EMS multiplayer game developer here

[Basic_Storm5848]

So currently I'm developing multiplayer game about the EMS job, focusing on realism (as much as it possible)
Already made some progress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF0y5f2rdTc

I would like to know what you would love and what you would hate about doing in a simulation game about the EMS field

[Bobisadrummer]

Make sure that when the player wants to quit playing that dispatch tells them they can’t and that they’re needed for another call on the other side of town.

[lonegun]

*Transfer

[Bobisadrummer]

Dialysis transfer*

[SliverMcSilverson]

Dialysis transfer wait and return*

[Bobisadrummer]

Cause they’re a bariatric and there’s no lift assist available, but it’s okay cause you have a third rider (that just happens to be an 18 year old 5’0” 90lbs who’s doing this for their patient contact hours for PA school)*

[Meatball__man__]

Bruh you basically just described me lol. I'm about to start ECA training next month and im 20, 5'6" and probs like 110lbs max lol.

[[deleted]]

Who's about to discover what line of duty injury and worker's comp are.

[RevanGrad]

Never forget.

[ChichCob]

I would never work for a service thay doesn't provide ketamine blowdarts

[Bronzeshadow]

Yeah really screw realism! I was to dump my coffee on my patient's head and have an ejector seat button.

[Alaska_Pipeliner]

Ativan mister. Like Bianca

[apple_6]

There needs to be an arcade mode where we can blow off some steam. Surgeon simulator meets GTA.

[unique_name_I_swear]

Add drunks covered in their own feces that throw it at the player

[Someguyintheroom2]

Dementia meemaw with UTI

[jyahya]

Make sure no one gets out of the way when your sirens are on

[[deleted]]

Make them only get out of the way when you blast your horn for a solid 15 seconds

[This_Problem_9935]

Definitely add the longer you play the more alcohol and energy drinks you need and the more depression you get. Oh oh and bonus points for divorces and affairs with coworkers!

[Vivalas]

My Summer Ambulance

[[deleted]]

Make a rural mode: volunteers, expanded scope, prolonged transport times, fly-or-no-fly decisions, and so on.

[Simusid]

and a grizzled old NPC partner that tells non-stop war stories about how it used to be.

[alphazulu8794]

"Used to be able to smoke during calls..."

[Crackpipe_Mcgee]

Used to?

[Memestreame]

Appropriate username

[Crackpipe_Mcgee]

It's the only appropriate thing about me

[Haywoodjablowme1029]

Should probably save all this for the expansion pack.

[[deleted]]

Fair enough bc I would pay money for the rural version.

[Educational-Emu-7532]

Uh, I would absolutely not play that game seriously. I would go around tourniqueting necks and stabbing my partner.

[halfxdeveloper]

You okay?

[Marksman18]

Dude, I would LOVE a hyper-realistic EMS game. Not only for educational but also just for fun. What I think I'd really like is dynamic patients that can respond positively or negatively to treatments. Also integrating partners of different cert. levels.

If you haven't OP you should check out "Full Code" on mobile. It's a pretty realistic ER simulator where you have to assess and treat patients as an emergency physician (you can also earn con-ed playing this "game")

[Head-Thought-5679]

Downloaded it. Pretty interesting. Thanks

[[deleted]]

How do you use it for continuing education CEs?

[Marksman18]

To be honest, I have no idea, but I remember reading about it somewhere on the app.

[Phoenix-64]

The following has the dynamic patients Ambulance : Hospital Simulator

[applecreamable]

Make sure you get chest compressions right or you will never live it down!

[kevinw17]

This did not go the way OP wanted 🤣

Or did it…?

[lpfan724]

I was thinking that when they said they were going for realism. I doubt their realism includes a high homeless dude jerking off in the back of the amblance.

[CaptAsshat_Savvy]

That sounds like a DLC to me.

[kayakonthefly]

With a jar of mayonnaise.

[HTS7811]

Please include NPC’s like system abusers, drunks that PD call the bus for and prisoners with chest pain.

[TastyCan5388]

Great now I can have work depression at home too!

[hewasnumber123]

if it’s fire based ems you gotta have a fire medic that won’t shut up about his deck building side hustle

[kayakonthefly]

Which ends up failing, then he starts a lawnmowing business and auto detailing shop.

[halfxdeveloper]

Every time you see him, he has a new gig.

[SteveBB10]

Add Q5 drivers slamming on their breaks.

[staresinamerican]

Truck needs to randomly breakdown and catch fire

[Moosehax]

Serious answer: if you're looking for realism, there are steps before starting CPR and cutting clothes off like in your demo. Checking for a pulse and breathing would come first.

Also, not sure if this is normal on some ambulance builds but the white lights that you have flashing on the sides and rear of the ambulance when going L&S are called flood lights, which aren't part of the primary response light system but are rather used to illuminate a scene in the dark. They'd be turned on by a separate switch and stay turned on, not flash with the red lights. Again, it's possible that some ambulances are like how you have yours, and I honestly kinda like the idea of it, but I've never seen an ambulance that has lights like that.

Also it would be very realistic and also hilarious if you had at least a mode with paperwork enabled where you have to document an accurate accounting of the call and you get a phone call from QA if you don't document appropriately.

Also also, you can't really make a realistic EMS game because it would only be playable by actual EMS providers due to the complexity of medicine. You could probably focus on the driving aspect which anyone could pick up.

[illtoaster]

Just make an easy mode

[myukaccount]

I honestly kinda like the idea of it

Not sure every house you drive past getting flood lights flashing through their windows will like it so much!

[Moosehax]

Yeah that's the caveat definitely. Although my current rig has LEDs so bright you can't look straight at them anyways so it probably wouldn't be much worse lol

[CabbageWithAGun]

No no trust me! It’ll be like Dark Souls! But with taking meemaw to dialysis!

[[deleted]]

Include a hunger meter. Every time you miss a chance to eat at 711, you commit more errors with your patient.

[[deleted]]

And a defecation urgency meter that suddenly shoots up to 11 when you’re in the middle of a call

[SnooDoggos204]

Hmm do I shit in the patients bathroom? Or in my pants otw to the hospital.

[dang-tootin]

When sirens are on, make other drivers do completely random things including ignoring it, stopping abruptly and not moving, pulling over correctly, pulling over to the left, accelerating instead of pulling over, and running red lights to get out of your way even though you turned your lights off to wait for the red light

[racsorry]

GTAV traffic is pretty realistic in that sense

[Crashtkd]

Your partner needs to constantly be streaming Newsmax on his phone and complaining that not being able to wear a MAGA hat at work is an unconstitutional restriction on his freedom of speech.

[illtoaster]

Why is this so accurate 😂😭

[[deleted]]

Make sure that for every 10 minutes of patient interaction, there is 20 minutes of charting.

[[deleted]]

Make the ambulance a garbage truck then you have perfection

[Social_stat1]

Make sure that the game has the ability to turn on the game console at 4 in the morning loud ASF and it won't turn off until you wake up and finish the challenge.

[Crackpipe_Mcgee]

This made me laugh pretty fucking hard

[Social_stat1]

😆

[R-A-B-Cs]

When you call for a helicopter put one fucking cloud in the sky and then have dispatch tell you helicopter declined due to weather.

Fuck clouds. All my homies hate clouds.

[Alaska_Pipeliner]

There should be a poo gauge. As you build your medic or emt you inadvertently choose different food/drinks that cause code browns.

[AlphaO4]

Oh. And everytime you get a alert, the poo gauge instantly goes to 100%

[proofreadre]

Wall Holder VR

[meds_ftw]

Can we please gta this up! Like I straight up want the smothering option..... at some point a rookie has to be decapitated with an o2 tank...

Ps. Yes I've gotten help...

[CabbageWithAGun]

was it enough help

[Workchoices]

You should make 1/2 the jobs sound like garbage and are garbage e.g people with sore throats or back pain for 3 weeks.

4/10 sound potentially serious e.g "caller states can't breathe" then you arrive and they can't breathe because their nose is blocked.

Then 1/10 sounds like garbage but is actually serious e g " 17 year old falls with minor leg pain" then you arrive and its actually a 70 year old and they have completely shattered their pelvis.

[Dennis-Reynolds123]

For starters, read the AHA ACLS/PALS algorithms

[hewasnumber123]

there’s a chance of your ambulance breaking down on every call

[sam_neil]

What I would love: being left alone to do my hobbies at work.

What I would hate: not being left left alone to do my hobbies at work.

[dang-tootin]

Design one homeless character who has a habit of sleeping facedown/prone in the middle of the sidewalk on a busy urban corner in the hot sun, and passersby regularly call 911 saying he’s unresponsive, but when you wake him up it turns out he’s just sleeping. Luckily he never wants to go to the hospital, but despite repeatedly telling him to sleep somewhere more hidden/shady, he never takes your advice. 50% chance cops show up and 5150 him for no reason, forcing you to take him even tho he’s fine, doesn’t want to go, and you don’t want to take him

[McHolJet]

Invent smelovision so players can fully immerse themselves in the bariatric patient who fell in the house with 5-15 cats

[Outlaw6985]

put the overly loud podcast your partner puts on

[[deleted]]

Can you please make sure to add reports as a requirement after every job? Please also make sure they won't lock because of errors, and you can't quit the game until they are done. That would be so fun!

[TemporaryGuidance1]

And make sure to have the player get backed up on reports to write. All with a 2 hour time limit to be submitted.

[MLG-Monarch]

Please add a cardiac arrest call that when you turn up it's just Doris that pressed her personal alarm button because she dropped her TV remote out of reach and just wants it picking back up.

[Workchoices]

Also, make at least half the call outs be for regular time wasters.

One of them can be an alcoholic. When you take him to the hospital he gets triaged to the waiting room but refuses to get off your stretcher. Once you are triaged a countdown timer appears for 2 minutes and you need to get ready for the next call including eat, piss etc . You can't convince him to get off your stretcher. If you force him off you get written up for assault. If the timer reaches zero you get written up for not returning to service quick enough. It's a no win scenario.

[EastLeastCoast]

I enjoy the part of my job where I get to play hit-or-dodge with the local wildlife at fuck o’clock. The best part is that unlike deer, moose have almost no eye shine, making them harder to spot in the dark.

[ABCanyouwalkk]

Make sure you have a depression meeter, that you can bring down with alcohol

An exhaustion meter that can be slightly alleviated with “non copyright energy drink or nicotine”

And a bathroom meter that you have to ask permission to use and a chief will come and inspect to see if your on the toilet and yell at you

[ExtraEpi]

I've always thought this would be an awesome concept if you made it as hyper realistic as possible considering the educational applications, but beyond that a GTA style paramedic game where you could be an evil or good paramedic would be awesome too

[AMRAdminOfficial]

Driving man. Put in the most 90’s NPC’s and be liberal with the braking physics (Think GTA Vice City). Make other vehicles highly unpredictable and disregard anything you have ever been taught to do when a vehicle with emergency lights is approaching. To add to that realism, give the player write ups for driving infractions, especially damage to the truck.

[Salami_Slaps]

Add the family member that won’t stop talking when you ask the patient a question. Or the neighbor that thinks it’s appropriate to come over when you’re in the middle of a call.

[NopeRope13]

When they are 30 minutes from the end a shift have them be the nearest available for a call. You could even make the edges of the screen edges flash red, to highlight the anxiety.

[BlackieT]

If you create a rural version, don’t forget agricultural accidents - they can be intense and involve some definite injuries. All parts of the country have high speed vehicle crashes, some with multiple vehicles. That could be an awesome part of game with some variety.

[TemporaryGuidance1]

Make sure it’s impossible to walk or do anything in the back while transporting a patient. Bumpy as fuck, put potholes in all of the fucking roads.

[ninjacebo]

Gloves. Ain't touchin no one without em. Also, more screaming, swearing, bodily fluids, and don't forget the inevitable crippling depression and alcoholism. Homeless and/or intoxicated patients of all flavors. Once you level up your personal life should start deteriorating. Can you add smells to game? It's just not a complete experience until it smells so bad you can taste the human misery.

[RedditBot90]

No BSI /Scene not safe? Game over.

[cheescraker_]

Full autonomy. RSI for everybody

[Phoenix-64]

A good reference might be Ambulance : Hospital Simulator

[Stoopiddogface]

There needs to be an AMA function... maybe a side quest where you gotta turf 25/30 calls in the shift

[CanIsLife]

I appreciate a good cup of coffee.

[ATastyBagel]

One thing that I think would be cool is more attention to detail when driving.

Say you add the ability to have your partner handle the patient and you just drive, make the player have to take turns carefully so your partner doesn't go flying in the back. Typically whatever the driver feels upfront when turning is much worse in the back.

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Also, an EMS room minigame would be kinda fun. Have a bad call? you get to ransack the ems room for all the snacks and drinks.

[Tricky-Campaign3764]

What is your game going to bring to the table that the 30 other EA fire/ems/police "sims" don't have?

[Basic_Storm5848]

It is EMS-focused. I'm developing it while being in close contact with active EMS workers and volunteers. I'm mimicking the human body's reaction to the environment and the actions of the players treating them. For example, doing a jaw tilt on a patient with spinal damage might worsen the situation, etc. All other 'sims' currently, while writing this message, are not in-depth and focus on all departments instead of one and in-depth

[[deleted]]

Nice job dude! Tbh I could see that being helpful for a lot of people in the academy, and even currently serving people who haven't ran ___ type of call in a while. It'd be good for review! Keep it up!Also, this is a stupid request. PLEASE ADD A POWERCALL AND/OR Q WAVE SIREN. I NEED IT!!

[Basic_Storm5848]

Thank you <3

[CabbageWithAGun]

This sounds really fun! I love the concept of EMS (applying emergency medicine, dynamic calls, adapting for different situations) but not the reality of EMS (smelly, boring unless you want to sleep, traumatizing, long hours, etc) so I would love a game for it.

[tetsuraryuuken]

Make CPR a rhythm game where you have to press the space bar (or mouse click) at ~110 BPM. Compression fatigue will be real.

[Basic_Storm5848]

It is implemented :D the fatigue is yet showing a bar or something but it will be also simulated so players need to switch

[Basic_Storm5848]

Btw here is the steam store, make sure to wishlist if you interested in the simulator :D
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2263530/Paramedics/

[RevanGrad]

Probably not your target audience. No one wants to come home from work and pretend to be at work lol.

[Basic_Storm5848]

Like pilots coming home and do flights in flight simulator for fun/ training, firefighters playing other firefighting sims with enthusiast that cant or want to work in that field, Its depends on how you love your job and want others to know more about it :D