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Bruni Multimedia

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@jamdan Thanks I'll try it asap.
As for the Vanessa fix, it will come in a few days because, even if annoying, it's not game breaking. :)
 

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Fix #8, addresses the medical imaging error just reported and the missing Vanessa-Aaron images.
Thanks!
Does this have the fix #6 and #7 also or do we need that one to?

There is a rar in the game folder called "0.0.19 Fast-Fix 1" is it needed or can it be deleted?

(((Sometime after the 25th I will be getting the Steam version of the game.)))
 
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the Robyn Franklin exam seems bugged. When i click on the hospital it only lets me do that exam and no matter what options i pick the brother always leaves with her. Some other exams repeat too, this fish hook guy and the unknown vaginal bleeding girl and the girl who forgets her phone all repeat so far.
Yeah, same here. Clicking to work at hospital goes right to her exam in the clinic.
 

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@Bruni Multimedia found a bug in this save , when i go to the hospital , it goes back to the robyn exam
Sorry about that. For some reason the fixes introduced in 0.0.19 weren't present in this release. I'm starting to think something messed up with repositories. I am attaching fix #9 to deal with this (also includes other fixes as well).
 

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Sorry about that. For some reason the fixes introduced in 0.0.19 weren't present in this release. I'm starting to think something messed up with repositories. I am attaching fix #9 to deal with this (also includes other fixes as well).
no problem , you were so quick in fixing it so , thats awesome!!!!
 

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Thank you for this question, as it gives me the chance to actually talk about this and even ask you (not you personally) something.

I'm quite amused as svscomics and other websites refer to General Practitioner as a "porn game", when I never intended it to be like that. That can be proven also by this message I exchanged with an user on Indiedb who a year ago said:
"What is this porn bullshit doing on this site"
to which I replied:
"Actually this is not porn at all. It's an adult-oriented visual novel with sex scenes that are entirely skippable if not liked. The main goal of the game is an accurate medical simulation of a doctor's daily life and work routine. Try it out, you may be surprised."
(link )

I also said on numerous occasions even on Steam that the game is a Medical Simulation Visual Novel with Adult elements (namely sexual interactions and a dating sim), even here:

I always mentioned games like "Emergency Room" from Legacy Games to have inspired this game's development ( ), and those were simulators.

That said, I also listened to players' feedback and introduced a lot of help about medical situations. You can also activate a switch in the settings to have half the wrong choices disappear (like in "Who wants to be a Billionaire?"), and the Codex is being rewritten completely to help players understand medical exams.
Plus, completing medical exams 100% or 0% doesn't influence the story, which is where sex scenes are played (even a few animated ones, as listening to other feedback from the players), so you can completely avoid going to the clinic and still experience the game's stories and relationships (well, maybe not Erika's but oh well, she's a nurse after all).

I also said I don't want a game who plays by itself as this is a videogame and I'd like players to play it with some effort. If you (not you personally) wish to see all x-rated images skipping all the content be my guest: I shall zip them and send them to you :)

On Patreon, but even on this site, the term "Visual Novel" is used even when games have nothing to do with Visual Novels (lots of grinding, very few stories and rushed relationships in so many of them). GP is a Visual Novel, it has about 40+ hours of gameplay as of now and it's growing. Of course players' feedback is not only suggested, it's NEEDED, but it's taken into consideration when it's aimed to improve the game as it is, not to ask for a game which General Practitioner was never meant to be.

People mainly interested in sex and girls will find some fun in General Practitioner, but this is NOT a porn game where you play sex scenes every few minutes, and the game never "lost itself" because it always followed this way. There is sex, there is incest (albeit in a VERY different way as it's usually depicted on most games i.e. "FUCK ME BRO, FUCK ME LIKE A BITCH"), there are threesomes, a bit of cuckoldry and voyeurism, but it's inside a bigger box.

The fact of the game being on porn pirate websites and addressed as "porn" game is not a fault of the game, it is the websites'.
This is an "Adult videogame", which is something very different and doesn't necessarily means sexual-related (even if GP has got sexual content).

I'm at everybody's disposal for other questions.
Thanks for the answer. Seems like you're talking about nukiges as an example of something you're not about. I tend to find nukiges dreadfully boring so it's great that this game is not that.

Interesting discussion on "visual novel". For me, your game does not qualify as a visual novel. A visual novel looks like this:

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A visual novel should be a primarily text based experience, hence NOVEL, where the story is being told to the player in a way that has choices that increases engagement. Gameplay with win/loss conditions really just takes away from that experience and seriously degrades it imo. You're making a GAME and you should be fine with it.

Different users are satisfied by different experiences, generally speaking I prefer novels over games (which I kinda view as time wasters), but other people find entertainment in it. I'm sure there is a market out there for medical simulators though, it's is a cool concept. It's also good that you're making the medical stuff less demanding so that people who aren't into it can put up with it easier. Hope to see this evolve into something great.
 
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