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I've been playing this game for many many months, off and on. I would still like to see a sequel. This game is an instant classic for me.
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There's something hilariously ironic about the idea of humans slowly spreading out like a plague to eradicate an island full of zombies.
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i started playing from the beginning that this game was uploaded and i have never seen software (paid for or otherwise) so heavily updated. two thumbs up for this guy on improving the game.
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Thanks for this great game. I don't think I've spent this many hours on a single game here other than creeper world and every minute of it was worth it. *bow*
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I strongly disagree with those who say that buildings should generate zombies, instead of using up their "zombie supplies". This game follows the traditional zombie movie idea, i.e. humans turn into zombies. Therefore, the number of zombies in a house depends of how many people lived there before the outbreak; there is no logical explanation for zombie spawning. The same, of course, does not hold for the bridges that connect the island(s) to the world.
The survivors have barricaded themselves in and are waiting for rescue. Imagine a zombie movie where zombies have infiltrated a house, but somebody has locked themselves in the closet.
Originally, I was going to have such survivors slowly turn into zombies as the game progressed (they were found and bitten) so you'd stop finding more survivors after a while. I later decided that was too evil.
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1. Don't spread out your territory too much! It will thin your resources and soon you will run out of bullets and/or have your defenses penetrated. Always keep on the move; tear down depots and snipers in areas that lack resources. Concentrating a large number of survivors in one workshop is also a good idea. 2. Move towards the bridge. Your primary aim should be to demolish it and stop the flow of zombies. If you decide to explore the rest of the island and collect all resources first, you'll be overwhelmed by zombies that arrive in an increasingly larger horde. Blow the bridge up first, then deal with the rest of the zombies later. 3. Conserving ammo is important. If you have enough manpower, assign them to the watchtowers, especially the ones where the zombies will arrive at first. The increased accuracy will guarantee that extra bullets won't be wasted on zombies. Remember to assign the snipers (save one just in case) back to the workshops after an attack.
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You have to put https://sites.google.com/view/shatteredcolony in your browser and then look for maps.
Unfortunately there are not many left. Better than nothing, though.
I MISS MORE MAPS. Please, load them up again, anywhere!
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I'll add the Kongregate API hooks so that they can make a badge for this game. You don't have to sign the petition any more.
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This game is great but it could really use a command to ferry supplies between buildings. Sometimes a depot will have dozens of extra supplies but won't supply the sniper 2 squares away. Additionally it needs a command to vacate all supplies and people because right now you have to abandon a building and then have people recover it.
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5/5 very good game, a few things i would like to see are the addition of a few more towers, or the ability to fortify a building. I'm sure there are more things i could think of, but for now those would be awesome :D keep up the great work, and i hope you make a sequel.
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FYI, the online maps system uses a service that is being phased out by Google. It may go away forever later this month. Thanks everyone who has played.
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Hey, Kongregate staff, why does this game still have no badges?? It's been on for nearly six months, 300k+ plays and a rating higher than many other games with badges.. So, please add badges to this one!
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Average Survivor: OK, I've been told to abandon the building and escape to the nearest depot. But first, I'm going to stand here and do nothing while zombies swarm towards me. Even if I survive, I may just stand here for a while longer.
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Fun game! Super Legit! Loved it, was sad it was over. Half the campaign was training was hoping there would be a second island or something when I finished the island. Oh well looking forward to another one that is even more in depth and has a lot more levels. Also could use a little more challenge in the next one for me. Maybe instead of just sound the zombies 'roam' or something so it adds a constant threat, not just when expanding your base or when the timer goes off. But it was lots of fun, hope you are working on another. 5/5
FYI, there are tens of thousands of levels online you can play and billions of random levels available. I'm working on the sequel and will let people know when it is released via my profile page. :)
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This is a ridiculously great game. Easy, yet challanging strategy, but i'll re-say the various things people say need to be fixed. A vacate supplies button for a depot would be nice. Also a prioritise button would be helpful (Get this done first.) and finally, this game REALLY needs better pathing. For the larger, community maps (Spaghetti and kill box, to name a few) are really fun and actually challanging, but after awhile, there are too many things to keep track of, civvies stop moving, the game freezes, and then the zomb's kill you. I recognize that its hard to fix a lga issue like that, but it's the only thing keeping this from being a 10/10 game.
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Would be nice to have multiplayer mode; two players, competing for resources, all the while fighting off giant hordes of Zed.
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Sniper "Hey, how are you doing? Look I'm out of boards over here so could you get some?"
Survivor "Ok, lets see... sorry look like this barricade needs our last 10 boards, so I'l take them over there"
Sniper "Oh no, the zombies are coming but I cant shout at them because my tower isn't complete, even tho i have a gun and enough ammo to shout them! Well, I guess I'll just aim at him and wait until he gets here!..
Oh no, the zombie broke my incomplete tower! I guess I'll just run to that black corner of the map, attracting all the other zombies on my way!"
Zombie 1 "Hey, look, there's a guy running over there!"
Zombie 2 "Lets eat them and attack his base! Even tho I'm seen this guy first time in my life, I know exactly where his base is!"
Hahaha. Sorry about the bugs. But regarding zombie behaviour, you need to be aware of their keen sense of smell (see the Zombipedia for details). They can track survivors back to camp using it...
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Just a reminder, you can find maps on https://sites.google.com/view/shatteredcolony/maps
Including my favourite "Spaghetti".
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I keep on coming back playng hoping that someday the browse game will work again, but also because I love to come back to this "place", anybody else undestands the feeling?
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do you think you can add more buildings for map editor? it would be kinda cool if you added a new building like a gas station; and if you could choose how the rubble could look like, that would be pretty cool too.
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Just an aside to the creator: The amount I've enjoyed this game goes beyond the 5 star rating I gave it. I've kept coming back and sinking hours into it since it made the front page, which is a lot more that I can say for a whole bunch of other games. There are hiccups here and there (like snipers waiting on supplies from the farthest possible depot rather than the fully stocked one right next to them) but overall you've done an excellent job. Keep up the good work.
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Some extra key commands for new players: space = pause, v = show field of fire, ~ = speeds up game (toggle ~ to set speed normal).
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@palutcaifiu1127: You can demolish your buildings by choosing the Flee option, which leaves a pile of the resources stored in the building as well as those used to build and upgrade it (for sniper posts). Re: No more Browse Maps; The dev posted on July 8, 2015 that the service used for the online maps was being phased out by Google and thus they would be going away. Unfortunate, but these things happen.
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@kodemonkey there are some websites that have the codes to copy and paste for some maps.
I've been playing again a lot lately and I really wish the bug that turns maps white sometimes when loading was fixed. Or a sequel. A sequel would be amazing.
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@killersteve10, I know its been a minute but I'm pretty sure the server that held those maps are no longer supported.
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Why is it that sometimes I have people who are not doing anything, and barricades that need more boards, but the survivors aren't doing anything about it?