Title: The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker Developer: D'Avekki Studios Ltd Publisher: D'Avekki Studios Ltd Release Date: 19 May, 2017. The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker General Discussions Topic Details. May 23, 2017 @ 7:41am Loading Screen When starting the game, I get to the first loading screen and it just sits there. I've left it for 20+ minutes at one point and it was still loading.
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Ask any questions and collect the evidence as you uncover the identity of the randomly generated murderer whilst trying to figure out the chaos that was left behind.The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker is a Lovecraftian FMV murder mystery, which gives players full freedom to question suspects by typing their own questions or by picking from a predetermined list.They'll have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words will determine their eventual fates, and your own!FMV - 1600+ HD full-motion video responses.RANDOM MURDERER - Chosen at the start of the game to combat spoilers.FREE TEXT INPUT - Ask whatever you want, type questions, phrases or just keywords.SUGGESTED QUESTIONS – An additional question system optimised for console.MULTIPLE ENDINGS - Find out whodunit, and what happens to you and your patients.MULTIPLE STORIES - 6 main suspects and 5 side-quests inc. John Guilor (Contradiction)SIMPLE UI - View evidence, make notes, watch replays, and see your question history.Show more.
2017 FMV mystery video gameThe Infectious Madness of Doctor DekkerD'Avekki StudiosD'Avekki Studios andTim CowlesTim Cowles and Lynda Cowles. (Europe). (North America).Release.
19 May 2017. 5 June 2018 (, ),Mode(s)The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker is a murder mystery developed by and written by Tim Cowles and Lynda Cowles. You play as a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker.
The game was initially released on for and before being published on consoles by British game publishing studio,. Contents.Gameplay The player sees full-motion videos of characters who were patients of Doctor Dekker. The goal is to find out the details surrounding the death of Doctor Dekker. You play as a replacement psychiatrist and must ask the patients questions. You are free to switch between characters to find out more about them. In sessions with each patient, you interact by typing questions or comments into a text box.
The game interprets your input and responds by spitting out a full-motion video reply from the subject. You have a list of responses in the log that will sometimes have asterisks beside them.
One asterisk means there's still a question to ask, but two means you should follow up with this character. Questions can take plenty of forms, but you are generally free to type what you please. Hints are available, but have a cooldown before you can use them again. Story The full identity of the playable character is not known except for the fact they are a replacement psychiatrist. They have been brought in to find out why the previous Doctor Dekker was murdered and they're tasked with interviewing Doctor Dekker's many previous patients. One patient is a woman who blacks out and finds herself at the beach when she wakes up and another patient seems to relive the same day over and over again.
One patient also believes that he gains an extra hour at the end of the day, during that hour time freezes and he is free to do whatever he likes without anyone knowing. The player's questions influence the events of the game and can lead to a variety of different responses ultimately resulting in different endings. Reception The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker was well received by both the public and critics.
Describes it as 'a disturbing psychological horror that dips its toes into a whole manner of subjects', called it 'an extremely polished text adventure that you absolutely must experience'. The game was nominated for two awards, including a Games Industry Award (Diversity) and Games Industry Award (Heritage). The game was also listed in the Best FMV game roundup.On it has a 78 score. On the game received over 2 million views with a Let's Play style series from content creator.Apart from the majority of positive reactions there were also a few critical voices.
Left them feeling 'tired and listless'. Noted the game's continuity errors. References. (this link defaults to the american Nintendo switch website if you’ve never changed the region before i believe, but if you want to change the region, just go to the bottom of the page where it says change region and follow the instructions it gives you from there, then it will wither redirect you to the link or just come back here and click on it again) -(also please note it will not let you access the page unless you are at least 18 years of age, and so forth put a birthday in that would verify with that). McFerran, Damien (30 November 2017).
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