Greetings, Survivors!
It's time for another entry for the "Behind the Scenes" series! Today we would like to quickly talk with you about the Map Selection process. We receive a lot of questions from you and three are especially common among them:
- What is the size of the playable map?
- Can I start playing in one place and then move the Zone to another city?
- Is it possible to play on a small Island, in the desert, or in some other exotic place?
We hope that this announcement will answer all those questions for you!
Map Selection
When starting a new game, you have two ways of finding a city to play on. You can type the name of the city in the search engine or you can use the interactive globe and zoom in and out in order to find a place that will catch your attention.
After you have decided on the city of your choice, now it's time to pick the right location. This location represents your whole gameplay area.
Keep in mind:
- Every location will have a detailed description visible with information about how playable the area is. The playability mostly depends on the building density and the number of resources in the area. It won't be recommended to play in a location with too many buildings, no buildings at all, or a place that has no trees.
- Right now, we plan to allow playing on small islands, in the deserts, or in some other interesting places, but the game will inform you that this area is not viable for balanced gameplay. You can try playing on such places as a challenge or with mods, but we will do our best to clearly inform you about the recommended gameplay areas.
- Your gameplay area (chosen location) is around 2 kilometers (1,24 miles) long and 2 kilometers wide.
- Unless we are talking about a small village, in most cases only a specific chosen part of the city will be available to you.
- You can access further parts of the map around you through the "Expedition" feature that we are working on.
- It won't be possible to start playing in one city and then move over to another.
- All the map data is based on Open Street Map database. So if you are wondering if the city of your choice will be available in the game, you can take a look at the OSM. If your city is in the OSM, it will also be available in the game.
We hope that this summary makes it all clear to you. And if you still have some doubts or suggestions regarding the locations, playable areas, and maps - please let us know!
Pre-Alpha access - last chance!
If you want to get access to the Infection Free Zone's pre-alpha, now is your last chance! The ongoing 911 Operator: Board Game has a separate pledge and add-on that will provide you with an early chance to play our Infection Free Zone! Remember - the campaign ends on Friday, November 4 2022 at 12:00 PM CET.
Best regards,
Jutsu Games Team