Intensive Care by hoqjed

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made by hoqjed for LD27 (JAM)
*** RECOMMENDED that you use the web player ***

- UPDATE 8/29/2013:
BUG FIXED - dragging a waiting patient on top of an occupied treatment room now returns the waiting patient back to their seat.
Changed second clip board screen to isolate "click to begin" into its own space, and highlighted "click healthy (or injured)" to emphasize importance.

The PC version has camera clipping uses on the side for some reason. If you can ignore it, it works fine. Linux and Mac versions untested (it's been reported that it works fine on Mac OS 10.8 and Ubuntu 12.04).

Created by Dylan Gallardo and Farhan Qureshi for our first ludum dare. Definitely not our last.

- Created using Unity
- Flash and Photoshop used for animation and art respectively
- Music by Erokia on freesound.org

Ratings

Coolness 72% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.50 118
Audio(Jam) 3.11 200
Fun(Jam) 3.12 207
Graphics(Jam) 3.29 283
Humor(Jam) 2.28 328
Innovation(Jam) 3.44 108
Mood(Jam) 3.06 242
Theme(Jam) 3.62 75

Feedback

馃帳 hoqjed
27. Aug 2013 路 01:54 UTC
I recommend playing the web version of the game currently, the others have minor visual issues.

-Dylan
evilDan
27. Aug 2013 路 04:43 UTC
Holy crapoly - good work on such a tight schedule!

It took a while to figure out that the numbers were relative - that a yellow 2 is much healthier than a red 5.

Good game!
Kimidori
27. Aug 2013 路 11:06 UTC
best game I played on LD27 so far, 5 star.
Static 64
27. Aug 2013 路 19:05 UTC
Great game! Fun to play, with really tough strategic decisions. Nice job.
NachoDA
27. Aug 2013 路 19:39 UTC
Nive job! Very adictive and good music.
matthewvermaak
27. Aug 2013 路 20:48 UTC
Very well done. Good job!
flavio
27. Aug 2013 路 22:11 UTC
Waow !
Really interesting gameplay ! Like the graphism !
Nice strategic thought to have ! It quickly become hard as soon as you lost a room ! Loved it ! :)

Works well on Mac OS 10.8 :)
fgielow
28. Aug 2013 路 00:31 UTC
I found it easy to play and really intuitive. The graphics were really nice, but a problem I see is that after you lose the first bed, there is nothing much you can do, it's really is already the end of the game. But the entry is really good.
boneloaf
28. Aug 2013 路 01:10 UTC
Nice game, we were upset when we failed to save the sick people.
tigerj
28. Aug 2013 路 02:30 UTC
I mean wow. Great stuff. I really think this can go far beyond LD. Please make this into a full game. I'd gladly give you money to play an expanded version.

Think of this: after a month goes by a review process lets a board secure more money based on your success. you can use the money to upgrade the room(s) and facility.

It's a great concept. I am jealous i didn't think of it. This could be the next Papers, please.
savethejets1
28. Aug 2013 路 04:00 UTC
Awesome! Super innovative!
blackotus
28. Aug 2013 路 05:11 UTC
Very interesting take on the theme.
Good usage of the music, it greatly added to the feel of the game.
Nice work!
Will Edwards
28. Aug 2013 路 07:10 UTC
Super fun :)

I think I saw a glitch where I had both a healthy sprite and an ill sprite in the same bed
馃帳 hoqjed
28. Aug 2013 路 07:25 UTC
Thanks for the glitch report Will, highly appreciated. Just as a thought, if everyone would also like to mention how many patients they save that'd be super cool. It'd be nice to have more info on how the game is played.
EggDestroyer
28. Aug 2013 路 11:10 UTC
Really a great entry with quite a high level of polish, special mentions to the different feedbacks (colors and such). Intense gameplay too.
You could maybe stop the life timer of a patient as soon as you grab him, I felt quite frustrated sometimes when an orange patient turned red just before I released him on a bed.
Also, closing a room when you loose a patient only leads to unwinnable situations as soon as you lose one single guy, so I'm not sure it's the best solution here.

But still, amazing job.
Nick Weihs
28. Aug 2013 路 19:28 UTC
Cool idea, the music is really peaceful which is sweet.
Jupiter_Hadley
29. Aug 2013 路 03:33 UTC
Very peaceful game for a hospital! I liked the idea of this game, and the game itself is very well polished. I featured this game in my compilation video of Ludum Dare 27 games, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/okyxuWBF5Yw
Norgg
29. Aug 2013 路 12:18 UTC
Whoa, really thick atmosphere to this, captures that sort of creepy calm of people waiting to die you can get in certain parts of hospitals, as well as that feeling off doctors just fighting off the inevitable as long as possible. The calm music with a slightly creepy edge to it just adds to this.

The urgency of the gameplay against the calmness of the presentation fits really well too.
Norgg
29. Aug 2013 路 14:09 UTC
Okay, went back to see what I could get by way of a high score. My first impression was that the difficulty ramped up until it was impossible, but with good triage and fast clicking I think you can play indefinitely.

I finally got bored and let the people die (which made me feel pretty evil) and managed to score exactly 420: http://imgur.com/pfAPXjU
馃帳 hoqjed
29. Aug 2013 路 15:01 UTC
Nice job Norgg! Yep, with good strategy you can play it indefinitely. Nice to see someone come back to the game and want to figure it out some more. Thanks for dropping back by and leaving another comment. Gives me all kinds of good feels.

-Dylan Gallardo
Spotline
29. Aug 2013 路 15:47 UTC
Very nice game, quite addictive, and remarkably well polished :)
馃帳 hoqjed
29. Aug 2013 路 16:00 UTC
@Norgg

You made my day, perhaps my week.

- Farhan
brodavi
29. Aug 2013 路 23:29 UTC
Great game! Addicting and fun. I played the linux version. works fine in ubuntu 12.04
supermaximo93
31. Aug 2013 路 14:35 UTC
Good game! I like the strategy involved in deciding which people should have treatment and which ones should wait. I don't like how you lose a room after each death though as it chain reacts and you lose soon after the first death.
fullmontis
31. Aug 2013 路 14:51 UTC
Wow, amazing atmosphere and music! Gameplay is fun, although it gets very hard rather quickly, but I believe this is a good thing.
Purplescape
31. Aug 2013 路 21:41 UTC
Great idea for the theme. Once I understood the strategy, I made it to 103 before I stopped because it seemed like nothing new was going to happen. Very polished game
Super Hamster
06. Sep 2013 路 03:58 UTC
Really cool game. I got 35 patients. I wish I didn't have to drag and drop the patients though.
Dining Philosopher
15. Sep 2013 路 15:59 UTC
Looks polished, but the gameplay gets a bit boring for me after some time. Having goals would improve this.
lordjosephdeburg
15. Sep 2013 路 16:14 UTC
22 healed. This game really spoke to me as there has always been trouble with hospital beds where Im from. truly excellent.....