The basic idea is that you're a survivor in a small town in the middle of the desert, surrounded by zombies. When you start out you get placed in a random newly-formed town along with 30-40 other people, with nothing but a patch of land to call your home and some clothing. You have to go scavenging in the desert to find materials and supplies which you can bring back to town and use to strengthen defences, set up workshops and water treatment facilities and so on.
You start each day with 6 Action Points, which you can restore once a day by eating food and once by drinking water. You can also restore them by taking drugs, but there's a risk you'll get addicted.
Action Points are used to move around the desert, fight zombies (usually a bad idea unless you have a weapon), build defenses and structures in town and work in the workshop. It's generally a good idea to work together with the other people in your town, and each town has forums where you can chat and decide what to do. Alternatively you can steal from your fellow citizens and generally be a bit of a bastard, but if enough of them turn against you they can banish you, or even hang you for your crimes.The most important thing is being back in town before the gates are closed, and of course making sure someone closes the gates before midnight. At midnight the zombies attack, and anyone left outside the walls will be eaten.
If you're interested you'll need a beta key from Fileplay.net. You'll need a Fileplay account but they're free, you just need to sign up. If they've run out I've got a few keys to give away too, so just send me a PM. The game itself can be found here.
If you do start playing, here's a few tips:
- Upgrade your home to a tent immediately, and open the packages you get from it.
- Don't upgrade it to a hovel, it wastes resources and that's very bad.
- Always check the map when moving around, beware of any area containing zombies.
- You have very limited space in your backpack so make sure you have room for things you'll find when scavenging.
- Read the forums.
- Be back in town before the gates are closed!
