





Update 0.0.28, which is due to release in late August/Early September will focus on Elisa's story. Those of you who have already started her path might have noticed how she can become pregnant by the Doctor during his trip to Seattle early in the game.
The Doctor's parenthood isn't automatic: you need to make the right choices for it to happen, and if he isn't the father Elisa will go back to her former boyfriend, Officer Kirby.
If the story progresses though you will be left to choose if you want to become a father in the game and then her story unfolds as her pregnancy progresses and she approaches her delivery date.
Let me tell you that narrating pregnancy isn't easy. The risk to fall in abused clichs is way too easy, even more than talking about homosexuality in general, and those who haven't experienced this part of life can barely guess what it means, because it's something that needs to be lived to be fully understood (I realized that AFTER my wife's own pregnancies myself).
Over the course of the game you will face conversations, challenges and moments of despair, but also fun and joy. Those are the feelings that accompany every parent-to-be, no matter what. I tried to put those in the game by talking about my own experiences and traslating them inside the game, keeping Elisa's mood intact as well as the doctor's.
In terms of gameplay a new meter has been added: the Stress Meter. Elisa will become more or less stressed during her pregnancy and this will ultimately lead to different outcomes when ending her story arc. It's up to you to make the right decisions (or the one who mostly appease you) to calm her down and let her live this experience the best of ways.
However, as in real life, sometimes her stress level will increase regardless of what you do, because external happenings can always interfere with your "perfect life" together and you'll have to face unavoidable events which will test your bond with her.
While there's not enough in-game time to actually follow Elisa after her delivery, this will be definitely added in the game as a future content, but right now a full pregnancy experience is more than enough to deal with ;)
Another choice you might have made that will affect her pregnancy and stress is whether or not hiring a midwife (or more) into your staff at the clinic. Midwives have been a lovely, irreplaceable part of our own pregnancy experience and I wanted this to be present in my game as well. While they will work as a "hidden calculation" with just a couple dialogues, they can be quite useful in helping the parents-to-be to be as happy and relaxed as they can.
I sincerely hope you will enjoy Elisa's path.
Be safe and healthy,
[ 2019-07-19 08:26:17 CET ] [ Original post ]
Live the everyday life of a General Practitioner: go to the clinic every day and meet new patients, develop your skills through study and manage your clinic and your staff. With dozens of items to buy and an always short budget will you be able to treat your patients in the best way?
Deep and engaging narration
General Practitioner features a very long and deep storyline which will take you in a world of mistery and deception. Explore the game's main story while enjoying the other activities available in town. The whole game contains more than 40 hours of gameplay and it's growing update after update!
You decide your own fate
Choices in dialogues and situations really matter! With more than 100 choices to make both in the Main Story and in medical exams you'll experience the consequences of your actions (and in-actions as well). You decide your own fate, do you have what it takes to be a General Practitioner?
Meet new people
The built-in romance system allows you to hang out with dozens of characters of both genders, jog with them at the local park, play a bowling game, relax at the local spa. If you are smart enough you can even make them fall in love with you and ask them to live together, unlocking special conversations and events with them.
You won't know if the date will go well or not, because that depends on fate (and your choices and comfort level of the other one). The more you build up your date's confidence the more chance of success you will have.
Each character you date has a pool different characteristics (i.e. people they like/dislike, favourite foods, informations about their family or job etc.). You'll randomly get to know a different characteristic each time a date will go well and, since they're random, they will be different each time you play General Practitioner or load a save game.
Each patient is different
With a pool of more than 90 scripted patients also comes a random examination system!
Simply put: each time you play the exams will be different. From a pool of 60 diseases and five different patient's archetipes (Children, Teenagers, Young Adults, Adults and Elders) you won't get the very same situation twice!
Medical accuracy
Developed with the help of a real MD, the game features medical informations that are accurate and up-to-date. Please do not take medical informations other than for having fun in the game. If you experience some medical concern ask your doctor as soon as possible.
Original Soundtrack
Ann Sharova (Zup6!, Just Ski, Ezmir: The Last War and many others) composed a soundtrack with 12 different scores to accompany you in your trip as Chief Practitioner of St. Mary's Clinic.
You can hear some work from Ann on her Youtube Channel , or on her SoundCloud . A Youtube reel is also available.
- OS: x86/x86_64
- Processor: 1.8 GHz Dual-Core CPUMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics card
- Storage: 1350 MB available space
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