If you like to help the project by providing some location description texts. Here are a few tips on how we can easily turn your input into to actual game content.

First of all they should be less than 400 characters. They should thus be kept both concise and precise.  Remember that players often just skim the text in browser games. They don’t read everything. So try to make the sentences as short and clear as possible. When having the option to pick between a rare or common word, pick what is easiest to read. Good storytelling is all about the ideas and adapting the text to the audience.

When describing the location try to keep it as generic and timeless as possible. Think of the location characteristics as something which is somewhat persistent. A good test is to “test” if the text will work the first time the players discovers the location and then again when he comes back two weeks later. In other words broken glass shattered on the floor are very likely to be the very same place as first time he visited but game events such as the exact same zombie hanging out at the exact same place is highly unlikely.

Humorous twists are ok but mainly the texts should be kept informative. F.x. locations names inspired by other zombie games or movies are welcomed as long as it’s subtle.

If you like to suggest entirely new locations – that is great too. But please no more secret labs, underground military bunkers etc. We are trying to make a somewhat realistic game and caffees, pubs, stores, restaurants etc. are MUCH more likely to be accepted in the.

We also need more sublocations for current locations. That could be a rooftop, a basement, a 2nd level, an inside location to a store which is currently only available as a sealed off "outside" building.

As illustrated in the below screenshot - constributions from you (the players) can hugely enrich the game world and we are very happy to implement them:

We are looking forward to implementing your input in the game :-)

Cool!

What about the pictures for locations? When submitting new locations can we submit ideas or sketches as well or is that all handled by the dev team?