Co Operation: MultiTurn

Co Operation: MultiTurn is a turn-based, grid-based hospital strategy game for solo play or multiplayer. You coordinate volunteer medics to treat patients at Lonchester hospital, whose medical and personal problems unfold as they share parts of their lives with you. In the game’s backstory, a government decision to drop medical qualification requirements opens hospital volunteering to people without those qualifications; you enroll to help your local hospital, and a coordinated team can heal more patients.

Treat patients

Each round, patients lose health. Plan how to use your turns to give them the right medicines and heal as many as you can. In single-player mode, you control two characters. In multiplayer, up to eight players can take part, working together to plan tactics and heal patients.

Players can take on two roles: up to four volunteer medics handle the tactical gameplay, while up to four dialogue writers type speech for patients and medics. A player can control multiple characters from one device, allowing solo play or sharing a device with a co-op partner.

Develop the hospital

Healed patients earn money, which you can spend on hospital equipment. Players vote on where to place purchased or upgraded equipment, so you can arrange the hospital for greater efficiency. Improve patient satisfaction scores and your rank to unlock more hospital wards.

Play together online

Only the host needs to have the game installed. Guests join an online session by entering a four-digit room code in a web browser on a phone, PC or other device. Once connected, each guest controls a character, takes the dialogue-writer role or does both. The game is designed so internet lag does not affect the fun.

Create and play mods

The game supports mods: you can play other players’ creations or make your own, with modding documentation available in the in-game menu. Students from Plymouth University have also made mods for the game, which are available through that menu.