Code Blue Idle

The idle game that takes medicine seriously.You start with one exam room and a patient on the table. Eight hospitals later, your medical empire spans the country and runs itself.Diagnose patients across actual medical scenarios. Hire specialists. Unlock departments. Fund research. Respond to crises that hit a working hospital: VIP arrivals at 2 AM, equipment failures, regulatory audits, ransomware on the EMR. Your team treats patients between your sessions. Offline progress accrues for up to 24 hours.The win condition: a fully autonomous medical empire across eight hospitals in eight cities, from Boston to Los Angeles.Eight departments, each one runs itselfUnlock Outpatient Clinic, Emergency Department, Operating Room, Intensive Care Unit, Specialty Center, Pediatrics Ward, Psychiatric Unit, and Rehabilitation Center. Every department has its own caseload, passive income rate, and staff that keep working between sessions.A research tree with consequential choices31 research nodes across seven branches. Specialize in diagnostics, workflow automation, complication reduction, or revenue. 47 upgrades across four tiers reshape the economy at each stage of growth.Eight hospital identitiesAt each empire expansion, choose the kind of hospital you want to run. Level I Trauma Center. Academic Research Hospital. Children's Hospital. Integrated Mental Health Center. Each one changes which cases dominate, which bonuses compound, and how the run plays.A team of named physiciansHire 15 staff archetypes, from medical assistants up to a Chief of Medicine. Earn 17 named Consultant physicians whose bonuses carry across every empire expansion. Dr. Sarah Chen. Dr. James Okafor. Dr. Priya Patel. Once they join, they stay.Crises with consequences30 event types interrupt the routine. Pharma reps in the cafeteria. Joint Commission audits. Press conferences after a sentinel event. Each event is a paused decision with branching outcomes. Reputation tracks how the community sees your hospital, and shapes which cases walk through the door.Features70 medical cases across 8 departments47 upgrades across early, mid, and late tiers31-node research tree with 7 specialization branches7 empire expansions, 8 hospitals founded across the United States8 hospital specializations with distinct bonuses and playstyles17 named Consultant physicians who persist across every run30 random events with branching choicesLive EKG monitor reacting to every patientUp to 24 hours of offline earningsDaily goals, achievement tracker, full hospital historyThree save slots and full save export / importOriginal soundtrack by Kevin MacLeodAll characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental.