10 tips for realistic design | Project Hospital

[@whisper4379]

I love seeing professionals play video games and giving info like this, comparing the game to real life and teaching how a player can make it as realistic as the game is capable of.

[@PlasticSwans]

I find it difficult to do this with other games, but with Project Hopsital, they really put a lot of effort into the realism and I really appreciate them putting that effort in!

[@EmergencyWalter]

I myself work in the construction industry as a fire protection engineer. So the first thing I did was download fire alarms and fire extinguishers from the workshop to make my hospitals safer. 😄 But unfortunately I haven't planned a hospital in real life yet, so I don't know the architectural features of these buildings. So I find your videos very interesting and helpful. This gave me some new ways of thinking. The room layout is really tricky, especially in rooms that are to be used by both outpatients and inpatients. And then to get natural light into every room, which has to be on at least one outer wall. Let's see how I will solve these challenges...😅

[@HosenDreger]

I liked this Video a lot. I love sandboxing and designing a big hospital realistically, but since I have little to no clue of hospital design this video was absolute gold. Thank you so much

[@PlasticSwans]

Happy to help!

[@novelleseraphim5289]

Love it. Can't wait to see you continue your work on the realistic hospital.

[@PlasticSwans]

Thank you! Infectious diseases is up next!

[@kevshelby1679]

Those are great insight not just for the game also for common knowledge. 👍🏻

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! It is just stuff I've picked up from working in construction, so certainly not an expert or anything but figured it might be helpful to share my insights

[@razuma2742]

Watching this wondering whether or not to invest time into this game and this is one of the best lures into a game honestly. Very interesting to listen to and seeing how it all transitions from real life to in game. Thanks a lot for your knowledge! Time to start the game! :D

[@PlasticSwans]

I hope it was insightful! I felt it kind of got a bit long-winded, but once I start talking about real design ideas that appear in games, I can't stop myself!

[@Mom2Goldens]

Awesome video, very helpful and thorough, it's a shame it doesn't have more views. You've clearly put tons of thought and effort in, and I look forward to using your tips in game.

[@75PercentRad]

Simply, wow! 😁I love love this so much!! I will certainly be using lots of these tips and tricks!

[@PlasticSwans]

Thank you I appreciate it!

[@novelleseraphim5289]

As a viewer of both your channels this is a really cool moment.

[@onyx30001]

This is exactly the video I was looking for! Fantastic video!!!

[@PlasticSwans]

So happy you enjoyed it! I think I went a bit overboard on explaining everything

[@hboss5474]

picked up this game on a recent sale. these tips are nice and the design details are great for planning. Its gonna be fun putting these tips to use

[@shutter-de]

Coming back to the game after almost two years, I'm really thankful for your Video!

[@virtuedreamer6623]

Hey, thanks so much for your infodump! I'm actually using this for a Minecraft build, which unfortunately means I can't round out any corners, but I'll be using as much information on this as i can in the build

[@vcostello712]

your point about moving the ambulances away from pedestrian traffic makes me cringe realizing how in my real life job, there are so many ambulance bays in NYC that are directly against high traffic sidewalks lmao. i'm picturing a couple in Manhattan right now, Mount Sinai West and New York Presbyterian Columbia. I don't know for sure why it's like this but intuitively it makes some sense because the city is so dense that it's not practical to have a whole separate driveway/parking garage. I'm pretty sure a lot of our hospitals literally predate largescale civilian ambulance services. might not have been practical to retrofit the space. these bays are definitely suboptimal in terms of avoiding pedestrian collisions, and also, like you pointed out, unfortunately it's also not a great idea to have such a sensitive part of the hospital directly accessible to the public without any barrier in between.

[@shanx7706]

Such a great video! Very interesting. Thanks so much xx

[@PlasticSwans]

You are so welcome!

[@EchoZeroJJ]

These were all really good tips! Thanks

[@r0yce]

You might wanna add this to your real hospital planning playlist...

[@PlasticSwans]

Great idea thanks!

[@birdylover2338]

It's now March 2024. Any doubts that the archives of all your hard work are for nought can be set aside. My only wish would be that the three PH videos not presently included in the PH Playlist (including this one) be incorporated into the Playlist. Would decrease the risk of them not being detected and viewed. Thanks for your very unique and soundly reasoned series.

[@alpacacokelat]

I used lots of windows in patient's emergency waiting room and lots of patients complained they're exposed to environment. Haven't tried it in wards though

[@PlasticSwans]

I normally get that message if there's a room exposed to the elements. I wonder if it registered the window as being an open wall?

[@dbclass4075]

@@PlasticSwans I think full-sized windows counts as open wall. Large windows that still have a bit of wall left counts as solid.

[@morganavinteralva6643]

I loved it. Thank you for the video!

[@PlasticSwans]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tasty5961]

Brilliant video, super super helpful :)

[@kylebeavan62]

i work in a hospital in northamptonshire this is bang on well done

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks!

[@crystalp.286]

This is very helpful, thanks!

[@PlasticSwans]

I hope you found it interesting! I thought maybe I went into a little too much detail

[@2Centz777]

Great ideas!

[@SumSouuthernSugar]

Very well done. Thanks.

[@PlasticSwans]

Glad you liked it!

[@dodger2876]

Very informative video 👍 Does everything you have a real influence on the patience or is it only to look realistic? And is it possible to create my own prefabs?

[@PlasticSwans]

Everything here is more for self-satisfaction, rather than influencing the game. None of this influences treatments, asides from optimising your layout - so having interdependent departments close together (so keeping the labs and radiology centralised) so it reduces the distance patients travel between the two. As for prefabs, yes, you can make your own! In the prefabs tab it lets you copy a room, or a series of rooms, where it says you either just copy it, or 'save as a prefab' which then adds that room to your prefabs section.

[@LM-tr1bh]

wooow super interesting. Thank you 🙂

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks, hope I didn't go too overboard!

[@LM-tr1bh]

@@PlasticSwans it’s perfect 😃

[@qu2324]

Very high quality video!

[@tristanerojo2064]

Thanks!

[@fredashay]

The most unrealistic thing about this game is that every department has to have its own registration and waiting area. Patients even have to check into the the labs and wait for the results in order to take the results back to the doctor. Have the people who made this game never been a patient in a hospital?!?!

[@PlasticSwans]

I don't think having a new registration and waiting area is all that unrealistic. I've been to hospital (unfortunately) for an emergency where I had to visit several different departments for tests, and in each of those when I got sent to a new one I had to register at the front desk and then wait in a new waiting area. What I do find unrealistic (quite jarring) is when patients will walk into the labs to get test results, or the lab technicians will walk out and give results directly to patients - that wouldn't happen, they'd input results into the system that would go directly to the dr looking after the patient. I'm sure giving results directly to a patient would be breaking some kind of code!

[@fredashay]

@@PlasticSwans Fair enough. I'm guessing you're in England or somewhere in the UK. Here in the US, you're admitted and given a room (usually semi-private with two people, but private rooms are becoming more common, large wards are unheard of except in the ICU or PACU). From then on, the nurse comes to your room to draw blood and send it to the labs, or the doctor comes to your room, or you're put on a stretcher and taken to radiology or surgery. The only exception to this might be outpatient surgery for colonoscopies and the like where there's a whole separate wing for outpatients with their own registration, waiting area, prep unit, operating rooms, and PACU. I had outpatient surgery a few months ago, and ended up being admitted as an inpatient after the surgery because I had lost too much blood and needed to be monitored for a few days. Pain notwithstanding, being in the hospital can be an enjoyable experience being waited on hand-and-foot, ordering whatever you want to eat whenever you're hungry 24/7, and watching TV all day, lol.

[@Mitasyr]

Thankyou

[@gloriaphelan8035]

Can I have this information in spanish

[@vlgaming6329]

Alot of your radiology rooms violate safety rules lol

[@nathansmiddy]

You forgot how they make xp

[@Chill_Bell]

Make sure to add ALOT of bathrooms if your next to taco bell :) 👍

[@PlasticSwans]

LOL

[@marcinmichalak7001]

No good tips for Gameplay