The first major content update 'Perpetual Mode' is out now for ZOMBETES!
New Gameplay Feature: Perpetual Mode
- Roguelite mode where progress is retained after death
- Earn currency by surviving the night, defeating foes, and curing infections or wounds
- Spend currency in the 'After-Life' store to gain permanent buffs that will improve your survivability
- Progress is auto-saved and can be continued when restarting the game (cloud saves supported)
Access 'Perpetual Mode' by typing 'I am alive' when prompted to 'Wake up'.
New Command: 'Drive'
- Vehicles can now be used to 'drive' to the next level
- Requires using GASOLINE and an item for the ignition (e.g. SCREWDRIVER)
- Can no longer 'rest' in vehicles
Context Window Updates
- The 'Context Window' can now be resized, and the ASCII image will scale with it
- Added new ASCII imagery for humans, animals, animal zombies, commands, and items
- Updated ASCII imagery for some zombies and the 'look' command
- Added image 'wiggle' when attacking a foe
General Updates
- Added more areas and items
- 'Useless' items (e.g. 'POOL NOODLE') will now distract hostile NPCs
- Added more NPC conversations
- Items given from NPCs in conversation are no longer strictly predetermined
- Human NPCs may now give hints to find important items in a level
- Added chance for predetermined items to spawn in some rooms
- Less likely for level generation logic to select the same areas twice in a row
- Added more 'book' and 'letter' contents
Command Updates
- 'Continue' command room selection improved to more reliably cycle through all areas in a level
- 'Read' command can now be used on its own to automatically 'read' a readable item within a room
- 'Attack' command flow improved
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Context Window revealing the NPC when entering a darkened area
- Fixed issues with 'barricade' command not selecting the correct type when multiple barricade types are present within an area
- Fixed inability to read books after having read a single book
Join the ZOMBETES Discord server to offer feedback and/or report bugs. We will take into consideration all feedback for future updates.