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Random guys keep following me around all of a sudden. Must mean one thing, early versions of survivors are in the latest Alpha.

Other big thing is that your save from the previous Alpha 0.9 will carry over to this one. Let me know if there’s anything that’s going wrong with that. Creating a new character will delete any old characters.


Notes:

- A lot of bugs from the previous version are still here. Working on getting more features in at the moment instead of fixing stuff.
- Survivor is randomly generated every time you switch rooms.
- Survivor uses the same weapons as you are for the time being.
- Survivors find their own targets, fire at enemies and reload their weapons when needed.
- Zombies currently ignore survivors in terms of movement and targeting.
- In future, survivors will do things like shove enemies and crouch to increase accuracy.
- Compound Bow added!

- Endless searching has been turned OFF for this Alpha, to find new stuff, you’ll need to create a new character.
- Survivors CAN’T use melee weapons at the moment.

Once again, do not leave your bug reports in the comments, I’ll just straight up delete that sheeet. Dawg.

*********************** UPDATE **************************
New version up: 0.91A. Fixes the new characters not resetting loot in world. Also there’s a hint of my new enemy drops system I’m working on. You can’t pick anything up at the moment, but you’ll be able to soon.

Also, I know about the survivor jumping up and down bug, please stop commenting/emailing/feedbacking about it.


PLAY THE LAST STAND: UNION CITY – ALPHA 0.91


Also, everyone will see a box like this pop up when starting into the game. If you want your game to save, you’ll need to hit allow. If you can’t spare the 10mb (the game only uses about 10kb at the moment) then keep on truckin with no progress.

Some people were having trouble with their games not saving and I can only assume it’s because all the Alpha’s combined are blowing the save file size limit.

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  • darkviolator

    awesome! nice update Con! also First Comment!

    Last! Time you’ll be allowed to do that.
    - Con

  • bunkybunk242

    I for one enjoy having the company. This is making me want to assemble L4D-esque zombie killing posse.

    Great job Con!

  • Mr. A

    YES! survivors at last………………now im no longer alone in this zombie invested world

    great alpha con cant wait to see the game progress

  • InSideOutBodies

    Great Job Like To See Progress We Will Need arrows For That Compound Bow Hope There Not To Rare I Would Hope That There Will Eventually Be Some Way To Fortify A Place Of The Players Choice And Maybe Some Animals Included :) Good Job Alfas Drive Me Nucking Fruts

    Yeah, the bow is using the 9mm ammo at the moment.
    - Con

  • http://AKT-III.co.nr Ninjat_126

    Umm, C0NZ0rZ? I’m not getting any survivors, and I still have endless searching. Is this working?

    Must be getting the old version still, clear your cache. Should say Alpha 0.91 on the loading screen.
    - Con

  • http://AKT-III.co.nr Ninjat_126

    All good- Thanks.

    I liked how the survivors would aim for Riot Zeds’ legs.

    Yeah, I’ve got code in place that’ll make them handle any special zombie scenarios differently.
    - Con

  • http://www.heraldsun.com.au Thomas Dawson

    Great update Con! Love the survivor, i get some odd looking combinations which is good for a laugh.

    One time I got a Mr. T lookalike without pants XD

    Anyway, good luck. I hope that fact that it is “Alpha 9.1″ doesn’t mean we have another 9 updates before final release!

    Thanks

    Still got to work our way through beta yet.
    - Con

  • http://www.heraldsun.com.au Thomas Dawson

    And I don’t know about this “survivors have arriv0redz” business… C0nZ0rz was about as far as I was willing to go :P

    Peace out n1gg4s

  • Anthony

    I started a new game and it might be because i’m unlucky or something but i haven’t found any guns and i’ve searched the whole game. But still fun, can’t wait for the next update.

  • Chaze

    Haha one of my survivor guys was louis from l4d

  • Flameonfish

    Awesome update con! Fun to get different survivors. Just one question though. Will the betas get progressively larger? Like city-wise? Because if so then the full game wont be much fun to us who have played all the alphas and betas

    The betas won’t grow to the entire size of the game, I’ll stop releasing stuff once I get a grip on all the problems. So you’ll get 2 or 3 areas to play with before release. If you’re worried about “spoiling” the final game, then stop playing the alphas?
    - Con

  • Qwert

    I’ve searched the entire game about twenty times now. Still haven’t gotten the bow. Could you force one of the boxes to drop it?

    It’s in the first room. Upstairs, middle cupboard. Also, check you’re playing 0.91.
    - Con

  • Rick

    YAY! survivors :D also COMPOUND BOW but you should be able to arrange weapons for the survivors (just like Last Stand 2)

  • Kyle Peter Athanas Burke

    I can’t find any items when I search. No matter how many new characters I start everything is always empty.

  • Naer-S

    Awesome :D
    Cant wait four release game xD

  • Anthony

    Awesome alpha Con!

    How many survivors will we be limited to in the final version?

    Depends on performance and game balance at this stage. I’ve tried it with 3 and it makes everything a bit easy at the moment.
    - Con

  • Marcus Vince

    Yeah… that’s really going to be a help *pain in the ass* for our survivors eh? Come on?! Anyone? Nothin’? fine…

  • T3hCr0w

    Epic new update, the game is slowly getting there, i likes how in every room the survivor looked different. x3

  • Tolly

    Goodmorning ( in Italy are 13.27 !).
    I use survivor to reserve my ammo….a possibility is when the survivor shot he use my ammo ( o similary thing ).

    Scuse me for my bad english.

    Good work !

    I think to solve this, you will not recieve full XP for zombies that survivors kill.
    - Con

  • Unknown

    Good job and it seems t ome like the bow is like 10 times better than the shotgun or hand gunz? anyways i like the smary surivors but u should put in like paris and make her stupid, lol

  • Andy Creek

    Wow, there’s so much different… No unlimited searching? I thought that’d be okay, but now there’s only two guns… My beloved ridiculously overpowered bolt action… Still great though. I had a survivor wearing the exact same thing as me! Also, since you removed the console, I “died” for the first time. Maybe you should have a mechanic for that, eh? Also, is the Compound Bow a special weapon? Great job again, Con.

  • racso

    nice update like the survivor but why does it take so long to shoot he wait until there close and then shoot i always shoot from a distance kinda annoying maybe longer distance shooting next time still great update:D
    ps: good to see the bow is in the game loved it in last stand 2

  • Joel

    I like how they’re pretty smart. Great for an early version. Though he really should learn to move when 3 zombies are ripping his intestines out.
    I’m assuming you can’t change how your survivors look. So how about special survivors that look like famous zombie killers, like Frank West, Left 4 Dead characters, or the people from Resident Evil? I was gonna put this in the feedback form, but it said no suggestions…

    They’ll be setup as characters of my design.
    - Con

  • Noscope

    hooray!!!!!! survivors!!!!! excellent work con. its good to know that other people are around now. haha. love the update, keep it up.

  • Mike

    Hey, Con. Amazing Alpha, survivor saved me from a crawler once.

    The only problems to me are that the bow reloading will give you WAY too much exp since it’s single shot, and it doesnt seem to do enough damage.

    I’ve gotten at most 6 headshots…O_o

    And finally, what category of weapon is the compound bow?

  • tyler

    after i made a new charecter everything was still empty. the compond bow, M16A2, shotgun, even the suit was gone.

  • Trent

    i got the same thing chaze XD

  • Melo

    Damn con. A partner in crime eh? anyway. Though i love seeing it follow me around, but can the survivor get some commands so that we can atleast have some ‘control’ on it?

    such as ‘go here’ (points mouse to where you want it go), ‘wait here’, ‘follow me’, ‘ceasefire!’, ‘ammunition pls’, ‘patch me up!’ Again, thanks for the alpha. Gets better everytime you upload a new one.

    No.
    - Con

  • kuronosan

    What weapon class are bows considered to be a part of? I’m not sure where the upgrade points should go to improve accuracy.

    Just trying to see what part of the new toys I can break. :)

  • sam

    I cant find a gun I have to beat zombes with a baseball bat

  • brad

    nice its funny how all the cupboards book shelves etc are now empty and can’t find anything. nice alpha con now we start the long process of betas after 9 more of these ;)

  • JoeySTM

    Haha I swear I got Michael Kelly off the Dawn of the Dead remake every room I went in. I didn’t have really any trouble with the survivors except he got stuck jumping in place when we went down the stairs.

  • jack

    in the real version can you make it so you equip suvivors with weopons instead of having what uve got? otherwise awesome game : )

  • Jalleo

    compared to the last alpha there is still very good changes and I think that the compound bow is easier this time from when I used it in last stand 2

  • Damon

    So glad to hear a firing sound for the M9. I wonder what other previously-mute weapons got un-silenced.

  • Rushzor

    you know,i was playing last stand 2 yesterday,and i had a combo with the compound bow and the shotgun,and then at the time i was so worried that you wouldnt put it in tlcuc,but then i found them today!.

    like youre a mind reader or some sort=) anyways this alfa is by FAR the best=)

  • http://kacboy.webs.com/ kacboy

    Totally awesome. The bow is so fun!
    Survivor is fun but he keeps jacking my kills.
    And I get +2 exp for every arrow I shoot even if it doesn’t hit anything. Is that supposed to be there?

  • The man

    man i cant find any guns all i found ws a hammer

  • Slayer

    aswome game

  • karl1143

    Very nice update, the survivors are quite good and helpful (especially against the swat ones =D) and good luck with the next release. Btw are you planning to release it in the end of this month?

  • Tristan

    Good update, i can tell this game is gonna be EPIC when its done.

  • Chirpy

    Wow a nice surprise Alpha, Con. Good to see your delivering content as much as you can. Keep it up!

  • Brent

    I don’t like how if me and the survivor both shoot a automatic it starts to lag. Other than that it’s pretty good.

    Yeah there’s some performance issues. Try turning off some of the graphic options.
    - Con

  • Brent

    Also, my survivor feels the need to ignore zombies while holding a sledgehammer. Is this a bug or did you just not add melee for survivors yet?

  • http://mrshaw64.newgrounds.com mrshaw64

    so, can you do endless dearch on alpha 9 and it saves on. 9.1? btw, its awsome

  • http://gmail.com stephen

    Haha the sledge is magical it has a flashlight.

  • phobia

    love the compound bow. its hard to find any other weapons or ammo so i have to restart whenever i want to more ammo or a new gun.

    loving the survivors and how epic it looks to kill multiple zombies with them. and how they know where to aim for the riot zombies.

    great work con- <3

  • Prospective

    Somehow I still had my char from alpha 9.0.

    Is that supposed to happen?

    Read the post, champ.
    - Con

  • zombkilla2134

    aww dangit, since endless searching was toggled off, i cant find any more assault rifles. :( (( great alphas anyway

  • Prospective

    Can survivors die in this alpha?
    Also,I love how the arrows of the compound bow sticks to zombies lol.

    Nope.
    - Con

  • jackmen4

    man, you are awesome i cant wait for the complete game man.

  • Ben

    Thank the lord and thank you con!

  • Ash

    The survivors take a little while before they react and start shooting at a zombie, but when the do they are just too accurate. When my survivor was using an automatic weapon every single shot hit the zombies head in quick succesion. Perhaps dumb them down a little bit or the game will be too easy I think.

    Yeah, I’m looking at that.
    - Con

  • a7mdz

    nice work Con! :D im feeling that the game will lunch soon aye? keep it up! ^_^

  • BWLGeorge

    Hey Con, what kind of gun is the compound bow considered? Would it be special weapons or Long guns?

    Special Weapons
    - Con

  • Comander Bacon

    OMG COMPOUND BOW I LOVE UNION CITY (even more than i did yesterday. Hopefully theres a benelli or remington shotgun. hint hint great progrees con!!

  • Tacoman Rocks 5

    one of my survivors looked like neo from the matrix

  • Tacoman Rocks 5

    hey con you should let characters where capes

  • zombiedestroyer

    I’m still getting the last alpha.
    I see that you told us what the solution is but what is the “cache”?

    http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser‘s-Cache
    - Con

  • zmeace

    since you said dont post bugs on this page, if i found a bug should i post it at all? and if so where?

    There’s a bug report link on the game page.
    - Con

  • chris

    awesome (:

    i just thought i saw u guy wearing and ipod, then i looked closer and well no..
    but that would look kinda cool hehe

  • EpicSandwhich

    Good to see the survivors working. I wasn’t sure how you’d make them work in free-roaming, as opposed to defence.

    Compound bow= :D , maybe a crossbow if you need something to share ammo.

  • Brennan

    good alpha. couldnt find anything (sad face) the bow was nice though

  • Sean

    awesome alpha. I love the sledge now all i need is a sword and that would complete me.

    also- where did you get your sounds esp. the one when a zombie dies?

  • Beau

    Good alpha,I love the survivors and compound bow, cant wait to see what the rest of union city will look like.

  • Nathan

    Hey great game, and I was wondering when it might come out. Still hate the Blocked doors and take all is “A” but anyways. If it comes out near when Halo: Reach comes out, me and lots of others, probably won’t play this for a while.

  • TJ

    The survivor, as people hve mentioned before is a great thing. Now I don”t have to worry about running out of ammo. He has also saved me from a few close calls with the ‘glitchy invisible zombies’. Anyways, great update Con. Looking forward to the end product!
    -TJ

  • ehw

    Cool, a compound bow!

    When facing a riot zombie, though, it is unable to hit anywhere but the head when really close. Even aiming downwards.

    I found it with a sledge.

  • Oz

    I really think endless searching should continue until the game world is bigger. There are like 4 guns. I created new characters, cleared cache, everything, and still the same things in the same place.

    Anyways, what i really wanted to ask is if the items in a container are definite, what’s the point of the searching attribute?

  • ewet8

    Hey, I just tried it and I think its great one small problem with loading the outside background but other than that FUN. AS. HELL.
    I was standing in between the mailbox and and the small gated area and we have zombies streaming towards us…. and that got me thinking, what happend to the barricades? I thought to myself about recreating a last stand but with two sides. so In short whats the plan for the barricades? Or is it some secret plan your cooking up with your wizard advisors?

  • Allen

    Hmm, I’ve noticed how the death sounds of the zombies are from Diablo 2 death sounds of demons, or at least from some game by Blizzard. Is that correct or am I mistaking something?
    Anyways, great alpha Con! It looks like it’s been patching up to a great game. However, is it possible to have the survivors first instinctively attack the chest or head of armoured zombies, before noticing and aiming for their legs next?

    All the death / zombie groan sounds are my voice.
    - Con

  • MacGruber

    in the main game will there be multiple save slots?

  • cheesemuffin

    It’s amazing, I love it and cannot wait for the next alpha. You’re doing a great job!

  • zmeace

    how do you unequip weapons without just having to throw the weapon away?

    and if you want to switch to your secondary weapon do you have to do it from the backpack menu or is there a keyboard button you can press?

    Q, 1 and 2 keys all switch weapons.
    - Con

  • Elcatalan

    Yes!! Compound bow! ;D

    Great job!!

  • ChaosMan

    WOOT!!! Con, your my hero…

  • Haragar

    Hey Con amazing alpha keep up the awesome work. I was wondering if those two locked doors (the one in the room where you start and the one in the very back of the warehouse) can actually be unlocked? I tried leveling up my security which said lets you unlock doors but they still wouldn’t open. Any help here?

    No they can’t.
    - Con

  • CrossViper

    Is it possible to sleep?

    I’m at 3% well rested and I can barely see. I really wanna continue with that character too…..

    No.
    - Con

  • Unholy Spire

    i compound bowed the he** out of these zombies! Lol, i replayed TLS:2 yesterday and it seemed way harder than i remembered, did the difficultly get changed or did i just get a bad luck game?

    Nah, that’d be the fact that web browsers (for the most part) don’t cap frame rates in Flash any more. So the used to run at 30fps, but not runs at 35fps, so everything happens that little bit quicker, making it harder.
    - Con

  • IgnorantProphet

    I’ve seen this question come up a few times, is there any explanation to no items appearing anywhere in the game?

    You’re getting zero items, or no new ones?
    - Con

  • Rawbobot

    The reload XP for the bow is silly.

    You’re silly.
    - Con

  • Komuhn

    When you start another new game, after playing through your first one and resetting, all of the items you picked up in the first one never come back, probably just the boxes not repopulating between games.

  • http://AKT-III.co.nr Ninjat_126

    I like it, but I wish endless searching was back on. You need a larger area for it to work properly, like in the full game.

    Yes, I know it’s only an alpha.

  • dusty

    im just wondering why when you fire your weapon anywhere (e.g the compund bow) in any direction you get 2xp?

    It’s the reload XP.
    - Con

  • Derek

    hey i need to talk about this badly and well i feel like the blunt items overpower the blades to often while i was hiting one with a bat i got 2 hits and it died when while knifing them it took me 8-10 slashes to kill them thank you for reading

    Yes, all weapons need balancing. This is something I’m very aware of.
    - Con

  • 56er

    I suggest you change something on how much exp you get when using the compound bow. Every time you shot, the game gives a amount of exp for reloading it…

    Yeah, I’m going to adjust it so that it takes into account how much you’re reloading at the time. Also thinking I’ll heavily reduce the base amount.
    - Con

  • Shaggin2dope-SPAS-12-

    Yo Con, the Alpha is damn awesome. The Alpha that starts it up wit survivors. When is der gonna be another weapon suggestion poll if theres gonna be anotha 1?

    Werd dawg dats dope dat you lik mah stuff. Der be anudda won soon.
    - conz0rs

  • keatosimo

    apparently the compound bow thinks that its to good to shoot a riot zombies legs! it will jst go on thru! y u make selfish arrows?

  • Trent

    you can delete this if u want. but i got talahasi from zombie land as a survivour!

    Sweet, hope you’re having a better time in the game with him better than I did watching that horrible movie.
    - Con

  • matt

    con why did you reject my comment

    Probably because it was a question about something that’s NOT in the game, or it was a suggestion.
    - Con

  • ehw

    I actually found the compound bow first, but when I mentioned a bug, con straight up deleted my comment and I missed out on a sweet comment.
    I found the sledge right next to it.

    Straight up.
    - Con

  • Edy

    Hey Con,

    many of us have posted it here, but I supose you haven´t time to reply…

    I made a new character, but after I checked the boxes or wardrobe, or else, no items were there at all,and left only those, which I haven´t taken last game (the previous I´ve created the char. ). As I read trough this posts, I noticed, that it is not only my problem, could you explain it?
    Thank you, and great alpha, lookin´ forward to next one ^^

    Edy

    Yeah, it’s because it’s carried the save data from the last game and the containers aren’t repopulating now. I’ll fix it so that making a new character deletes all save data.
    - Con

  • Fox

    Hey Con, Great alpha. Nice to see the
    survivors can take care of them selfs if needed.

    I want to ask somthin’ about the Compound Bow: Do the zombies hear it?

    They have a very slight chance of hearing it, it’s about ten times quieter than the other weapons.
    - Con

  • Bib

    Amazing, getting closer and closer to the real game…

  • rag0100

    I’ve got all the stuff on an person, but i made another person to get more stuff, but there are
    things to search for enymore evan if it’s a new person

  • rag0100

    i mean no more things to search for

  • kyyo

    hey con great work on the new alpha , i have 3 things which are kinda suggestions 1st is that we should be able to pick the survivors wepons that would be good 2nd is that i keep running out of zombies to kill 3rd we should be able to have more then 1 follower with the player, i hope you have read this fully and would appriciate if you were to think my ideas through thanks :)

  • ghost

    we have company not zombie
    it was already a time
    I was feeling very alone killing zombies in the darkness xD

  • Coy

    uh… ya theres nothing anywere in the game i look in the house and storgege place nothing not even pants

  • http://none Deniox

    Can you dress and give weapons to the surrvivors in the full game

    We’ll see.
    - Con

  • Ash

    Will survivors have hunger and hydration metres like you or are they basically magical robotic fallout 3 survivors that never eat or sleep?

    Translated for msn texters: Yo dawg will da survivorz needz to eat and dat blad or iz dey lik fallouT3 where dez never needz to do datz? Tanks CoNzOrZ

    Robot survivors. It’s not a nursing simulator.
    - Con

  • IgnorantProphet

    I mean literally no items, no matter where i search

  • karl1143

    is there anything a player can do if the player cannot find any weapons after deleting old character and making a new one?

  • TJMW

    this looks damn awesome. I love the series. can’t wait!!!

  • jordanarill

    i love not not being the only one out there. is something wrong if i can leave that same street

  • Mike

    I cant find no items… i restarted the game lots of times and i cant find more items… just one medkit and nothing more

    Yeah, seems new characters are deleting the save data, fix coming.
    - Con

  • A Fan

    since you need to fix th no items thing i ‘m just going around killing zombies with a bat

  • Hakix

    Good alpha. Im glad that theres survivors now.

    Will zombies ever be equipped with weapons? If they do, when they die will you be able to equip their weapon?

    Can’t wait for the next update!

    Yes and probably. I’m looking at having certain zombie types dropping equipment right now.
    - Con

  • Derek

    I’ve noticed every crawlers that appear attack you shouldn’t you make it so they ain’t always attacking because it would be like you would know they would attack you so they don’t have a chance to attack you anymore

    Attacking the attack attack? Attack!
    - Con

  • Ash

    How dare you call zombie land a terrible movie. I mean common its got Woody Harrelson in it. Woody freakin Harrelson! *Sigh*

    Yeah it was a piece of shit. And not a zombie movie.
    - Con

  • Liam

    lol? a negative review and you dont pass it through? well this demo wasnt very good. theres survivors ok. but u barely get any items at all. after u searched everything u get no more things. the survivors just follow because u cant find guns…

    LOLZORZ.
    - conZorz

  • keatosimo

    con you said the compound bow uses 9mm ammo right now, right? in the final game what ammo will it use? will there be a cross bow ammo if there is a cross bow? or will it all be one ammo ( bolts? arrows? boltarrows?)

    Arrows.
    - Con

  • http://www.iceage.wikia.com/wiki/User:ScratteLover2 AK-74 Rules!

    Same thing as Mike said, I’ve been playing 0.91 since you released it, and all I’ve found is the shotgun, MP5 and compound bow. Why is it so hard to find other guns after those? Plus, I went back to 0.9, and it had the same data as 0.91, I’ve lost all my data from that alpha. Plus EVERY time I open a crate or something, there’s NEVER anything in them, maybe a magazine or a book and that’s it. I rarely find a weapon that I don’t have already, if that, why?

  • Bib

    Darn, the not endless search mode is really hurting me. In all the other Alphas I had a fairly large selection, but in this one I only found the bow, and a MP5. I guess it makes it more realistic.

    The surviors were funny the way they kept changing. I got one that looked like the kind of guy that’d give out “Free Candy” in his discreet white van.

    Can’t wait until we actually have to use some of that Speaking ability to persuade them to join me. All and all a great Alpha, I was getting kind of lonely all by myself against those zombies…the crawlers give me the creeps. Geez, looks like I’m writing a novel…I’ll leave you alone, at least until the next Alpha.

  • Mr. A

    Hey con as i read the comments i see alot about ppl not finding stuff so (sorry if you get mad at this)will there be something where the stuff in the containers regen after a certain amount of time?(like you take all the stuff out of a container and after like a few days of be away the some new stuff spawns in there?)

    The plan is for containers to not respawn items, there’ll be ways to get the stuff you need though. Looking at enemy drops right now.
    - Con

  • unknown

    Hey Con,i found something im not completely is sure to be happening, consider it some sort of “cheat” when you have the compund bow, and fire an arrow, then rapidly press the reload button and the firing button,the character will automatcly fire off a 100 arrows in probally about split seconds
    so not sure whether its a bug(wich im not supose to post here) or if its a cheat thats implemented,anyways its a nice alpha and youre doing great.

    Ok, yeah no. That’s a bug.
    - Con

  • Elevator Doors

    Awesome update with it. Though was wondering on how damage for the companion goes. When zombies attack them and the likes.

    They’re invulnerable at the moment. I’m thinking that they’ll be knocked down or something similar and you’ll have to help them up to save them.
    - Con

  • http://www.conartistgames.com/index.php/the-last-stand-union-city-alpha-091/#comments RAY

    hey con great work i would give it 5/5 stars i love the game it would also be cool if when you shoot a zombie with a compound bow you can take out the arrows from the zombie? other wise GREAT WORK

  • Miggy

    Nice, but I can’t seem to find the sledge hammer or the compound bow.
    I look forward to the actual game.

  • http://yahoo.com Ghost

    Great work con cant wait for the full game.

  • Wizard of Piz

    Hey Con, what if there was a giant zombie marshmallow? Dommbadadada.
    By the way, is it true that Australians are realllly tall?

    I’m a veritable giant of a massive six feet tall.
    - Con

  • Ash

    NOT A ZOMBIE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Con I dont know what they did the aussie version but wow.

    Go watch all of George Romero’s stuff prior to 2000 and then tell me it’s a zombie movie.
    - Con

  • KarlKohl

    The thing I never get about zombie movies/games is how they take out the millitary. I mean how is a zombie supposed to take out a Leopard 2 huh?
    Great gme though.
    Oh an Zombie Land was hillarious.

  • Joel

    WAIT, THE ZOMBIE SOUNDS ARE YOUR VOICE??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ZOMBIE CON

    LOLZORS YEP!
    - CON

  • matt

    people have problay asked this before but were could i post a question or suggestion. By the way the alpha was great

    Nowhere! I don’t want either, thanks!
    - Con

  • Jack

    zombie dont drop items in a nother responce you said that thay do

    I’m working on putting that in.
    - Con

  • tourettes king of the juice

    well i had a bow – yay- butnow cant find guns – not any guns- I DONT EVEN HAVE ANY PANTS
    NO PPPPANNNNNNNNTTTTTTTTTTTT
    COME ON!?

  • why

    nice job with the weapons i find it funny how i found a crowbar sledge sniper rifle shotgun 9mm m1911 ak47 m16 ect in one trash can.

  • Derek

    alwell anyway during the game can you blow of their body parts people are big fans of those

  • Smiling_Wolf

    The survivor feature is great, but they seem a little too smart; example, how does a survivor know to shoot a riot zombie in the legs (pretty neat AI scripting, though)? Will each survivor deal with foes differently (i.e., cowardly)? Weapons too? Cuz I how could, say, a coffee shop girl learn to handle an assault rifle?

    if(survivor = true & type = riot zombie){
    target point = leg collision
    }
    - Con

  • Michael

    The game is pretty good for now im liking the ai on the survivors i am wondering if your going to put attachments on your weapons like flash lights scopes laser lights etc. their is a conversion kit called a sop mod for the m1a4 series assault rifle that the U.S. special forces have used for years it includes a M203 grenade launcher laser sight an Acog night vision Scope a detachable silencer a flash light and a few 40mm grenades for the M203 just wondering, also will their be grenades in the game such as the M67 or will u be using the WWII era pineapple’s if any i am liking the new hairstyles for your character’s as well.

  • zombiedestroyer

    i’ve been waiting for survivors since the first alpha, and this was more than I expected.
    For an alpha the AI is great, can’t wait for the real game.

  • The Porno Guy

    Hi,

    Nice alpha there…someone asked that if player could tress the survivors following you…it would be just lame idea.

    I mean if there would be zombie outbreak, you’d find a guy who has lot’s of resources to fight with them and you’d decide to join up…

    Would you really wear pink underwear and rounded glasses (inside dark room) if he’d tell you to?

    About the weapons i’d accept them, but if he’d tell me to wear sweater and punk underwear…i would just shoot him few times.

    About the loot…since you can simply drain all the containers, you need to gather your resources from zombies too…but if you want to keep the realism, dont let people to get weapons or medkits from dead zombies.
    As in some RPG’s you can find houses from dead crab.

    Also you might want to ease up survivor’s weapon aiming…right now they aim suddenly to head or to legs…but simple ease would make it look much more nicer.

    Oh, and you really should change the crosshair…it’s just way too big…maybe you could resolve this problem with two vertical lines, which open’s up in aiming direction, and when shooting, they’d seperate accroding to recoil…just think about it a little.

    I probably left opinion that i’m telling you what to do, no, they are just simple suggestions, and the game is very nice already, already waiting for the release.

    Will look forward to your reply.

    With respect,
    The Porno Guy

    Don’t worry, I’ve got it covered with regards to the loot. Crosshairs aren’t changing.
    - Con

  • creature243

    booyaah crossbow and m24 :D

  • Rocco

    great alpha. the movement was fluid. the buddy system was cool, and i’m glad i’m not able to injure him. I did also find a way to bypass the no item bug. you just right click in the game, go down to settings and turn your memory storage for the game to zero. then you refresh the page so it asks you if you want to allow the game to store memory. you allow and create a new character and there you go. all items and weapons are right where they should be. the problem was that the game was saving the searches and since you can’t infinite-search, it was making it so that even when you created a new character, all the places you looked last time are now empty, as well as your inventory. good luck, Con. Great gaming!!!

  • Jonah Harvey

    Con, I am shocked and appalled.

    With regards to what?
    - Con

  • Jackal

    Just found a zombie that dropped a backpack.
    wondering if that was an accidental addition.

    Should’ve mentioned that in the post. It’s the start of my enemy drops system.
    - Con

  • Anthony

    Only just heard you live in Australia, so do I!

    Do you follow AFL?

    Nope, and it’s hard too because I’ve lived in Melbourne for the past 13 years. They love their footy here.
    - Con

  • (John) Con(ner)

    Werd dawg dats dope dat you lik mah stuff. Der be anudda won soon.
    - conz0rs

    Slang:
    Your doing it wrong, homie.

    Overall the alpha was good, but really short compared to the other ones. I really hope that in the final game, you won’t have to go through many areas to find 2 weapons. Also, in this one ammo seemed impossible to find. I really look forward to the enemy drop system. However I hope it doesn’t call back to the First Last Stand Game, in which I searched for about 6 hours on weapons for three days to get a revolver, for a cop to drop it the day I Found one.

    Yeah, funny story. The enemy drops in the first Last Stand game were put in to ensure that players had suitable weapons at certain days. Because the finding system was based on search numbers accumulating, I needed to make sure that even if people weren’t putting enough hours into finding weapons that they would still be able to keep playing.
    - Con

  • http://AKT-III.co.nr Ninjat_126

    Wait, ignore that. A fixed it.

    Loving it now I have a compound bow. I do like how survivors don’t fire on docile or unaware zombies.

  • CHEEZMAN

    yo con great work i’ve been following the LS series since u put the second out and its great to see how a game in the making progresses

    The CHEEZ has ate the building!

    ps i can only get mp5 bow glock17 and vector looking one

  • http://www.caseyfallen.com Slim

    “if(survivor = true & type = riot zombie){
    target point = leg collision
    }
    - Con”

    LMAO! That made my day! LOL! Thanks. I really enjoy watching the game progress. But sometimes your answers here are so very entertaining. Love how you used script in your satire. Funny and smart.

    The new Alpha really blew me away. Your alpha is already more detailed then any flash game I have personally seen.
    Thanks for all your hard work.

  • Anthony

    How can you not follow AFL it’s awesome, even though I can’t play for shit.
    St Kilda rape the asses beat the pants of all other teams!

    P.S: Pardon my French.

    Keep a lid on it Frenchy.
    - Con

  • Jack

    i love you guys for fixing my bug CON ARTISTS ARE THE BEST ALL WAYS HAVE BEEN ALL WAYS WILL BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Your bug, it’s my bug.
    - Con

  • Bob Effin Saget

    ive followed the LS series since the day it hit armorgames honestly they are some of my favorite flash games ever the latest alpha was absolutley great i enjoyed it alot

    p.s. I like the “bottlecap” fallout reference

  • Ash

    Night of the living dead and land of the dead were George Romero’s best directed stuff. What does zombieland have in common with them? FREAKIN ZOMBIES. Land of the dead is one of his more popular ones and honestly I thought the ending to that was a peice of crap, though great movie up till then. And zombie land was directed by an up an coming director.

    *sigh* may as well leave it there. Wouldn’t want to be responsable for the game being delayed due to a zombie move argument.

  • dafter

    Nice update Con ! But i hate that theres no endless serching. Maybe you could put it back but make that you get XP only for 1st time you search it?
    P.S. Why did you remove the forum ??!?!!!

  • http://www.cosmicsupremacy.com jack

    enemy drops mmm nice, doing alphas is spoiling the impact for release but hey,

  • Oblivium

    Yo con, I see that some zombies drop handbags. Will you be able to search these for items? Also, will there be different kinds of a ammo for certain weapons, such as explosive arrows?

  • random

    well umm i made 3 new characters and cleared the cache twice but i can still cant find the shotgun or the sledge hammer everyones talking about. in fact i get the same items from the same place everytime.

    but still a great alpha

  • d3wd

    Okay. After deleting my old character i cant find any weapons and 090 downgrading doesnt work too.

    But i dont care because i know you do it complete soon. :-D
    thx.

    ~d3wd

  • http://www.iceage.wikia.com/wiki/User:ScratteLover2 AK-74 Rules!

    Why do people keep asking if your Austrailian? I thought this is a discussion about, Last Stand, Guns and Zombies? NOT AUSTRAILIA!

    Why do people keep asking about people asking if I’m Australian!?
    - Con

  • Jake

    Great 4lpha really want more, but those two doors won’t open, and my security skill is 45 and theres only three guns :(

  • Hakix

    are you using as2 or as3?

    Still on AS2…no time to learn 3 yet.
    - Con

  • cookie

    Just wondering, whats a singlet?

    A tank-top I guess. That’s my Australian English playing up again. Just checked it online, seems it’s an Aussie only term :P
    - Con

  • DAROACH6

    NICE BETA CON! ALSO WHEN I WAS OUT SIDE THERE WAS A CRAWLER THAT LOOKED LIKE MICHALE JACKSON NO KID!

  • Liam

    ALOT better. ive got guns. i found the compound bow, but um. i know u said there would be drops from zombies. two of zombies i killed had backpacks drop. idk because i tried picking the item up and nothing happened. im guessing you can pick them up next demo. or u would just be testing if an item drop form zombie would go through.

  • MetalIsLoudWOOT!

    I agree with the guy above me, cookies and pie are delicious, also, great alpha, looking forward to seeing this game progress, I already like it. It needs slow sad classical music in the background, that would match the whole theme of it.

  • http://jonathanslegoblog.blogspot.com/ JonP

    hey con you know how you put zombie marines in last stand 2 can you put marine survivors in union city

  • Anomony

    There are some doors I can’t open. Are they a bug, or is it because it’s an alpha? GO CON ARTISTS!!!

  • Pedro Henrique

    Man, you’re doing an wonderful job, i can’t wait to play it!
    The things have changed a lot, changed to better.
    Congratulations Con Artists

  • Exeara

    @JonP…

    TURN UP YO VOLUME. :|

  • Exeara

    Whopps. Meant Anomony. My bad.

  • Rocky

    I’m loving the compound bow. Only problem is when I go down the stairs, the survivor gets stuck and jumps around.

  • That guy who is better than Chuck Norris at guitar

    Can you make it so that there are torsos that are actually dead? Because now when I see a halfy (what I call them, maybe it could catch on *wink wink*) I just shoot it, they are always alive and there is no surprise when you see one come after you. Also, why are the boxes in the entrance of the storage room inaccessible now? They did have an M16A2 in there! And finally, can I look forward to seeing the bukkake poster in the future versions? That was hilarious.
    -JD-

    Yeah, there’ll be dead crawlers in the next update.
    - Con

  • chris

    mmm the new 0.91A update deleted my files ): but sounds cool :D

  • Stealth killer

    Game updates so far have been good and awsome but wat makeing my head do 360 degree cartwheels is

    Why arnt there safehouses we can take control of and use as a homebase to rest , eat,sleep,plan out the day with a map of where u have gone

    this isnt a suggestion its just something i got to get out my mind cause doesnt every apocalyptic survivor need a safehouse

    Because they…haven’t been implemented…yet?
    - Con

  • http://kacboy.webs.com/ kacboy

    Hey Con this is totally off topic but, you ever going to maybe continue making that street fighting game you worked on before TLS2?

    I lost all that stuff in a HDD crash, might be something I look at again in future though.
    - Con

  • Mr. A

    So con if we sweep and clean out the entire city we will have to get stuff from the very rare trading and zombie drops?

    nice! :P

    cant wait to see those.

  • Flameonfish

    Hey Con, I was looking at your Twitter updates and a couple days ago you posted that you were looking to make Borderlands/Diablo drops. Does that mean your looking to make the stats of dropped guns random? (Well not entirely random)

    No I meant that enemies will drop weapons and gear.
    - Con

  • That guy who is better than Chuck Norris at guitar

    Sounds great, also, I was wondering if I could write a Last Stand song, record it with my band, and email it to you. If you liked it then maybe it could be the main menu music or in the game or something.
    -JD-

    I’ve already got music covered, thanks.
    - Con

  • Dakota

    So let me get this straight…YOUR A AUSTRAILIAN ZOMBIE VOICEOVERING 6 FOOT TALL GIANT?!?!?…..Awesomness :)

    RAAARRGGH, CON SMASH!
    - The Incredible Con

  • gustavo

    The Bow is awesome!!

    You gonna make a multiplayer for the game(question)

  • Nathan

    I got a 96 critical hit with the bow and the zombie’s head exploded. Lol. It would be cool if there was an endless anslaught mode where the zombies just keep spawning off screen, and start attacking you. It would make a good video for something like an advertisement or a promotional video, I think.

  • That guy who is better than Chuck Norris at guitar

    too bad man, i had some sick ideas, oh well though. Cheers from Canada, where the beer is cold

  • http://ryanrich.webs.com superman

    i last play the last stand .90 but when i pressed continue on .91 it was a new character HELP please, and this game is really cool

    I had to release an update that deleted the old 0.9 characters, sorry.
    - Con

  • Pierre Charbonneau

    Very very cool. I simply love your work. Might be interesting to make search-able places outside.

    There are. Check the trash cans and magazine stands.
    - Con

  • RedLantern

    hey this is a great game! i love it… but i think that there should be “boss” zobies later in the game…also will there be a back story like 1 and 2?

  • ikkiegw

    Every time I go trough a door, an other survivor follows me, with an other face, hair and clothes.

    Nevertheless great work! Love your games, they are the only flashgames that I play (really!)! Can’t wait for the release of TLS: UC (:

    Reaaaaaaaaaaaad theeeeeeee poooooooost.
    - Con

  • webdemon

    Hello,i noticed that the right survivor on the picture looks a lot like Soap MacTavish from Call of Duty 6!Can you please add him as a survivor ingame?And, will Union city have any COD6 elements?

  • JoeSmurf

    Great game.The concept of the game is very realistic for what will hopefully never happening pandemic.Smart moves with the wogt of clothes and objects.The only downside if found in the game was the unappealing laughter caused by the glitchy surviours.

  • DaViper

    Loving the alpha. I would like to point that when aiming straight up, the back arm is in front of the head.

  • uknown

    kinda funny how people ask the most random questions here,i see cod,i see music,i see soap,i see alot of stuff, guys hes making the game alright.. dont put more in hes hands than he doesnt care bout.

  • bunkybunk242@yahoo.com

    God bless you for including Muttonchops in this game. Greatest facial hair ever.

  • Farloe

    its awsome but you really should turn enless searching back on, its really short without the endlessness, though i must say, i really did like running around with a MIB suit killing zombies with a SV SMG >:D

  • Parker

    Can’t wait for the new Alpha and why the hell do people care where your from i wouldn’t care if your from russia and its the cold war.

  • Nathan

    I found a Michael Jackson zombie.

  • Kris

    Will the survivors in the final game be as mercenary-y? I was surrounded by 4 zombies and my survivor headshot each one with the glock in 2-3 seconds.

    Nope, I’ve gotta dumb them down a bit.
    - Con

  • cookie

    Hey con, just thought of something awesome: playing the last stand while listening to raining blood. epic

    From a lacerated sky, bleeding it’s horror, creating my structure, now I shall, reign in blood!
    - Con

  • Crabore Numbnuts

    Game is looking great.

    Would be even awesomer if you had, at the end of your days adventures in the town, a gameplay throwback to last stand 2 style where you have to fight off waves of zombies. You could re-use a lot of that older code from L.S 2 and it would just be too kick ass to have both great game styles in one game,.

  • The Porno Guy

    Hi,

    I have an simple question, if search container’s when i’m low level…i’ll get ordionary stuff, and when i’m high level and increase my searching and luck, i’ll get rare stuff…means that i should be doing searching only when i’m high level?

    Also…maybe you could add some more stuff to container’s as searching level increases…

    Will look forward to reply,
    The Porno Guy

    The thing will be that you’ll need to search to get by, so holding off until you’ve got a high search isn’t going to work. Also, the plan is to have so many places to search that you won’t have searched everywhere. On top of that…you’ll be only able to access certain areas at certain levels.
    - Con

  • http://armorgames.com/user/Dannydaninja DannyDaNinja

    I love it how Survivors are smart enough to shoot SWAT zombies in the legs!!

  • cookie

    From a lacerated sky, bleeding it’s horror, creating my structure, now I shall, reign in blood!
    - Con
    Nice con! Why cant more people like Slayer? anyway did you hear about the slayer megadeth anthrax metallica concert?

    Oh my, that sounds ridiculous. Where is that happening?
    - Con

  • Ash

    Will the item drop feature you have been working on be updated into this alpha or will it be something we will see in a couple weeks in a new alpha?

    Thanks in advance.

    It’ll be in a new one soon, just got a bunch of artwork to do for it (all the drop objects).
    - Con

  • JayHeych

    Good day con, The gameplay quite honestly improves 100% every alpha much less bugs and less lag. Like people have pointed out the followers pwn the zombies too easily.

    I’ve just recently played one of your earlier creations last stand 1 and i was just wondering about the Barratt because it wasnt implemented in the second is it going to be back with a beastly vengence? man its so awesome

    just saw the zombie clown aswell, george romero reference? lol thanks for the giving flash games a good name, truely

  • Callum S.

    Thought I should mention an exploit of the composite bow, if right after shooting you press reload, it notches the bow instantly and can be shot rapid fire if clicking shoot, then reload, and repeat quickly. BTW you are awesome and spectacular.

  • Ash

    That tik tok to the future is hilarious! Hate the song though, she cant sing…

    Yeah keep twitter stuff on twitter, eh?
    - Con

  • Exeara

    Loot from corpses are the dropped bags/book bags, right?

    Kinda nope.
    - Con

  • Josh S.

    looking good so far. like another poster mentioned, I would think gaining xp from every reload of guns would make it seem easy to lvl; anyways, this is turning into a great game, just can’t wait for the next update >_<

  • http://www.conartistgames.com lovelaststand

    hi con! loving the new compund bow!. As metioned before, animals zombies would be good. Also maybe the character could have a dog companion who attacks lightly.

  • cookie

    Sorry con, it happened in june. It was in sofia, belgium. But if you look on youtube they have videos of it. in the one I saw they played Am i evel

  • Drfreakzilla

    Last Stand: Union City is the only thing helping me get over my girlfriend..

  • Garfunkle

    A lot like fallout which is my favorite game. Keep up the good work

  • Kiwi

    very nice, but its extremely laggy :/
    will there be more buildings to enter in the next alpha?

    If it’s lagging for you, turn off some of the effects in the options.
    - Con

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

    i found a compound bow con your legend for putting that in

  • Crowhaven

    Nice new update lol I killed zombified Louis!
    I like the fact that zombies get up quick once you’re like on top of them. Survivors have like really accurate and powerful guns which are obviously the same as mine. I like the Vector from MW2! What are you gonna put in the next update(s)?

    - Crowhaven

  • JayHeych

    dont answer my question then, thats cool just answer pointless ones mate

    You’ll notice a pattern if you look through the comments. I’ll answer questions about stuff that’s actually in the game already and stuff that’s unrelated to the game entirely / interesting to me.

    What I won’t answer, is the 10 billion questions I get every day about minute pissy details of stuff that’s not in the game yet.
    - Con

  • lil Warrior 141 Task Force

    the last alpha is great but i have broblem 2 load and save it dont work but great work con.

  • Connor

    hey could you make it so that when you crouch the survivor crouches too?

    They’ll figure out how and when to crouch on their own.
    - Con

  • chevi

    great game can´t wait till final version… nice job

  • Mike

    Its problem in mi PC or all other alphas arent working?

    No I removed them all from the site as I was getting close to my bandwidth allowance for the site for the month.
    - Con

  • Josh Inkpen

    im gunna make a guy who looks like shavo odadjian ^.^ i miss SOAD……..

  • Eobhain

    gotta say, man, liked all your games so far, LOVE zombies, and wish i new about this final(?) sequel earlier so i could experience it’s construction.

  • shift4101

    Hey Con. Quick problem. When the Adobe Flash Player Settings comes up, I cant select anything. Can’t even close the window. Any tips?

    Update your Flash Player?
    - Con

  • asecg

    i cant wait to play it in full version!!
    but it seem like you copy some things of fallout 3 hehe
    but its great dont take it bad

  • chris

    WOOT got xm8

  • Strelok

    Does the FN FAL falls in the long arms category or automatics?Cause its single fire means its a rifle but in real life its Assault rifle.

  • Noah

    you should have a choice if survivors follow you I wanna kill the survivors and take there stuff D:<

  • Michael Jacksons fugly Cousin

    would be cool if you could barricade houses and make escape routes in case the zombies get through

  • Matthew

    Dear Conz0rs

    I have seen the stupid feedback people leave you here, even if you tell then to not do so, but still, nice alpha, looking forward for beta…even if we need to wait 1000 alphas.
    Always yours. ||Fake and fgay||
    Matthew.

    P.S: Yes, Zombieland sucks.

  • http://s7.zetaboards.com/A_K_T___I_I_I/index/ Tjerr08

    i don’t know if you can still take this. but i liked the barricades. i was wondering if you would be able to look around the map and find certain pieces to make it.

  • LastStandSurvivorThatNevaDies

    You need to hurry up and add some friggin ARMOR! im tired of just having all weps you need to add a All Armor command for the command box thing!

  • max1039

    the two best fire arms ive got are the shotgun and sv smg are they the best firearms that you can find in just this alpha test?

  • Rick

    This is very similar to Fallout except the main enemy are zombies.

  • kervin

    links are gone

  • Alexpav37

    Why can’t i play, it pisses me off that the links don’t work!

  • sergio

    The Last Stand Union City Beta 0.5 watch 

  • Beast

    how do u get the compound bow?