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[Briggsy16]

The demo of this game is close to coming out according to Lemmy, hopefully he works weekends and gets it out tomorrow

The demo is basically an alpha version of the game to encourage people to preorder it where it'll then go into closed alpha with paid for access, minecraft style.

[Cthulhu]

So does the new source of revenue mean the demo will be free?

[Briggsy16]

Yeah, the demo is going to be free. I imagine they hope that once people play the demo they'll then pay the £5 to order it.

[Rumrusher]

Yeah, the demo is going to be free. I imagine they hope that once people play the demo they'll then pay the £5 to order it.

yeah "pay 5 dollars for the game" while playing "the Demo" for free wink* wink*
I see what your doing now, google stop chances of getting donations and now you have to pull this stunt I understand now.

[blackmagechill]

Will this be available through Steam, or just by it's self this is browser based, nevermind. I like the look and sound of it though, I might donate buy once I play the demo.

[Briggsy16]

A few select testers who have donated are being given links in the IRC channel to play it pre-demo release. I'm in and I can say it plays brilliantly and the art style is great.

Or not. Some asshole leaked the domain name to play it on facepunch and it's been pulled. Sigh.

[Tilla]

All pre-orderers get the game now- It requires username and password to access now. It should be publicly demoed soon, there's only a few bugfixes to work on.

http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/alpha-tech-demo-released/

First impressions: I have tried twice and not survived the Tutorial so far! The current demo starts with a tutorial having you provide medical care for your wounded wife, finding food and barricading the house, and then trying to escape other disasters along the way.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The first time I left a pot of soup on the oven and the safehouse I was in /burnt to the ground/. The second time, I decided to wander a bit further in my search for supplies and triggered the zombies to start attacking earlier than they're supposed to. I was bitten and the stomach and left to turn undead, locked in the room with my dear wife Kate.

Gotta say the music for this is /fantastic/. Reminds me of Bear McReary's BSG/Caprica scores.

[Briggsy16]

Yeah, the demo is going to be free. I imagine they hope that once people play the demo they'll then pay the £5 to order it.

yeah "pay 5 dollars for the game" while playing "the Demo" for free wink* wink*
I see what your doing now, google stop chances of getting donations and now you have to pull this stunt I understand now.

What are you on about?

[Ringmaster]

Not happy that I paid and did not receive my username/password for the demo, have written email to their accounts people and hopefully will get a response back shortly.

Edit: Received a response pretty much instantly (and the email wasn't an automated message). Gotta give the guys credit.

[lordcooper]

http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/alpha-tech-demo-released/

Have fun guys

[Briggsy16]

Not happy that I paid and did not receive my username/password for the demo, have written email to their accounts people and hopefully will get a response back shortly.

Edit: Received a response pretty much instantly (and the email wasn't an automated message). Gotta give the guys credit.

There was a form to request on the forums...

[Tnx]

So can anyone else playing this post their impressions of the game up? I'm debating between buying this and frozen synapse.  Also, I find it odd that so many people on here talk about zombie survival games as the ultimate game, but this thread is only at 9 pages.

[hemmingjay]

Frozen Synapse is in a much more complete state, and will likely remain so for some time.

[ibot66]

This game's cheaper than frozen synapse, and looks like it has awsome gameplay.

[lordcooper]

What is out is basically a tech demo.  A fun tech demo, but there really isn't much to say that hasn't already been said.