So... rather than playing the game, ive made attempts to just spectate it instead. Holy crap - the 20 minute timer per break period needs to be shortened to about 10, maybe even 8 minutes. I found this out the hard way - i just started the game, watching from a random cards perspective. Some 15 minutes later, i was like "nah, this aint working".
The main thing was that interactions NPCs have dont cost any time. This is in stark contrast to the PC, where every interactions subtracts from the break periods length - confessions, praises and studying/training takes up the most time, while chat interactions take... about half of that. You can perform about 20 interactions during a single break period, which would nicely fit into draining your 20 minute limit. The AI has no such limitations, so i would have to sit there for 20 minutes, watching the AI fumble and trip over its own legs, running from one location to another, only to interact with someone once per 5 minutes or so.
Im about to embark on a crusade of... doing nothing, and just watching the AI kill itself, trying to figure out how to play the game without a human player in it to mix things up... heheh!