Developer posts and news about this game.
What is this? This update marks the beginning of a new era for ZTD. Dev Update 8 starts to build the foundation for inventory , materials , and buildables . The mystery box is no longer just about weapons. It now ties into a larger progression loop where players will collect reso
What's New? Leaderboards Added a bunch of new leaderboards. You can now pick which leaderboard to track during gameplay using the new leaderboard browser in the main menu. Main Menu Added Leaderboard browser. Mystery Box Mystery Box now uses new weight system. This is setting up
What's New? Mystery Box Melee near the box to allow other players to grab the loot you pulled. Combat You can now press V to perform a weapon bash . Weapon bash does 10 damage to affected zombies. Weapon bash hits gives more points than bullet hits. Weapon bash kills give more po
What's New? Level Design Added the ladder. Networking Improvements Fixed a bug where players joining in progress kicked from the match before getting to actually join (due to players in match dying before the in-progress join could happen) would cause the next match they tried to
Just a quick patch to replication so multiplayer works again.
What's New? Mystery Box Fixed an issue where non-host players could buy and spin the Mystery Box, but could not actually claim the rewarded weapon. Fixed Mystery Box weapon equip syncing so the claiming player receives the correct gun instead of staying on the pistol. Improved My
Weapons, Mystery Box, Audio, Zombies, and Steam Multiplayer Weapon System Improved weapon prefab handling when guns are equipped. Added Mac-10 Mystery Box Mystery Box uses guns added to the Weapon Catalog which I can add and remove guns from whenever I want. Box costs 900 points
Main Menu Acoustic guitar riff written and performed by a sausage. Gameplay Players now respawn anytime there are zero zombies currently active in the scene. When the host leaves the game, it puts everyone out of the lobby and back to the main menu. Fixed an unintended shutting d
Main Menu Fixed a bug where returning to the main menu destroyed the steam instance making it impossible to create/connect to lobbies through steam. Player Zombies now damage players. Players that die during the game can no longer respawn until the next horde is over. Achievement
Achievements Added stat-based achievements. Main Menu There is now a quit button so you can close the game. Match Flow You can now join in-progress lobbies. Zombies will now spawn at random intervals. Every minute the chances of a horde spawning will go up by a random increment.
Achievements Added 3 hidden achievements. Main Menu Friend's List no longer shows "invite" button next to friends who are online. Friend's List now shows "Join" button next to friends who are online and already in a lobby.
Invites I've made it so that you actually have to accept the steam invite to join the lobby; previously, you would automatically join a friend's lobby when they invited you. Host/Client Control Clients other than the host client can no longer spawn zombies. Replication/Game State