Bad Doctor

BAD DOCTOR: A Medical Comedy of Errors™

Game Overview

Bad Doctor is a darkly comedic medical simulation game where you play as "Dr. Chaos" — a barely-licensed physician running a hospital shift with 20 sick patients. Your goal is to diagnose, treat, and (hopefully) cure them without killing everyone. It's a web-based game that runs entirely offline in your browser with no server required.

Core Gameplay

The Setup

20 randomly generated patients arrive at your hospital, each with unique illnesses from a database of 70+ medical conditions

Each patient has a name, age, gender, illness, vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, oxygen saturation, pain level), and a health score (0-100%)

Patients deteriorate every 15 seconds if left untreated, with health dropping and status changing from Alive → Critical → Dead

Player Actions

1. Talk to Patients

Click on any patient to view their medical chart

Type questions into a chat interface powered by an AI dialogue engine that recognizes:

Symptom inquiries ("what hurts?", "where is the pain?")

Medical history questions ("blood in stool?", "any allergies?")

Lifestyle questions ("do you smoke?", "how much do you drink?")

Simple responses and profanity (patients respond accordingly)

Patients respond dynamically based on their condition, personality, and your questions

Over 500+ contextual responses make conversations feel realistic and often darkly humorous

2. Prescribe Medications

Access a 40+ medication database including:

Antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, mood stabilizers

Opioid and non-opioid analgesics

Antibiotics, cardiovascular drugs, diabetes medications

Muscle relaxants, anticonvulsants, corticosteroids

Choose dosage, frequency, duration, and add special instructions

Correct medication = healing

Wrong medication = side effects, reactions, or death

Dangerous combinati events

3. Perform Surgery

14 surgical procedures available:

Appendectomy, Cholecystectomy, CABG, Discectomy, Colectomy

Thrombectomy, Craniotomy, Ureteroscopy, and more

Correct surgery on correct patient = major health improvement

Wrong surgery on wrong patient = catastrophic health damage

Surgical complications are always possible even with correct procedures

4. Discharge Patients

Send recovered patients home when health is high enough

Premature discharge can lead to deterioration at home

Fast Forward 1 Week feature lets you see how discharged patients fare:

Day-by-day simulation shows medication effects playing out

Patients may recover fully, need readmission, or die at home

5. Observe

Get clinical observations and hints about the patient's condition

Helps with diagnosis without committing to treatment

Medical Systems

Illness Database

70+ illnesses across major body systems:

Cardiovascular: Heart attacks, CHF, hypertensive crisis, DVT, angina

Respiratory: Pneumonia, asthma, COPD, pulmonary embolism

Gastrointestinal: Appendicitis, ulcers, pancreatitis, bowel obstruction

Neurological: Stroke, meningitis, epilepsy, MS, Alzheimer's

Psychiatric: Depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, PTSD

Endocrine: Diabetes, DKA, thyroid disorders, Cushing's syndrome

Musculoskeletal: Herniated discs, arthritis, gout, fibromyalgia

Renal/Hepatic: Kidney stones, UTIs, liver disease, cirrhosis

Infectious: Sepsis, COVID-19, influenza, shingles

Plus oncology, obstetric, ENT, ophthalmology, and more

Patient Status System

🟢 Alive: Stable, awaiting treatment

🔴 Critical: Health ≤ 15%, needs immediate help

✅ Cured: Health ≥ 85%, can be discharged safely

💀 Dead: Game records the failure, patient flatlines

Vitals & Deterioration

Real-time vital sign tracking (BP, HR, Temp, O2, Pain)

Health deteriorates automatically every 15 seconds without treatment

Visual feedback: patients turn red when critical

Sound effects: flatline tone, danger alerts, success chimes

Game Progression

Win/Lose Conditions

All 20 patients dead = GAME OVER immediately

All patients resolved (cured, discharged, or dead) = Rating screen

No save system — each playthrough is a fresh start

Rating System

Based on total deaths:

0 deaths: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ LEGENDARY DOCTOR

1-4 deaths: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ PASSABLE DOCTOR

5-9 deaths: ⭐⭐⭐ BARELY LICENSED

10-14 deaths: ⭐⭐ QUESTIONABLE PHYSICIAN

15-19 deaths: ⭐ WALKING MALPRACTICE SUIT

20 deaths: ⭐ MASS EXTINCTION EVENT

Presentation & Polish

User Interface

Dark hospital-themed UI with photo-realistic aesthetic

Three-panel layout:

Left: Patient Ward (grid of all 20 patients)

Center: Active patient chart with vitals, chat, and actions

Right: Hospital event log

Top HUD displays alive/dead/cured counts and current day

Modal windows for prescriptions and surgery with detailed information

Audio System

Web Audio API generates sound effects without external files

Sounds for: prescriptions, surgeries, patient deaths, flatlines, menu navigation, success/failure

Ambient hospital background noise during gameplay

Visual Feedback

Screen flashes (red/green) for critical events

Toast notifications for important actions

Color-coded patient cards (green/yellow/red/gray based on status)

Patient photos (male1-10.jpg, female1-10.jpg) or gender symbols if images missing

Writing & Tone

Dark Humor Throughout

Sarcastic tutorial text ("Learn to kill patients properly")

Darkly comedic patient dialogue and responses

Irreverent menu options ("Abandon your patients? They will all die. Probably. Are you okay with that?")

Medical facts presented with gallows humor

Profanity awareness — patients respond appropriately to rude doctors

Medical Accuracy (with Comedy)

Real medical terminology and conditions

Accurate symptom presentations and treatment options

Educational drug information and surgical procedures

"Fun facts" that are actually informative but delivered with wit

Disclaimer: "Do NOT use this game as actual medical advice"

Technical Features

100% browser-based — runs offline in any modern browser

No installation or server required

Modular JavaScript architecture (8 separate files)

Procedural patient generation creates virtually unlimited variety

Smart dialogue system with intent detection

Weekly simulation system models medication effects over time

Auto-saves through session (no permanent save files)

Content Warning

Rated R for:

Dark humor

Adult content and language

Medical themes including death and suffering

Profanity in patient responses

"Wildly Irresponsible Medicine" (as advertised)

The Experience

Bad Doctor is essentially Papers, Please meets Trauma Center with the dark comedy of The Stanley Parable. It challenges players to make life-or-death decisions with incomplete information while maintaining a consistently irreverent tone. Success requires actually paying attention to patient symptoms, cross-referencing medications, and thinking critically about treatment — or you can just prescribe morphine to everyone and see what happens (spoiler: nothing good).

The game walks a tightrope between being a legitimate medical simulation and a satirical comedy, creating an experience that's educational, challenging, and consistently funny in the darkest possible way.