Space Pirates and Zombies

Released: Aug 15, 2011
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 11 Sep 2026, 02:37 GMT

Updates & announcements

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14 Mar 2023Developer post
No Creeps Were Harmed TD Announced!
Employ lethal turrets, traps, and gadgets to defend against an onslaught of evolving creeps! Step into a twisted, hyper 3D, mind bending realm. Upgrade and adapt your defenses. Become a master maze crafter. Collect bizarre artifacts. Rush creeps for lucrative rewards, and succumb
21 Mar 2022Developer post
Massive update released for the Clanfolk Demo!
Clanfolk Demo Upgrade Released Hi everyone, I just wanted to let the SPAZ fans know about some developments with MinMax's next game, Clanfolk. I am thrilled to finally update the Clanfolk Demo with all the new content that I have been working on. I want to give special thanks to
Clanfolk Demo Upgrade Released
Hi everyone, I just wanted to let the SPAZ fans know about some developments with MinMax's next game, Clanfolk.
I am thrilled to finally update the Clanfolk Demo with all the new content that I have been working on. I want to give special thanks to the Discord community for tirelessly testing the beta versions over the last few months and providing great suggestions.
Please consider stopping by. We have a very friendly community, and I am on there daily taking notes :)
https://discord.com/invite/U6yztRSTxX
New World Building Controls

When starting a New Map, players can now choose to spend points to change the amount of Mountains, Lakes, Forests, Grassland, and Wildlife on the generated map.
Points need to be balanced, so highly increasing one slider, will mean a tough choice on what other ones to decrease.
Custom Clan Builder

After the map has been generated, you are now able to set up a family tree for your Clan to define the relationships between Clan members.
The Clan builder provides pre-built scenario family trees as well as a custom option where you can build up your Clan from a single baby, progressing time until they are a senior.
When building your Clan, you have initially have 2000 coin. This can be spent on Clan members (250 per member), on starting supplies, or be saved for later trading.
Each Clan member will have their own set of Quirks and Skills that develop as time passes in the Clan Builder.
Like/Dislike/Skill Affinity rework. Each person will like one job, dislike another, and be good at a job. This will let you get a sense for their usefulness at a glance within the Clan builder.
Character Re-Roll added for that one lazy/wrong skilled Clan Member (For a progressively increasing coin cost)
Quirks

Clanfolk now develop Quirks over time.
Quirks are situational behavior modifiers. For example, many children are afraid of the dark. This would mean that their rooms should be lit for better sleep.
Quirks can also be passive, for example having a high metabolism. The Clanfolk eats more but also moves and works faster.
The quirk system is currently in a proof of concept phase with many more to come.
New Character Art

New Human art by a professional artist with many component variants to make each Clan member look unique!
Added a new character art system is highly mod friendly
Characters now are made of 15 layers Bodies: Torsos, Heads, Hair, Eyes, Eyebrows, Beards, Mouths Clothes: Hats, Hoods, Shirts, Jackets, Pants, Cloaks, Underwear, Plaid
New Creature Art

All Creature art has also been replaced to keep a consistent look.
New creature art is historically consistent with 1300's Scotland creatures.
The Coo has also been added. (Highland Cattle)
New Music

Two new songs from Michael Pflug our composer from SPAZ 2/Golftopia.
A flute song played by the Clanfolk in the mornings and evenings for fun To be expanded to even more instruments to get a whole band going.
Contextual World Click

You can now click on any tile in the world and get a list of contextual options for it. So click on grass, get the harvest option. No more digging in the jobs menu to find what you need.
Meet the Neighbors

Surrounding Clans from different Biomes have been added!
Neighbor Clans will send Workers, Traders, and Visitors.
Workers: Can be hired for a daily coin wage May end up joining the Clan if treated well enough.
Visitors: Will come seeking a warm meal and a bed for the night Higher satisfaction will lead to improved relations with their Clan
Traders: Will bring Trade items from their Biome with the quantity and rarity based on relations with your Clan.
Desire Paths

The Desire Path system allows Clanfolk to slowly break paths in the grass over time as they move through an area.
These paths become good hints on where to build future roads.
As paths become more established, tall grass will be damaged, but the Clanfolk's movement speed will increase.
This increased movement speed will also make the path more desirable to Clanfolk and well established paths will slowly emerge.
New Clothing Sets Added

All Clothing has been added to the demo! Sack Cloth, Hide, Leather, Wool, Linen variants.
Since it is Summer, only the linen clothing will be desirable for wearing, but since the Demo saves will work in the full game, having warm clothing ready to go for Fall and Winter is a smart move.
New Items Added

Bread, Cheese, CuredFlaxStems, Dough, Flax Fibers, Ashed Hides, Clean Hides, Leather, Linen Cloth, Linen Hank, Oat Flour, Clean Wool, Wool Cloth, Wool Hank, Bowl, Dirty Bowl, Brose, Butter, Stew.
New Objects Added

Bread Oven, Butter Churn, Cheese Press, Dish Rack, Dish Washer, Dough Table, Flax Dressing, Flax Retting, Kitchen, Loom, Quern, Spinning, Ash Tanning, Bark Tanning, Hide Scraper, Well, Wool Dressing
Going Forward
Now that this demo update is live, my main focus is getting everything ready for Clanfolk's Early Access launch (Likely mid-May, but not officially)
Marketing is also going to get into full swing now, and if you can tell you friends about Clanfolk and get them to try the demo, that would be a huge help. Every Wishlist really counts and helps with visibility.
I will be posting to Steam more often, but you can always find me on Discord too. I am very open to ideas on how to improve Clanfolk further and interacting with players on Discord each day has been inspiring.
https://discord.com/invite/U6yztRSTxX
I hope you will give the demo a try!
Andrew Hume (Blorf)
MinMax Games Ltd.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1700870/Clanfolk/
p.s. Here is the official wiki. It is just starting out now, but it will grow.
https://clanfolk.fandom.com/wiki/Clanfolk_Wiki
Here is a cute piggy (Grice) for those who made it this far :)
Original post
11 Aug 2021Developer post
A first look at Clanfolk
Hello Everyone!, I am very happy to announce Clanfolk! Clanfolk has been a four year passion project, and now it is about time to show it. A little history, Clanfolk was developed alongside Golftopia, its sibling project. After SPAZ and SPAZ2, we needed a break from space combat
15 Oct 2019Developer post
Introducing GolfTopia!
Hi everyone. A lot of you have been pretty anxious to hear what we’re working on these days. It's finally time for MinMax to announce our new game! GolfTopia is a retro-futuristic golf management sim, tower defense, pinball hybrid from the makers of Space Pirates And Zombies 1 an
14 May 2016Developer post
SPAZ 2 is coming May 17th 10am PDT, $19.99US and a 10% launch discount
Here is a trailer and a 50 minute gameplay video to get you all prepared. Please don't forget to tell your friends! Trailer: Game Demo/Training:
14 May 2016Developer post
SPAZ 2 is coming May 17th 10am PDT, $19.99US and a 10% launch discount
Here is a trailer and a 50 minute gameplay video to get you all prepared. Please don't forget to tell your friends! Trailer: Game Demo/Training:
07 May 2016PC Gamer
Space Pirates and Zombies 2 hits Early Access soon
Richard Cobbett thought the original Space Pirates and Zombies was "the germ of a cool game", so perhaps that germ has, er, spread for its upcoming sequel? Space Pirates and Zombies 2 switches to Unity, and embraces 3D , and it's just been revealed that it's coming to Steam Early
06 May 2016Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Space Pirates And Zombies 2 Infects Early Access Soon
I’m going to mention a name soon, and I want you to resist your gut reaction to pull a dirty face and scroll past this post. This series is good and interesting and you might well like to play it but, well, the game’s named Space Pirates And Zombies 2 and- no no, come back, come
23 Dec 2014Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Living Dead Galaxy: Space Pirates And Zombies 2
Ignore the acronym if you possibly can because we shouldn’t dwell on an irritating title when there’s so much else to discuss. Space Pirates and Zombies 2 looks like it might be an absolute corker, an heir to the sensational Space Rangers 2, built around a living galaxy that exis
09 Sep 2014Announcement
Daily Deal - Space Pirates and Zombies, 80% Off
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09 Sep 2014Developer post
SPAZ 2 is in the works!
Hi everyone, Thanks to your overwhelming support for SPAZ, we have now been working on a sequel for the past 2 years. We have made a lot of changes due to player input and our own growth as designers. SPAZ 2 really will be an entirely new experience but in a familiar universe. We
09 Sep 2014Developer post
SPAZ 2 is in the works!
Hi everyone, Thanks to your overwhelming support for SPAZ, we have now been working on a sequel for the past 2 years. We have made a lot of changes due to player input and our own growth as designers. SPAZ 2 really will be an entirely new experience but in a familiar universe. We
06 Feb 2014Shacknews
Space Pirates and Zombies 2 revealed
Space Pirates and Zombies was far more interesting than one would expect with a name like that, a jolly top-down space shooter where you build your own ship. Now developer MinMax Games has revealed Space Pirates and Zombies 2 with a first trailer, looking fancier than ever as hun
27 Jun 2013Announcement
Free Weekend - Space Pirates and Zombies - 80% Off
Play Space Pirates and Zombies for FREE starting now through Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time. You can also pickup Space Pirates and Zombies at 80% off the regular price!* At its core, Space Pirates and Zombies is an action based, skill oriented, top down space combat game. It’s simila
18 Sep 2012Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Humble Rumbles Anew: PWYW Torchlight, Vessel, SPAZ
Somehow bearing the numeral ’6′ after it, despite there having been at least 40,000 Humble Bundles by this point, the latest in the wildly successful series of pay-what-you-want indie grab-bags is go right now. Torchlight is the headliner, which is some funny timin’ what with the
10 Aug 2012Product Update
Space Pirates and Zombies Update Released
Changelog: V1.605 - Fixed deployable turrets assigning relation damage on self destruct after being scanned. - Fixed broken turret on an Advanced Mule ship design. - Fixed huge pulse cannon now shoots huge projectiles, not large. - Fixed some "Extreeme" spelling to improve "moral
09 Aug 2012Product Update
Space Pirates and Zombies Update Released
Changelog: V1.604 - Fixed possible infinite enemy loop on Extreme extortion events - Lowered severity on extortions in general (combat wise) by 25% - Fixed save name accepted sound on enter key press with invalid name - Modding: Added the scriptfile_Added.cs functionality see (ww
23 Jul 2012Product Update
Space Pirates and Zombies - OSX Update Released
Change Log 1.602: - Fixed Hang when exiting to main menu from Chapter 4 on the Mac
18 Jul 2012Product Update
Space Pirates and Zombies - OSX Update Released
Changelog: - Fixed fullscreen issue on OSX 10.6.8 - Fixed double pointer issue - Fixed Steam Cloud on Mac - Fixed ability to delete save files - Fixed location of console.log - Fixed sound crash (hopefully) with new OpenAL library
03 May 2012Product Update
Space Pirates and Zombies Update Released
Change Log: V1.600 - Added Modding tools downloaded separately ( ) - Added Random tech progression option to the Galaxy generator (this is the pre v1.500 method) - Added Slider for tech availability to the galaxy generator - Added Slider for Bounty Hunter population to the galaxy

Space Pirates and Zombies

Updates & announcements

No Creeps Were Harmed TD Announced!

TURRETS FOR EVERY OCCASION

CREEPS TO RUIN EVERY OCCASION

GO BALLISTIC!

Massive update released for the Clanfolk Demo!

Clanfolk Demo Upgrade Released

New World Building Controls

Custom Clan Builder

Quirks

New Character Art

New Creature Art

New Music

Contextual World Click

Meet the Neighbors

Desire Paths

New Clothing Sets Added

New Items Added

New Objects Added

Going Forward

A first look at Clanfolk

Introducing GolfTopia!

SPAZ 2 is coming May 17th 10am PDT, $19.99US and a 10% launch discount

SPAZ 2 is coming May 17th 10am PDT, $19.99US and a 10% launch discount

Space Pirates and Zombies 2 hits Early Access soon

Space Pirates And Zombies 2 Infects Early Access Soon

Living Dead Galaxy: Space Pirates And Zombies 2

Daily Deal - Space Pirates and Zombies, 80% Off

SPAZ 2 is in the works!

SPAZ 2 is in the works!

Space Pirates and Zombies 2 revealed

Free Weekend - Space Pirates and Zombies - 80% Off

Humble Rumbles Anew: PWYW Torchlight, Vessel, SPAZ

Space Pirates and Zombies Update Released

Space Pirates and Zombies Update Released

Space Pirates and Zombies - OSX Update Released

Space Pirates and Zombies - OSX Update Released

Space Pirates and Zombies Update Released