Last week, we gave you all some first look at some 'Departments' content. We also asked you guys what kind of content you would like to see going forward. More specifically, we asked those of you with medical experience and you sure delivered!
We were quite overwhelmed by the amount of suggestions we got. We went through them and kept seeing one topic arise a number of times: Medical Speciality.
We would therefore like to change the skills in the game to be more specializing, adding skills such as Dermatology, Optomology, Cardiology, etc..
This would mostly apply to Nurses and Doctors, but we have some plans for the other staff as well. Work on this will probably see the light of day after 'Departments' hit the scene.
Also, we would like to thank all of you for your amazing support lately. A great amount of activity, both here and on Twitter. This means a lot to us, you're AWESOME!
Don't hesitate to ask if you should ever have any questions! Ask us here on the forums, our email support@illeris.com or on Twitter!
Thank you! - Illeris Team
Dev Update [08.10.2017]
Departments are almost here!
Good evening/afternoon/morning Everyone!
It's been a while since we gave you guys a dev update, so we thought we'd put one together today. Departments are getting along nicely and we would like to present some of it to you today.
This is what is currently looks like. (Look, it's even night time!)
The screenshot still has a couple of placeholders, but you get the idea. You can create your own departments, consisting of rooms and employees. It's very important to think through your shift schedule, so that you have the right staff for the right times, in the right places.
There are still some mechanics that needs implementing, like how to control where the pasient should be forwarded at which times. This is something the player will have to set up themselves for each department.
If you have any questions regarding departments, we're more than happy to answer them!
Oh and we just released a patch for Hospitalize, featuring some fixes regarding saving & loading of milestones. You can check that out here
Now, we would really like to ask the ones of you who work/have worked or have experience with medicine, what kind of aspects or mechanics, diseases or treatments you would like to see in Hospitalize. Maybe something you can relate to or something you have experience with. Let us know and we're more than happy to look over them and see what we can do!
That's about it for now. Expect departments to hit the Experimental branch soon, where you will be able to test it before it's even released to the public! We're always super greatful to anyone who tests and reports issues, it helps a lot!
We'll see you next time!
Thank you! - Illeris Team
HOSPITALIZE v.0.12.1.8
This should take care of the pesky Milestones wanting to reset themselves.
CHANGELOG:
Bugfixes:
Fixed a bug which caused Milestones to reset.
Fixed a save & load issue.
Thank you! - Illeris Team
HOSPITALIZE v0.12.1.7
A few changes and fixes! Keep on sending us bug reports, it's always super helpful! :]
CHANGELOG:
Bugfixes:
Fixed a waypoint bug regarding the 'MRI' procedure.
Fixed a save & load bug regarding 'Milestones'.
Minor fixes++
Changes:
The following adjustments are regarding the 'MRI' procedure:
Adjusted the 'Prolapse' diagnose parameters.
Adjusted the 'Pancreatitis' diagnose parameters.
Adjusted the 'Stroke' diagnose parameters.
Adjusted the 'Broken ribs' diagnose parameters.
EDIT: Some have experienced difficulty using the 'Report a Bug' function as of late. If you get any errors using this, please use this forum to report whatever error you came across, it'd be very helpful! Sorry for the inconvenience.
Thank you! - Illeris Team
HOSPITALIZE v0.12.1.6
Super quick update regarding some issues we found the last couple of days.
CHANGELOG:
Bugfixes:
Fixed a bug regarding the Staff window.
New additions:
Added tooltips to checkboxes in the Room Assignment window. (You can now quickly check what a room requires by hovering over the corresponding checkbox for that room.)
Added the option to lock the mouse to be within the borders of the game while in windowed mode. (You can toggle this option on/off in the Graphics section)
Thank you! - Illeris Team
One Year! HOSPITALIZE 20% OFF!
Greetings wonderful people of the Hospitalize community!
Yesterday marked one year of Hospitalize on Steam! We're extremely grateful for all the support and help throughout the year and would hope this awesome trend keeps on for more years to come!
Initially Hospitalize was set as a one year project, but things don't always end up as planned and we're holding off with the full release for now. There are still tons of features we would like to add to the game before calling it complete. 'Departments' is one of them and is on it's way slowly, but steadily!
Only the future is ahead of us and we plan to utilize that to the fullest! Together with your ideas, feedback and help, we'll be sure to make Hospitalize as good as it can get! We're super excited for the year to come!
To celebrate the good year and many more to come, we're launching Hospitalize's first sale! 20% OFF for a whole week starting tomorrow! Now's the best time to get a friend, or yourself, into the game!
Wrapping things up: Thank you all for all your support this year, and please continue your support going forward, it really does help tremendously much! We're super excited for the year to come, and hope you are as well!
We'll see you in the dev update!
Thank you!!
HOSPITALIZE v0.12.1.4
Update time! Some fixes to problems we've seen as of late. Please continue to give us feedback through the 'Report a Bug' function, it helps out a ton!
We'll see you this weekend with a new dev update!
CHANGELOG:
Bugfixes:
Fixed a bug which caused Patients to get hospitalized when having their journal opened.
Fixed a bug which caused the 'Milestone' progress to not be saved.
Fixed an issue regarding room assignment.
Fixed multiple issues regarding the Audio.
Fixed an issue regarding Porters.
Fixed a 'Milestone' Laboratory requirement.
Fixed multiple typos in the Tutorial.
Changes:
Changed the order of the Ward and Surgery unlocks in 'Milestones'.
Improved the "Start your practice" mission.
Improved the order of 'Milestones'.
Improvements to the pathfinding.
Adjusted several highlighted sections during the Tutorial.
Enabled mouseclicks through the shade during the Tutorial. (It was a bit tedious not being able to click anywhere if you couldn't really see where you were supposed to click..)
New additions:
Added a requirement to the X-ray 'Milestone'. (It now requires you to hire a Nurse with the Radiographer skill)
Hotfixed to v0.12.1.5
Bugfixes:
Fixed a bug which caused 'Milestones' to not load correctly.
Thank you!
Dev Update [17.08.2017] + HOSPITALIZE v0.12.1.1
Weekly.. more like monthly, am I right??
Hello everyone! Finally time for another update regarding everything Hospitalize, but first: Here are changelogs for the latest Hospitalize patch.
Huge "thank you" to everyone on the Experimental branch for testing as always!
CHANGELOG:
Bugfixes:
Fixed a patient spawn error.
Fixed multiple issues with 'Milestones' and game progress in general.
Fixed a bug which caused characters to freeze.
Minor fixes++
Small, but important patch! Onto the dev update:
Right now, we feel like the tutorial isn't really doing what it's supposed to and we'll be releasing a fix on this the coming week. In the long run, we want to have a stable and intuitive system, but it's important that it doesn't hinder the player either like it's been doing as of lately.
Work on departments has begun! This is a major update and will be gradually more available on the 'Experimental branch'. The first update will be released in a few weeks and will include a day / night cycle as well as shifts. Very exciting!
First sketch:
A couple weeks or so ago we released a survey which we asked you all to take part of. This got overwhelmingly better response than we would've thought and more than 200 of you answered it! Thank you!
One of the more important questions were "What do you think we should focous on moving forward?" and not so suprisingly, it was 'Departments' who got the most votes, but it was also important for us to see what other topics you are interested in and this certainly helped us a lot!
That's it for this time, thank you all very much for taking part of this forum and helping us make Hospitalize an even greater game! We appreciate it a lot!
We'll see you next time!
Thank you! - Illeris Team
HOSPITALIZE v.0.12.1
Info: One of the biggest changes and improvements from this patch is that we have replaced our old pathfinding with a new one. A very important step for the experience and future of the game.
We've also added a completely new system we call 'Milestones'! After much testing and awesome help from everyone participating on the 'Experimental Branch', we're now ready to release it onto the stable branch.
As always, much thanks to everyone for sending in bug reports and using this forum. It helps a lot!
CHANGELOG:
Bugfixes:
Fixed an error which caused the game to crash while loading.
Fixed an error in the object popup window.
Fixed an issue in the tutorial mechanics which crashed the game.
Fixed an issue which caused the 'X-ray' machine to get stuck with the X-ray image. (The skeleton which appears on scanning would stay even after completing the X-ray)
Fixed several bugs in the 'Staff' menu window.
Fixed multiple typos.
Fixed a bug in the 'Staff' menu window. (This bug drastically decreased performance while having it open.)
Fixed a bug when trying to build multiple objects on the same spot.
Fixed a bug which caused character roles to be swapped. (This would sometimes cause doctors to have consultations with other doctors.)
Fixed an error when constructing 'Ambulance'.
Fixed a bug which caused game settings to not load on startup.
Multiple minor fixes++
Changes:
Multiple corrections to the Tutorial.
Changed 'Physiotherapy' to use an 'Examination Room' rather than an 'Office'.
Performance improvements to the 'Patient Journal'.
GUI improvements to the 'Mail Window'.
The 'Area Deconstruction' tool has been redesigned and will now remove ALL objects. (It would often leave behind a couple of studs here and there.)
Decreased the amount of mails regarding "Crowded room".
The currency list now catches keypresses for quickly looking up currencies.
Improved the 'Report a Bug' tool.
New additions:
New feature: Milestones
Milestones will help players get a better sense of progression as well as making it a bit more exciting to play.
You will now have to unlock different machines and furniture, as well as available rooms. Even diseases will have to be unlocked. The patients you receive will now only come in with the available diseases.
Remember to check in on what you need to do to complete these Milestones as well as what the rewards are.
Sounds!
We have now added sounds into Hospitalize and we think they're a great addition to the game.
It livens up the place a lot more and definitely makes it more interesting to play.
Brand new pathfinding engine. (We're sure a lot of you are happy about this, we definitely are!)
Moving characters now has path visualization.
Added the option to select characters in the 'Mortuary Freezer' by the object popup window. (Clicking on a freezer will now show who inhabits that freezer.)
Added a delete button to mails in the 'Mailbox Window'. (You no longer have to open the mail to delete them.)
Added a message to the 'Staff Window' when no personell is available.
We're super excited to have you all try out this new update, it does a lot to the game for sure!
As always, every feedback, report and criticism is much welcomed as it helps a ton in fixing and improving the game!
Thanks!! - Illeris Team
Survey!
Hello everyone!
We recently set up a survey which we're currently posting around our social medias/forums. The survey is anonymous (optional to send user details) and will ultimately help us define our game and head in the right direction. Not only the direction we want to go, but also what direction you guys would like Hospitalize to go :]
We're super excited for this and would appreciate it a lot if you would take just 5 minutes out of your day to answer it for us.
Head to our twitter page @HospitalizeTG to find it pinned at the top!
