10mg: Stroke
Bluish-Green Productions · 2020 · Casual, Interactive Fiction, 2D, Story Rich, Choices Matter
PC
8 user reviews100% · 8
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About 10mg: Stroke
Important Note:
Stroke was based on the memory of a medical emergency, events in the game should not be taken as medical advice. In particular, the event in question was a "Transient ischemic attack" which "is a short period of symptoms similar to those of a stroke".
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10mg is a collection of 10 minute long games.
Your wife has had a stroke. You’ve rushed her to the hospital and the doctors have taken over. What do you tell your son? Do you call her sister? How will you act when someone you love is in the middle of a medical emergency and all you can do is wait?
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Features
- Experience a dramatic Hospital Waiting Room narrative based on real events
- Explore a hospital and interact with multiple characters
- Make choices which each result in unique dialogue
- Featuring the somber music of Brother Android from the album “In Death, a Dream of Color”
Player Discretion Advised
Stroke contains discussions of mortality, suffering, blood, and hospitalization.
Stroke provides an opportunity to explore these challenging subjects in a safe space and experience catharsis for anyone who has dealt with similarly difficult situations in their lives.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Stroke is a sincere, emotionally impactful narrative game about a serious medical condition that effectively creates anxiety through its snappy controls and unsettling music. Players consistently praise its honest storytelling, clean art style, and emotional weight, though some feel the execution could have been stronger in fully delivering its intended impact. As part of the bundle, it's considered a worthwhile experience that tackles a personal, biographical subject matter with genuine thoughtfulness.
I purchased the full 10 Minute Game Collection and am going to play them in the order they appear in my library. That means this is #9 of 10. Know in advance what you are getting. As the collection title suggests, a ten minute game is not a triple A title. It is a short game-jam-esque proof of concept / working prototype / execution of an idea. At least that's what I'm going to infer from first impressions. Stroke is a sincere little game about a serious life threatening medical condition and that's probably all I should say about it... Consider this a playable life experience, and one that I can only imagine is in some way biographical and personal to the developer. The story begins in a hospital where a man has brought his wife, suspecting she is having a stroke. We are then party to the events that follow, and are in control of 'Eric' as he grapples with the helplessness of his situation. He has been accompanied by their young son and his father-in-law who are along for moral support and to be close to Evelyn, the woman so vitally important in all their lives. We are privy to his inner thoughts and must help him make the right conversation choices to comfort his family. …5 found this helpful
This game has snappy simple controls. The music makes you feel anxious. The game itself is distressing and is not a pleasurable experience. It is immensely distressing. I suppose that is the goal of it though. Don't let your kid play it without you. As part of the bundle it is worth it.1 found this helpful
I get where this game is getting at, but the execution could have been better to fully carry the emotional weight it's trying to deliver. Still, a thoughtful topic, and it handled it well.
Forgot I never reviewed this when I played it. An emotional 10m game that I appreciated playing, clean art style, and part of a great bundle!
A good, short narrative game. Everything in the 10mg collection is great.
I did not expect to [spoiler]both sad and happy cry[/spoiler] within 10 minutes of a game. Plain, honest, and heartwrenching.
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