Freemium Drama to F2P Extravaganza

• Game Design
• Involvement: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
• Release: 2018

Heart’s Medicine Doctor’s Oath, the fourth game in the series and the second game I had the honor to work on with Blue Giraffe. The development of this game started out with a mission to create a game that would show it’s worth well before the premium paywall, but along the way we felt that we might be better of to change the paywall all together and offer a dynamic monetization model.

My involvement started right at the start of the project, where I designed most room layouts and minigames. Gradually as the project went along, my involvement became less hands-on and I was able to help on the conceptual level as we tried to figure out how a story-based time management game would look like as a free to play game.

The format of the game has been completely overhauled, where the game no longer stops for players that would like to play the game for free. On the other side, there are several ways players can spend money if they want to. The game offers 240 levels, spread across 6 different rooms. Many, many shop items and other collectibles and side stories and missions to unlock. The game is huge compared to any other in the series.

As is the nature of free to play games, Doctor’s Oath will continue its development after launch and I’m excited to join the team once again to see if we can make the game even more awesome.