SIDE EFFECTS
Side Effects
Play pill roulette. Two Test subjects participate only one survives
Take your pills. Use your items. Watch your tolerance. Can you survive this medical trial?
The game looks and plays better in the downloaded version
Inspired by Buckshot Roulette
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Disclaimer
This is a prototype build. There is probably bugs, there are missing sounds and the enemy AI might not be working as intended. We made this in 10 days and might work on this more
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nice game
Cool game dude :)
Buckshot Roulette if it was made by Will McDaniel
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great game
good game bro
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NICE GAME!Hi, I made a video where I talked about your game. Just wanted to let you know.
Game is good but when he's left with a 50/50 pill choice he sometimes freezes up and just sits with the animation rolling
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it have some bug,after many attempts,i found that there will be loophole.As long as the party loses or loses blood after taking medicine,he will no longer continue to take medicine but stop until the player withdraws.
This game is very fun! It's like Buckshot Roulette but instead, you use pills. However, it's probably just me (im very dumb) but I found the text moderately hard to decipher. I only understood it after playing for a while.
Just another copy of another cool indie game, its a shame this what game dev is nowadays
see a cool game:
copy cool game
change 1 thing about it
add new lore
publish.
You have made zero games and clearly you don't understand this thing called inspiration. This game is one of the many popular games on this site and yet here you are; zero of your nonexistent games published. If you're gonna complain about this, maybe don't play any indie games or games in general because they pretty much all take inspiration from something. Pack it up, bruv.
i've made a few games myself, just not on itch. and yea, inspiration is a real thing. but this? this aint it.
this just feels like a straight up copy of another game with almost nothing actually new. maybe they changed one or two things if we’re being nice. if you wanna see what real inspo looks like, here’s some solid examples:
Five Nights at Candy’s – takes big inspo from FNAF, but adds it's own chars, story and gameplay stuff.
Sun Haven – clearly inspired by stardew vally, but added magic, fighting and co-op stuff.
Valorant – def took stuff from counter-strike, but threw in heros and flashy visuals.
Palworld – 100% pokemon inspo, but adds survival, guns and building.
Ghosts of Tabor – like tarkov, but made for VR and with it's own spin.
i could go on, but point is: inspo don’t mean just slapping a new coat of paint on something and calling it yours. you gotta add somthing that matters—new ideas, looks, or at least your own twist (that isnt just a small thing.).
i will give them this tho: atleast they didn’t make ppl pay for it, and they said it only took a few days to make. but still, thats not really an excuse. this kinda stuff is everywhere now in game dev.
leathal company gets it the worst. it's getting copied like crazy, and some of those ripoffs are straight up trying to sell their junk. thats where it stops being lazy and starts being scammy.
My brother in christ....Is this game not exactly the same thing as the others you listed? Since when did Buck Shot Roulette ever have just straight pills? Sure, the game could use a bit more content to make it more unique (if that's even possible in this day and age where everything basically looks and plays the same), but that doesn't mean it's a straight ripoff. And Palword also got sued by Nintendo themselves to the point where the devs had to change a few things, so that's not a very good example you put up there.
its not, its no where near. this is just the same as buck shot roulette. they changed like 2 things. one, its pills now. two, you cant skip (unless u got a candy). other than that theres almost nothing diffrent.
and no, nintendo suing pocket pair isnt a good argument either. nintendo would sue you for saying pikachu in your sleep. palworld is still a amazing example cuz it actually changes stuff. instead of a kid friendly rpg, they said lets make it a survival game with guns, and lets have the pals do hard labor. that’s a twist. thats taking inspo and doin somethin new.
this game tho? its just a rip off of buckshot, it just is.
and bro, when you say stuff like “if thats even possible in this day and age where everything basically looks and plays the same” you proved my point. everything looks and plays the same because devs stopped tryin. its all lazy now, just copying trends, jumping on wagons, and doin whatever’s popular instead of making anything new.
you are a walking contradiction.
Solid prototype with great potential, but my luck is terrible. This game hates me. 😂
This reminds me of this Android horror game I tried called YAKA Revenge. Creepy as hell, and it has secret endings too 😨
(Just search "YAKA Revenge itch.io")
that would be a rly good game to play with a friend
Yeah this game is crazy good cant wait for more!!
Made this video and hade so much fun making the video :)
it's alright ig
Fantastic game; this truly embodies the pinnacle of gaming experience, presenting many gifted qualities of a masterpiece.
great idea, if developed to the best it could become fantastic, I'm eagerly awaiting updates and multiplayer.
if you can, donate to support the developers
Little bug report: The other player stopped playing after hitting a pill with the hammer, and I got softlocked.
I loved the Game
This Game Was Overall Well-Made For What It Is, I Hope It Gets Future Updates With More To Do As The Concept Is Very Cool. 7/10.
This game is great it does give the vibes of buckshot roulette in a new very interesting way. For new features I would suggest these things:
1.-You could add an endless mode where after you beat a test subject another after another comes next, and to give a buckshot roulette vibe you could ask if you want to continue or leave but in this way.
Assuming that you a re a drug addict, you could show a psychedelic pill as the continue and a boring color pill for the leave. For an extra, if you choose to continue, you could add a brief psychedelic effect to the screen showing how desperate you are for the feeling that the drug gives you for an instant.
2.-For the game mechanics, you could configure that the secuence of the pill is not always the same, and also that the type of pill not necessarily defines what the pill does, I mean, that not always the blue pills Regen 2 points of tolerance and that it can do other pills effects, and the same for the other pills.
3.-It could be great if you add a multiplayer mode for at least from 2 to 4 players.
4.- I know you said that the AI of the other test subject sometimes fail but you can improve it.
5.-for the picking up of the objects you could make random the amount of items you can pick up per round and not always only 2 objects.
6.-There are occasions when there are only killer pills, when this happens you could add heavy breathing and laughing expressions for the other test subject, and if the other test subject knows he is about to swallow a killer pill you could add fear to his expressions.
I know that maybe I ask much but I really liked the game and I got excited with all this ideas jaja, good job and congrats for the game
tbh this is like a game where uh ave to take drugs that isnt dangerous
this game is SIGMA
tbh it feels like buckshot roulette but with pills
i agree with that tbh
I’m crashing on iPad it’s not working
sameee
10/10 its short and pretty fun, only things that could make it better is multiplayer and more levels/items
agreed
NICE GAME
also 10/10 buckshot with ˖ ࣪⭑Drugs˖ ࣪⭑
I think adding 2 player mode to it would be really good. Maybe online play if posibble
first try!
Pretty cool game so far!
BRO. please bring this game to steam as soon as possible
PLS. Ill love it (I already do)