Brains! Brains! This week in “yes we know it’s not a roguelike”, we venture into the heart of Kentucky for some country-fried human flesh with Project Zomboid. The zeds have spread and you have one goal: survive as long as possible. Do you loot the local school for backpacks and safety scissors, or the police station for pistols and shotguns? Do you dare risk alerting the manic hordes with your car as you break windows in your desperate search for prescription painkillers? …in the game, I mean… allegedly, Your Honor…

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Transcript

1:34 - Game stats

4:16 - One sentence description

5:50 - Roguelike arugments from the Zomboid community

12:00 - Actual gameplay

14:22 - Zombies as Environmental Hazard vs. Villain

27:47 - Tutorial Design & Quality Praise

30:43 - Character Creation, Occupations & Traits

32:30 - Map Size, Starting Location & Open World Scope

36:00 - Lack of Win Condition & Sandbox Design

49:19 - Combat Mechanics, Difficulty & Stealth

1:00:01 - Defining a Winning Run & End-Game Goals

1:20:00 - Rankings & final thoughts

1:38:32 - Similar games & show wind-down

Next episode: Hoplite

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Intro music: Jimmy Greene - Last Summer

Outro music: Project Zomboid OST - Maybe We Can Win This