What Are Side Effects?
A tense, minimalist, survival game where you coin it big by gambling on your own health in a pharmaceutical experiment. In turn-taking, you and the other player ingest mystery pills that could heal, poison, or cause other bizarre side effects. With increased tolerance to the pills, comes an additional risk, and now is a time to weigh Luck, Strategy, and Nerves. So, will you play safe, or risk everything for an upper hand?
How to Play
- Mouse Controls: Click to select pills and items available in your limited inventory.
- Pill Roulette: Every round, pick a pill from any given side—the effects are random and have you react on the spot.
- Tolerance System: The more pills are taken, the higher the chance of deadly side effects occurring.
- Items: Use things like antidotes or decoys to either sabotage your opponent or good for protecting yourself.
- Opponent AI: Watch, analyze, and read your opponents so you can out-bluff and out-mind-game them.
Tips & Tricks
✅ Manage Tolerance: Push your luck, but just not too far. If you overdose, it's game over immediately.
✅ Items Are Lifelines: Get an antidote for emergencies, or use decoys to deceive your enemy.
✅ Read the AI: If they go passive on you, they might just be open to attack—go after them when they are vulnerable.
✅ Adapt to Chaos: Side effects start to pile up unpredictably—sometimes gutsy spur-of-the-moment risk might just be the right call.
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Will you be able to stomach taking that pill?
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