The Time Traveling Toxicologist

"The Time Traveling Toxicologist" is a weird, incomplete and almost certainly abandoned webpage in exile... What do you do in the game? A little tiny bit of point and click adventuring but mostly reading about poison. This hasn't been updated since 2 months. While it may not be abandoned yet, it's rotting in development hell and it's probably never going to be finished. This unfinished game is just polluting Steam and making it even more difficult for gamers to find actual, finished games. This comes across as something unambitious and "simple" in terms of implementation and technical quality and depth, more like a game dev tutorial or an experiment. It's a classic case of a developer prioritizing the low effort needed to get a game listed on Steam over the actual delivery of a technically sound or compelling product. Whatever is needed to hammer out something "good" enough for Steam Direct self-publishing. The graphics aren't great, static photos of middling resolution and quality. That's understandably a turn off for a lot of gamers, and it's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract gamers despite having no up-front cost. Gaming is a primarily visual medium, and if developers want to succeed, they must understand that it's not an area for compromise. You deserve better than compromises. Next is pricing and what value this has for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hidden price tag), at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good, and the cost of a game is more than just financial, your time is valuable too. A peak of [b]2 concurrent players[/b] (according to SteamDB) for a "free" game is a disastrous public reception. Out of 130 million potential players here on Steam, almost nobody was interested. Even though this is "free". That level of rejection speaks a lot for the quality of the game. This "free" game won't count toward your game collection count on your profile. With that in mind, is it something you should still download? Nope. This isn't worth downloading. There's no financial cost up-front, but you'd still be spending your time and a little hard drive space on a product that's far from the best. There's thousands of better alternatives on Steam.

Fun concept, the backbone of a great learning experience is there just needs some QOL fixes. Looking forward to more scenarios.

This game was a lot of fun & very educational, I liked it a lot! A few recommendations, maybe give an option to pause or stop the colourful time travelling tunnel, it did give me a bit of a headache as I was trying to read the stuff in the cockpit. Otherwise a great short game with an interesting story!

An educational game about poisons and their effects, identification & treatment, entertainingly dressed up as a classic crime movie. I learned two big things from this - firstly, the human body is a precariously balanced system, and an incorrect or partial treatment can be as lethal as the original poison attack; and secondly, I am so very glad that I did computing rather than medicine at university and as a career! Poisons must only be a very tiny part of what a doctor has to learn, and yet I'm still reeling from all of the biology, toxicology, chemistry and pharmacology information in this very short game...

Игра "The Time Traveling Toxicologist" - забавная, но немного короткая головоломка. Идея путешествия во времени и изменения прошлого с помощью токсинов для решения проблем интересна и освежает жанр. Графика простая, но приятная, а саундтрек создает подходящую атмосферу. Головоломки хорошо продуманы, заставляют пошевелить мозгами, но не становятся нерешаемыми. Некоторые решения кажутся немного натянутыми, но в целом, игровой процесс увлекательный и награждает за внимательность к деталям окружения. Хотелось бы больше уровней и большей глубины в сюжете, потенциал для развития у игры огромный. Идеально подходит для короткой сессии, чтобы развлечься и немного поломать голову. Если любите головоломки, особенно с необычными механиками, то стоит попробовать!

This is a pretty simple point and click game. It does require a little bit of thinking if you don't already have a background in the subject. Overall, it was a decently enjoyable, low stress experience, especially since it is free to play at the moment. Judging by the ending, it seems like there may be plans for at least one more chapter at some point, but I very much appreciate!this that this one doesn't leave you hanging in the middle of a story!