Nikita Belonogov

Zombies hear, see and smell you

Senses with sandbox-tunable sight, hearing and memory, so sneaking, lighting and noise discipline matter.

Per-body-part wounds and treatment

Scratches, lacerations, deep wounds, fractures and burns on each limb, treated with bandages, splints, disinfectant and sutures.

Day and night with real darkness

Nights get truly dark; flashlights, lamps and lit windows attract attention.

Zombie hordes that migrate

Large groups drift across the map over days, drawn by noise and events, so a quiet base can suddenly be in the path of a horde.

Hotbar and quick-equip

Belts, holsters and straps let you attach weapons and tools for instant switching mid-fight.

Melee with stamina, weight and swing arcs

Each weapon has reach, swing time, knockback and multi-hit; exhaustion and heavy load make you miss.

Tetris inventory system

Zombie Evolution

slow to fast over time

Shove and stomp

Push zombies away bare-handed, knock them down and finish them with a boot; the only free weapon you always have.

Containers, bags and carry weight

Backpacks, duffel bags and pockets with capacity and weight reduction; encumbrance slows you and tires you.

Generators and fuel

Power a building with a generator, fuel it from gas pumps and cans, keep it maintained and away from bedrooms.

Ambient sound and zombie groans

Positional groans, footsteps, rain and the silence of an empty town; sound is how you survive.

OutdoorsVehicles

Mudrunner's offroad

Dirty and hard to pass off-road, like in MudRunner

Reading skill books and magazines

Books multiply skill XP for a while; recipe magazines unlock crafts you did not know.

Thumping and breaking through doors

Zombies pound on doors, windows and barricades until they give; a besieged house becomes a timed problem.

Craft

Craft minigame

Each item craft is a minigame instead of just a progress bar

Rendering

Dynamic lighting and shadows

Light sources, time of day and indoor darkness that reads clearly at the isometric angle.

Rendering

Cutaway walls and multi-storey buildings

Walls hide when you walk behind them; upper floors, roofs and basements are navigable.

The inventory and loot panes

PZ's two-pane inventory with drag, transfer-all, filters and the context menu that does everything.

Food spoilage and fridges

Fresh food rots on a clock unless refrigerated or frozen; the power cut turns every fridge into a countdown.

Vehicles

Driving, fuel and vehicle damage

Cars with keys, batteries, fuel, flat tyres and a hood full of parts; running zombies over costs you the windshield.

Cold, wet and hypothermia

Rain, winter and wet clothes drain body heat; wrong clothing in the wrong season can kill as surely as zombies.

Vehicles

Vehicle mechanics and part swapping

Remove and install tyres, batteries, brakes and engines with the mechanics skill; a car becomes a project.

The power and water shutoff

Utilities fail after a few weeks; the world gets dark and dry and every plan changes.

Firearms with noise, recoil and reloading

Guns are loud enough to pull a whole town, need ammo and magazines, and skill decides whether you hit.

Barricading windows and doors

Planks, metal sheets and bars nailed over openings; zombies have to chew through them first.

Molotovs, pipe bombs and noise makers

Throwables that burn, blast or distract; crafted from loot and dangerous to the thrower.

Locks, keys and lockpicking

Houses and cars have keys; break in by smashing a window, prying a door or finding the key on a corpse.

Fake-dead and lunging zombies

Some corpses are not corpses; crawlers lunge at your legs from under cars and bushes.

Farming with seasons, watering and disease

Plant seeds, water, fertilise, fight mildew and aphids, harvest and save seeds for next year.

Panic, stress and moodles

Seeing zombies, darkness and pain raise panic, lowering accuracy and vision; beta blockers, books and time calm you.

Skills with XP and multipliers

Carpentry, cooking, aiming, sprinting and more level up by doing, with books and traits speeding them up.

Sleep, fatigue and nightmares

You must sleep; beds, tiredness, pain and panic change how well you rest and whether you wake up in time.

Rain collectors and water purification

Taps stop working; collect rain, boil or bleach it, and plumb barrels into sinks with a wrench.

Metalworking with a propane torch

Weld metal walls, bars and crates; needs a welding mask, torch and scrap.

Weather: rain, fog, snow, wind and storms

Weather fronts change visibility, noise, temperature and zombie behaviour.

House alarms

Some houses are alarmed; breaking in sets off a siren that pulls every zombie within blocks.

Campfires and fire spread

Cook on an open fire, but fire spreads through grass, buildings and zombies alike.

Clothing that protects against bites

Leather, denim and layered clothes add bite and scratch defense per body part, at a cost in heat and mobility.

Characters

Professions and traits at character creation

Pick a job and balance positive and negative traits for starting skills, recipes and quirks.

Hunger and thirst

Eat and drink every day; moodles warn you, then strength and health follow.

Characters

Animated clothing layers on the character

Every item you wear shows on your body, gets bloody and torn, and dirty clothes matter.

Cooking and evolved recipes

Soups, stews, stir-fries and sandwiches built from whatever ingredients you have, with spices and skill changing the result.

Weapon condition and repair

Weapons wear down and break; maintenance skill, duct tape, glue and spare parts keep them going.

Carpentry: walls, floors, stairs and furniture

Build a base from planks and nails, from a simple rain collector to a two-storey fort.

Infection, fever and medicine

Dirty bandages and untreated wounds get infected; antibiotics, painkillers and rest change the outcome.

Moving and placing furniture

Pick up beds, shelves and stoves and rebuild a kitchen wherever you want.

Tailoring: patching and padding clothes

Rip clothing into strips, patch holes, add leather or denim pads to raise defense.

Moodle icons

The icon stack that tells you hungry, tired, panicked, wet, in pain, with levels and tooltips.

Zombification after a bite or scratch

Bites almost always infect, scratches sometimes do; fever, then death, then a new zombie wearing your clothes.

Zombie respawn and population regrowth

Cleared areas slowly fill back up unless you keep them clear, with sandbox control over rate and peak day.

Foraging by zone and season

Search mode reveals berries, mushrooms, herbs, stones and twigs depending on the area and your skill.

Loot respawn and rarity sandbox options

Sandbox-defined abundance per category, with optional respawn in unvisited containers.

Proximity Chat

Trapping small game

Set snares and cages with bait in the right zone; check them before something else does.

Animals: chickens, cows, sheep and husbandry

Keep livestock for eggs, milk, wool and meat; feed them, fence them, butcher them.

Fishing with rods, nets and lines

Fish by hour and weather, with bait and rod quality changing what and how much you catch.

Vehicles

Towing and trailers

Hook a trailer or a dead car to haul loot and move wrecks out of the road.

Radio and TV broadcasts

Early-days broadcasts tell the story of the outbreak and teach skills; later it is static and a lone voice.

Sprinters, shamblers and crawlers

Sandbox-selectable zombie speeds and crawler variants that change how every fight and escape plays out.