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Symptoms of Devotion

Symptoms of Devotion

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Symptoms of Devotion

4.8 / 5
Developer
Shitten
Engine
Visual Novel Maker
Status
In development · Two chapters in beta

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What Happens When You Press Play in Symptoms of Devotion?

Play Symptoms of Devotion if you like a visual novel game where a reassuring answer can make you more suspicious. You wake injured in a hospital with Dr. Kit at your bedside. Ask about your missing eye or why you are there, then hear what the other patients have to say. When the hallway menu appears, pick a room and follow the conversation back to the hall. You can visit all five rooms or head back early to see how Medkit responds. Symptoms of Devotion gives you two chapters of hospital mystery and uneasy romance, with the bigger questions left open for later.

Start Symptoms of Devotion

Choose New Game to wake up in the hospital and meet Medkit.

What Can You Actually Do in Symptoms of Devotion?

Start with the question that matters most to you. Medkit responds differently to the two opening questions, and both answers lead to the same hallway. From there, you choose whose account to hear first.

  • Start in Room A if you want to learn about your injury. Try Room C or Room E first if you want to hear what other patients have noticed about recovery.
  • Watch for the room list to reappear after a visit. Pick another door or revisit the same room to try a different question. Symptoms of Devotion lets you visit the rooms in any order.
  • Pick “I'm done.” when you are ready for the next scene with Medkit. Finish your room visits first if you want to hear every account in this run.
  • Use the last bedside choice to compare how Medkit answers a firm boundary, a tease, or a direct question. All three replies lead to the same close of Chapter 2.

How To Play Symptoms of Devotion?

Press Play Now and choose New Game to start Symptoms of Devotion. Click through the opening text until Medkit appears by your bed.

  • Click or tap to advance dialogue. The white diamond marks a line that is ready to advance. When replies or room names appear, select the one you want.
  • Click Log on the left of the dialogue box to reread a clue. Click Log again to return to the conversation.
  • Save and Load are greyed out during the story. Finish your room visits before selecting “I'm done.”, or use New Game and Skip to reach the hall again on a replay.
  • Use Skip on a replay to advance quickly to the next choice. Turn it off before choosing a reply you want to read.
  • Use Fullscreen for more reading space. If the browser build starts on a black screen, give it a moment to reach the title menu.

Where Should You Go in Symptoms of Devotion?

  1. Chapter 1 · Wake up with Medkit. Ask about your missing eye or why you are there. Read until Medkit leaves and you head into the hall.
  2. Chapter 2 · Meet Skateboard and pick a room. Choose Room A, B, C, D, or E. Each visit brings you back to the room list, where you can choose again.
  3. Return to your room. Choose “I'm done.” when you have heard enough. Follow the bedside conversation to your last choice with Medkit.
A hospital bed beside the window in the room where you wake up
Ask Medkit about your eye or why you are in the hospital.
A long hospital hallway with windows and patient room doors
When you return to the hall, choose another room or finish your rounds.
Open the Symptoms of Devotion room guide Find out who is in each room, what they know, and how Medkit responds to your final reply.

Who Are You Playing in Symptoms of Devotion?

You follow Subspace, an injured scientist. Start in Room A to learn why Slingshot recognizes you and to see the injury in the mirror. Dr. Kit, also called Medkit, wants you to rest. Compare his bedside reassurances with what the patients tell you about their treatment.

Who Will You Meet Behind Each Door?

Room A · Shuriken, Slingshot, and Biograft
Ask Shuriken what happened to him to hear how a cold turned into a long hospital stay. Ask about the hospital to hear his estimate of six months. Either answer leads to the mirror, then to Slingshot's account of your stay in intensive care. Read on to see how Shuriken reacts when Biograft brings his medicine.
Room B · Skateboard and Boombox
Ask what is happening in the ward to hear how quickly an apparent recovery can go wrong. Ask why they are there to hear how little the patients actually know. Skateboard is also the first person you meet in the hallway.
Room C · Katana
Listen to what happens when patients reach the recovery room. Katana says they end up back in emergency care and urges you to be careful about who you trust.
Room D · Coil
Read past Coil's entrance scare and choose either question. Both lead to the same exchange. Pay attention when Coil lets slip what he claims about the doctor's experiments.
Room E · Hyperlaser
Listen to Hyperlaser for another account of the illness. He says it has been months and brings up a conversation with Katana. He also knows you from before the hospital.
Subspace leans over the sink and sees bandages and an injured face in the mirror
Visit Shuriken in Room A and keep reading when he points you toward the mirror.

What Happens When You Leave the Hall?

After you choose “I'm done.” in Symptoms of Devotion, you return to your room and collapse during a conversation with Medkit. When you wake in recovery, you get three replies. Pick the one you most want to hear Medkit answer.

  • Tell Medkit to leave if you want to see how he handles a direct boundary.
  • Call him affectionate to see how quickly he turns the teasing back on you.
  • Ask why he is acting this way to hear how he explains his concern.

Every reply leads to Medkit leaving and Subspace thinking about the warden's next visit. The return to the title screen marks the end of this beta.

Is Symptoms of Devotion Worth Your Next Session?

  • Try Symptoms of Devotion if your favorite horror is a conversation that leaves you wondering why someone is being so kind.
  • Play for the tension between Medkit and his patient. The romance comes through in teasing and intrusive care, while the optional hospital visits let you investigate the mystery at your own pace.
  • Expect a reading-led visual novel game. You move through the ward by choosing rooms, and the feedback you get comes through dialogue, expressions, and what each patient is willing to tell you.
  • Consider your comfort with illness, a missing eye, and a doctor pushing past a patient's boundaries. If you want a mystery you can solve in one sitting, the beta leaves the hospital's central question unresolved.

Your First Goal in Symptoms of Devotion

Ask Medkit about your eye, then start with Room A. When you get back to the hall, try Room C or Room E and compare what they say about recovery. Visit any other rooms you are curious about before you return to Medkit.

Symptoms of Devotion FAQ

Where can I play Symptoms of Devotion online?

Press Play Now on Visual-Novel.io to start Symptoms of Devotion free in your browser. Choose New Game when the title menu appears.

Do I have to visit every room in Symptoms of Devotion?

Each visit returns you to the hallway choices. Explore Rooms A through E in any order, revisit a room to compare answers, or select “I'm done.” whenever you want to continue the story.

How do I reread dialogue or replay a choice in Symptoms of Devotion?

Open Log to reread earlier lines. Save and Load are greyed out during the story, so revisit a room while you are still in the hallway or start a new run and use Skip to reach an earlier choice.

How many endings are in Symptoms of Devotion?

The browser beta has two playable chapters. The final three replies change Medkit's immediate response before the story reaches the same Chapter 2 cliffhanger and returns to the title screen.

Do I need to know PHIGHTING! to play Symptoms of Devotion?

You can start with the bedside conversation and learn who the patients are as you explore. Symptoms of Devotion is an independent alternate universe story.

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