Real hospital planning in Project Hospital

[@infrared7759]

I've been playing this game a lot lately and watching this has made me rethink my hospital layouts entirely. I absolutely love hearing your knowledge on the subject.

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! I've been playing a lot recently myself!

[@infrared7759]

@Thomas Reginald reported

[@jeremybdman]

Your knowledge and genuine care of how to design this correctly is very enjoyable. Listening to your wisdom in the design and build was both educational and fun. It also gave me a great heads up on how I should be looking at building my hospital and the care that designers put into it. Thanks for the video and I say keep it up, your videos are great!

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! I appreciate the feedback, I'm glad people like the take on it. I was worried it might be too boring! Other videos are on the cards, just struggling for time in the short-term due to other commitments.

[@kr00m]

This would be an awesome presentation for career day at a school.

[@RivkahSong]

This is really fascinating! I've spent hours watching actual city planners play and explain real life principals to use in Cities' Skylines so I don't know why it never occurred to me there might be a hospital planner that's done a series on Project Hospital. Thank you so much for doing this! I'm gonna rush off and binge the rest of this series!

[@PlasticSwans]

Hope you enjoyed the series! It was very fun to make

[@75PercentRad]

Such an interesting approach to the game! 😁 Really enjoyed watching!

[@ragincrinz1457]

I think this is the best video on KZbin I have ever seen. Please make more 🙂

[@PlasticSwans]

Don't worry, I'll be making the whole hospital before calling this one complete!

[@ThePostalGril]

building my second hospital now using some of your ideas, loving it. i have a little central hub behind reception that's staff only where i put a staf fonly elevator, common room, cleaning ucpboards etc with staff corridors leading out to each wing :D

[@PlasticSwans]

Sounds like it's going well!

[@ThePostalGril]

@@PlasticSwans i've been searching forever for ideas and tips your video has been the first to really help. thanks :)

[@accidentalgenius4128]

Omg thank u. I'm a 2nd year architecture student, your commentary in the design helped me a lot especially with the placement of E.R that requires to have an access for pedestrian and ambulance. it's really stressing me out, cause the E.R should be easily accessible for pedestrian not only for ambulance, but it also needs to be far away from the lobby to avoid injecting traumas to the OPD patients.

[@PlasticSwans]

It's really interesting when you look into it! Good luck with the architecture studies, I know that's a tough path to take but super rewarding when you do qualify!

[@frankwest2144]

As someone who is starting to study in the medical field in this video so many things were spot on and even other things that helped me thank you very much

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. I'm no medical expert so I was hoping my designs weren't too far off the real thing

[@Zed-jv9uu]

Amazing! Would like to see more of this. Would like to see it with the staff working to see how effective the build is. :)

[@PlasticSwans]

Definitely. My plan is to plug everything in first, then move the staff in. I've got a feeling it'll all go pear-shaped at that point!

[@r0yce]

I bought the game 2 days ago, due to my knowledge in Rimworld and Prison architect and having played Theme hospital and two-point hospital in the past, learning and understanding the game was easier than most. However Ive been struggling with the realism, since I do not really have much idea about hospitals irl, and my understanding is mostly from TV shows. Also clinics are supposed to be Outdoor or OPD but here everything is emergency. I don't understand the other deptt. clinics, like how patients decide whether to go to emergency or deptt. clinics. I don't understand the reception mechanics. I definitely don't understand the Emergency Observation room functionality. The game was 'poorly' made with a lot of quality of life problems but one of the most detailed games Ive ever played and I know Im going to sink a lot of time into this. So this video series helped massively with my understanding.

[@PlasticSwans]

Yeah you're right, it does take a little getting used to. I had a similar experience with Prison Architect honestly! A lot to learn and the game isn't kind to you whilst you are!

[@andyrich1987]

Love the video, looking forward to the next few! I work as a health professional and when I play this game I always try to emulate what my work environment is like. Although my experience is limited to the Operating Theatre/ITU/ICU/A&E Majors. I see the observation ward in the game as A&E minors and the trauma rooms as A&E majors. So I like to keep them separated but on the same floor. This is so patients who collapse in the observation ward aren't too far from the trauma room to be treated appropriately before being transferred to ITU.

[@PlasticSwans]

That's an excellent insight! I'm currently building radiology for next episode, which is fun with all the shielding protections to replicate. Space is definitely becoming an issue on the ground floor though. When I've finished building and the game runs, I guess putting observation 1 floor up may cause me some problems then.

[@RLJSlick]

You're amazing. please do more please! 😳 I'm living off your every word! Project Hospital really really need to hire you!

[@lovelybraintoaster164]

Wow, this is some great stuff! I love hearing about all the logic behind it, you explain it well, and the video editing serves it greatly! The next time i'm in a hospital, hopefully neither soon nor for an emergency, i'll be on the lookout for the details.

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks so much! I try to edit down to keep the tone interesting, so it's good to know that's working!

[@msjn23]

learning so much 🙂 can't wait for the next episode 🙂

[@PlasticSwans]

Learning, from me? Hahahaha

[@Vekoboy]

I love your educational approach to gameplay.

[@AwkwardSquirrel13]

This is excellent! As an unfortunately frequent patent due to health issues, getting this other perspective! Much love

[@MrX-un8cz]

Your video is awesome!! Thanks for the guide.... I've been stuck for sometimes now in designing my hospital

[@Barbabonbon]

Thank you for this serie 😍😍😍 I've been struggling SOOO hard to make a realistic hospital in this game. Your knowledge is invaluable to me

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the series

[@Infrastructure-Nerd]

Really useful. Only just started playing and no idea how to set it out realistically.

[@Aquelll]

Actually wood panelling is now often used in Finland in hospital walls because it is natural look and makes the space more inviting. The thing is that is is not actual wood but laminate that is easy to clean.

[@PlasticSwans]

Absolutely, I've noticed this more in the UK too. Key thing is they are made of laminated materials that are non-porous and avoid seams.

[@Aquelll]

@@PlasticSwans Yes. Just mentioned since that is the reason I use quite a bit of the wood panel elements in my hospital builds and you said on the video that wood panels are no-no. ☺️

[@nikolailu]

This is incredible! Thank you so much! I'm gonna change quite drastically how i do the floor design now

[@SkyTime]

Wow your hospital design plan is really awesome almost look like real hospital design

[@larrrubypuddles4940]

been looking at this game & your take on it is interesting. i think i will get this game asap. thank you Plastic swans. keep the videos coming

[@StarlightEquinox]

Ah yes! I'm pleasantly surprised by the return of Project Hospital! Very enjoyable video :D

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! I've been meaning to do a Project Hospital series for a while, just had to kick my arse in gear to get it done

[@Barbabonbon]

Would you be interested in commenting the existing hospitals in the game? I feel like the two complete hospitals available on New Game modes are soooo beautiful, but would they function correctly in a real world setting?

[@PlasticSwans]

An interesting idea! I can take a look

[@myhybrid09]

If you do a lets build season from the ground up; Id watch!!!!

[@JD10503]

I recently found this channel and I'm enjoying this series. I always wanted to take a whack at a realistic hospital in game, but I never knew how it would be. Is this build available? I'd love to try it. Also, just curious, do you think you might try fitting the new DLC departments, like Infectious Disease, Traumatology, and Pathology in your build?

[@PlasticSwans]

I considered putting the build onto the Workshop, but it's so haphazard and doesn't really function too well game-wise, I didn't want to have to deal with all the people complaining about how it didn't work properly! With the DLCs, I think I would have to start from scratch again, which would essentially be a repetitive series. It could work, but not sure there'd be enough interest in it to be honest!

[@Atite_Lometen]

Thanks for the brief schooling

[@AuricomSystems]

Super interesting! I doubt I could replicate these principles fully but there's definitely things I'll be taking from these videos for my own builds :)

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! I'm flattered :)

[@beepIL]

So much knowledge, I absolutely love this. what are you doing for a living?

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks so much! I work in the construction industry, more on the sales side but it requires me to know a lot about how hospitals actually work

[@beepIL]

@@PlasticSwans amazing! Thank you for sharing with us

[@fredashay]

I've been trying to build a totally realistic hospital in this game, but am not having much success because even the "large" plot of land the game gives you is way too small. Most real life hospitals are HUGE!!! I went to the hospital for surgery not too long ago and they took me into this huge maze of curtained rooms where they prepped me for surgery and I waited for my turn that would fill up this whole space. I woke up in a room on one of the upper floors where they kept me overnight. Except for the pain, it was actually a pleasant experience to be waited on hand and foot, be able to order anything I want from the kitchen 24/7, and get given narcotics whenever I asked, lol 🙂 IMO, it doesn't make much sense to put the emergency room on the ground floor, then the operating rooms on the 2nd floor and the PACU on the 3rd floor, radiology on the 4th floor, etc., etc., but it looks like that's what I might have to do to build a realistic hospital in this game. I just found your video and I'm gonna watch your series and then build a whole new hospital.

[@JonathanJONeill]

This is a very interesting premise. I look forward to watching this. Have you done or have any plans to do a layout along with the workshop mods that add new departments? Workshop has Urology, Ear Nose and Throat, Oncology, Sexual Health, and Gynocology/Obstetrics departments. There's also the Infectious Diseases DLC coming out next month as wells.

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! I haven't looked at mods before, maybe something in the future to think about!

[@travy9454]

I am so, so, SO incredibly late on this video, and I have no clue if you ever metion it in later videos (which i will check out, I love when people give incredibly niche perspectives from real life to games), but you can (now? might have been patched in at some point? idk) move the ambulance parking lot and drop-off spot It's just a bit hidden away :P It's increadibly easy, just in a Tab most Players don't really open often: In the Ambulance Tab. In the third tab in the building mode you can get two parking spaces, one big and one standard one, and you can also get the ambulance drop-off space! The lots can be placed everywhere on your space, however the strip connecting it and the main street will always be on the same side as the original lot. The same for drop-offs, but sadly those are even more constrained, they can only be placed on the side of the generated road the original spot was, so no moving the dropoff point further inside or on the other side :(

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! It's been so long since I created the IRL-inspired hospital, quite possibly I couldn't move the ambulance bay at that point!

[@ThePostalGril]

wow this is amazing, some amazing ideas too im going to adopt for my game

[@ThePostalGril]

looking forward to the next one!!!

[@nalinirajendran9473]

Nice... What software you have used?

[@PlasticSwans]

This is the PC game Project Hospital, people quite often comment that it's a software tool, it's just an indie game that the developers have done an amazing job creating something rather realistic

[@lucas182512]

dammit. thanks for making my own hospital build look like shite :P

[@kellymcbright5456]

You do relly have worked in a hospital. I hear so much i am familiar with :)

[@edwardruiz3986]

wao very cool

[@robmuzz]

Just what I was looking for!

[@valor3431]

my hospital is a red box doing the opposite of everything you listed lol, i am going to try to make a nice looking realistic hospital

[@PlasticSwans]

Let us know how you get on!

[@myhybrid09]

Wow. Great explanations. Are you one of the devs in disguise??? :)

[@PlasticSwans]

Haha definitely not! I work in construction, wouldn't have a clue about developing games!

[@thirstybiblegroupglobal]

How do I access this game ? I am a novice at the and part of a team building a hospital I would love to play around with this to see how I can help the initial planning to communicate the idea to architects etc..

[@PlasticSwans]

This is an amazing idea! I'm so glad you enjoyed what I have started here, and see something that can be applied to real-world, I'm actually honoured. I work in the industry and to see people that are part of the process of actually building hopsitals looking at this, well my job is done. Anyway, if you want to play this yourself, you need to download it from store.steampowered.com

[@DustinNuttall]

😮😮😮😮 Amazing!

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks so much!

[@RiseOfMusic]

Where can i find this clean map with the parking spot at the side of the map?

[@jeffchan4557]

How did you extend the parking lot at the beginning of the video?

[@PlasticSwans]

I just used the floor tiles in the building tab - they're the same tiles as the pre-generated car park, so it was just a case of adding a few more!

[@airlinetransportationtycoo5252]

@ Plastic Swans How do we contact you in regards to doing a beta test or a review for our game?

[@PlasticSwans]

There's an email in the about section for business enquiries :)

[@airlinetransportationtycoo5252]

@@PlasticSwans thanks, this is our discord channel discord.gg/4v2Mmg9

[@FadeyFade]

Interesting game 😉

[@iskuter]

Hmm.. id like to see how this goes

[@PlasticSwans]

Currently recording more episodes! Should be out this week :)

[@deepposeidon289]

Yeah sadly the game has you can only put these here and here ect you can't remove the carparks or put the ambulance drop off where you want it's got to be right next to the road they need to let you free it up.

[@PlasticSwans]

Completely agree. I feel like we should get to chooose where our ambulance drop-offs live at least so it can be more realistic

[@tubby_vermin]

Would you not consider doing this again ?

[@nicholasmeyer6597]

How did you delete the premade carpark!?

[@PlasticSwans]

It's been a long time since I played Project Hospital, but if I recall, you can change where the car park sits at the start? Can't fully remember though sorry!

[@ninjapumkin]

More please

[@PlasticSwans]

Haha, I aim to please :)

[@shaunholmes9900]

Would say not to buy this game. As played hours and hours and it so imbalanced in terms of budget, staff wages and shoving patients and wards needed building at you that you can hardly ever keep up and budget for it.

[@sagnikmajumder7150]

how big is this hospital? is it for 100 beds?

[@PlasticSwans]

Can't remember exactly how many beds it houses, I've found that once you've got all departments up and running around 10 beds for each unit is perfect, you'll need more if you have fewer specialist units

[@sagnikmajumder7150]

@@PlasticSwans ahh I see. Actually I have an assignment for making a 100 bedded hospital. I'm an architecture student and ur videos are super helpful. Can I talk to you about this ? I added u on steam under the name of jack the ripper. Can I mail u or something?

[@deder516]

May i ask how long this took you..?

[@PlasticSwans]

I think I recorded on average about 3 hours per video for this series

[@deder516]

@@PlasticSwans Please take rest

[@sensationaltko3013]

_Takes lots of screenshots..._

[@castelle1136]

What app is that?

[@PlasticSwans]

This is the Project Hospital game!

[@castelle1136]

Can you send me the link of that app. Thanks Send here in the comment

[@supermir168]

You put the windows the wrong way that the blinds are on the outside