Zombie Apocalypse Simulator

namre

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« on: August 21, 2010, 11:30:09 PM »

I started watching HighSchool of the Dead which gave me an idea for a game: A Zombie Apocalypse Simulator!

Before you leave and say "Not another Zombie game!" please hear my idea out.

Here's my idea:
Zombie games are all about survival. However, I can't help but notice that "survival" is only limited to killing zombies. Surely it's not all about killing, there's more to it that not a lot of games explore on.

The game I've thought of would be like a sandbox game with a randomly generated city. The game starts as soon as news of the zombie apocalypse reaches you.

First thing you need to do is to look for a safe place and bunker down. You have the option where you will set up your homebase. It could be a high rise building or a store down the street, or you could stay at the comfort of your own home. It's up to you. Of course, you need to make sure that the base you pick is secure enough to resist zombie hordes.

Inside the base, you control the character ala Sims. You need to eat to relieve hunger, sleep to get more energy, or do stuff that could increase your morale, etc.

To be able to survive longer, you need to get medical supplies, food, weapons by going out and raiding shops throughout the city and take them back to your base. You could also look for unique items that have a unique effect on your character, like for example, a game console. Or you could get a table next door to make your barricade even stronger. Of course, there's a limit to how many you could carry. The more weight you carry the slower you become.

You could hijack a car, place your scavenged items there, and cruise around hitting zombies along the way. However, looking for fuel wouldn't be easy so one must use it only if really needed.

You can meet other people along the way. You could help each other out, stick together or not. These choices has pros and cons. If you stick with each other, there will be more mouths to feed but you have someone to watch your back. The opposite will happen if you choose to ignore that person. Also, the more people you have, the more you could salvage and carry back to your base.

Personalities of people are also randomly generated. They can be cowards, highly-skilled with weapons, a jerk, or maybe even someone who you go to bed with. Again, each personality has pros and cons which will make you think twice on who you stick with.

As for goals, you could go look for your lost family. Or go to a army-controlled base. However, doing so will need you to travel a lot and change bases. The main goal of the game would be to just survive for as long as you can.

In short, the game will be a simulator of almost everything that happens in every zombie flick. Yes, cliches and all.

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Other ideas:
- Items do not respawn. So if you've cleaned out the nearest convenience store of supplies, you need to look for another one. This will force players to explore more. Eventually, the player will be forced to move their base to a place where there are lots of places where they could get supplies.

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So what do you guys think? It's something I came up with out of a whim.

What I like about this idea is that a lot of people sometimes wonder what life would be like when surviving a zombie apocalypse. This game, if executed properly, can help simulate that scenario.

If there's already a game like this, share it with me please! That would save me the hassle of creating one. Haha. Just want to play a zombie apocalypse game where there is more than just shooting.

Cheers!


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