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Game News New Dead State Screenshots Revealed

Discussion in 'RPG Codex News & Content Comments' started by Crooked Bee, Apr 3, 2012.

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  1. Crooked Bee Nyadmin Patron

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    As part of their preparation for the upcoming Kickstarter campaign, Brian Mitsoda and DoubleBear Productions have revealed two brand new screenshots of their zombie survival RPG Dead State.

    Today we’re showing off a few of the many upgrades the player can make to their shelter. Take a minute to look at and compare the pictures of the unaltered and transformed shelter:

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    You’ll notice a few changes between the two sets of pics. In the first one, you’ll notice that the only protection the school has is a flimsy chain-link fence. This is going to prove to become a liability as zombies or other humans start showing up and trying to take it down to get inside (which is game over), so it would be in your best interest to upgrade it to the reinforced fence, which is shown in the bottom pic. The reinforced fence ups the amount of damage the fence can take before it needs to be repaired, which makes it less of a daily concern.

    You’ll also notice a watchtower in the second pic. The watchtower upgrade has two benefits. Every day it generates morale daily in the shelter by just being present. It also opens up a new job at the shelter – guard duty. When allies are posted to guard duty, they can intercept attacks earlier, which causes less damage to the fence per guard assigned. You’ll even notice an ally guard hanging out in there in the pic.

    The final difference you might notice (aside from more people around) is the car. While the car is not an upgrade (it allows you to travel farther for fuel costs), there is a garage upgrade that is necessary to maintain your car or enhance it. Cars can become faster and more efficient with upgrades. Of course, you’re going to need a decent mechanic if you want your car to keep running.

    We’ll be showing off more upgrades to the shelter in our Kickstarter presentation. Keep watching our board, Facebook, and website for more information on our Kickstarter launch and for new Dead State information. As always, feel free to leave feedback on what you’d like to see for our Kickstarter launch in the previous threads. We’re working hard to put together the launch and we can’t wait to show you the progress we’ve made. Thanks for all your helpful comments and support everybody!

    For more information, visit the official Dead State forum.

  2. tarkin Scholar

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    Screenshot too big for the main page, please resize. But shit's looking good, maybe too clean but otherwise i like it.

  3. Mozgoëbstvo Learned

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    Oh, man. Dead state was so off my radar I had thought "VD made changes to AoD already???".

    Then I saw the taxi and read more carefully...
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  4. villain of the story Magister

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    I really want to know whether those are in-game mock-up scenes to communicate the design concepts or really screenshots from implemented and working features.
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  5. Crooked Bee Nyadmin Patron

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    #5
    1024x is too large for you? Are you browsing the Codex from your phone or something?

    Alright, resized to 800x. Had to use imgur to upload it, though; I hope it shows for everyone.
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  6. fuzz Educated

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    Who stole the taxi?
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  7. ghostdog Prophet Patron

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    #7
    A big school with a big courtyard doesn't look like a good idea of a shelter, not unless you have an army at your disposal to protect it. The thought of actually re-enforcing that huge fence seems more scary than a legion of zombies. Oh well, I guess the playground can be used for training your party members.

    :troll:


    Nevertheless, it's good we have more info about DS.

  8. Excidium WOOOOORLD EATEEEEER

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    I like how the trees were cut down to make the wooden fence and watchtower.
    hoodoo Brofists this.

  9. Kz3r0 Arcane

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    Why RPGwatch has already a dedicated feature in game, did they donate?
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  10. WhiskeyWolf RPG Codex Polish Plumber Patron

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    :lol:

  11. Ulminati I'm watching you... Scum. Patron

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    So do we. Where do you think the mindless horde of undead abominations comes from?
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  12. Spectacle Prophet Patron

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    Indeed. The thought of reinforcing such a huge fence brings back memories of building brick walls in Haven & Hearth.
    I'm kinda split about this game. I'm seriously tired of zomboids, but I love base building and turn based combat. Lets see if their kickstarter pitch can convince me.

  13. Metro Magister

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    It's not really about zombies, per se, that's just the convenient MacGuffin. They could replace zombies with any kind of disaster and the main appeal to all of us would still be the base building, recruiting, management, and combat.

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    My suggestion for the kickstarter:

    If it gets 2x the intended goal, add along the many possible shelters Cleve's bunker, meticulously built based on his own photos, to the game, and if it gets 3x the intended goal, then add an in-game option to replace the zombies with machete rape gangs.

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    Come to think of it, that fence actually looks more like a downgrade than an upgrade. Sure, it might be slightly stronger, but you lose the ability to easily see and shoot through the fence.
    skuphundaku Brofists this.

  17. Grunker RPG Codex Staff Patron

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    #17
    THIS GAME LOOKS SO FUCKING SWEET

    I love the comments here. "A school sucks", "second fence is like a downgrade." Fuck me, here I was getting excited about the gameplay prospects and I completely forgot about irrelevant details.
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  18. Mortmal Arbiter

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    Thats what id like to know too , that said it looks nice yes , being an ex teacher i appreciate the watchtower in the schooolyard, very convenient and great idea, just add a gatling gun and its perfect.

  19. villain of the story Magister

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    Does a watch tower really make sense? A guard in a watch tower = zombie magnet. They will see a moving thing from a greater distance outside the fence and will come towards it. Especially since it's not that high.

  20. Mortmal Arbiter

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    Its not for the zombies , its for the childrens....

  21. villain of the story Magister

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    By the way, if you have an Android or Apple device, go get and play Zombie Chronicles and Zombie Chronicles 2. Very nice choice style games (ie. Choice of Broadsides, Choice of the Dragon etc.) though not from the same developers. Especially the second part is a treat with several characters of some depth and background, side quests and lots of C&C.

    Google Play links:
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textRPG
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textRPG2

    edit: Hoshit there's a paid version of ZC2 with new chapter updates!
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zcpro

    A word of caution: It has some broken English and lots of typos but it's coherent and consistent. That said, where's my Android version of AoD, VD? It's not like game packs a punch with complex interfaces and game systems. For a Choose Your Own Adventure++ game, the design could easily be reworked for mobile platforms.

  22. Alex_Steel Moderately Perfect Patron

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    It looks promising with turn-based combat, dialogues and shelter management. Also, I like the graphics. I hope it escapes vaporware status.
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  23. Elhoim Liturgist

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    We are working the final GUI right now, we'll be showing those screens in the presentation of the KickStarter. And we already shown some dialogue screens, we will be showing more.

  24. zool Educated

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    Great news, looking forward to see to see the GUI and more dialogue.

  25. Crooked Bee Nyadmin Patron

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    Will there be a gameplay video, or at least a trailer showing off some gameplay bits, for the Kickstarter project? Or would that be too much to ask for at this stage?
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