{"id":6427,"date":"2021-11-22T16:35:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T07:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=6427"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:19:39","slug":"20211122-6427","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211122-6427\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience working as a pharmacist in Pharmacy Wars, coming to Steam this December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/202111122-183239\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-11-22 09:45 (JST)<br>Translated by. Nick Mosier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em><strong>Pharmacy Wars<\/strong><\/em> is an adventure game coming to Steam on December 3 that was made with the involvement of actual pharmacists. The game only supports Japanese.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6427-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/webm\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com\/steam\/apps\/256858695\/movie480_vp9.webm?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com\/steam\/apps\/256858695\/movie480_vp9.webm\">https:\/\/cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com\/steam\/apps\/256858695\/movie480_vp9.webm<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In Japan, if a pharmacist doubts the contents of a prescription, they are obligated to discuss the contents with the doctor who prescribed it to the patient. The consultation is called a Prescription Inquiry, and <em>Pharmacy Wars<\/em> takes that aspect of being a pharmacist and turns it into an adventure game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The setting for the game is a world where artificial intelligence is highly developed. For some reason, this world has an issue with tons of problematic prescriptions being prescribed, and pharmacists are filling them without question. This causes health problems to run rampant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protagonist of this tale is a pharmacist that has accidentally wandered into this world. While working at this isekai pharmacy, the pharmacist sees the faulty prescriptions with their own eyes and works to change the fate of this world through Prescription Inquiries.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/202111122-183239-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Customers are bringing in things like problematic prescriptions that can\u2019t be filled to ones that are just totally forged. The protagonist, who works to audit prescriptions for the pharmacy, will have to use reference materials and information gathered from patients to confirm if all is as it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, you\u2019ll confirm if the prescriptions can be combined with a patient\u2019s other medications and look at their history of side effects to decide if the prescription is right for them. If there\u2019s a problem, you\u2019ll initiate a Prescription Inquiry to set things straight and keep the health crisis in check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Prescription Inquiry provides 4 options, and depending on what\u2019s selected, you\u2019ll either gain or lose Trust Points of the patient and doctor. And if your Trust Points hit 0, it\u2019s game over. It seems like you can experience a real part of a pharmacist\u2019s job by checking prescriptions and holding Prescription Inquiries.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u85ac\u5264\u5e2b\u306e\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3092\u8003\u3048\u307e\u3057\u305f\ud83d\ude00 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UJsR8QF03U\">pic.twitter.com\/UJsR8QF03U<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u85ac\u5264\u5e2b\u30aa\u30fc\u30bf\u30e0 (@ph_autumm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ph_autumm\/status\/1284414339869323265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<\/strong><br>I thought of a pharmacist game.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Multiple pharmacists are involved in the development of the game. According to the game\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicanblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official website<\/a>, Autumn, a pharmacist and the game\u2019s designer, tweeted an idea for an <em>Ace Attorney<\/em> inspired pharmacy-themed game that got a lot of attention and led to the game going into development. It sounds like the team wants to share what the job of a pharmacist entails through the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pharmacy Wars <\/em>is scheduled to launch on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1799080\/_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> on December 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experience working as a pharmacist in Pharmacy Wars, coming to Steam this December. 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