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25
Apr

Dead Zone – Where to from here?

   Posted by: Con in Dead Zone, Game Design

The Last Stand: Dead Zone is currently in Beta and available for everyone to jump into what’s left of Union City.

For those of you who are already in there, first of all we’d like to say thanks! The game has been surprisingly popular already and we didn’t expect to have as many players as we do this early in the game’s life.

So where to from here? What’s the plan? I figured I owe it to you guys who have already ripped through the content provided and to give our new players some idea of where the game is headed.


Recent Changes
- Tasks and Achievements
- Tasks are currently only implemented for the early section of the game
- Achievements that cater for players at all levels

Upcoming Additions
- We’re currently tweaking the combat to improve gameplay during missions and PvP raids
- More tasks to cater to higher level players, from level 5 – 20
- More firearms, including higher level pistols and shotguns
- Noise system for PvE

Future Additions
- Crafting – currently finalising the design
- Traps! We have the models, we just need to make them work!
- Communications system, which will allow chat between players
- Higher level areas, starting with a level 20-35 zone
- New and higher level weapons to go with the new zone
- New and more varied environments
- New and more varied enemy types



The upcoming additions will happen in a matter of weeks, the Future Additions are a little way off, but not too much longer. We’ll be doing each of them separately and releasing them as they’re ready. Please keep in mind that we’re only a small 3 person team and we’re working as quickly as we can to get this content out to you guys. We were planning on flying under the radar for a while longer to get this content done, but you guys found us out!

Thanks again for the support so far, it’s truly appreciated. To keep up to date with what’s happening with the game, be sure to like the The Last Stand: Dead Zone fan page on Facebook and follow @TheLastStand_DZ on Twitter.

- Con and the rest of the Con Artist Games team

The Last Stand: Dead Zone – Early Access Beta OUT NOW

Report Bugs and Feedback over at GetSatisfaction.com/DeadZone


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