10 Days in Hospital
A downloadable game
CN: hospital, surgery, loneliness, pain, medication, helplessness.
This solo journaling RPG deals with the feelings of what it is like to be in hospital after an emergency operation. It is heavily inspired by Andrew Millars Route Clearance and my own experiences after I had to undergo surgery.
It was originally written in German in December 2020 for the 9th Winter One Page Contest held by German TTRPG blogs Greifenklaue and Seanchui goes Rlyeh. The judges liked it a lot and so it shared first place in its category together with two entries from other contestants.
This game is and always will be free/PWYW. However, if you like it and feel like paying me I will donate all earnings to Doctors Without Borders at the beginning of the new year.
Please leave a comment or review in the comments, if you downloaded and played the game. I would love to hear about your experiences!
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NB: I've been highlighting the Solo But Not Alone 3 entries in my Twitter feed. https://twitter.com/RabbitMatchGame/status/1621706400299876354
And it's admittedly a bit comforting to see I'm not the only one whose entry has its roots in an unexpected hospital stay...
Hope you're feeling better.
(BTW: MSF is one of those organizations I think of when I read the news and need reminders that not all of humanity is just %@&ing awful.)
I am physically fine, thank you. I had to undergo surgery twice in 2019 and both cases were emergencies: in april I suffered from a ruptured appendix and they also found out that I had an umbilical hernia which needed fixing as well, while they were cleaning up the mess.
In november I went to my GP and then to ER with weird chest pain, which confused everybody because my heart was fine but the inflammatory markers were not. Then they found out that I got three large gall stones, so they removed my gall bladder.
However, it is pretty much the stay and care I received after the appendicitis and how I felt during those 10 days (*narrator voice* Hey, that's the name of the game!), which inspired the game, though.
There are so many organisations and people who do tremendous voluntary work to make this world a better place and you are absolutely right: they are a good reminder, that there is actually quite a lot of light in the darkness.
Thanks again for your kind words!