The game uses the traditional Romero style slow-moving zombies, though certain zombies are faster than others, and sandbox mode includes a setting for 28 Days Later-style "sprinter" zombies. The player can level skills through activities and reading skill books and magazines. On top of avoiding zombies, the player has to manage their personal needs (such as hunger, stress, fatigue, and boredom) to stay alive through resting, scavenging for supplies, and using survivalist techniques. a firefighter has a higher chance of spawning in a fire station if the chosen town has one). The player can choose their character's appearance, occupation, and traits before selecting to spawn within one of four starting towns, the type of trait that is chosen also will influence where exactly the character will spawn (e.g. In Project Zomboid, the player aims to survive for as long as possible in an apocalyptic and zombie-ridden area around the city of Louisville, Kentucky – referred to as 'Knox Country' – which has been quarantined by the government. Project Zomboid heavily uses windows and drop-down menus for interface navigation. John McGrew delivers one final broadcast, informing any survivors to take up arms against the zombies and defend the United States. In a last ditch effort, the United States destroys bridges that span the Ohio River, trapping any survivors and zombies within Knox County.įinally, on July 17, the virus is confirmed in Cincinnati, Mogadishu, Seoul, Okinawa, and multiple cities in England. As the Exclusion Zone widens, it is revealed that the virus is beginning to spread through the air. Louisville also becomes infected around this time, although the player can visit Louisville on July 9th and find it infested with zombies. On July 14, thousands of infected people breach the military blockade surrounding the Exclusion Zone, leading the military to pull out. Later that day, a picture is leaked from West Point to the media, showcasing a man with only one arm with blood on his mouth, standing in a street full of dead bodies. Riots begin to break out in cities across the United States, and curfews are placed on New York City and Miami after riots cause multiple deaths and injuries. On July 11, the WHO grounds all non-medical or non-military international flights to protect other countries from being infected. Army general in charge of containment measures within the Knox Exclusion Zone, later publishes a statement regarding the event, telling people to remain calm and claiming that "There is NO evidence of fatalities within the Exclusion Zone." The game begins on July 9, 1993, approximately three days after the United States military set up a blockade surrounding the infected areas of Muldraugh, Riverside, West Point, and Rosewood, dubbed the Knox Evacuation. There is no cure for the Knox Infection, and it is invariably fatal. After being infected, the player will begin to experience anxiety and nausea, which will progressively worsen until the player eventually succumbs to the infection. However, the player is immune to the latter form of infection. The infection is known to spread through saliva, blood, and later on, through water droplets in the air. However, it is theorized by several characters on KnoxTalk, a radio station in the game, that it could be a prion disease, an act of God, or bio-terrorism. The cause and origin of the Knox Infection are unknown. After about July 18, most of these channels go off air. The lore of Project Zomboid and the Knox Event is given through radio broadcasts and TV channels. Project Zomboid is set in 1993, with the game starting by default on July 9 however, the start date and time can be changed in the game settings. The latest stable release is Build 41, released in December 2021, which includes animation and combat overhauls, new audio and music, the city of Louisville, Kentucky, and revamped multiplayer by General Arcade. Project Zomboid is The Indie Stone's first commercially released game. Since then, Project Zomboid has appeared on Steam Early Access and continues development to this day. In 2011, The Indie Stone were subject to a high-profile setback within the indie gaming community following the theft of two laptops containing the game's code. It was one of the first five games released on the alpha funding section of the gaming portal Desura. The game is set in the post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested exclusion zone of the fictional Knox County, Kentucky, United States, where the player is challenged to survive for as long as possible before inevitably dying. Project Zomboid is an open-world isometric video game in development by British and Canadian independent developer The Indie Stone.
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