Month: November 2014

Nice words about Zombies, Run!, Six to Start, and our games

We’ve been busy bees recently. Between Zombies, Run! 3, Superhero Workout and Dungeon Runner we’ve released three games this year. But we’re not stopping there! We’ve got three more releases for you as part of our Winter of Workouts event.

With so much going on, we thought we’d take a look back and see what the media has been saying about us recently. Luckily, it’s all good! Here’s our round-up of our favourite Six to Start articles. Otherwise known as Six to Starticles.

Zombies, Run! creator Six to Start releases Dungeon Runner: Fitness Quest for iOS (AppAdvice.com)

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Dungeon Runner: Fitness Quest Turns Exercise Into An Old-School RPG (Lifehacker.com)

Developer Six to Start on fitness, zombies, and embracing the Apple Watch (Macworld.com)

Superhero Workout Review (148apps.com)

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Superhero Workout app: Get fit by fighting aliens (CNET.com)

Zombies, Run! and four other smartphone apps to reenergize your First Light Half Marathon training (AL.com)

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Behind the App: The Story of Zombies, Run! (Lifehacker.com)

Apptitude: ‘Zombies, Run!’ might scare you into healthy habits (Washingtonpost.com)

10 apps we want to see on the Apple Watch: Zombies, Run!, Shazam, transport alerts & more (Macworld.com)

If you happen to come across any interesting Six to Start related articles on your travels around the internet, be sure to let us know by emailing us at hello@sixtostart.com. Don’t forget to keep an eye on the Winter of Workouts website to discover each new game as it gets released!

Winter (Of Workouts) is coming…

At Six to Start, we like to keep things moving. Partly because it’s starting to get a little chilly here in London, but mostly because nothing makes us happier than bringing brand new experiences to players around the world. Zombies, Run!, The Walk, and Superhero Workout have inspired over a million of you to challenge yourselves and improve your fitness… but there’s plenty more fun to be had.

So, we’re doing something a little different this Winter. Over the next month, we’ll be marking the holiday season with not one, but four new releases! We’re calling this event the Winter of Workouts.

For now, it’s time to dust off your best suit of armour and meet our first new game: Dungeon Runner. 

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Enemies gathering, magic crackling, health points dwindling. A tense battle in any adventure game can get the heart racing, but we’ll do it literally. To make it through the levels in Dungeon Runner, you’ll have to move. For real.

Dungeon Runner uses the same advanced motion-tracking technology as Superhero Workout. Instead of an alien-smashing supersuit though, this hero carries a sword and shield into battle with the evil Dungeon Lord. In this 8-bit adventure you’ll fight fiends, smash urns, and surmount bottomless pits – all using bodyweight exercises tracked by your phone or tablet’s camera!

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Here’s the coolest part – Dungeon Runner is out on iOS right now, and it’s available for free! 

Supply Pack Detected!

Have you ever been evading zombies like a boss, gone to wipe your brow and said to yourself “I wish I had an awesome Runner 5 sweatband”? Or got back from a great run, made yourself a cup of tea and thought “you know, there’s just something cooler my mug could be sitting on”?

Well, look no further – we’ve listened to your requests and have come up with something a little different: the Runner 5 Supply Pack, for $27.49!

These Supply Packs are a perfect way to plunge yourself even deeper into the universe of Zombies, Run! as well as complete your Runner 5 look! Each pack contains:

  • Runner 5 sweatband to keep your brow dry as you run for your life
  • Reversible silicone wristband – ‘Abel Runner 5’ on one side, ‘If Grey Destroy Brain’ on the other. Just in case…
  • Official Abel Township fabric patch, so you can literally wear your heart on your sleeve. Or your rucksack.
  • 32 page Official Runner’s Notebook for serious field research. Definitely no doodling.
  • Radio Abel mug coaster
  • 2 vinyl stickers (‘Semper Currens’ and ‘Radio Abel’)
  • 3 cool pin badges (‘Runner 5’, ‘Raise The Gates’ and ‘Abel Radio’)
  • 4 item-pickup magnets (Ammo, Antibiotics, Batteries, & Sports Bra)

These packs are on a very short run and there’s no guarantee we will be offering them up again, so we expect them to sell out!

*Which is probably yourself – and that’s totally cool! Also: use code ZRBLOG3 to get $3 off the pack, for a limited time only!


Beta test our new personalised newsletter!

Now that there are over 150 missions in Zombies, Run! to sink your shoes into, how about a weekly update to keep you (and your runs) up to speed?

We’re opening beta access to our new, personalised newsletter, and you can add your name to the list here! This is a trial run for something we’re looking to launch in the the next few weeks, so we’re keen to get feedback about how we can make it as awesome as possible.

You’ll receive a report of your weekly Zombies, Run! activity delivered straight to your inbox, including all the essentials about your week’s missions, as well as cumulative running stats and a report from Abel Township – plus some extras!

On top of this, it will also recap the missions you have completed that week, offering stats for each run at a glance, as well as links to the full mission and run log pages if you want to check them out in more detail.

iOS 8 In-App Purchases

Hello! We’re aware that many iOS 8 users aren’t able to complete in-app purchases in Zombies, Run! We’re sorry for the inconvenience – we’re just as annoyed ourselves! – and we’re taking every action available to us to fix this.

We expect to have in-app purchases working again soon, and as soon as they’re ready, we’ll let you know.

November 2014 Community Round-up

It’s that time again! Time to see what the Zombies, Run! community has been cooking up. We’ve got another packed edition of the community round-up this month, including the much-anticipated arrival of Zombies, Run! T-shirts, hoodies and posters allowing a bunch of you to perfect your Runner 5 Halloween costumes.

Here you can see just a small selection of people who have been receiving their Zombies, Run! T-shirts and hoodies. Click on their pics to visit their Tumblr blog and see for yourselves what they have to say about them. (Spoiler: They kind of love them!)

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Did you enjoy #StayAliveOctober? Then you’ll definitely want to check out #NoStoppingNovember. It’s… well, it’s basically the same thing, but one month later. Which makes it the perfect opportunity to take part in a global Zombies, Run! campaign, courtesy of Tumblr user Run Like A Zombie.

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Halloween has come and gone for another year and we wanted to highlight a particularly excellent Runner 5 outfit. Tumblr user Izziegs put together a fantastic Runner 5 costume. You can see more pics here, or by clicking on the image below. Nice work, Izziegs!

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In other Halloween news, we were very happy to see this Zombies, Run! pumpkin by Tumblr user Paulnewmanlover. More of this, please!

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Next we have a great piece of fanart by Tumblr user Crownleys, showing her interpretation of the Doctor Girlfriends.

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Tumblr users Lindleyjo and sleepyempress have put together some unofficial Zombies, Run! Cards Against Humanity decks. You can find instructions on how to access these over at Lindleyjo’s Tumblr. We’d love to see some of the results, so please send them over to us!

Don’t forget, if you’ve created some Zombies, Run! art (or anything else!) you can send it straight to us for inclusion in the next Community Round Up. Just email it to Jem@sixtostart.com.