THE DEAD ARE RISING
FPS Survival | VR
The world has been overrun by zombies and you have to defend the last remaining town on Earth! Defeat waves of zombies in order to survive! Purchase weapons such as rocket launchers and miniguns to take out the zombies!
PROJECT DETAILS
ENGINE
Unity
DEVELOPMENT TIME
4 weeks
TEAM SIZE
1
DESIGN PROCESS
CONCEPTUALIZATION
'The Dead Are Rising' is a game concept that was inspired by a mod that I found while playing Left 4 Dead 2.​
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Based on that mod, I wanted to improve upon the idea of defending a fort against hordes of zombies - with a weapon shop system and a structured zombie wave system.
WEAPON SHOP SYSTEM
In the original mod, players could only choose their weapons at the start of the game.
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I wanted to give players more leeway by adding a weapon shop from which they could buy weapons at any time.
ZOMBIE WAVE SYSTEM
The original mod didn't have a wave system and zombies kept pouring out without end.​ There was a lack of breathing room and recovery for the players.
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This made me realize how important it was to create a wave system that could end after a specific number of zombies were defeated.
This allowed players to recover after the end of each wave and give them a fair challenge.
GAME LOOP
The player starts the zombie wave.
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Killing zombies gives the player money - which the player can use at the weapon shop.
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Killing all of the zombies in the current wave ends the wave.
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GAME BALANCING
Most of the game's balancing involved the enemies and weapons.
I gathered feedback from players regarding this to make sure that the enemies and weapons were well-balanced.
This includes assessing the players' overall abilities in handling the zombies and whether the players found the weapons' price range and damage reasonable.