As if running a hospital wasn’t stressful enough, in CURE – A Hospital Simulator a zombie apocalypse is added on Steam. And for Twitch streamers, it gets particularly stressful, as they can be terrorized by their viewers.
What kind of game is this? It is CURE – A Hospital Simulator on Steam. As the name suggests, players have to manage a hospital. But the developers didn’t think that was challenging enough, as there’s also a zombie apocalypse.
Patients can suffer not only from a “normal” illness but also carry a zombie virus that makes them a danger to everyone present. Therefore, it is not uncommon in the game to simply shoot your patients.
You can experience CURE – A Hospital Simulator with up to 4 players simultaneously. Perfect for playing with friends.
You can watch the trailer for the game here:
Streamers must take care of their viewers in the hospital
How are streamers driven to madness? The game features a function that allows Twitch streamers to better engage their viewers in their chat. This way, the chatters can have a direct influence on the events in the game.
Using the chat, viewers send NPCs with their name into the game. The NPC then appears as a patient with various ailments and must be treated by the Twitch streamer.
Additionally, new subscribers to the Twitch streamer are displayed on the monitors in the game. The developers have ensured that the integration of viewers is optimized for both larger and smaller Twitch streamers.
In an interview with gamesindustry.biz, the developer Doron Nir stated that this possibility for interaction between Twitch streamers and their viewers in the chat is intended to generate more reach for the game. He calls it the “Shoutout Engine.”
The result: The game has reportedly been sold over 20,000 times and streamed by more than 1,000 content creators without a marketing budget, according to gamesindustry.biz. For the future, developer Nir hopes for further success with other games through this special engine.
There are several games where Twitch viewers can appear in their favorite streamer’s game. One such game is PlateUp!, where chatters can appear as hungry guests with their names. MeinMMO author Linda Baumgartl played this game for over 50 hours, even without Twitch chat: A couch co-op game forced me to serve impatient guests for 50 hours, but I loved it
