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[Dakk]

I like how the updates are going, gameplay is pretty intense now and surviving takes more then just getting alot of food and finding a relatively safe place to barricade yourself in. Plus Its nice to see survivors actualy trying to survive this time around.

[Creamcorn]

I like how the updates are going, gameplay is pretty intense now and surviving takes more then just getting alot of food and finding a relatively safe place to barricade yourself in. Plus Its nice to see survivors actualy trying to survive this time around.

Though in all honesty, they only seem to last about a day or so. It would be nice if refugee waves gained better items as the zombie invasion progressed, so they'd make better companions.

Welp, had another good round. Theres a couple spoilers in the mortom, so if you havent seen the HFS, just read the score or something.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

ROGUE SURVIVOR alpha 3.21
POST MORTEM
Fred Ramirez was a man and a civilian.
He survived to see day 24 hour 16.
Fred Ramirez's spirit guided him for 03 hours 39 minutes 09 seconds.
 
> SCORING
He scored a total of 74425 points.
- difficulty rating of 100%.
- 35540 base points for survival.
- 31885 base points for kills.
- 7000 base points for achievements.
 
> ACHIEVEMENTS
- broke into a CHAR office.
- reached day 7 alive.
- reached day 14 alive.
- reached day 21 alive.
 
> DEATH
Killed by zombie lord zombie master95 in Residential District@3-2.
 
> KILLS
 392 skeletons.
  57 dark-eyed zombies.
 151 zombies.
  87 zombie masters.
  26 zombiefied women.
  45 zombified men.
  79 red-eyed skeletons.
  13 bikers.
   2 CHAR guards.
  33 dark zombies.
  28 zombie lords.
  51 red skeletons.
   1 female neophyte.
   2 blackOps.
   1 male disciple.
 
> SKILLS
Started with Agile.
3-Agile.
3-Hauler.
2-High Stamina.
3-Medic.
3-Strong.
3-Firearms.
3-Light Eater.
3-Light Sleeper.
2-Awake.
1-Carpentry.
 
> INVENTORY
- 10 blue pills.
- 10 green pills.
- a pistol (equipped).
- a blackOps GPS.
- a flashlight.
- 11 light pistol bullets.
- a baseball bat.
- a blackOps GPS.
 
> FOLLOWERS
He was doing fine alone. Or everyone else was dead.
 
> EVENTS
- day 0 hour 00 : Woke up in District@2-2.
- day 0 hour 00 : Sighted first zombie.
- day 0 hour 00 : Sighted first woman.
- day 0 hour 00 : Sighted first zombie master.
- day 0 hour 00 : Sighted first skeleton.
- day 0 hour 01 : Killed first skeleton.
- day 0 hour 02 : Sighted first man.
- day 0 hour 04 : Sighted first man.
- day 0 hour 06 : You learned skill Hauler.
- day 0 hour 06 : The weather stayed Cloudy.
- day 0 hour 06 : Sighted first dark-eyed zombie.
- day 0 hour 07 : Killed first dark-eyed zombie.
- day 0 hour 08 : Entered district Shopping District@2-1.
- day 0 hour 08 : Visited Shopping District@2-1.
- day 1 hour 02 : Killed first zombie.
- day 1 hour 03 : Sighted first zombiefied woman.
- day 1 hour 06 : You learned skill High Stamina.
- day 1 hour 06 : The weather changed to Rain.
- day 1 hour 09 : Killed first zombie master.
- day 1 hour 14 : Killed first zombiefied woman.
- day 1 hour 14 : Sighted first zombiefied man.
- day 1 hour 15 : Killed first zombiefied man.
- day 2 hour 02 : Bikers raided the district.
- day 2 hour 06 : You improved skill High Stamina to level 2.
- day 2 hour 06 : The weather changed to Heavy rain.
- day 2 hour 09 : Sighted first red-eyed skeleton.
- day 2 hour 10 : Killed first red-eyed skeleton.
- day 2 hour 15 : Entered district Business District@3-1.
- day 2 hour 15 : Visited Business District@3-1.
- day 2 hour 17 : Sighted first biker.
- day 2 hour 17 : Sighted first CHAR guard.
- day 2 hour 19 : Achievement : broke into a CHAR Office for the first time.
- day 2 hour 20 : Killed first biker.
- day 3 hour 03 : Killed first CHAR guard.
- day 3 hour 06 : You learned skill Medic.
- day 3 hour 06 : The weather changed to Rain.
- day 3 hour 06 : A National Guard squad arrived.
- day 3 hour 06 : A National Guard squad arrived.
- day 4 hour 06 : You improved skill Hauler to level 2.
- day 4 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 4 hour 06 : Bikers raided the district.
- day 4 hour 08 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 4 hour 10 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 4 hour 15 : Sighted first national guard.
- day 5 hour 06 : You learned skill Strong.
- day 5 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 5 hour 08 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 5 hour 09 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 5 hour 13 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 5 hour 15 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 6 hour 06 : You improved skill Agile to level 2.
- day 6 hour 06 : The weather changed to Heavy rain.
- day 6 hour 06 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 6 hour 12 : Bikers raided the district.
- day 6 hour 12 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 6 hour 16 : Sighted first dark zombie.
- day 6 hour 16 : Killed first dark zombie.
- day 7 hour 06 : You learned skill Firearms.
- day 7 hour 06 : The weather changed to Rain.
- day 7 hour 06 : Achievement : reached day 7.
- day 7 hour 06 : A National Guard squad arrived.
- day 7 hour 06 : A National Guard squad arrived.
- day 7 hour 11 : Sighted first zombie lord.
- day 7 hour 12 : Killed first zombie lord.
- day 7 hour 17 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 8 hour 06 : You improved skill Agile to level 3.
- day 8 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 8 hour 12 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 8 hour 17 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 8 hour 22 : Bikers raided the district.
- day 9 hour 01 : Sighted first red skeleton.
- day 9 hour 01 : Killed first red skeleton.
- day 9 hour 06 : You improved skill Hauler to level 3.
- day 9 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 10 hour 06 : You improved skill Firearms to level 2.
- day 10 hour 06 : The weather changed to Cloudy.
- day 11 hour 02 : Bikers raided the district.
- day 11 hour 06 : You improved skill Strong to level 2.
- day 11 hour 06 : The weather changed to Rain.
- day 12 hour 06 : You improved skill Medic to level 2.
- day 12 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 12 hour 06 : Entered district District@3-0.
- day 12 hour 06 : Visited District@3-0.
- day 12 hour 07 : Sighted first male disciple.
- day 12 hour 21 : Bikers raided the district.
- day 13 hour 06 : You improved skill Firearms to level 3.
- day 13 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 13 hour 15 : Entered district Business District@3-1.
- day 14 hour 01 : BlackOps raided the district.
- day 14 hour 06 : You improved skill Medic to level 3.
- day 14 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 14 hour 06 : Achievement : reached day 14.
- day 15 hour 06 : You learned skill Light Eater.
- day 15 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 16 hour 04 : Entered district Residential District@3-2.
- day 16 hour 04 : Visited Residential District@3-2.
- day 16 hour 05 : <Loaded game>
- day 16 hour 06 : You learned skill Light Sleeper.
- day 16 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 16 hour 16 : Sighted first female neophyte.
- day 16 hour 22 : Killed first female neophyte.
- day 17 hour 06 : You improved skill Strong to level 3.
- day 17 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 17 hour 11 : Sighted first male neophyte.
- day 18 hour 06 : You improved skill Light Eater to level 2.
- day 18 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 19 hour 06 : You improved skill Light Eater to level 3.
- day 19 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 19 hour 06 : BlackOps raided the district.
- day 19 hour 20 : Sighted first blackOp.
- day 19 hour 20 : Killed first blackOp.
- day 20 hour 06 : You learned skill Awake.
- day 20 hour 06 : The weather stayed Rain.
- day 21 hour 06 : You learned skill Carpentry.
- day 21 hour 06 : The weather changed to Cloudy.
- day 21 hour 06 : Achievement : reached day 21.
- day 21 hour 11 : Sighted first male disciple.
- day 21 hour 12 : Killed first male disciple.
- day 21 hour 12 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 22 hour 06 : You improved skill Light Sleeper to level 2.
- day 22 hour 06 : The weather changed to Clear.
- day 23 hour 06 : You improved skill Awake to level 2.
- day 23 hour 06 : The weather stayed Clear.
- day 24 hour 06 : You improved skill Light Sleeper to level 3.
- day 24 hour 06 : The weather stayed Clear.
- day 24 hour 10 : BlackOps raided the district.
- day 24 hour 12 : An army chopper dropped supplies.
- day 24 hour 16 : Died.
 
> CUSTOM OPTIONS
- difficulty rating of 100%.
 
> R.I.P
May his soul rest in peace.
For his body is now a meal for evil.
The End.

Killed lots and lots of zombays. Got the disciple because it was daylight and I had a pistol on me. Ran some, and shot it up. Got the blackops because they had dropped like a couple hours before, so they had ran out of their primary ammo ,and where using pistols(because there were gazillions of zombies, I was actually kind of glad they were taking some of the load). Still kind of dangerous, but took both of them down. In the end, I pretty much died due to breakable armour. I went through three army vests.  A zombie lord took bite at me when I had 2 health and got lucky.

After week 2 you pretty much need green/blue pills, they are life savers so many times.

I was hoping I could see if there was a month achievement, but luck didnt favour me.

Damn good score. I use to think pills were useless, but in this one they're life savers.

[Orb]

Here is the flow of the game so far.

First day: Moderate amount of zombies. Nothing particulary hard, there are no advanced zombies, though you have no equipment or skills so you do a lot of running.

Day 2-4: Civilians get a hold of the situation and there arent that many zombies. They are like free days basically. Though, a lack of food is quite evident and you can die of starvation if your not careful

Day 5-8: Zombie waves are getting larger, and you see fewer and fewer civies. The army might have come by now, and you have seen a few advanced zombies.

Day 9-14: Things are getting tough. Civies are getting rare, and you are seeing a lot more zombies. Food isnt too scarce, depending on how many air drops you get. Staying at a safehouse for more than one day asks for trouble. You see advanced zombies every once in a while, the bulk is still regular horde.

Day 14-21: This is where you're likely to die if you got this far. Zombie waves get bigger and bigger, with sleeping becoming a problem since zombies follow your scent and attack you(when your sleeping you have no protection or defence). Depending on your luck, food may also be scarce. Any weapon ammo besides pistols is almost nonexistant and its recommened you use pistols(I think police officers bring ammo with them when they spawn, but they die quickly, so they dont use the ammo). Lots of advanced zombies, and you have problably seen a few HFS. The special items in the CHAR offices may be of good use right now. Zombies are also almost endless. They come in a steady stream, it appears they can hear bullets or something. So holding onto your favorate safehouse is likely out of the picture. Pills are extremely important for those certain moments, if your are trying to outrun an HFS or cant find a place to sleep(I think half of my sleep poitns were just blue pills).You count how long you live by the hour, not the day.

Day 22 -?: I havent ventured into this area much. Going into differant districts is actually rather dangerous, since you dont know where food/health drops are and the fact that you have been keeping the zombie population at a moderate level isnt applied. HFS zombie in every group, your probably running a lot. "The Other guys" also pop in a lot, if that is a godsend or a horror depends on your situation. Food may also become sparce(airdrops seem to be far and few inbetween), so you may have to start eating rotten food. Light eater/awake helps a lot. Basically now your just trying to survive between zombie mobs, every sleep is likely to be interupted, so get those medkits out, and have fun

I probably forgot things, but thats kind of how the flow feels for me. The days arent exact, I just pulled random numbers from my head.

Also, a suggestion if the developer still reads this...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Give the trackers that find zombies a range for the entire minimap, or give them a higher charge. They are kind of useless as of now because they take up a slot in your backpack and run out of energy reletively quick. I mean its an advanced tech, so it have advanced power source or something, or an increased range.

"Edit" Oh, I forgot. On the last day I lived, every single melee weapon I found seemed to break on the first hit. I wonder if its another time thing. My weapon seemed to jam when I fought HFS too. Made me unhappy. I still think the game doesnt like me. ><

[Creamcorn]

*snip

On the more useful items, they're completely useless to me. Considering the whole intel graphics card lodged into my computer.

[Orb]

Oh, found a "half glitch". I was standing on a stack of 10 blue pills(because the buzzards where about to take the items I dropped), and I decided to wait till he leaves and then proceed what I was doing. However, he just stood there next to me. I held down the wait button and he just stood there, getting hungry and tired. Then a friend came, so two people were staring at me. Then another. All ran when the zombie master came.


So if anyone wants to report that to the developer for me it would be nice(unless he still checks this).

[Creamcorn]

Oh, found a "half glitch". I was standing on a stack of 10 blue pills(because the buzzards where about to take the items I dropped), and I decided to wait till he leaves and then proceed what I was doing. However, he just stood there next to me. I held down the wait button and he just stood there, getting hungry and tired. Then a friend came, so two people were staring at me. Then another. All ran when the zombie master came.


So if anyone wants to report that to the developer for me it would be nice(unless he still checks this).

Staring contest?

[Orb]

Oh, found a "half glitch". I was standing on a stack of 10 blue pills(because the buzzards where about to take the items I dropped), and I decided to wait till he leaves and then proceed what I was doing. However, he just stood there next to me. I held down the wait button and he just stood there, getting hungry and tired. Then a friend came, so two people were staring at me. Then another. All ran when the zombie master came.


So if anyone wants to report that to the developer for me it would be nice(unless he still checks this).

Staring contest?

It was a long one.. Probably like 5 hours. Since I was sleepy the zombie master killed me. ><

"Edit" Maybe there should be a clothes wearing item slots? Zombies could drop clothes, so you can pimp yourself up. You would still have your basic shirt/pants/shoes, but zombies could drop add ons. Zombie masters drop sunglasses/hats. Skeletons would drop like spikes, so like you could put spikes on the arms of your leather jacket. Regular zombies can drop blood and various other things for the gross minded. Char guards could drop like a belt PDA or something. Ect Ect.

[Jusal]

Well looks like we're getting sewers next. Should be interesting to explore.

Since roguedjack seems to read this thread I'd like to leave a few questions and suggestions here:

As for the sewers, are you planning on adding any kind of maintenance or water treatment rooms or is it going to be mostly sewer tunnels down there? I'm assuming you might also find an occassional zombie that has stumbled in, and not simply undead rodents. In any case the sewers should provide an interesting retreat or way to travel between districts when things get too hot above ground.

Since you're adding sewers, I would like to suggest subway tunnels as well, to provide a less sludgy alternative for sewer transportation. They would be similarly dark, and there would be perhaps about one terminal entrance for each district or two. Since electricity is off, you could just walk along the tracks and hope not to run into a group of zombies blocking the tunnel. There might also be things worth scavenging in the terminals.

Anyway I'm enjoying the game tremendously so far, and I'll be sure to keep up with the updates.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

He's also set up a modification page on his blog. Someone should tell Deon to go submit his.

[Mechanoid]

Here's an idea:
Remove random chance for vomiting from rotten food and replace it with a bright green and a dark green nausia/vomit bar (respectively) like how the "hungry" state change has a white bar. If the nausia bar exceeds the vomit bar, you vomit. How nausious you become depends on the difference between the current date, and the date on the expired food; eating food that's been expired for long enough will always make you vomit, while eating food that's just a little old will let you manage your nausia. The nausia bar decreases when you sleep (greatly when sleeping in a bed) and the vomit bar can be increased by a skill "Iron Stomach" or something. Just to be fair for people who are hungry, eating rotten food when hungry doesn't increase the nausia bar as much as it normally would (1/3rd normal)

Also, an excuse to put in a pink bottle with a pink liquid (that's identical to pills, but resprited) that reduces your nausia level.

[Subways]

A seperate level entirely from sewers hopefully, no engineer in their right mind would connect or even put sewers and subway on the same horizontal level.

[roguedjack]

The staring contest is an AI glitch. It wants one of the items you are standing on and patiently waits. And waits. And then waits some more. I knew the problem but was lazy since it didn't seem to be noticed by players   . I'll fix that.

I'll add subways of course, that's what I meant by "undergrounds" in the "next version" section of the game faq.

There's still a lot of stuff I want to add to the maps (police/fire station, factories, airport, mayor office, CHAR places related to the plot...) but they probably wont get in the next version yet, depends how fast I progress on other tasks.

[kilakan]

subways

It'd be nice ifforplaces like this there's a way to fix up the trains and generators, allowing fast/safe travel,and lighting thats better then night but worse then day, so you could travel down there at night time going back to your base?

[Creamcorn]

The staring contest is an AI glitch. It wants one of the items you are standing on and patiently waits. And waits. And then waits some more. I knew the problem but was lazy since it didn't seem to be noticed by players   . I'll fix that.

I'll add subways of course, that's what I meant by "undergrounds" in the "next version" section of the game faq.

There's still a lot of stuff I want to add to the maps (police/fire station, factories, airport, mayor office, CHAR places related to the plot...) but they probably wont get in the next version yet, depends how fast I progress on other tasks.

Take your time. No need to rush perfection; till than we'll just feed our PCs to zombie hoards. Also, ever play Dungeon Crawl? If you haven't, than you don't know where I'm going with this. Either way, DC has ghosts of previous PCs show up on occasion; I was hoping for zombies of course but you go ahead and take your time on that if you want.

I'm for the nausea bar as well. After seeing hoards of zombies eat everyone you know a little moldy bread shouldn't bother you too much.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I think I found an AI issue. Whenever a survivor attempts to barricade their sleeping area, they always seem to only barricade two of the (most of the time) four entrances into the room. Anyone else getting this?

[ibot66]

I wish this was for mac.