In buone mani (IFeC Lab)

[h3] This is ridiculous. They spent €70,000 on this? And that is before VAT. [/h3] This is probably one of the worst ways a university could possibly spend that kind of money. I am pretty sure even a kid could have made something better with a €70,000 budget. I understand that this is supposed to be a patient-care simulator and some kind of training tool for students, but I genuinely cannot imagine anyone using this as an effective training tool. A normal conversation with ChatGPT or a couple of hours in a proper simulation center would probably have far more educational value than this application. First, after clicking Play, you sit there for 10 to 20 seconds waiting for a login screen to appear. The developer could not even be bothered to implement Steam authentication. Then the actual game finally starts. I have no idea who was responsible for deciding what this game was supposed to contain, what features it needed, or how interactive it should be, but even as an educational tool for students, I think it is painfully tedious. The developer did not even bother adding English. €70,000. Probably 700 hours of development. And apparently not a single bit of AI was allowed to hel…

A pretty cool way to practice in home visits You don't need a IFeC login you can play as a guest. It's fairly in depth and I had fun looking through the homes and questioning patients and then filing out the forms. I think it'd do good job of teaching folks what to look out for during home visits. and with about 6 scenarios each take about an hour or so 5.4/10, It is a little hard to get through without being fluent in French but I had a translation lens thing and made it work

In buone mani is a short narrative game that puts me in the role of Maria, a family and community nurse making five home visits. Instead of focusing on combat or traditional game challenges, the whole experience is about visiting patients, talking to them, noticing important details and making the right decisions during each case. I like that it takes something as ordinary as a home visit and turns it into something I have to actively pay attention to. It feels more like an interactive training experience than a normal game, which makes it quite different from most of the smaller games I come across. The investigation side is what works best for me. I have to speak with patients and their relatives, look around their homes and notice things that could be important to their situation. I cannot just rush through the dialogue and expect to get everything right because the game wants me to understand what is happening before deciding what to do. I also like the balance between professional accuracy and empathy. Getting the medical side right matters, but so does the way I communicate with the people I am visiting. That gives the conversations a little more meaning than simple dialogue…