As I already posted before, one of the most rewarding experiences of this job is to read and listen to the players' feedback about the game.

This feedback is most of the time very useful as it points out elements of the game which just simply don't work, or others that can be improved and also some that are a complete mess!

Many feedback revolved around the User Interface for actions throughout the game, stating that it was difficult to understand, ugly and... well a complete mess!
Of course, the game is still in Alpha and Early Access, therefore fans usually agree that many elements of the game are temporary and just "work" right now, but as the final release approaches week after week I'm finalizing temporary elements as well!

That said, I'm introducing you the new user interface for the game, probably the ultimate one before release hits the shelves.



The upper bar features new colored icons for the stats, preferences, codex, cell phone interaction, relationship status and a "report a bug" button (in alpha/beta releases only).

The font for the time and date has been made more readable, and so are the icons for the money, energy and the return button as well.
Tooltips will appear below each button for an easier readability too!



The newly introduced staff management screen will be replaced with this version, with "Section" names that will highlight in the section-specific color (in this screenshot it's read for the midwives), while the user interface has been cleaned and made more understandable. Also, the money you actually own are clearly displayed in the top right corner.



Finally the examination screen. This has been completely overhauled.
Buttons that will allow to undress the patient have been outlined to stand at attention. Icons for advanced examinations have been replaced by a tidy set of buttons similar to those used in every game's menu.

Finally, a mannequin (male and female) has been added to the right portion of the screen to choose which area of the body to examine. Since one of the most annoying and reported bugs was about icon placement as different body types have different coordinated within the screen, the mannequin will show icons in the very same position, regardless of the patient, and are usually a better way to show informations.

Always remember that you can hide all game's interfaces by pressing the "H" button on the keyboard if you wish to look at an image without any element to cover it.

This changes will be published in the game between 0.0.26 and 0.0.28, I hope you'll enjoy them.

Greetings fellow doctors!

One of the most requested features is the ability to improve the skills of your staff members, because many times they fail at the most simple task just because of bad luck or inexperience on their part.

Starting with 0.0.25 we are going to introduce a new way to manage your staff members. This management screen (which is a work in progress since it will be improved as well), will allow you to choose which course your personnel will follow and who will be asked to go there.



You can choose a single staff member or ask a whole department to attend. While taking a course you won't benefit from your staff members' presence of course, and the number of turns in which they are staying away is displayed on the Daily Report Screen.



Improving your staff skills will also increase their weekly wage of 250$ for each point given. Of course staff who already got the maximum skill points won't take any lecture and can't be sent to improve their skills.

Every different course's costs will vary depending on the skill, so plan ahead carefully who you're sending and where, because budget is always tight and you can't do everything.

I hope you'll like this improvement of the game. Stay tuned for even more news!

Be safe and healthy,

An update for General Practitioner is available for download!

• Fixed an issue which caused animation movies on Mac devices to crash the game
  
• Fixed a wrong interaction during Adult and Elder females' interviews on random exams
  
• The game won't subtract a point when not performing Anne's abdominal exam, since it is not available
  
• Clara is apparently shy and was missing from the park again! I convinced her to return there, so you can find her there this time after you load a save.

Thank you for playing the game!

Be safe and healthy,

https://youtu.be/MmknUL0XGUU

Would you like something like that?

Would you like to interact with your patients as you were really in the room with them?

General Practitioner's 2nd birthday is coming in two weeks and we're on our way to bring you a Beta in a few months, with the full game be polished and released by the end of the year.

While The Coroner Saga is also on its way to launch and another cool Visual Novel will be announced in a few weeks on Kickstarter, we're also thinking about the future of this game as well, because its full release won't mean the game being abandoned! On the contrary, we are already planning to add exciting new features such as new events, scenes and medical scenes!

One of the most asked features of the game are animations (which are being added update after update for the sex scenes) and some of you also asked for a "VR mode".

That said, take a look at the above video to see what we're working on (the overall quality reflects our VERY EARLY stage of development for this).

We're going to feature animations in most of the game's situations (dialogues, medical exams, interviews, examinations) AND we're also working on a "General Practitioner VR", which will allow you to interact with patients more or less like it's possible on such games as "Summer Lessons" which some of you might've played.

VR compatibility and animations is no small feat though and it would be almost impossible to achieve by an "one-man indie studio" such as mine, so we added two different goals on our Patreon Page that, if reached, will allow us to deliver you one of the most different VR experiences available on the market (yeah, I'm quite confident about this!)

Spread the news about the game with your friends, support us in this adventure, we completely rely on player's funds to keep doing what we do and try to deliver a different kind of Visual Novels! Pledge us on Patreon or look for another way to do so on our website (links on the "download" page), earn your rewards (more are going to be added soon)!

Every dollar counts in crowdfunding and I'd like to express my eternal gratitude for all our pledgers and players all around the world, present, past and even future ones! You are making this possible!

Thank you for this wonderful two years together and for the years to come!

ANDREA

Hello guys!

After a long thought I decided to discontinue my discord server starting in a few days. The reason behind it is very simple in fact: I don't regularly check it as I check the forums, the posts around the web and the email inbox, which I check on a daily basis.

Instead that providing a disservice to my fan community just because "everyone"'s got a Discord server it's pretty useless, and people who contact me on Discord do expect to get replies from me, which are very scarce to say the least.

I find the whole Discord app confusing when having to wrap up bugs, suggestions or even mere feedback about the game, and that reflects on the quality of service I try to provide as well.

But worry not: there are plenty of ways to contact me, the most simple being the Steam Forums or directly by mail at development[at]brunimultimedia.com, where I usually reply every day to who contacts me. ;)

Sorry for any discomfort this announcement might cause you.
Be safe and healthy,

Hello fellow doctors!

The long-awaited update nicknamed "Colleagues, Lovers" will be shipped in a few weeks while crowdfunders on Patreon will be able to play it a few days earlier.

This update will focus on Erika's romance, with brand-new events and situations involving our favourite nurse! It also features three new medical exams which are a little different from what you're familiar with in terms of both situations and gameplay (at least for the "Story" event).

New animations have been added to sexual situations, some of which are new on their own. The update is about three hours long in gameplay and I'm sure you'll like all the situations and high-definition pictures it brings along!



Lacey's examination, which you can see in the picture above, has been written and requested by one of our Patreon crowdfunders, a 30$ patron with the "Character request" reward of my page!

If you wish to request a specific exam for the game while also supporting our projects join our 30$ tier on Patreon. A full list of rewards is available on our Patreon's Main Page.

I hope you'll enjoy playing this update, as I really enjoyed writing it. The most fascinating stories can be written with these characters with hardly any repetition, since they all possess their own well-established characters and dreams and each of them has its own background!



Join the Doctor for an "High School Lecture" about the risks of sexually transmitted diseases or drug abuse (the choice is yours, as well as the consequences) and avoid (or enjoy) sexual tensions with the people there.



Investigate St. Mary's past as a troublesome situation arises due to one of your past mistakes during an hospital examination and join Erika in her search for answers over her family's medical Foundation. Read through her grandmother's last will to find a way out of trouble.



Join Erika and her friends Wyatt, Aaron, Vanessa and Prudence (you already met them at the Festival of Joy) for a pool-day holiday and live through the already released "Physician, Heal Thyself" chapter from a different standpoint.

In 0.0.25 the choice is yours. Are you ready to become the General Practitioner you always sought to be? Or will your Casanova attitude complicate everything in your path to success?

Be safe and healthy!

An update for General Practitioner is available for download!

• The game allowed the player to live with both Rita and Claudia. This was not intended and has been fixed in Chapter "Achy Breaky Heart"
  In order to restore savegames who are affected by this issue without having players restart the whole game an Alpha feature has been added to the game asking you who you wish to live with. Of course this is a temporary patch which will be removed in Beta since Beta release will wipe savegames.
  
• Kiko's trust while examining her has been made consistent. While she's just your patient she will show reactions as other patients do, when you become acquainted with her her shown trust level is the same as other romances.
  
• Fixed Robyn's tooltip text for undressing her. Please remember that underage characters are never shown naked or wearing underwear, therefore you can complete her exam with her wearing her camisole.
  
• Random patients will now hint at "Bedwetting" when interviewed about their recent concerns
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the right scene to play when choosing to spend some time with Erika and no more conversations were available
  
• Random Adult Male patient Archetype #1 has been completely redrawn to fix its graphical issues
  
• Genital Exams' pictures for Adult Males in Random Exams have been restored
  
• Abdominal Exams' pictures for Adult Males in Random Exams have been added
  
• Back Exams' pictures for Adult Males in Random Exams have been fixed
  
• Adult Male Steam Workshop's pictures have been updated, restored and added like the random ones
  
• Fixed an issue which caused Fame not to be deducted from your staff daily work
  
• Trying to phone Rita won't cause the "Screen Background selection" to appear on your phone.
  
• The option to ask Rita out for dinner has been disabled if Rita is living with you
  
• EEN Exams (Eyes, Ears, Nose) are now more correctly named HEENT exams (Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat) throughout the game

Thank you for playing the game!

Be safe and healthy,

An update for General Practitioner is available for download!

• Fixed an issue which kept the "porn description" on screen after choosing a porn
  
• Fixed a crash with Elder Female Archetype #1 during random exams
  
• Fixed some crash with Adult Male exams (missing images)
  
• Genital exams for Adult males have had their been temporarily removed since they were corrupted. They will be replaced very soon
  
• Full nude image of Adult Male archetype #1 has been temporarily removed since it became corrupted. It will be replaced very soon
  
• Fixed a crash during Josh's 2nd exam
  
• Fixed an incorrect behavior during Elder Male's interview in Random Exams (switched questions)
  
• Fixed an issue in Elder Male's exams not allowing to examine the abdomen while the patient is naked
  
• Fixed an issue which drained double energy if you asked a colleague to check on a random patient
  
• The game will now correctly inform you if you gain charm after showering or swimming
  
• Mr. Xuan won't appear anymore if you never met Kiko in the first place

Thank you for playing the game!

Be safe and healthy,

GENERAL PRACTITIONER 0.0.24 ALPHA RELEASE - "No Ordinary Family"

GENERAL:
WARNING: save games prior to 0.0.20 are no longer compatible. If you own a previously made save you will have to restart the game!
Save games from releases after 0.0.21 are compatible.

• Bug fixing
  
• Added some personal infos about Claudia during the first conversation with her earlier in the game
  
• Added new pictures for actions throughout the game
  
• Removed some savegame compatibility instructions from the "after_load" label as they were conflicting with newer settings. Therefore savegame compabitility with releases earlier and including to 0.0.20 is no longer guaranteed.
  
• Added a question asking players to tell the game if Claudia was living with the Doctor before the Main Story Arc. This is necessary because the main story isn't completed and it could make this update uneffective if she is locked away from the Doctor's house due to the main story. The question will be asked when ending the main story's available content or when loading a save for the first time after that.
  
• Solved a crashing bug occurring during Claudia's story (missing variable siscug_aftersex_counter)
  
• Fixed an issue which had you repeat the coroner's report investigation if you started with both Erika and Claudia
  
• Fixed an issue with Claudia appearing next to you watching porn even if you declined her presence
  
• Fixed an issue in Kiley's exam's interview with her answering inconsistently
  
• Fixed a crash in Kiley's exam's urinalysis
  
• Fixed a missing image during Claudia's phone conversation about the Canada Medical Conference
  
• Fixed a minor dialogue inconsistency in Sara's 2nd exam
  
• Fixed Medical Board text overflowing in Kelly's exam
  
• Fixed image inconsistency during one of Claudia's conversations
  
• Fixed an inconsistency in Josh's 2nd exam dialogue
  
• Fixed an inconsistency with Katia's 2nd exam outcome
  
• Fixed a small user interface error in Claudia's file
  
• Fixed a crash during the "Physician, heal thyself" chapter
  
• The number of autosaves made by the game is now consistent with the number of available slots shown on screen (6)
  
• Changed Main Menu:
  - Removed "Update" page
  - Added "About us" page which redirects to www.brunimultimedia.com
  - Changed the "Preferences" text to "Settings" to match other screens thoughout the game
  
• Changed behavior of the "X" icon on menu screens to resume game rather than asking to quit the game
  
• Game will no longer tell the player he bought a New Beetle when he actually bought another car/bike
  
• Fixed some unintended behavior with Clara's exam when asking her to undress
  
• Fixed an unintended behavior when playing an instrument and/or a videogame where Claudia appears even if you still haven't met her
  
• Fixed a condition where an unconscious random patient sometimes answered to questions
  
• Unconscious patients won't react to you taking off their clothes in random exams anymore
  
• Fixed a graphical glitch in the second page of the examination review screen
  
• Fixed an incorrect behavior while examining the vitals of a random patient affected by bronchitis
  
• Fixed an uncommon issue which kept Claudia's conversation in the park repeating itself every day
  
• Fixed image sequence in the Doctor's dream sequence in Elisa's examination
  
• Fixed an issue in "Exam Mode" which swapped Robyn and Fanny's exams
  
• Fixed Fanny's Codex entry to show the right ID for her
  
• Fixed a very rare bug in random exams where "Anorexia nervosa" was incorrectly given as a wrong answer
  
• Fixed Male Elders' option to undress which were inconsistent with gameplay options
  
• Fixed an issue in Bridget's exam not recognizing you examining her legs
  
• Fixed an issue in Anne's exam not recognizing you examining her vitals
  
• Fixed an issue in Anne's exam giving you the option to repeat her urinalysis indefinitely
  
• Fixed a crash during female elders' random exams (missing image)
  
• Fixed a rare issue in Kiko's exam that caused her to "Hate" you for no reason at the end of the exam
  
• Fixed a rare issue which showed a dating option on evenings even if no one was selected as a date (this especially happened with Rita, but also with other characters albeit with an even rarer frequency

GAMEPLAY:

• New Achievements have been added:
  - Like the old times!
  - Physician, Heal Thyself
  - Lecturer
  - Patron
  
• Removed conversation icons in the "Joy Festival" chapter as they are meant to be present in medical exams only
  
• The "Skip to next exam" and "Skip to next event" features have been removed. They were meant for the early stages of the game when content was very scarce to help skip to the relevant parts of the game, however as the game got bigger and the Random Exam Project is completed the feature became useless and bug-prone, since the game assumed some events happened without setting the proper triggers, thus resolving in abnormal behavior.
  Since this feature was never meant to be present in the final game, we decided to remove it completely to avoid game-breaking issues. Some of you might have noticed that it wasn't updated since a long time either, and no negative feedbacks have been received about that, showing the lack of interest in the feature at all.
  
• A few activities have been added when you choose to stay home.
  - Play a musical instrument
  - Spend some time cooking
  - Spend some time with Claudia if she is living with the player
  - Study Medicine (moved from previous screen choice)
  - Masturbate (if vanilla mode is OFF)
  - Have a shower
  - Watch TV
  - Watch porn (if vanilla mode is OFF)
  - Relax (moved from previous screen choice)
  - Play a videogame
  
• Added 10 more conversations with Claudia at home. Some will only trigger if certain choices have been made in the game.
  
• The game will now recognize if you had sex with Christina
  ALL these activities have a chance to be made alongside Claudia if she is living with the player, enabling more ways to spend time with her at home. Every activity also takes some energy and gives some stat boost as well.

GAMEPLAY BALANCING:

• Administration personnel now grant +2 Fitness whenever they earn a success at work (from +5)
  
• Norah's tantra massage and full body massage now grant +2 Charm (from +5)
  
• Norah's tantra massage and full body massage now grant +2 Charm (from +5)
  
• Norah's full body massage now grants +2 sexperience(from +5)
  
• Norah's tantra massage now grants +2 sexperience(from +5)
  
• Norah's romantic massage now grants +4 sexperience(from +10)
  
• Stephen will now grant +1/+2/+3/+4/+5 charm at most during his challenge at the gym (from +3/+5/+7/+9/+12)
  
• You will now lose 3 sexperience when losing a challenge against Stephen at the gym (from -5)
  
• Balanced charm gain/loss during conversations with Rita
  
• You will now gain +2 charm when showering at the clinic (from +5)
  
• Swimming at the pool now grants you +1 Charm (from +5)
  
• You will now gain 3 knowledge when studying before meeting Claudia during the investigation (from +5)
  
• Removed the +15 knowledge bonus when ending Paul's examination
  
• Hired doctors now grant +1 Knowledge whenever they earn a success at work (from +3)
  
• Hired technicians now grant +1 Knowledge whenever they earn a success at work (from +3)
  
• Hired technicians now grant +1 Knowledge whenever they earn a success at work (from +3)
  
• Hired technicians now put a -2 Knowledge malus whenever they fail at work (from +5)
  
• Reduced Norah's massage parlour sexperience to +3 (from +5) when you visit her with Rita
  
• Blackmailing Nancy now grants +2 sexperience (from +5)
  
• Sexperience earned during Kiko's sex scene in "Shady Business" chapter has been lowered to 3 (from 10)
  
• Aaron and Vanessa's threesome now grants +5 sexperience (from +20)
  
• Aaron and Vanessa's first sexual encounters now grants +3 sexperience (from +10)

EXAMINATIONS:

• No new exams have been added with this update

STORY:
All of "Claudia-related" content will only play if you pursued a romantic relationship with her, whether by kissing her or having sex with her (Rita's path).
If you haven't done anything of the kind the following events won't be available on your playthrough. Please report if they still play regardless, as this means a bug is present. Thank you!
- If you kissed Claudia or had sex with her you will be prompted to a park meeting with her to talk about it (three days after having sex or on January 10th if you only kissed her)
- Added event "Shopping Spree" which will start after January 4th and after you completed the "Conference Invitation" conversation with Claudia.
- Added event "Claudia's birthday dinner" which will start on February 12th and February 21st
- Added event "Physician, heal thyself (Claudia Path)" which will start on March 31st and continue up to April 21st
Please note that during this event the energy amount of the doctor is forced to be very low. This is working as intended as it reflects the doctor's current health and it's NOT a bug which doesn't replenish the health bar.
- Added event "Medical Conference" which will start on December 3rd and continue on January 23rd


OTHER:

• The game will end on April 30th, which marks the end of the full game. Of course only Claudia-related events are available after December, while more will be added in future updates!

Known issues:
Please refer to this link for a list of known issues:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/936960/discussions/0/1742229167205778145/

Greetings everybody!

Work on The Coroner Saga is almost complete, and Episode 1 is about to hit the shelves. However, due to some last bug-fix and ready-check release date has been postponed by a couple weeks to around May 30th! Fasten your seatbelts and prepare to join Sara and her team for the first mistery to solve.



As previously stated the game will be released in episodes, with each episode self-concluding for its murder story, so that you can play each episode by itself (the game will presume you chose no one for the romance story in that case).

Each "season" will be made up by 6 episodes and each episode will cost 5,99$. An option to buy a "Season Pass DLC" will be added to the game for a cost of 24,99$ (other currencies might differ a little).



This Otome Visual Novel is going to feature players' favourite game mechanic from General Practitioner for the autopsy part and will also feature a FULL HD resolution as well.

An Italian translation will also be available, with Japanese that will be added shortly thereafter. More languages might be added in the future depending on the public's reaction to the game.



This is a new project which is more "standard" than General Practitioner as a Visual Novel, but also includes gameplay elements that aim for it to be something different as well.

If you wish to support our games even further, as we are a very small indie company, you can do so by pledging on our crowdfunding Patreon page as 30$+ patrons will also receive a free Season Pass for the game (pledge must be active after the game's release of course).



Thank you for following our projects and giving our games a chance! Nothing will be possible without your (the gamers) support!

Be safe and healthy,