Author: Adrian Hon

It’s Almost Time

The full story is on our Kickstarter page, but in short:

Barring any major disasters (e.g. asteroids, zombies, Apple, etc.) we are going to launch the iOS version before the end of this month. So, even if that means 29th February – and we hope it’s sooner – that’s just over two weeks.

Just imagine – two weeks until you too can be running for your life from zombies and saving humanity. It’s been a long journey, but we’re nearly there now! Also,

  • We are into full swing in production of the T-shirts, and they should be going out later this month.
  • We have also received all the posters, and they’ll be going out this month or next month.
  • Our celebrity voice casting is still on hold, but will resume again when the game has launched (partly because that’ll make it more likely for them to return our calls!)
  • We’re in the early stages of scripting the Couch to 5k and Interval Training add-ons.

Sanity Check

Richard Bell: office chat please
Richard Bell: sanity check
Naomi Alderman: you are probably still sane
Richard Bell: good
Richard Bell: thank you
Richard Bell: are you sure you don’t need me to make a dice roll?
Naomi Alderman: I’ve done that for you behind a screen
Richard Bell: ok, don’t need any stats?

Statistics: it works! These are the aggregate figures on how many of our Kickstarter backers have registered on our new ZombieLink website and have made ‘zombie groan’ noises after less than 24 hours of it being up. No doubt we’ll be getting more zombies mumbling at us this weekend…

Special Guest Voice votes

We asked our Kickstarter backers which special guest voices they’d like to see in the game – here’s the results of the first round:

Nathan Fillion 224
Felicia Day 149
Simon Pegg 99
Bruce Campbell 83
Neil Patrick Harris 70
Wil Wheaton 67
Samuel L. Jackson 46
Morgan Freeman 35
George Romero 32
Patrick Stewart 31
Stephen Fry 31
James Earl Jones 25
Christopher Walken 24
Ellen McLain 24
Bill Murray 22
Mark Hamill 22
Nick Frost 20
Alan Tudyk 19
David Tennant 18
Jennifer Hale 17
Andrew Lincoln 16
Patrick Warburton 15
Alan Rickman 14
Nolan North 14
Donald Glover 13
Eliza Dushku 13
Hugh Laurie 13
Sean Connery 13
William Shatner 13
Adam Baldwin 12
Woody Harrelson 12
David Hayter 11
Ron Perlman 11
Seth Green 11
Stephen Merchant 11
Chris Hardwick 10
Summer Glau 10

In the second round, we asked backers how much they wanted each individual voice. More info here…

Bottom line? My guess is that within 4-6 hours there would be scattered blackouts and brownouts in numerous areas, within 12 hours much of the system would be unstable, and within 24 hours most portions of the United States and Canada, aside from a rare island of service in a rural area near a hydroelectric source, would be without power. Some installations served by wind farms and solar might continue, but they would be very small. By the end of a week, I’d be surprised if more than a few abandoned sites were still supplying power.

When the zombies take over, how long till the electricity fails?
Source: straightdope.com

It doesn’t look like much, but this is a good step forward for us in testing our data from the accelerometer. We’re going to try and use this to figure out when players are running or not, and also to count paces.