Doctor's Appointment: first public build is out

Your number is 10.

The first public build of Doctor's Appointment is here: a short first-person psychological horror game about a waiting room that keeps repeating, and the first game from Crooked Bear Games.

How it works

You wake up in the waiting room of the Halbach Clinic with a ticket in your hand. Every time you walk through the door, you're back in the same room. The same chairs, the same patients, the same painting. Almost.

Something wrong in the room? Leave through the EXIT.
Everything normal? Go into the EXAM ROOM.
Get it right and the display counts down: 10, 09, 08... Get it wrong and you're back at 10.

Reach room 00 and Dr. Halbach will see you.

What's in this build

Over 60 anomalies, from small details you'll swear you imagined to things that are very much not subtle, plus some that only change after you've looked away.
A second act where the power goes out and you find your way with a phone torch.
The patients: an old man with his magazine, a young woman, a child. They aren't always where you left them, and they don't always look away.
Dr. Halbach's tapes, voices in the vestibules and memories that don't quite add up.
More than one ending. One of them asks you to pay attention to the papers you find along the way.
Jump scares, but fair ones: they're telegraphed or happen where everyone walks, never two in a row.
Full English and Portuguese text (Options → Language), a notebook to keep track of what you've seen, and options for mouse sensitivity, head bob and eye blinking.
Builds for Windows, macOS and Linux.

First launch

The game isn't code-signed yet, so your system may warn you the first time:

Windows: "Windows protected your PC" → More info → Run anyway.
macOS: right-click the app → Open → Open (on macOS 15+: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway).
Linux: the itch app handles it; from the zip, run chmod +x DoctorsAppointment.x86_64.

What's next

The game is in development. This is the version I want people to play and break. I'll be fixing bugs, tuning the anomalies (too easy? too hard? did something look wrong when it shouldn't?) and adding more as I go.

If you play it, please leave a comment: how far you got, which anomaly got you, and anything that felt off. Your feedback shapes the next update.

The game is free. If you enjoyed it, you can pay what you want. It helps me keep making strange little games.

Thank you for taking a ticket.
— Cristiano, Crooked Bear Games

Resumo em português. O artigo completo está em inglês: .

Saiu a primeira versão pública de Doctor's Appointment, o primeiro jogo da Crooked Bear Games. Acordas numa sala de espera que se repete: se alguma coisa estiver mal, sai pela EXIT; se estiver tudo normal, entra no EXAM ROOM. Tem mais de 60 anomalias, um segundo ato às escuras, mais do que um final e texto completo em português.

O jogo está em desenvolvimento: deixa um comentário a dizer até onde chegaste e o que te apanhou. É grátis; se gostaste, podes pagar o que quiseres.