
Examine and test patients for common and novel infections using sophisticated medical instrumentation and disinfection procedures. All infected patients must be sent to the isolation ward for further evaluation or treatment. Rumors of mysterious diseases and human experimentation are unconfirmed.
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The soft-ware initially presents information about SYMPTOMS OF INFECTION.
This presentation is crucial to approach the initial phase of DIAGNOSIS, TESTING and DISPOSITION:
During DIAGNOSIS,
Examine the patient visually
Interview them
Run tests
During TESTING,
Allow the LAM-ORB Mainframe to process tests
Initially users of the soft-ware will be of low-priority to the Mainframe
You may request to EXPEDITE processing to the Mainframe, every click counts
During DISPOSITION,
Make sure you identify all SYMPTOMS OF INFECTION
Make sure you indicate the finding of infectious patterns or pathogens in the tests
ATTENTION: Some patients may present comorbidities or symptoms that not necessesarily represent an underlying disease.
Every and all infected patients, no matter the nature of their infection, must be held in the ISOLATION WARD for further evaluation and treatment.
While common infections like bacterial ones are widely understood and well-know across both the medical field and the world population, some infectious pathogens and diseases remain unknown.
And while the discovery of new pathogens and diseases is by itself of major relevance to public healthcare; a small fraction of unknown, sometimes horrifying, infectious pathogens and diseases are studied in the background by both public and private institutions like LAM-ORB.
When the ISOLATION WARD reaches full capacity, a DISINFECTION PROCEDURE is scheduled. Full information of the disease and treatment indications are given, and the procedure is performed on the patient.
The soft-ware tries to emulate as close as possible the experience, technology, and findings of the LAM-ORB organization's research during the 1970s. Rumors about the reason of the sudden disappearance of the organization include human experimentation, chimeric pathogen development, and secret medical research.
Display: 160x160 pixels, selected 4-color palettes
Audio: 2 pulse wave channels, 1 triangle wave channel, 1 noise channel
State: Load and Save progress
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Languages: English
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Themes across 59 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
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Thrilling game. Its amazing what one can create with 3MB The pixelart is satisfying tested for a few minutes then quit to not spoil the game DEV please add new features asap so we can fully enjoy it .
Lowkey ♥♥♥♥ ass
Very good idea, the game atmosphere is simple yet terrifying. I guess its only the begining but yes it ends pretty fast and it feels like the game holds your hand a little too much
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Hours played at review time, across 59 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Even though its still in EA, this game haunts me now. The look is very much like the original DOS game Life & Death; the feel is terrifying dread. I've already thrown myself into the LAM ORB rabbit hole and the final image of this game shook something deep inside. The dread is high. I have questions but I'm afraid of the answers. We need to talk about Lucy. My god, download this game already!
when i discovered this, it was through a youtube playthrough and it was so intriguing i had to get it for myself. as i find myself infatuated with Tom Toe and why he wanted to help Lucy, i also went down an ORB rabbit hole. Boy was my research thorough AND obscure at the same time. i LOVE the mystery in the story, the ability to make choice and “wrongfully diagnose” patients may take away the “♥♥♥♥ around and find out” mentality, but maybe that will be implemented later as endings? and THEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT INFIRMARY ON ITCHIO!!!! have yet to play it but still intrigued by the universe alone! im curious as how one goes about to beta test just for fun? even with a demo out and expecting the update, i still find myself replaying the game just to see if i can find more HIDDEN scenarios that weren’t in my first few runs! i was even curious about what the notes in the backround were and found there ARE pathways to more patients but not knowing ALL information about it makes the mystery MORE FUN to uncover! i cant stop yapping about it to my friends, and one is considering buying it too! coming from someone who loves playing plague inc and watches the pitt on the side, this itches that scratch, maybe even more than that. it may be a short play through right now but i have high hopes for upcoming researches and cant wait to get my hands on the new softwares! happy diagnosing!
Currently this game is in Early Access, so I will update it later once the full game is finished. Symptoms of Infection may look like a twisted take on Life & Death from Software Toolworks (the same people behind those Mario edutainment games), but it's a much more darker, horrific experience. You interview patients, take samples and slowly learn that there is something horribly wrong here. I don't mean just the infections, but what is going on in this hospital. This game creates more questions than answers, and this is my kind of horror! The moment you open the game you're just dropped in a series of slides showing you the symptoms and you're blasted with creepy, broken synths. It really set up the tone perfectly for a vibe that this is training software that is lost to time over 40 years ago, and now that it was found, it's a regrettable discovery. There's one complaint I have aside from the price being a bit high for the length. For whatever reason, the game does not create a save file when it's supposed to, but it seems I'm the only person who reported the problem. It's not a big deal as the game is currently short, but I hope it gets fixed before it's finished. If you enjoy this game or the atmosphere, check out THE INFIRMARY. It's currently not on Steam, but it's also in Early Access and takes place in the same universe as SoI. Funding these games would help a lot. By the way, the fact that these games are made in a custom engine that's only a few megabytes really shows the dedication and effort. They nailed on making these feel like old software back in the early PC days when you play titles on your IBM (or MS-DOS), TI-99/4A or the Spectrum, but this gives more of a TI-99/4A vibe with the same amount of sound channels and synths. Please fund these games. They're cooking up something special here.
This game builds great atmosphere. Definitely something I did not expect from such a short and cheap game. Can recommend. Peak game.
Has a lot of potential but in its current state borderline infuriating. Imagine a charming 8 bit version of a Last of Us game, but you can only really make 3 choices out of the hundreds presented, and 5/6 choices you could make result in an instant death. And this instant death results in you going back to the beginning of the game. Aside from quality of life things like that, though, I like the atmosphere, the premise, the ambience, the art and the cold-start intro. Could definitely feel my cortisol lower when I turned the game off. As others have said, it's good for its stage of production and I look forward to seeing it improve over time.
casually stumbling across this one night was such an experience
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