So I've been really getting into Monster Prom recently with some friends and been using some of the great guides here to help us get some of the esoteric endings hidden in this game. However I felt they stopped slightly short of full mechanical understanding, and for no real reason other than I had an evening free, I decided to debug the game and expose its deepest secrets!

I will put down a warning firstmost to anyone reading this, I will be breaking down exactly how you win / lose at this game, and if the illusion of chance enhances your game experience, I would not read ahead, DO NOT LEARN HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE.

For the rest of you like-minded individuals, please feel free to read my analysis.

In the Monster Prom's Stupidest Pop Quiz Ever there are 2 types of questions, which the game defines as Love Questions (which have 6 choices and mainly raise a student's love level with you, based on your answer) and ... Not Love Questions (which will be referred to as Standard Questions, and mainly raise your stats based on your choice). In Monster Prom Vanilla, you will get 2 Standard Questions and 1 Love Question, with DLC owners getting getting an extra Love Question. However behind the scenes both types of questions will raise both Love Levels and Stats.

It's worth mentioning before you answer any questions, all your Stats in game are set to 5. There is no variance here, but this comes from during the questions as I will explain below.

NB: if you care little about the mechanics but want to see my updated Quiz Standard Question list, click here[docs.google.com].

Standard Questions

There are 2 Standard Questions, which each ask you a hypothetical question, and presents you with 3 options for the answer. Each of these answers is keyed to a certain Stat, which the game then raises by +2. This is fairly visible from just a casual observation, but breaking down the full process:

• The game reads what stat is linked to the chosen answer (aStatToRaise), and raises that Stat by +2.
  
• Afterwards, the game then chooses a random stat which is neither aStatToRaise or Money and DECREASES it by -1.
  
• Each answer has an number of Tweens associated with it (ranging from 1 to 4), and the game then raises your Love with ALL those Tweens by 1.

This will leave you after 2 questions a minimum stat value of 3 (both -1s in the same stat), and a maximum stat of 9 (both +2s). Variance occurs when the bonuses and penalties spread out.

Similarly, you will have a maximum Love Points value here of +2 with any Tween, with the highest value amongst all Tweens being at minimum +1. It is possible to get +2 in 4 characters if you are lucky with the questions asked (or unlucky, if you don't wish to persue them!).

Here I will link my personal updated Pop Quiz Question / Answer List:[docs.google.com] Feel free to make a copy or use a temporary filter to search for what you want when starting the game!

Love Questions

Love Questions are very similar to Standard Questions, except they have 6 answers, not 3. Each of these answers is associated with a specific Tween, and will raise your Love with them by 3. This still works otherwise like a Standard Question, raising a stat by 2, and lowering another by -1. The full process is:

• The game reads what stat is linked to the chosen answer (aStatToRaise), and raises that Stat by +2. NOTE THIS STAT IS ALWAYS SMARTS FOR LOVE QUESTIONS.
  
• Afterwards, the game then chooses a random stat which is neither aStatToRaise(so Smarts) or Money and DECREASES it by -1.
  
• Each answer has a single Tween associated with it , and the game then raises your Love with that Tween by 3.

So the Romance questions ALWAYS raise Smarts (for an effective +4 boost in Second Term), and always issue two -1 reductions to a non-Smarts, non-money stat each. After all is finished, your highest Smarts possible will be 13, highest non-Smarts Stat will be 9.

For this reason I would suggest thinking twice about choosing Smarts answers for the Standard Questions, as you will usually end up with 9 without trying, and a 13 is enough to pass any skill check on a long multiplayer (more on this next).

In this section I will explain exactly HOW the game decides you fail or succeed at a Stat Check. Simply, when you are presented with two choices, normal events associated each with a Stat Check. You will select one of these options, and that choices associated Stat becomes your Chosen Stat, and the stat of the rejected choice becomes your Competing Stat. The game then compares your Chosen Stat with up to two Stat Thresholds, which I will explain below.


The game stores several lists that are referenced each time you make a Stat Check. There is a separate list for each play-mode (Singleplayer or Multiplayer), and game length (short or full), and each combination of these has both a Low Threshold list and Normal Threshold list. These are printed here for convenience:

Multiplayer Thresholds


Singleplayer Thresholds

These numbers refer to the thresholds you will have to beat/meet in order to succeed at a Stat Check. To find the number you have to beat/meet find the turn number in your game (week 1 morning is turn 1, lunch is turn 2, evening is turn 3, week 2 morning is turn 4 etc, as weekend events do not increase this count). Using these numbers there are two ways to succeed a Check:

• If your Chosen Stat is higher than or equal to the Regular Threshold value for this turn, you succeed!
  
  
• If your Chosen Stat is higher than or equal to the Low Threshold and higher than the Competing Stat, you succeed. If you Chosen Stat is the same value as your Competing Stat, the game will flip a coin to see if you succeed or not.

To help visualise, I will run you through an example. Say I am on turn 4 of a full length multiplayer game. A normal event comes up, with two options, one is a Charm Stat Check, the other Smarts. My character has 5 Charm and 6 Smarts. I check the table above, to find the Regular Threshold I need to beat is 7, and the Low threshold is 2.

Neither my Charm or Smarts is 7 or higher, but they both beat 2, the Low Threshold. For me to succeed this Check, I will need to select Smarts, as is it Higher than the Low Threshold, and my Charm (therefore the Competing Stat).

Just a small section on guides that made my life throughout all this much easier to deal with, or just I found really useful when playing for fun.

• Oh look, It's a wild dialogue guide! - This guide includes all the answers for the Love Questions in the Pop Quiz, and what Skill Checks are made during dialogue. Use this and have complete game mastery!
  
  
• Secret Endings Guide and Second Term Ending Guide - The dynamic duo, between them no secret is safe.
  
  
• Stat Requirements for Prom - Never end up Stag again.
  
  
• Monster Prom's Stupidest Pop Quiz Ever(tm): A Guide - If you want the Love Questions I didn't put in my guide this is the fastest place to find them, also the guide that inspired me to look into the mechanics of the game, so thanks Dayashi!
  
  If there are other mechanics of the game that gain interest in being looked at, I will be more than happy to take a stab at it, so comment away!