The Last Stand: Union City – Alpha 0.9

This is a GREAT Update!, Keep it going!!!, you ‘re doing well

YESSSSSS!!!! CON, IF I WAS A GIRL, OVER 18, KNEW YOU PERSONALLY, AND LOVED YOU, I’D WANT TO HAVE YOUR CHILD!!!!! But since I’m not/don’t, then this is AWESOME!!!!!

Well this is awkward.
- Con

is it just my internet explorer or is their a door that i wont go through even tho it sais to press e to open it

Turn your sound up, makes a locked sound.
- Con

great work.
haven’t checked the status on the game for a while and i have to admit i am really impressed by your work. keep it up!

greetings from austria

Awesome!!!

Found a glitch. When I was outside I was attached by an invisible zombie, when I shot at its direction I was able to hit it and when it died body parts appeared in mid-air.

Ah yeah, forgot to mention the invisible zombies.
- Con

Great update! But are there supposed to be doors that cant be opened?

Yeah, they’re just in place for me to test un-openable doors.
- Con

Very cool! Love the new guns and the stairway. The crawling zombie was so cool and creepy. I am already enjoying these short demos. This is going to be a amazing game. I think your game will be known by all shortly after its release.
Did I read right…That you worked on unreal ternament? I loved tha game! If so, What did you do on it? The music was really cool too! Being a recording artist, I always notice that. LOL!

Nope, you read it wrong. I worked on a modification for UT, though I was paid to do so by Epic.
- Con

i no but my security is 120

It’s an inaccessible door.
- Con

The problem with these Alphas is they keep making me more and more excited for the finished game! YOUR PURPOSLY TRYING TO DRIVE ME INSANE!! Good game

about the unopenable doors, will there be a lock pick skill in the game and
also WHAT ABOUT THAT ARMS CHANGING WHEN TURNING I mean play your alpha and turn side to side while looking at your guy’s hands THEY CHANGE SIDES THEIR NOT SUPPOSED TO CHANGE SIDES

Oh noez. Switching the arms effectively doubles the amount of animations needed as you need left and right side animations for everything. Unlike in 3D where you can change the camera and have the single animation. In 2D, which this is, the easiest way is to just flip the character, which is what I’ve done. Get over it.
- Con

btw loveley Scar sound

Nice reload animation on the Vector. Other than that, great work so far.

I noticed the fully armoured riot zombies. Could shooting them in the legs to “kill” them actually turn them into crawlers? Could you get crawlers with damaged legs rather than missing ones? Can you have fat crawlers? Are there going to be basketball player zombies?

Ok, one of those questions isn’t serious.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that the SV-SMG has no reload anim. Riots turning to crawlers is a maybe, have to see how the armor degradation stuff works out.
- Con

uhh ChaosMan.. err.. no. just no. anyways… loved the alpha and i like the directional/distance based sound. great alpha overall, my question is when your planning to add live people in the alpha, or if there is going to be survivors at all in the endless mode. keep up the good work Con!

By the ways I found something called M24 rifle it works great against everything except for the hard headed ones but if you get a head shot you’ll either kill it or piss it off.

oh also it can kill more than one zombie with one bullet if you don’t aim for at the floor (who would do that) rough economy these days

Loved the alpha con, whats next after this? beta?

cool con lst3 will come out AWSOME!!!!!!!!! and agian cool keep it up :]

ok umm choas man comment creps me out! im a doctor working in the army and i just had a werid thought umm……..er……….nah i wont talk about yet and keep up the good work still cant wait to get out of LA well keep it up sincealy last stand 3

anyways i saw that the 7.62 ammo can be used in sniper rifles so that means there is a sniper rifle in the alpha right?

There still a glitch or bug when you squat and hit somethings the player seperates and when you try to look down your head sometimes goes in your shirt

thank you for another alpha con,cant wait for the real game,just 1 question will any revolvers or chainsaws make it into the game if so great I loved blowing apart zombies in TLS 2

wait invisible zombies?!?!?! ok now i gotta becareful i mean ive seen this before on another game but this well i need to keep my eyes out

anyways great just perfect

How to sleep?

Badass game man. I though the door thing was a glitch but just read it was a locked door so everything is good to go from my POV. This is such an in depth game its almost scary. Haha thanks for it. The crawling zombies are sweet. Are you going to release a full list of the weapons?

scratch the weapons list part of it. just found that one out. Can your character become fat or muscular depending or your strengths or diet?

its awesome

Why does the shotgun say reloading? also the glitch with the character holding the gun weird(arm pointing the other direction while shooting)

Also i just want to check with everyone who played alpha

Guns:ak47, m4a1, fal battle rifle, m16a2,m1911 pistol, m24, m9, mp5 ,ppm 9, scar-h,xm8,g17,sv-smg, shotgun
Melee:kitchen knife, bat, crowbar, sledge , machete
clothes:military helmet, baseball cap(black,red blue) fedora( black,brown, grey), riot hemlet, wool hat(black, brown), bandana, gas mask, sunglasses, sunglasses round, long shirt(black, red, white, green) shirt( blue, white) singlet(black), suit top, t-shirt(brown, red white), cargo pants, cargo pants-camo(green, white), jean(black), pants(brown), black shoes

lol Did i miss anything?

feel free to condense/erase my couple of comments but one glitch i just saw was when i shot a crawler as he was coming off a bed, I killed him and he floated in mid air at bed level.

Awesome I like the morning and night thing but i admit its to dark during the night!!!!! Its like its gonna even come out tomorrow!!!Good game!!!!But theres still a problem moon how can crawler go up a box???? It stood up and slid the it went to crawling also thiswhen you squat and hit somethings the player seperates and when you try to look down your head sometimes goes in your shirt.Also when squat and hit the arms go backwards!!! HAHAHAHA!!! But I rate this the best game ever!!!!

Hit with the bat and switch right away his body moves funny also shoot and switch and there will be a third arm sticking out of his stomach!!hahahahaha!!!ROFL!!!
-WARNING-
This has no offense to CON.

Use the knife squat hit the floor keep doing it for about nine times but the crosshair should be below him suddenly his head will face up while he’s hitting the floor.

THIS IS NOT A SUGGESTION BOX or a Q&A SESSION – KEEP IT RELEVANT

I hope there will be a Assualt Rifle Poll cuz i’ll pick scar-h

well ummmm….. this games really cool but what i dont get is the sleep what do you do to regain it???? otherwise best game ever!!!

This Alpha is amazing Con! It has certainly lived up to my expectations. How many alphas will there be?

HELL YEAH

Love it, But When Are the survivors going to be added?

Bug, maybe? It doesn’t impede playing at all, but clips that are reloaded and dropped on top of the mattress don’t read the mattress as an object and just drop through. And if you quit the game while on top the mattress, your character will (when you load the game again) spawn into the mattress. When in the mattress the character can still move to the left, but not to the right.
Hopefully this help’s someway, somehow. Keep up the good work, and don’t over stress yourself.

Hey Con, I thought I might let you know, I’ve actually been seeing this in the last Alpha. There’s a bug that, after I get hit once by a zombie my health drops to how it was when I first started playing the Alpha.

Example:
I start with about 85 HP (I think) and as I continue to play it increases to up to 150. I heal myself to make it full. But when I’m hit by a zombie and they deal only 2 damage, my health drops from 150 back to 85.

I dunno if anyone’s actually mentioned this yet, though I thought of just telling you.

Yeah, this game isn’t gonna be multiplayer is it?… I highly doubt that kind of programming is easy.

What with the UDP, TCP, IP, sockets and whatever else I don’t know about.

Con, I love your games so much can I make fan based games in my Game-Maker? – or would you think that would be too degrading toward your status? D:

This is the best Alhpa yet it literraly almost made me jump out of my chair when I first encountered the half of a zombie and it spawned at the door. Also will you made it so that weapons will push back zombies even if they have bullet proof stuff because I ran out of ammo and I couldn’t hit the bullet proof zombie easily when it got close to me.

I get dizzy when i go outside, its like the frame rate stutters. is it just me? Guess i have to get a new pc >.>

This is GREAT!!!! the new weapons and ability sistem is so good,the legles zombies are the best,the stairway is good but sometimes zombies spawn under/inside the stairway
i like the new rooms and the new zombies(like fat zombie,legles zombie)my favourite thing is that there are lots of new
weapons,if there will be a “best horror survival flash game” award,i am sure i vote for LS union city(sorry ’bout my English)

SV-SMG is the best weapon in the game so far, haven’t found the mp5 yet, its got like no reload time and shoots superfast

I found Vector =)
But it seems reload animation is not ready yet?

Love the sounds you’ve put in; the game feels a little more complete now! The SCAR seems a little off though – there’s a kind of jarring, tearing noise that comes about when you fire it. You still keeping it as a 30 rounder as well?

I also like how you have the zombies outside infinitely spawn; it really emphasizes how unsafe it is to be out in the open… but it doesn’t mean the buildings are any less dangerous, does it? Just like in a real zombie situation? Really forces the player to think on his feet when caught between a rock and a hard place. Love it, love it, love it.

Last note; the Kriss isn’t a bullpup – the trigger group is behind the magwell. If anything, it’s just a very unconventional SMG.

awsome alpha con best alpha ever!when THIS game comes OUT

hey i encountered a zombie i swat uniform
but he was too hard to kill i was like hitting him and shooting him for 30 mins and then another one came in the same spot so had to kill him as well,but best alpha ever i think the next one could be a beta at this rate

its gonna be the best game ever!but i now one thing its gonna be best zombie game as i now!

awsome game two questions though when will survivors be in the game? will there be a max of survivors?

please reply

Crawlers! Sweet. No fun like jumping back and fourth around a crawler to tease him.

Cant help but notice your male fans now want to have babies with you Con…good luck with that.

This damned crawlers!!!
They hide themself after objects on the street an if you walk past them, they atack you…
But this invisible zombies are funny, nothing to see but a loot of damage…

Great game, i’m lovin it!
-Hesojam

Con, you never disappoint me. The character creation is a huge thing indeed, and it means we’re that much closer to the real game.

hey con will there be survivors?

I’m totally pissed off from Alpha because i expected much more.

~d3wd

great game but when i was outside i ran into a torso zombie and wend past him but kept attacking nothing

my god this is the best game in the internet that I played very good love it but need an online mode would unite the players there would be fun ..

ooo, so u can’t get into those doors. i was trying to level up my sicurity to get in. oh weel, great alfa, and i agree with >[)EA[)< Zombie King, awesome Scar sound, keep up the good work!

I mean..It is good, nice and terrific!

In regards to the second comment; hell, I don’t care who I am. I’d have your babies any day.
8D
Also, does ‘no female characters’ mean no female characters at this stage of development, or no female characters at all?

hey con it’s looking great so far, except a zombie corpse spawned in the center of the stairs, also id like to say that everytime i see the book titled “jacked up” i can’t help but add “and good to go” to it as a reference to starcraft marines. its still awesome as always

wow well what can i say. the smg’s are amazing. its great to see the original zombies from the first games.

One thing is when one of those crawling zombies spawned on a box n when he crawled toward me he kinda stayed at the height of the box and flew towards me

Nice, nice. The finished product looks like it’s going to be very snazztastic.

I can`t wait for the fullversion!!! The game is great, so… keep going, you doing too good!!!

it’s a cool demo
when the game comes out

Damn i swear i thought you were tricking us and this was the full game. I had fun playing it for a few hours even though it was a few rooms. It seems more alive with more sounds even for your character. Only thing i got was a minor glitch, but besides that its by far the best improvement you made since the past alphas.

HOLY CRAP!!!! best……….update……..ever……. i love how the house has levels to it…. no real flaws except from what you mentioned. good job! now, you can kick back, relax, (for an hour or so, hehe) and enjoy yourself.

Found the SV, but the icon was for a pair of sunglasses, I almost closed out of the search before realizing what it was.

My last comment was kinda my reaction to the post, this is my comment after actually playing. It’s really coming along great.

I have to ask out of pure curiosity and interest, how long does it take to do all this? I mean every time I search a box there has to be code and all that, you must be busy.

So anyway, nice alpha. Do the numbers (0.9) have anything to do with when the full game will be released? Will there be a .95 and then 1 (being the actual game?)

I will now close my long and rambling comment. Keep up the good work, Con (are you tired of me saying that…I say it to all developers I like, so at lease I’m universally annoying in the online gaming world…)

Alriight, where to start…
I was delighted to see the “Crawling” infected, i wad not expecting them at the time, and they were great for the Dark rooms in the what aperes to be a factory? area.
I loved how ounce again the obese infected where added, made me remember good times.
And when i saw the Swat infected, I actually struggled to kill them. Looks like the game will be alot more challanging than i thought.
And i enjoyed the new stairs you added and the additinal room in the factory area.
Maybe add dogs for the next alpha? Thanks.
Keep up the awesome work Con, looking foward to it.

Well I have got to hand it to you Con! This is by far the most awesome Alpha released. It has been the first time in the Union City creation process that I actually felt like I was playing a scary zombie sim.

I had shivers running down my spine as the door creaked open and my character entered a dark room, armed with nothing but a pistol. I immediately noticed several motionless beings standing in the far corner, and as soon as I shone my torch in their direction, they ran towards me, scaring the shit out of me and causing a rapid masscare of my right mouse button. (And the zombies)

Congratulations again on this success, I can’t wait until the full version comes out. My supervisor saw Alpha 8.0 and loved it, so hopefully I will be in touch in the next month or two with information about a behind-the-scenes look!

Thanks again for making such a great game!

P.S: I was strongly tempted to call you CoNz0rZ, but managed to resist ;D

Just wondering, will there be body armor in the near feature. Oh and the crawling zombies scared the hell out of me.

SNIPER RIFLE is amazing.

M24ing these guys is awesome.

Furthermore, good job.

Is it possible to get the riot chest? And will there be legit armor (like raider armor in fallout 3) in the final? Also, what about hideouts/storage/shelter?

i love the new alpha! i found an SV-SMG and shot and killed tons of zombies! keep up the good work

o, and could u make the flashlight a little briter because when you’re innside a building at night, it’s really hard to see stuff even with the flashlight.

is it able to open the doors cuz im playing the whole day but cant open it

Con, you have officially got to the point in fame where people think they would love you but dont even know you (as shown in comment #2)

Anyways the alpha is beast and I just played it for a hour.

great game it is coming along very good can’t wait for finish product. those sub machine guns remind me of old action movies lol.

very nice done cant wait but one thing u got from fallout 3 xD bottle caps i wonder if they will be currency

You Sir, are a god! \m/

The game is awsome and its driving me insane for when the full game but one thing thats making my brain do cartwheels is
is there going to be empty buildings that can be used as safehouses by the person that can take control of it and then use watever they find out or around the area to barricade doors and windows

also why not add a microphone option so if this is made as a world wide game with alot people walking around microphones can be used to talk to them

ran into a couple of invis zombies but other than that this is great keep up the good woork

well, i don’t now if you did it on purpose or not but this game has ALOT of fallout 3 elements in it
like the bottle caps, reading books to gain skill and there are a few skill upgrades that have the exact name as they do in fallout
aren’t you worried that bethesda will cause problems about that?

the crawling zombie scard the shit out of me. and how do you kill S.W.A.T ZOMBIES?

Awesome alpha Con! Everyone of these alphas were very well made(I don’t even know how to make this but it was awesome).The sound made it kind less boring because without sound the game is kinda boring.(Does this even make sense?)
Question:Will you be able to search zombies in the final game?

Anyways great alpha

Machete, and 3 guns i find))

Are we going to get xp each time we reload? and will there be chainsaws? btw it looks really great and is extremely fun.

idk if u know this but when u jump and land on something (bed) while holding down a movement key, u glide across the something (bed). sry if some1 else already told you

how i can rest?
because my character is tired

This Alpha is the best yet keep up the good work.

~Chris

cool, i found tha svs and mp5s a few minutes after i started playin this alpha, i hope to see the real, huge deal, soon. your games r great con

meh, probably alot of ppl already found those smgs in a few minutes too.

I can read what it says above the comment thing, Mike.

I’m glad you implemented new types of zombies. I blew the arm off the aforementioned “invisible” zombie. LOL.
I like the M24, but I notice it’s harder to find cool clothes this time around. Also, the Vector doesn’t have a reloading animation, but it magically gets more ammo somehow.

Right so for me the two SMG’s were extremely easy to find, though I’m going to assume that was intentional.

As an added note though this is actually the first Alpha that continuously lagged on me in high detail every time I killed a zombie, turned down everything to low detail, still did this, and during one of the previous Alphas I was fighting rooms full of zombies with the flashlight on, and didn’t have this issue. This is not a complaint, but more of something that I found interesting. I just wanted to know does this new “directional and distance based sound system” take up a bit of processing or something?

Actually Con never mind that added note. I just went back to that old Alpha(0.8) and tested it again. It seems that my computer is just running slower than usual or something. Sorry about that.

thx so much i have eeen waiting for this

very good demo. But you forgot reload anim. shotgun too.

i like how it gets better and better every alpha when do you think the next one is coming out? and do you think there could be a multiplayer?

OMG great alpha, game just gets better and better

Hey, The sounds and actions (at least for me) have a slight delay from when i do them, shooting being the most noticeable. It may be my computer, as the game was a bit laggy untill i turned the settings down. This is looking to be one of the best flash games ever, and free at that. Good luck!

-Sean

To clarify my last comment, the sounds have a delay from the actions, as in click (half a second) than the shooting noise. -Thanks,
Sean

Okay, after loosing 1 Character I’ve started new over with the tips doors doesn’t get opened and so on…
I’ve found the AK47 and it kicks ass. Really.

But I think the Shotgun is a little bit too loud. Is it?!

~d3wd

Good Alpha, Good game. Nevermind my harsh critic.

And I love the Sniper Rifle too. Thanks a lot con. Good Work. Yes. MMyd

~d3wd

A list of all the weapons put into this Alpha? I was spamming search and I thought I saw XM8 and Scar-H. Sneaky con :/

Good job! I love this series!

THIS ALFA IF AWASOME!!! thanks connie, this alpha is better than most games alone. oh, and 1 small suggestion: no level max cap. its annoying thnx.

good job

I love the new update mostley because i found my new favourite weapon. 50 damage, bolt action, and kicks like a mule.
Excelet work as always Con, i can’t wait for the full game!

I loved it keep up the work con!

Found a little glitch, the Sledge and Crowbar have the same description, “Large metal bar with a hooked end.” I think that’s supposed to be the crowbar’s description only. And also I found the 2 new weapons.

Btw, I don’t know how to contact you without using the comment box but I was wondering if I could advertise you website on my website(i need your permission due to legal reasons), just email me an html for your website or an OK message. (this is not a comment)

Loving the new weapons. And while trying to get a hefty amount of ammo I noticed 2 different weapons spawning in the upstairs cabinet. M24 and XM8. And I accidentally skipped on them both. DAMN YOUR SECRETS, SIR! DAMN THEM!

great alpha, looks like things are really coming together nicely with the stairs and all.

btw I really like the m24 its my favourite gun I was wondering if ur were going to do a ghillie suit for union city?I know you wouldnt think there that common but there are few out there for things like airsoft and what not so its not completly rediculous to find one…

Great game,I liked how as my tiredness went down,it got darker. =)

1. VG Sub machine gun has a “trash” icon.
2. Helmet / body armor zombies is (impossible?) to shoot in the head (face, between helmet / kevlar.)
3. When you enter a room zombies don´t attack you till you move (or shoot) wich is kinda gay, since I entered a room with a zombie infront of me and one behind me and they just wouldn´t attack me.
Otherwise… Its nice keep up the good works.

Fred

Gay.
- Con

So as what I guess a “new type” of zombie is in now (crawler) does this mean that the finished game will have different types of zombies other than fatties, armored zombies, runners, and (now) crawlers?

And if so will we see the new special zombies in any upcoming alpha tests? I’m interested in what types of new zombies you might design and put into the game!

The M24 sniper rifle is actually pretty well made…. I wonder though, will there be chances to snipe zombies from a farther distance?

Really great alpha. I’m not sure but it seems like the flashlight is less bright than in the other alphas. If so, I thought it added a little more horror factor to the game. Also, are there going to be any more shotguns added into the game? They would probably be easier to find than assault rifles and are the first thing I would grab in a zombie apocalypse. Thanks and good luck with the game.

I want to change my address.
This demo is like HOLY CRAP SO F’ING AMAZING I CAN’T WAIT ‘TILL THE FULL GAME I LOVE THE LAST STAND!

Sweet! I saw a cripple zombie and a fatty! So funny!

I am loving these demo’s con, and I also find this game much more fun to play then TLS 1+2.

The crawler zombies seem invincible to bats. Maybe you should check that out? Or am I doing something horribly wrong?

Found both SMGs, are they supposed to be identical?

Seems like the game is getting a good shape now , but there is one thing that really has to change. When I started the game I had to choose level up points and I just hated it !

I had no clue wich ones to choose, so many options and I hate reading all those information lines through! I just wanted to play ! Can’t you implend it all step by step? like each level you’ll learn more and more and improve more and more ( like the game Sonny 2 )

Now I just wanted to close the window and play another game , it was just too complicated

There’ll be a mode designed just for people like you. It takes away a bunch of that stuff.
- Con

Simply the best union city uptade you have made. Not that the others were not good, but this one is delightfull. Thank you Con, and good luck with what’s in the way to finish this awesome game.
Also, wish me a happy birthday
17 tonight.

Happy birthday there fella.
- Con

I’m just loving the M24. seriously, double jump-headshots are just too fun.

And is it just my impression or does the invisible zombie glitch usually happen around the newspaper thing?

I KNOW YOU’RE DONE WITH ADS, and that even if you weren’t the ads are all pre-apocalypse, but this would be funny;

The Mighty Invisi-zombies! Bow to your Unseen Master!

(Seriously, these things are hilarious, you shoot at air and blood comes flying out)

Hey, noone seems to have noticed the secret room with unlimmited food, the SV, and the MP5…. it isn’t that hard to find (Con if you don’t care if I give a hint then tell me and I will)……

blood everyone know it

because its the only place to find the smg’s quickly

wow nice job finally have a good game to play, cant wait till its all done. But is it still in random search mode, like are the item boxes randomized?

This reminds of Fallout 3, one of the best games ever made.

Bloodlink, i did found that room. I level’d up my searching skill with “Where is (Name of the guy)?” there.

BTW, Con, great alpha! I see you implemented new clothes and food, besize the guns. Great job, so far, man.

zombies armed fast fat persons and with helmets and bulletproof vests
seriously, every you see that you do new alpha with more things scares me more xD
the same way, I love:D, but it scares me to you see
it is a confused xD

PD : if it is not understood very much I feel it, a translator uses

To whom I suppose it may quite possibly I am just trying to make this comment longer by now concern, most likely of whom being: Mr. A (125) & Germán (128)

Yeah, I guess I was stupid to say that, but it seems on every forum people always FREAK out at things like that. So I guess I was expecting that sort of thing, you know?

I must have done something horribly wrong, i only found an MP5, a Kriss SMG and a glock.
But I read about M24′s and Uzis, where are those?

im not sure if anyone mentioned this yet because i didnt read through all of the comments but i found one glitch

when either the zombies or my character are walking on top of boxes, they just glide they dont walk

All in all I liked this alpha, its great. Especially with the locked doors! I wasn’t expecting that. Too bad we couldn’t open them though. One thing that did bug me, was the SV-SMG’s Damage. Shouldn’t it be in league with the M1911′s damage since they’re both using the same ammo?

Good stuff Con. keep it up.

Things seem to be shaping up really, really well for this. I have several questions about it, I’m sure most of them could be answered with “It’s still an alpha”. Regarding the flashlight, is it a limitation of the engine to not have the light be shone directly on you upon usage? Secondly, in terms of zombie respawns, how is that going to work exactly? Would it be possible to clear an area completely of zombies, or would they come back upon reentering? Thirdly, are the multitudes of clothes available ever going to confer a stat bonus or something to that measure? Thanks, the game is looking excellent and I can’t wait to play it.

So many zombies outside AAAAAH!
Love it Just hope i can get some C-4 some time ingame, also SHOOT FOR THE LEGS THE LEGS! ( Still think the only way to kill a zombie is by a head shot )

Excellent alpha, Con. I’ve sent my feedback and bug findings. Can’t wait for the next one.

why can it store any of my game play

Not saving seems to be a problem with a few people. Try right clicking the game and selecting Settings. Under settings go to “Local Storage” and increase the storage allowance. I’ll put a check in the next version.
- Con

Im so confused as to why so many people are complaining about this game not having certain features/guns thay want, or complaining about having things they dont want. I mean come on, what other flash game has this much time and effort put into it (by ONE man) and on top of that, he even has this website to give us updates on games or to ask him questions? He spends alot of his time reading our comments, too. What other flash game creator does this? Give him a break, let him have some freedom with his game.

P.S. I cant wait to see all of the reactions from your fans over at armorgames, who dont even know that a new LS is on its way. Thier minds will be blown!!!

Nice! Sweet! What else can I say!? Freakin’ Awesome!

To evan, to kill the Swat Zombies, you have to shoot them in the legs.

to bk, when was there a sniper rifle? Con hasn’t said anything about one.

The m24 is the shit. IT DOES 50 Damage ;> xD

~ð3wd

very good keep on going. cant wait till the final edit!!!!

nice, I love the crawlers, and you said maybe to perks and weapon upgrades. and that was like a month ago, so will there be perks?

P.S. it would be awesome if you hit a certain point on a zombie (groin, neck) it would go slo-mo, like in fallout 3…

Hey con, i’m trying to find the coolest outfit on the game. I was just wondering, what do you think the coolest outfit is?

Okay, another comment (I feel like a stalker…)

First off, will there be multiple save files? I can’t remember if I (or anyone else here) asked about it before, so I’d figure I’d bring it up.

Second, I enjoy the gameplay in this Alpha as much, and probably even more, than that in TLS 1 & 2. I’m not usually a fan of side scrollers (Days 2 Die was almost torture) but this one is really interactive with the stairs, searching, and what-not.

Third, to the comment regarding all the “complicated” stat choices (#120) is it really that difficult to figure out what Luck and Searching mean? I for one liked the stats because it (again) made the game interactive. It’s not just like any other game where you get the best gun and you’re automatically Superman. The stats determine everything that happens, and how well the handle it.

Can’t wait for the addition of the survivors and such. Now I am off, at least until I think of something else to post here…

It is sweet and I love it… Cant wait for the nect alpha! But where is that freakin shotgun?

I wasn’t hugely impressed by the last one, after the stream of previous successes it seemed inferior. But this is ******* awesome! Loving the Feds, now I can be a Blues Brother with a Sniper and Assault Rifle.

Keep it up!

Wanted to make another comment, I’ve noticed in this and the other Alphas that the blood isn’t very signifigant. Is this just because its the demo or is this what the blood and gore factor will be like in the real game?

I mean when you shoot a zombie in the face you would expect a huge pool of blood to splash on the surounding area, not the little dropplets that I see in the Alphas…

Good game, but couldn’t I just kick the inaccesible doors open in real life? And could you PLEASE change take all items to something besides “a”. I keep walking away to find that I grabbed everything. “F” would be a nice button to take all.

let me be around the 140th person to say amazing game (regardless of its alpha status) oh and i found a glitch. my character got stuck…on thin air in the middle of the street. im jus sayin. so good luck programming and animating this game.

The crawlers look sick, fantastic artwork and audio = Nice work!
-Beau

Stop puttin in guns with out telling us D:<

I noticed in the character creation there wasnt many strength or endurance attributes. are you going to add more or are you going to keep it simple for the people who have trouble with this “complicated” level up system?

Ok, so I was a-playn’ the version, creating ma guy, finding stuff, etc.; etc., when an idea suddenly hit me: the characters should at least start with some pants and shoes! I mean, if you think about it, this takes place after a zombie- esque “sh*t” hits the fan in Union City, and your guy is going commando!?! Honestly! The things some people, even game characters, do nowadays!

I really like the character creator; it’s very quick and not overly complicated.

I just want to say that zombies are doing very little damage. Will it be like that in the final game? Thanks!

This is simply the best game since
“Mr Walter`s Grand Excursion”.
Really.

~d3wd

I would love to see a headshot only option, but either way it’s great so far.

Found a gas mask it looks awsome if mixed with black pants,suit top,riot helmet and black shoes which my character is wearing he looks like a secret agent

The M24 has the same glitch as the shotgun- switching to the secondary weapon then back to the M24 bypasses the animation of the ejection of the cartridge and allows the weapon to be fired rapidly.

Excellent job so far keep up the good work. I’m interested in seeing how the speech skill will come into play later on. Should be interesting to see how interacting with friendly AI will turn out

My favorite weapon of the game so far is the M24 gonna have a lot of nulling but i believe the snipers are gonna be a huge part of the gameplay

EpicSandwhich, WHERE IS THE SNIPER RIFLE?! Your the second person to say there is one! I’ve NEVER found one in any of the alphas.

Apart from the compliment on a job well done with this next installment of the alpha, I’m hoping to soon get a sample of a larger environment and the first taste of the friendly AI.

I was playing Last Stand 2 when I realised…COMPOUND BOW! That was an awesome weapon in Last Stand 2 and it would be awesome if you could search a sporting goods store (probably named after a user created Ad) and find it there and a big amout of arrows that can be recollected by walking up and pressing E

What jjujjjy said is a croc of S!@T. i reckon its better to be able to read and choose how u want your guy to be. i dont want him to just get better other wise u would play the game once and just get bored if u play a second time.

oh and con i was wondering how much time u spend per day reading comments

Too much.
- Con

My one and only suggestion.

Kicking crawlers.

Hah!
- Con

On a more serious note- crawlers with damaged legs. Would a bullet in the foot really kill a zombie? And would it cause all of its lower body to break off?

There is an M24. I got one, its friggin awesome to use. Though because it doesn’t have a reload animation, its pretty much the best weapon to use since it shoots pretty fast. Which is weird since its a bolt-action rifle.

hey what happend to the personal protection pistol and the shot gun if been shearhing sins it first came out i got evry gun but i need those two did you remove em or are they hard to find

It would depend on how fast you can action the bolt. No hidden meanings intended.

Snipah FTW!!

Conartist, You really outdid yourself in this one.

Hey Con,

Bad points:
maybe you already know it (well, you should no it) the XM-8 and the FAL has no sounds, that were all bad points.

good points:
-Its a fantastic game!
-Your (travel the world)walking (left and right out of the screen, in doors, stairs) is very cool!
-The sounds are very realistic!

The questions:
Im very excited, and cant wait till the game comes out, you have any ideas for a release date? i dont want to rush you but all my friends asking me ‘when it comes out!when it comes out!’, they cant wait either

Regards LTmike

I found the m24 in a trash can
BTW Please can you make it a bit more realistic? It’s weird i can find weapons in a trashcan, a helmet on a bookshelf etc…
thx

I heart y0u.
;-p
~d3wd

buzz cut might be nice for the military look

these are the guns i have found that are not easy to find. mp5, ak47, scar, xm8, and probably a few other things i cant remember but i did find the ak in the trash and that made me laugh because it is so cheap to make. i also found a few melee weapons likea crowbar and my favorite the sledge hammer. it weighs 10poudsbut does 40 damage so pretty much instant kill

I have gotten the new SMGs but I could not find this M24
I also did not see any crawlers but I oly played for like 10 minutes
Great job so far

Great Alpha Con, this is really polished and entertaining. There are quite a bit of uncommon items. I’m happy to see you can attain fedoras in the game. Great work! Here’s what I’ve found so far:

AK-47
XM8-Prototype
MP5
Vector
M4A1
Military Helmet
Riot Helmet
Black Fedora

Great work Con, thanks for keeping us in the loop and allowing to us see how the game’s coming along!

i agree with MrPinkyBoy. even though it had to reload ever shot,it reloaded about as fast as the shotgun did between shots, and that combined with a mid-level damage rate, it was a really good gun. but because of how its a silenced weapon, con might leave it out.

Every keeps asking Con about this gun or that gun, or what outfit looks good and this and that…which tells me that people cant read that this isnt a suggestion box or Q&A session…its right about the comment box in big red letters…Now something relevant to the alpha’s…Grenades?

No questions.
- Con

where can I find the M24 in this everyones talking about? I can only seem to ever get the shotgun, vector, mp5 and g17.

cheers

Where is the m24?

so cool hope it comes out soon looks really fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The M24 sniper rifle is actually pretty well made…. I wonder though, will there be chances to snipe zombies from a farther distance?

My brother is going to Australia. All I know is that he’ll be in Queensland. – Just wanted to put that out there.

Anyway— The game is looking great and I’m really anxious for its release. I love how you can waste bullets on “Sleeping Zombies” only later to find out that they’re dead.

I really admire your work and hope to see good things in the future.

Ah nice. Hope your brother has a good time here. Queensland is kind of like a mix between Florida and California for the most part.
- Con

One word for it all, Awesome.
I was like wtf is hitting me when i saw a crawling zombie, nice work. Also, love the stairs. All of the weapons are very well made, and with all the items i made my guy a gangster with a AK47 and the M24. Soooo much fun, i love can’t wait for next alpha.
Great work, Keep it up,
The Bob

Riot helmet, bandana, hoody black, jeans black, black shoes, M24 rifle, and M4A1.
im so well hidden that i cant even see me lol

P.S. you forgot a space in the info under special weapons ( damage andreload)

I’m calling BS on people saying there are AK’s and M24′s in this game. I checked a whole bunch of times and cant find anything but ammo for them.

They’re in game, but only as lucky finds at this stage.
- Con

I don’t think anyone’s mentioned this yet, but I’m really liking the day/afternoon?/night cycles. The transitions are pretty smooth even at this stage. Also I think the lighting’s really good. I like how at certain points, it gets so dark that you actually need the flashlight.

Also, I found a shotgun but no shotgun ammo. That’s more of an observation than anything approaching a criticism though, the game’s coming along great!

One last thing: Pretty cool the way ammo and um…suit tops are easier to find than M24s and grey fedoras. Just like in real life!

found a sv on the first search yay, but i couldnt find one of my personal favorites the mp5

So will the next alpha have “smart” survivors?

I’ve actually got to tone them down this time, they’re too good at the moment. Implementing code so they can deal with stuff like riot zombies tomorrow.
- Con

He’s going on some learning experience for collage. He’ll be gone for the next 4 months. I’m happy though. I get his room.

Half-body zombie crawling on the floor?

Frickin love it!

Reminds me of RE 2

awesome game,i wish this game could go online

awesome, i found an M4A1 and and M9 pistol in the bookshelf in the bedroom

Is it possible to melee crawlers? I’ve tried crouching, but it doesn’t seem to affect them. This could be an issue in the game if you run out of bullets when they’re around.

You can, it’s just a bit difficult at the moment. Needs some adjustment.
- Con

lol once i was by one of the crawlers and i didnt notice it and then when i was right on top of it i almost flew outta my chair! keep it goin con this is gunna be my favorite game of all time.

I love how now you can kill zombies from a distance I just take out my M24 and my SCAR-H
and camp at the end of the road and get multiple kills and it is awesome. Oh yea con did left 4 dead of Left 4 Dead 2 help you with this?

Just a question, is crouching increases the precision? Or Am I walking on my knees for nothing?

That’s all!

Yeah- I like Selbstgemacht.

~d3wd

Hey Con, people keep saying there’s a M24 sniper rifle, but I’ve read all your posts, you’ve never said anything about putting one in the game, can you tell me if this is true or not?

Yep.
- Con

You could add context sensitive melee attacks for crawlers. Like kicking them away instead of shoving.

The shoving needs adjusted a little bit. Usually the zombies are close enough to get one hit in before they are close enough to shove back. Or maybe I’m just terrible at shoving.

change the name of the sv-smg to the kriss super-v witch is its actual real name

Yeah, problem is that that is a brand name. Should I have a Coke machine in the game?
- Con

The M24 may be found as a lucky find in the leftmost container of the right room of the “storehouse” building (12 Jefferson Ave). Try to improve your searching by results by leveling luck and the searching skill (Use the “Where’s Wilmo?” books that can be found in the same room).

fix the empty hands and start off game with no weapons

Make me a sandwich.
- Con

You guys have to keep searching for the M24. It is there, and I was surprised to find it. I pretty much leveled up and kept reading Where’s Waldo books until my Search was maxed out.

Then I maxed out Luck and intellect, searched in a cabinet where you could find weapons, and found it after about 20 minutes of nonstop ‘searching’.

The M24 is real, you just haven’t found it yet.

Con, with the survivor AI working how it does, will they be self-sufficient as far as taking care of their ammo/food/sleep needs or will we have control over that a’la RPG methods?

Yeah, I don’t want to make the survivors annoying, so they’ll be fairly self sufficient.
- Con

can you explain the sneak system in the game. i don’t really get it. will certain guns have an effect on it (like louder rifles attracted more zeds) r if they don’t notice you can you walk past them cuz i really don’t see the need for sneak in a 2d game. could you please explain what its for? btw great alpha

It needs a boost right now, like a higher critical strike rate when sneaking. Certain weapons, the flashlight and your movement increases the chances of alerting zombies.
- Con

My clothes are:
- Fedora – Black
- Gas Mask
- T-Shirt – Red
- Armor: None
- Cargo Pants
- White Sneaker

My Weapons Equipped are:
- M24 Rifle
- M16A2

My Weapons in Inventory:
- AK47
- FAL Battle Rifle
- M1911 Pistol
- M4A1
- M9 Pistol
- MP5
- PPM 9 Pistol
- Scar-H
- XM8
- Crowbar
- G17 Pistol
- Machete
- Shotgun
- SV-SMG

Name: Jeff
Level: 20
XP: 378239.xxx/31500.xx(?)

My Skills are:

Strength: 13
Endurance: 5
Precision: 15
Intellect: 1
Luck: 20

Strength Skills:

Blunt: 66
Blades: 38

Precision Skills:

Pistols: 119
Long Guns: 119
Automatics: 119
Special Weapons: 26
Sneak: 101

Intellect Skills:
Explosives: 45
Security: 30
Searching: 97
Speech: 25
First Aid: 15

Endurance Skills:
Fitness: 103
Surival: 40

Max. Health is 275.

~d3wd

PS: I think some Caliber 38 Pistols for the Player would be nice in the game. -.-

I really enjoyed the BETA, pretty cool. A huge step up in the process of making the final product.

Con can you tell me where people find these weapons like the SCAR-h and the M24 ’cause I can’t find them anywhere! But, I did find the XM8 which was pretty sweet, considering its one of my favorites.

The Vector looks like a deatomizer mk4 from The Conduit.

But anyway, if you happen to be crouching and backing away from a crawler, and you manage to get cornered you keep duck-walking in place until you kill the crawler.
suggested method for dealing with crawlers: CURB STOMP!

Hey con, is their going to be a level cap such as in fallout 3?

Yeah it’s 20.
- Con

Still very fun is this your biggest game so far? I think this has something to do with armor degrading. I shot a riot guy in the stomach like 50 times and soon enough his stomach burst open so i dont know if that has something to do with it so anyway great game.

Con, I’ve been wondering about the locked door upstairs and in the basement of the two houses, can they be unlocked in the alphas? I tried a crow-bar and shooting the door, that didn’t work. Do we have to reach a certain Intellect and Security level before we can open the doors?

No.
- Con

it might have been realistic if foods had expiration dates. example: cheese and bread expire quickly, but peanuts take a long time to expire. its probably to late to add that now.

That’s why all the food you find in game will last quite a while.
- Con

I love it but why is there assault rifle ammo and sniper ammo with no assault rifle or sniper just the 2 smgs, but it’s a awsome alpha cant wait for when it comes out!!!!!

I’ve expected George A. Romeros “Dawn of the dead”. But this is more like “Dawn of the dead from Driv3r in the World of Driv3r.”

You*’ve never been better. But you will be.

~d3wd

The heck are you on about.
- Con

Con, this totally unrelated to LS. But do you have an Australian accent?

Being Australian, yeah I do. It’s probably not as over the top as you’d expect though.
- Con

Hey Con,

I was testing how the zombies take damage depending on where you shoot them. Using the M24 and M1911, shot the various zombies in the head, shoulders (nice looking animation for that, BTW), arms, and legs.

During this process, noticed that some of the SWAT zombies had holes in their body armor vests, and when you aim for that spot, they will take damage to either the chest or groin region.

I also determined that some of the SWAT zombies would take chest damage after a number of shots with the M24. Did you put an armor degradation feature in, ’cause I remember reading that you were fiddling around with one in one of the comments above.

Keep up the great work!

~GySgt. Murphy

Not yet, there’s a spot on the belly that’s not being included in the collision at the moment. Just spotted that one myself the other day.
- Con

In the final game, will there be like a encyclopedia of items we’ve found? I think it would be neat, and maybe it could have greyed out entries so we know when we;ve found every item in the game.

I found brown Fedora, and i want black D: but its so hard to get…Ive played it and found a Riot Helmet, just with helmet without the thing…Its a bug?

There’s two versions of that helmet.
- Con

Well… i see what our going for but it would be reall enoable if i could find some armor and de my own clothes and ect.

“Keep Goigns Your doing Great!”

@ New Jack
It’s an Alpha, not a Beta.

@ Con

Will the next one be Alpha 1.0, or Beta 0.1? Or something else?

Oh, and I just wanted to say how awesome the zombie sound effects are in The Last Stand series.

Alpha 0.90001

And thanks, it’s me doing them. Need to do a bunch more, they’re all old.
- Con

I know you are going to work on an armor degradation kinda thing and I think the easy solution is to where small weapons cant break them, everything else can (maybe with a few shots).

Yeah, I’m thinking the same sort of thing.
- Con

so sneak will only give you a circuital strike against zeds? but like what is the whole point of the system, my character only has 15 sneak and i’m able to fire a clip off in a room and have no zeds come running after me,and if they do its always the one furthest away from me the casually walks towards me and what is the point of not being detected cuz in a room the doors you need to get to have tons of zeds in the way and since you cant “sneak around” your gonna have to blast your way in by investing points in weapon skills, not sneak skills. so when the finale product of the game comes out, what advantages would a “sneaky” character have

Hi, I’d like you to meet the “shift” key. He’s handy.

Aaaanyway. Zombie alertness needs tweaking, it’ll be based on level etc and they’ll become more aware as you progress, making sneaking more useful. I maaaaay also consider allowing to move past zombies while sneaking.
- Con

Love the snipe

Man! I am really impressed. It is so frieking bad ass!The SV-Smg is so good. Good luck,
you don’t need it……

Also how do you keep the game running at a decent fps while having 200 bullet cases and bullet holes and magazines?

you should be able to kick the crawlers

Con you ROCK! Btw is there going to be the same main character there too? The one that you play as in 1&2.

One more question about the survivors, will they actually say things while they follow, like “Look out!” or “Check this out!”, like in Left4Dead, or will they pretty much just say nothing since I assume their appearance will be totally randomized?

this is going to be one of the best games on the web i can see it now. can’t wait for it to be released.

I’m amazed.
Found: SCAR, MP5, that funny looking SMG, AK47, M4A1, XM8 and FAL! Of course I can’t exclude G17 pistol, knive and bat.

Riot zombies with helmets are hardly killable – aiming legs only makes them don’t move.

Enjoyed animation, when using FAL I was shooting fat zombie and his arm was on the floor in one second – great JOB, Con.

Hey con, i just had an amazing thought. The riot helmet says it protects against small arms fire, does this mean that we may be battling other survivors as well as the undead?

found the M24 Rifle definitely the most powerful weapon in this alpha

this game is freaking cool, the coolest game i ever played. No seriously it the best of the best and its just the demo.

greetings from the Philippines!

hey i really love yur games yu do awesome but i was just wondering about how many weapns are yu estimating to hve in the game?

Make me a sandwich.
- Con

Any preferred fillings? I have not got any cheese before you ask, ran out. Sorry CoNzOrZ.

Damnit, I wanted some bleu. It’s cool though, just get tired of people demanding things.
- Con

Hey you need to change something in the game you have the M16A2 as a burst fire rifle the M16A1 and A2 were fully auto the A3 and A4 were the burst rifles.

From Wikipedia:
“The M16A2 is a select-fire rifle (semi-automatic fire, three-round-burst fire) incorporating design elements requested by the Marine Corps”

- Con

I noticed if i take much stuff from a search spot thingy, and then i wanna throw away all that useless crap, it really takes ages, cant u make a button to throw everything away?

Those riot police zombies better not be running in the final build – the hordes are hard enough already without them doing that. O_O

I just had contact with a invisible riot zombie

An invisible riot zombie, an. When a word starts with a vowel and you want to put “a” in front of it, use “an”.
- Con

Exact same problem as Xert. It’s rather annoying. Also, the Vector and MP5 are the same thing with a different look in game.

are you going to make anymore hair or facial hair features? more male? id like a shaved head instead of bald so he looks more like a army man and will you make a feature so we can put scars, eyeshadow,glasses, ect on our peoples faces?

Yeah, I’ll be adding some more facial hair, other features though, no. You can play with your sister’s dolls for that
- Con

Did you know the Vector was a gun made in USA by a french dude. It was a combonation of a M16 and a German WWII FG42.

Sadly I cant play with my sisters dolls because i blew them all up with fireworks or burnt them lol plus my sister is like 14

GREAT update and a AWSOME game, but can u add more zombies =)

An invisible riot zombie, an. When a word starts with a vowel and you want to put “a” in front of it, use “an”.
- Con

This was just hilarious. Epic Con. Simply epic.

It’s easily in my top 5 pet peeves.
- Con

Two things:

1) When I saw blood spurting off of my guy, and I didn’t see anything, I was thinking “What the heck?! There’s nothing there.” Then I got the Scar-H out, and began shooting everywhere, then I remembered, Invisible Zombies.

2)I think that I have found almost every gun in the alpha:

G17 pistol
M9 pistol
PPM9 pistol
M1911 pistol
M4A1
M16A2
AK47
SCAR-H
XM8
SV-SMG
MP-5
MS49 Sniper Rifle

Still missing at least 2 Oh and the rifle is the M24.
- Con

WOW!! The M24 Rifle is so awesome it turned out perfect. It took me so long to find it but it really was worth it!

oh pd:

i walked to a crawler whit low rest and i fell out of my chair D:

I now have the Ak, FAL, Scar, and XM8 as far as rare weapons go. I notice the FAL doesnt make any noise when it fires. Is there suppose to be a silencer on it? If so, I can kinda see that.

the last comment makes it look like theirs not that many guns. when you made the assult rifles was that it or will you make more?

That’s more than the first game had. I’m not done yet.
- Con