
Campus performance mixed with light suspense forms the core of this story. It focuses on real-world growth, breaking away from conventional romance-driven storytelling.
It is, above all, a documentary poem dedicated to every young person struggling between ideals and reality.
The game revolves entirely around performance. It is about acting—but not only about acting.
It is also about pretense, but ultimately about—how to preserve a sliver of authenticity in a life where pretense is unavoidable.

Welcome to the Master Class of Jinglin Academy of Performing Arts.
Known as the "Whampoa Military Academy of Stardom," it is the stairway to glory countless dreamers long to ascend. But remember—the spotlight never illuminates the truth; it only casts shadows.
In this game, you will step into the role of "Lusheng," the one who enters the game. The moment you cross the school gate, you are no longer a spectator. You become part of the stage. Everyone here is playing a role—including you yourself. Their smiles are part of the script. Their tears are rehearsed. Their embraces may be setup for the next act.
Always remember:
Every word they speak is dialogue. Every tear they shed is a prop. Every look they give you is waiting for your response.
The system is watching you. It does not speak, but it records. It records whether you applaud at the right moment, whether you cry on cue, whether you reveal your true self during "improvisation."
The rules are conditioning you. There are penalties for lateness and penalties for early departure. But the most severe punishment is this—you forget you are acting.
If you start believing they love you, if you start feeling you belong here, if you look in the mirror late at night and no longer recognize your own expression…
Then you have already fallen into the trap. Beneath the trap is not a stage, nor an escape route—it is the abyss. You must stay vigilant amidst the lies. Hear the truth between the lines of dialogue. Find, within the margins of the script, the self that has yet to be assigned a role.
Welcome, freshman.
Please take your script.

Deep Role-Playing: Maintain multiple facades. Play different personas in front of different characters. Be humble before mentors, ambitious before capitalists, sincere before lovers—your "acting" determines your ending.
High-Density Dramatic Choices: Hundreds of key decisions, from moral dilemmas to emotional gambits. Every click reshapes the direction of the story.
Cinematic Interactive Performance: Fully live-action filmed with a professional cast. Camera language, lighting choreography, and performance details all reach cinematic standards, immersing you completely "in character."

Xia Meng (The Dangerous Muse): A producer at the top of the pyramid. Is what she offers a shortcut—or the abyss?
Cheng Jin (The Guiding Senior): Your undercover partner. Can you pass her tests and earn her trust?
Lin Ranran (The Pure Camellia): A microcosm of struggle within the system. Will you become her light—or push her deeper into darkness?
Zhou Ruonan (The Barbed Rose): Your classmate. Is her bullying pure malice—or does it serve another purpose?
Yan Zhi (The Caged Gardener): Your mentor. Is she the ladder that helps you reach the top—or the nail that pins you to the rules?
Gu Ying (The Fading Ember of Idealism): Your director. Will you be her redemption in despair—or become part of the reality that crushes her?
Tang Zhi (The Lost Star): A former child star who once shone bright. Her insecurity is an opening—her lingering innocence may become the sharpest test of your conscience.

Butterfly Effect System: A seemingly insignificant line of dialogue early on may trigger a fatal crisis in Chapter 3. Affection, trust, and secret clues intertwine, weaving a unique narrative web.
Multiple Endings: From "The Truth Revealed" to "Complicity," from "Lone Hero" to "Lost in Love"—your beliefs determine the final act.
Hidden Story Layers: Only by making specific combinations of choices can you unlock characters' hidden pasts and the ultimate secrets of the academy.

Stage-Inspired Lighting Design: Close-ups intensify dramatic tension and psychological pressure.
Immersive Sound Design: Sound becomes a vital character in the narrative.
Original Theatrical Score: Music shifts dynamically with the plot and your choices, heightening emotional peaks.
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Languages: Simplified Chinese**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 185 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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Reviews
[h1]主角[/h1] [h2] 游戏背景介绍 [/h2] 《主角》是一款反规训互动影游。 [h2]游戏故事简述[/h2] 故事的开始,男主陆生为了寻找到当年事故的真相,历经磨难加入了回声计划之中,成为了一名卧底。 当你接受计划,成为卧底踏入校园那一刻,你凝视着深渊,深渊也在凝视着你…… 在游戏中你将保持多重伪装,时刻切换人格面具。 或许你演技的高深,在冥冥之中就已经决定了你的结局…… [h2]角色介绍[/h2] 夏梦:作为站在金字塔顶端的制片人,她向你递来的,究竟是快速上升的捷径?还是饱含恶意的深渊。 程今:作为你的卧底搭档,她同样拥有不俗的武力,你是否通过她的考验获得信任。请你记住,从此刻开始,你们的后背已经托付给了对方。 林苒苒:你是否能够带着她脱离黑暗?即便这片黑暗庞大到不可想象…… 周若楠:作为你的同学,她霸凌校友的行为究竟是纯粹的恶意,还是面具下的伪装。 严知:作为你的导师,她在某些方面当然能够帮助到你,又或许,你会因为规则的限制,而感到寸步难行。 顾樱:作为你的导演,是否能够完成她的理想? 唐芷:曾经的她是一名耀眼的童星,如今,面对不自信她,你会怎么选择? [h2]游戏总结[/h2] 游戏的题材感觉挺新颖的,跳出了传统恋爱题材,另辟捷径。 一些快速qte玩法也丰富了影游的体验,不至于让观众感觉太过无聊。 总的来说,演员的颜值还行,剧情方面可圈可点,一些打斗画面也不会太过生硬,喜欢这类题材的玩家可以入手体验体验。 [quote] 晚八不睡,早八不醒,梦里准点测评,迎接美好游戏人生! 欢迎关注:[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46039267/] 睡不醒的早八人 [/url] [/quote]
[i]All the world's a stage, and all the men and women are merely players[/i]. Today my role is reviewer, for a game where the leading male actor plays the role of an undercover agent, who then assumes the role of a young actor, so he can infiltrate a drama college and expose nefarious individuals. What role will you play? Protagonist is a well put together third-person FMV game that mixes romance with drama, focusing on the performance arts. It remains interesting, has great characters, and exploits its themes to provide a unique narrative style. Lu Sheng’s sister got seriously injured not long after she graduated from an exclusive Master Class at Jinglin Academy. Believing there was foul play, Lu Sheng plans to infiltrate the class by pretending to be a newbie actor. He is assisted directly by a covert female partner, who joins the school but not the class. As Lu Sheng, you get close with three young actresses, each with their own problems and aspirations. You also meet a goal-orientated teacher, an idealistic director, and a femme fatale producer. The narrative remains interesting and is paced well. The progression from a newbie into this secretive class feels earned. It also leverages the theme to provide subtle meta references to the movie industry, which grants it natural depth. Early on, the game plays around with reality nicely; Lu Sheng acts beside classmates, but is it all an act? Life imitates art, after all. It is a pity these layered abstract moments did not persist longer. Characters are consistently strong, with deep personalities that rest closer to a quality drama than a simple romance game. There are seven love interests, but their screen time is not equally balanced. The director, Gu Ying, is wasted as she is mostly isolated to one chapter. Even the producer, Xia Meng, comes late but gives a captivating performance that deserved far more lines. So the romantic depth gravitates to the fellow student actresses—Zhou Ruonan, Lin Ranran, and Tang Zhi--and your concealed partner, Cheng Jin, since they appear early and stay involved. These heftier romances have good and bad endings, which are usually satisfying despite their brevity. Unfortunately, the endings for the teacher, Yan Zhi, are flat. Occasionally, the game uses first-person angles, more commonly in the finales, and it leverages this intimate perspective almost as well as The VIG. Video quality and directing is high standard, with most audio taken from live on-set. Although the plot is a bit too linear, it still takes about 8-9 hours to see everything due to side paths and endings locked behind affection levels. Protagonist is one of the better releases this year, mostly because of its theme, acting, and general narrative polish. Players that prefer direct romances might find that some characters needed more time on stage, but [i]they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.[/i] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3765181181
《主角》,一部今年上映的文化剧,群英荟萃,质量上乘,还为现在的小年轻们带来了一波秦腔热潮,非常有意义。 在两个月之后,一部同名的FMV游戏发行了,它也叫《主角》,我对它有着截然不同的评价——好看,有意义,却质量不足。 FMV游戏叫做全动态影像游戏,是通过实拍或者预渲染CG动画形成画面,通过QTE或者决策式节点给出选项进行交互的非线性多结局的剧情游戏。它同时结合了影视的编导摄演技术和游戏制作技术,所以这样一个团队会有更多不同专业的人组成。《主角》就是这样一部作品。 只不过在它之前又有了不少同类之作,核心都在于单男主与多女主的恋爱培养玩法,而一般我们会以开创性第一部作品的名字来命名,叫做“类完蛋”FMV游戏。《主角》也就是这样一款,并非第一人称视角的类完蛋FMV游戏。 或许你有听说过“弹丸论破”,一部和《主角》一样同为校园题材的悬疑侦探类游戏,听到校园和恋爱,或许大家都以为《主角》是一部甜蜜浪漫,没有压力的故事,相反,这个校园和弹丸论破中的一样,充满了黑暗。而男主陆生作为回声组织派来的卧底,与程今一块搭档被安排在了这个充满了不为人知秘密的校园,去揭开秘密。 一个封闭式,拥有超强控制欲(用一个流行词来说就是CPU你,服从性测试你),且有着一个教学目标单一,急于求成(跳过了演员需要的基本素养,直接是在“造星”,演员能成为明星应该是演得好,而不是直接成为明星)的校园,让我想到了近年来不断爆出丑闻的各种“戒网”特殊学校。而其中那些不为人知的侵犯则是隐藏在了校园当中,犹如某国财阀对自己娱乐圈里做的潜规则,游戏的章节名称“乱花渐欲迷人眼,浅草才能没马蹄”点明了想要讽刺的内容,这就是它的意义。 作品的服化道场景以及剧本都还算不错,唯独差在了演员的技艺与镜头的技术,并非第一人称的“旁观角度”没法带来情绪调度和剧情代入。当然,这样的要求对于一个新星班组来讲的确过于严苛,希望这套班组未来作品有所改进,越拍越好。 这样的剧本下,我觉得恋爱模拟纯粹是画蛇添足的设定,应该减少女角色和感情线,多加悬疑内容才能更好提升作品质量。 [table][td]欢迎关注鉴赏家[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44900613]“黄油收集师”[/url][/td][/table]
This would have been a solid 10/10 off the bat if it had ENGLISH SUBS upon release. Nevertheless, nutcrackr's English subs mod was clearly good enough for me to get 3 endings already. SADLY, I DIDN'T GET A GOOD ENDING WITH ZHANG KAIYUE :(( but i will later. OKAY enough rambling Cinematography, filming locations, acting quality, the actresses, were all great! No issues about those, the story and the villains fall a bit flat especially with their comeuppance, but everything else was silk! It was impressive how they built up everything from start to finish, and the branching paths, albeit more straight than crooked, do still give different outcomes at times. Played this for Zhang Kaiyue, stayed for the journey, enjoyed the process. Me, you, WE, are the protagonist.
完全是刷出来的好评吧,太离谱了。 1、背景介绍几乎没有,故事开始的莫名其妙。 2、所有女性角色瘦的跟人干一样,滤镜厚的一点辨识度没有,标准男凝审美了。 3、演员台词功底都太差了,完全代入不了。
《主角》是一款反规训题材的真人影视互动游戏,游戏的剧情相对来说比较简单易懂,前期悬疑感满满,后期平铺直叙还是比较爽的。游戏以表演学校为场景,讲述了一段戏如人生的悬疑时光,人人都是演员,人人戴着面具行动。同时游戏也提供了7位可攻略的女性角色作为恋爱可攻略的对象,根据流程中的选项改变人物好感度从而进入不同的结局。 游戏的剧情其实还比较好懂,只是前期比较谜语人,故意使用了一种悬疑感十足的方式,主人公进入回声组织,调查自己的妹妹在表演学校是不是涉嫌灰色交易的目的进入到这所表演学校中。但是在后续的剧情中就开启了全员飙演技的剧情,当然并不是说演员在剧中飙演技,而是剧中人在剧中飙演技。她们所展现出来的喜怒哀乐可能都是带有目的性的,人人都戴着面具在行动着,人人也都有自己的目的和行为规则,身在其中,玩家如何选择,将会影响人物的行动和好感度。游戏也拥有故事线系统,玩家可以随时更改故事线来改变后续的剧情,游戏的分支众多,剧情丰富。本作的剧情还有很多蝴蝶效应的地方,能够影响很深远的剧情。并且部分章节还设有剧情锁,玩家需要达成某些条件才能顺利推进剧情,否则就会卡关。玩家并不能像其他的同类作品那样无脑选择直达结局。 游戏前期的剧情塑造还算可以,但是从中期开始剧情就有点起飞了,剑走偏锋了。恋爱部分的转型也是莫名其妙,甚至一开始的反派也可以攻略进入其线感觉很诡异。游戏想以校园故事以小见大反应人生,但是似乎在后期的处理上有些问题。 回到游戏性上面,本作游戏的游戏性还是值得肯定的,系统齐全,播片流畅,分支众多,剧情丰富,演员演技在线,并且女性角色的颜值都很高,演出也很卖力,同时本作在影视互动的同时也加入了诸如QTE的额外元素进一步丰富游戏的玩法和内容。但是系统性上也存在一些小问题,例如右下方的菜单有时候会不弹出,而游戏又没有快捷键操作,跳过功能只能等着多点几下鼠标弹出右下角的功能按钮时才能使用,而且好感度的变化有明显的延迟,有时候玩家明明已经修改了前面的好感度,但是依然没有触发相应的剧情。感觉这个问题是Bug,只有在好感度变化弹框完成之后才能顺利进行后续的播片。 总的来说本作除了后半部分的剧情有一定的争议之外,基本上都在及格线分数以上,加上题材有趣,演员出色,整体的游戏体验还是比较不错的,尤其是冲着演员来的玩家,收获的体验可能更佳。 [table][td][b]欢迎关注我们 [/b][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/10591434/]突突突发糖辣![/url] [/td][/table]
游戏题材还算不错,选角也还好,都挺好看的,没有什么老妈子,然后就是演技,都比较在线,玩着挺有意思的。
简单总结,依托答辩,吃的人很难受,不知道在演什么。剧本是用脚底板想的。
我喜欢第三章
凱凱的第一章霸凌的情节看着一点儿都不违和,果然恶霸凱演这些就是自然哈哈哈哈~三土真好看我真喜欢T_T
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