わが子と吹奏楽部の1000日

You are the director

Your child has joined the concert band at their middle school.

And the one who ended up on the podium, for reasons nobody can quite explain, is you.

Three years. A thousand days.

You set the rehearsal schedule, step into the arguments between sections, and conduct on competition day.

And every night you sit down at the same table as the person you spent all day directing.

Scold them and they get better

Some students stop showing up. Leave it alone and they show up even less.

So you say something. And it works — they come back.

It's just that the walk home is quiet, and at dinner your child only says "it was fine."

Every time the band gets stronger, the house gets a little colder.

A strong band, or a child who's glad to be in it.

What you're left with at the end is whichever one you kept choosing.

Your child won't tell you how they're doing

You can find out anything about your students. Who has improved and by how much. Which section isn't clicking.

Your own child is the exception.

All you get is the look on their face when they come home, and a few words over dinner.

"An upperclassman praised me today."

"Today was just tiring."

Whatever you did as director that day comes home with them that night.

Meet the evening the right way and it gets through. Get it wrong and it lands anyway, the other way.

You find out which after you've chosen.

The competition is one shot

A few times a year, everything goes on stage.

You conduct with the mouse. Click the notes in time as they appear, and carry the performance to the end.

The piece you pick decides how high you can place.

Conduct an easy piece perfectly and you still won't take Gold at Nationals.

The pieces that can are hard to conduct.

And the solo. Who you hand it to changes how it goes.

Nine endings

Gold at Nationals, and a child who was glad to be there.

There is an ending only for the people who managed both.

But the three years that never won anything have a name of their own too.

Playtime: roughly 2-3 hours per playthrough

Controls: Mouse

Options at the start: Easy Conducting (wider timing windows) / show your child's Satisfaction as numbers

Languages: Japanese / English (Interface, Subtitles)

Streaming & video: Free to monetize — just credit the game by name