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[CT]

Looks fun. Like a more modern version of Survival Crisis Z. I'll be looking forward to this game. Will there be social decay such as cannibals, cutthroats, and looters?

And THANK YOU FOR ADDING INFECTIONS. Getting infected by zombies is so rare nowadays...

Yeah they usually just beat the shit out of you.

[Necro910]

Looks fun. Like a more modern version of Survival Crisis Z. I'll be looking forward to this game. Will there be social decay such as cannibals, cutthroats, and looters?

And THANK YOU FOR ADDING INFECTIONS. Getting infected by zombies is so rare nowadays...

Yeah they usually just beat the shit out of you.

Indeed. They're flesh-eating monsters, not gangsters!

[mendonca]

Looks fun. Like a more modern version of Survival Crisis Z. I'll be looking forward to this game. Will there be social decay such as cannibals, cutthroats, and looters?

And THANK YOU FOR ADDING INFECTIONS. Getting infected by zombies is so rare nowadays...

I reckon the social decay side of things is the 'ultimate' goal. If they can get the NPCs doing those sorts of things in a believable, dynamic world, that is the sort of game they are pitching for.

Also I recall that as far as subjects to cover go, just about the only thing they won't touch is children in the game. Cannibalism should make it in eventually though - I mean, meat is meat, right?

[Necro910]

Looks fun. Like a more modern version of Survival Crisis Z. I'll be looking forward to this game. Will there be social decay such as cannibals, cutthroats, and looters?

And THANK YOU FOR ADDING INFECTIONS. Getting infected by zombies is so rare nowadays...

I reckon the social decay side of things is the 'ultimate' goal. If they can get the NPCs doing those sorts of things in a believable, dynamic world, that is the sort of game they are pitching for.

Also I recall that as far as subjects to cover go, just about the only thing they won't touch is children in the game. Cannibalism should make it in eventually though - I mean, meat is meat, right?

Yeah, leaving out the children I can understand. Everyone gets all mad over that, and it would hurt sales.

And yes, meat is meat. Anyone wanna try the mystery meat?

[Ranwick]

I'm having some serious trouble getting this game to work. I downloaded the demo version from their website, but when I launch the game all I'm given is an unresponsive java window. I've searched high and low to find a solution but none of the ones that I've found work. I'm using XP and Java is indeed up to date. Any ideas? Sorry if this has already been answered, I really can't figure it out.

[mendonca]

I'm having some serious trouble getting this game to work. I downloaded the demo version from their website, but when I launch the game all I'm given is an unresponsive java window. I've searched high and low to find a solution but none of the ones that I've found work. I'm using XP and Java is indeed up to date. Any ideas? Sorry if this has already been answered, I really can't figure it out.

All I can suggest is those presented as common solutions on the forums:

LINK TO PZ COMMON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS HERE

If those don't work, I don't know, you could ask in the official forums or wait for someone smarter than me to come along ...

[cerapa]

So I tried the demo.

First playthrough: I accidentally set the kitchen on fire, got caught on fire after trying to get the wife out of the house and died by burning to death.

Second playthrough: I decided to see if the pillow thing really works and killed the wife. Then basically gave up on the playthrough. I then accidentally got a horde to follow me near the house, making me run away in a random direction. After running for a while, I come across a big building that had everything a person could ask for. Stayed there for a day, then explored and found a grocery store.
I then took all the booze from that store and got drunk as hell. I then decided to sleep in a random houses couch with all the doors open just because I could. I was woken up in the night by zombies and made a run for it, piss-drunk and stumbling around.
Somehow I ended up back in the beginning house, with a ridicilously large horde following me and me bleeding to death. I ran to the safest place in the house, which happened to be the room with the wife.
So there I stood, next to the dead wife, sobered up and having bandaged myself up, waiting for the eventual death that would come when the zombies break through the door.
And then I died.

This game is grim as fuck. At least when I play.

[Necro910]

How long does a bite take to turn me? Are there any effects other than "You're a zombie!"?

I got bit in one playthrough on the chest, and another playthrough on the hand. I didn't live long enough though, as the first time I was bit while on fire, and the second time I got bit before the guy with a shotgun kicked in the door.

Also, bug report: The shotgun guy killed my wife and just stood there aiming afterwards. I slept in the bed with the wife, as it was almost midnight, and then woke up with him still stuck there. I left and looted some more food, and came back to him still frozen. I left again to get more stuff, and brought a zombie (On purpose, so I can get his gun) to the house. THEN he shot me after I came back into the room for the third time 

[Grakelin]

I lasted four days after a bite the one time they actually got me that way. You slowly get ill over time.

[funymunky]

I just discovered this game and played the demo. My first actual successful (well, not really) playthrough went like this:

I was out looking for food, because I was running low. I found a bar, with a bunch of alcohol in it, and decided to loot the place. There was tons of whiskey on the shelves, so it took longer than I anticipated to loot it all. Before I knew it, night had come. I started to see zombies shuffling around in the streets, so I barricaded both the doors and pulled out my shotgun.

I waited for hours of in-game time, just waiting for the barricades to break. I could hear hordes of zombies banging on both of the doors. As soon as one of the barricades broke, all hell broke loose. Hundreds of zombies came through the door, and my shotgun couldn't kill them all before they got to me. I pulled out my baseball bat, and knocked a path through the horde. Finally making it out of the bar, I hightailed it back to my safehouse. Checking my wounds, I realized that I was bitten. Death was inevitable now.

However, little did I know that I was followed. I went upstairs to my injured wife's room to get some sleep and food, and make sure she was safe. Suddenly, I heard the door downstairs break. I quickly shut the door and barricaded it, waiting. After a while, they showed up at the door and began clawing their way through. After they got through that, I started going berserk with my shotgun. Blood flew everywhere and coated the walls of the room. I eventually ran out of shells, and still they kept coming. I had to protect my wife, so I took out my baseball bat and leaped into the horde. I fought valiantly, killing dozens of zombies before eventually being ripped apart.

Just thought I'd share my story of Project Zomboid I'm definitely buying this as soon as possible.

[Leatra]

First playthrough: Burned the house and myself while trying to cook food.
Second playthrough: That guy who kills your wife owned my ass in a one-shot-kill style.
Third playthrough: Zombies killed me while I was sleeping in a house.
Fourth playthrough: Accidently quit the game while trying to save the game.
Fifth playthrough: Got so sick of the things you do at start (barricade, heal your wife, get food, etc) quit the game.

Great potential though.

[Rumrusher]

I heard you could just simply do the last part of the tutorial to skip that whole sequence and explore.

[Jimlad11]

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[nenjin]

I keep reading this thread hoping its the post that says "So they finally added a way to save your game."

Sadness

[Leatra]

I keep reading this thread hoping its the post that says "So they finally added a way to save your game."

Sadness

Me too. Have I mentioned I accidently quit from the game while trying to find a way to save it? I gave up playing when I realized this.