A downloadable game for Windows and macOS

A suspense tale about signing up to test psychiatric drugs for money and provider-patient relations.

RPGMaker story driven game. Visual novel you can walk around in. Reality testing simulator. 

Intended for mature audiences only. Contains horror elements and disturbing themes.

Approximate playtime: 2.5 hours. There are two endings.

Click for warnings/spoilers:

Pixelated gore. References to sexual assault.

Click for credits:

Art, story, programming by homie
Angel's art by peachy
Music by desesseintes
Sound effects from Pixabay
RPGMaker plugins by Team VisuStella (Yanfly, Arisu, Olivia, Irina) and Synrec/Kylestclr

Click for controls/options:

Controls:
Arrow keys to move
Z/space/return to interact
X/escape to open and close menu
Hold space/return to speed up dialogue
Hold shift to move faster

Options:
BGM - Background Music
BGS - Background Sound
ME - Musical Effects (unused)
SE - Sound Effects

Click for fan translations:

非公式日本語訳 / Japanese 1 | Japanese 2
비공식 한글 번역 / Korean
民间简体中文汉化 / Chinese

Updated 5 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(381 total ratings)
Authorhomie
GenreVisual Novel
Made withRPG Maker
TagsHorror, Psychological Horror, RPG Maker
Average sessionA few hours
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard

Download

Download
Clinical Trial - Mac 321 MB
Download
Clinical Trial - Windows 201 MB

Install instructions

Instructions for Windows: 
  1. Download ZIP
  2. Extract all
  3. Open folder
  4. Open Game.exe

Instructions for Mac: 

NOTE: Archive Utility, Apple's built-in application, may not extract the ZIP properly. Please use The Unarchiver or another data decompressor.

  1. Download ZIP
  2. Right click —> Open With —> The Unarchiver
  3. Open Game
    1. If you see "Error: Please move the Game.app to a different folder," drag the Game icon somewhere other than where it was downloaded to (e.g. your desktop or any other folder)
    2. If you see "Cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified," right click Game —> Open —> Open

Development log

Comments

Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.

Viewing most recent comments 1 to 40 of 313 · Next page · Last page

some times you wish a story never ends

ugh love this game so much

I did not realize there were some comments being automatically 'held' for the past month until I approved them, hence the handful of out-of-order comments below. Thank you to those of you who have left kind comments and reviews.

Godammit I thought I was done getting lulled into a false sense of security by a clearly labeled horror game by cuteness with Doki Doki Liturature club. Great game though

I can't get the game exe to run. Has anyone else run into this issue?

What specifically happens when you right click on the Game.exe and select 'Open'? Are you saying nothing happens at all?

Yeah nothing happens :(. I tried deleting the old folder and redownloading everything but no dice. I'm pretty new to itch games though so maybe I'm missing something obvious >.<

Have you unzipped/extracted all the files first?

Ofc

10/10

i wish the game was longer

I love this game sm :)

chill game about a guy and a girl doing stuff idk, i haven't finished the game yet but I really love it tho 11/10

Dude i made an account just for this game..like oml its so beautiful

i love this game, i may not understand the deeper parts of it but it was truly a fun game that somewhat connected with me. i feel angels life quite a bit. 

Lee is literally just dexter morgan 

This game is phenomenal. I created an account first to come here and just comment that.

Are you looking for any help setting up a build for this for Linux platforms? I can look into this if it’s outside of your wheelhouse. I’d love to have a version of this game I can play myself.

For those of us on Linux, the Windows version of this game runs quite well with rpgmaker-linux. Just unzip it and run it with e.g.

rpgmaker-linux --gamepath /home/you/Clinical\ Trial/

Tested on Debian 12 with GNOME. The same Debian 12 running Sway WM did not work.

Thanks again, Mr. Homie, for this exceptional short story. I haven’t felt such a chill in ages.

To be honest, I watched a video titled Me and Mr. Wolf and I loved the edit so much, and when I saw the game title it was based on, I knew I had to know what it was about. I watched ManlyBadassHero's playthrough and fell in love with the story and characters. I love how the game made me think it was a horror thriller as I questioned what was in the syringe, then it turned into a slice of life of sorts getting me more connected with the game, and deep down I knew something bad was going to happen, but I let the wholesomeness blind me until the twist ending hit me like a power drill. I was not ready for the trauma! Well done homie. Absolute Cinema!

What version of RPG Maker is this game made with, I'm curious.

i cried over this thank you ily

this was very enriching, thank you

came here for the me and mr wolf animatic

I played ending 2 first and I loved it, then I did ending 1. It pained me to choose reject, and the ending hurt even more. I came to this game from a youtube video and now I am left emotionally crushed and confused. WHAT?!?!? I dont know what to say or how to feel right now. I am in love with this game now, I cant even believe this was FREE?!?! Thank you

Just played the full game in one sitting and I loved it! All of Angel's little quirks like chewing on the hoodie string gave me life! 

this game was very very good, 10/10

btw if you got stuck in lee's bedroom (like i did for an hour ;-;) make sure you interact with the right half of the desk found in the bottom right of the room

I really liked this game. Its hard to talk about the best parts of the game without spoilers, and the first parts a bit of a slog, but I enjoyed it

HOW IS THIS FREE ITS PEAAAAAAAAAAAAAK

this game peak, but i didn't see 

БЫЛИНА

This game was very captivating - when I had to take a break from playing, my mind would circle back to it frequently. I love the overall mood you created here, the characters and the detailed assets and graphics. Thank you for sticking with this game and making it accessible. <3 Much love to you!

HOMIE I MISSED U SO MUCH

(1 edit)

I just played through both endings tonight and I must say, the game was impeccable. However, I do unfortunately have a gripe or two; The amount of saving you can do on your file does not sit right with me. You can only save progress when there is not active dialouges and such going, and at mutiple points i found myself wanting to save while not being able to (Specifically at parts of the game with choices that change the ending). Secondly - and I realize this very well could be a technical issue on my part - at numerous times while playing, suddenly it would act as if i were holding the key to progress down? it would speed through dialogs far too fast and I couldn’t do anything but close the application and restart from my save. The keys on my computer have never gotten stuck before, and doing other things using the device both before and after playing, I do not think it was my physical keyboard causing the issue? That, paired with the saving issue, caused me to have to replay multiple scenes to get back to where I left off. I ADORED the game, do not get me wrong, but this was my experience! (written at 2am, apologies for grammar errors)

(5 edits)

You truly saved my life. Thank you so much. Your game is incredible, very special and one of a kind. From it I ended up realizing I have ADD, Narcolepsy and RLS (and visual snow, which i always thought everyone saw lmao TwT) I was struggling so much to live every single day and i never knew why. I have a sleep study soon (rlly hoping itll pick up my sleep disorders) and hope to get diagnosed for ADHD in the future. Unmasking has been very painful in so many ways but so worth it.

 cnat wait to play the epilouge (i hope im getting that right, i think i saw someone say something about one. also sorry, ive never commented on itchio and the format is coming out weird for me)

thank you so much again for this insanely incredible game >w< 

✩·͙*̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥\( ≧ᗜ≦ )/*̩̩͙✩·͙˚̩̥̩̥.  •⩊•  (இwஇ`。) !!!

very good

(1 edit)

this one is worth it

oh it's good. it's reeeeeal good.

ruined my life and somehow made it better all in one sitting i need to go lay down ??/10

i fucking love this game

I'm not good at articulating my thoughts in a way that makes sense but I'm an avid fan of your previous work and always found beauty and comfort in it, and this game is no different. from the detail in the body language to the subtext, this is a certified banger through an through, awesome work bro. I hope I get to see more from you in the future

a week ago i played this game live and voice acted it, and it hasn't left my mind since ;w; thank you homie for this incredible, incredible game

This game is wonderful so far, but I can't progress after entering Lee's bedroom. None of the doors work as exits. Am I missing something? How do I get out?

Check the desk drawer in the bottom right corner of the bedroom in order to progress the game.

I really like this game :3

THID GAME IS SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Based based based based based

Viewing most recent comments 1 to 40 of 313 · Next page · Last page