Development Info The Latest on Dead State

Wait, what??? A month to 'transitioning' to a full-time position? At this speed, by 2013 we'll have the script, by 2014 the implementation of the design, by 2015 the beta, and by 2016 the demo, then of course a lot of people will bitch about it (me included) and by 2017 we'll have a new demo... I got it, here's another Thursday release coming to a screen near you....

What, you don't want them to instantaneously "teleport" to their full-time positions, do you?

I better be able to pick up those lawn mowers and run at dead people or chain them to the bull bar on my pickup truck for scavenger runs into the city.


Nice crucifix too, better stick that up on the truck as well. Customisation counts.


I was thinking about UFO Enemy Unknown today, and apart from customising your troops with equipment, and choosing component rooms of your base, one of my favourite parts was when your base got invaded. I pray to my meat splattered Lord and Saviour riding shotgun with me that the game will allow for some quality base invasions from both the living and the dead. There is something wonderful, desperate and personal about fighting off a home invasion. Plus it adds an extra strategy to the game of designing choke points or crossfire kills spots, and would be extremely rewarding to see them executed and pay off (or dismally fail). Choices such as do you build flat, which add additional doors and windows, making it harder to defend. As opposed to, building additional storeys upwards, which would obviously be easier to defend, but could be more costly and have the disadvantage of having the structure's size and lights attract the attention of more zombies, and worse, envious human factions.

Here's another feature I would love... The Lord of the Flies style divergence, which would suit the political subtext. It would be good if the player can try and hold civilisation together with their choices, ie. tentatively trading with other human factions, continuing to wear a police uniform, proudly flying the flag, wearing pants when you get up in the morning. Or alternatively, going all Lord of the Flies and hanging zombies from street poles down the street outside your base, executing dissenters in the group and leaving them in a pile in the front yard or causing unnecessary carnage either for laughs or excessive overkill (ie. blowing up a gas station to take out a couple of zombies). For the MadMax team it would great to see the fires and smoke throughout the city as proof that these are really the end of times and that morality and order are dead and buried. Not only would be fun to make these choices, but also when recruiting NPCs who exhibit signs that they would fit well into the group.

"Eat bodies, burn dead, kill kill kill." - Tricky Nick, Mechwarrior.

Wait, what? You are telling me that they do NOT know how to do so?

Where's VD when he is most needed?

Have you ever had a decent job? If you have a contract you can't just walk out of the door whenever you like. I'm pretty sure most contracts require at least 30 days notice before you're able to do that (unless you're fired). At least that's how it is here, but i bet it's like that in most civilized countries.

There will be no fighting in the shelter. As far as I understood the base will be safe as long as you can keep the defenses up (probably point based). If enemies (zombies) can enter your base it's game over.

That's disappointing, but I don't know the mechanics they've got in mind so I'll wait and see. I would've loved to have had the game go down to a vicious base fight but maybe seeing an integer decrease will be seriously tense shit.

This isn't a tower-defence game.

I hope.

I guess it's more about managing people, time and ressources to maintain the otherwise decreasing defense systems of the base (wall-repairing)

there appears to be four levels of lawnmover available

this outclasses the vanilla diablo 2 equipment tier system

Ah ah, funny. It is probably in part due that I have, and always had, good jobs that I can move from one to another in a day or two. Once, my friend, I was in a continent on a Thursday (sorry, that's for real, no reference to AoD), and started my job on Monday four days later on a fucking different continent. And that time included find a place to live, buying a car, and all the other shit and paperwork in between. So spare me your 30 days notice bullshit, if you are dedicate to your job you find a way to be productive.

That does not mena that I still have great hopes for the game. I never believed they will be able to finishe by December 2013, I'll be very glad and very surprised if they will deliver the complete game (not a fucking demo) by Dec 2015, but - what do I know - maybe they will surprise me.

So, your line of reasoning is that since you managed to change your (good) job in 4 days, everyone must do the same or be labelled 'non-productive'? What if I find someone that was able to change in 2 day? Does that make you non-productive? Do you understand what a contract and a 30-day notice mean? Do you understand the law?

Fuck. I knew I should have spend my experience on empathy instead of juggling.

Still no word about the Radio Tier. Well it seems that we just got scammed. First Wasteland 2, and now Dead State.

At least I know that I made two of my favorite videogame celebrities happy.

What kosmo did you buy them a beer or some shit?

Yes.