The Last Stand: Union City – Q&A

sweet first comment thanks for the update con info = happy

No question ewet? Thanks, but no need to post.
- Con

No depth? So is it going to be like a zombie version of sinmark? If so, I probly will not like it.

I should clarify, it won’t have as much depth as the previous Last Stand games and no it’ll be nothing like Sin Mark. Again, this isn’t an opinion thread, it’s a Q&A.
- Con

Again I will ask this question. Will the survivors be behind you or in front OR will this be like autmn war?

hey will there a chance to customize weapons?

so we can a boy or girl ?
and we can choose wear
somthing or nothing at all ?
do we get to choose cloths too?
for the clothes can a character
wear no clothes at all ?
why cant we get drunk in the game?
what kind of controversy will you ?

What part of one question didn’t you understand?
- Con

How much “costumizable” will the characters be?
I can’t see the end game: is it just walking around Union City trying to survive as many days possible?
Will the player be able to build barricades?
Will there be traps like in The Last Stand 2?
Will the player need to worry about daylight fights this time?
How many weapons/traps there will be?
With the player will be able to interact with other human characters, it seems, will there be trades?
Will some group of governmental scientist be involved in the story?

I’ve got no more questions for now, thanks just for working on the game!

ONE. QUESTION.
- Con

will there be like the 40 day count down like in the other last stands

I don’t know If you answered this already but how many weapons will there be in this game?

oh cool you took my suggestion and did a Q&A

will there be survivors in the game that will help out?

What kind of new Melee weapons will be introduced?

will there be something like, at night, you have to baracade yourself inside a building then in the morning,aafter holding out in the building, go into the city?

I’ll answer this one here. I’m not sure at this stage. You’ll be able to sleep at any time, so travelling around the city at night will be possible. As for barricading and security while you sleep, I don’t know yet. I’m still figuring it out.
- Con

hey i have a question about melle wepons will they stand out or will they be hidden so we have to click on them thanks

now, con, why is that people dont read the “one question” rule?

and half of the questions have already been awsered in previous post!

I’m really interested in how skills work. I’m guessing they’re more like perks rather than abstract +1s and -1s… Could you please give us an example of a possible skill in Last Stand: Union City and how it would work?

A New Plus Game mode would be pretty cool; replaying the game with a saved finished character.

I’m going to post a full run down of how characters will work later this week. I’m really excited about the skill and levelling system I’ve got planned. It’s a combination of a couple of great systems.
- Con

Alright your gonna kill me for asking two questions but they relate to each other.

Can you customize what your character wears?
Will the things you wear/the things you carry weigh you down?
(Instead of putting a cap on the amount of things you can carry you put a weight cap and each thing you carry adds to this number, so depending on your strength level you can carry more or less.)

You’re so dead.
- Con

When you beat the game is it just going to end like in fallout 3, or continue like in oblivion?

Is the camera position going to be the same as the previous games or will it be zoomed out more?

I’ll answer this one here. Not sure yet, I’m actually looking at doing my first mock up of a room today.
- Con

Cool thanks for giving us that info… but I do have a question… Is there a limit to survivors that can be with you?

Probably. Not really sure at this stage.
- Con

what type of gun attatchments will be avalible in the game??

No definitive list yet.
- Con

How will the background of our character affect our character? Thanks.

I hope the “whatever you can pick up” melee weapon thing doesn’t cause the game to lag or mess up…I see that being a problem in this type of game!

Eh? It’s not a physics based thing. What I mean is that there’ll be a lot of melee weapons. If you can pick something up and swing it, it’ll probably be in there.
- Con

assuming it has an ending, will there be multiple endings?

what i mean is, based on your performance/choices in the story, will you get a different ending?

Not sure yet.
- Con

Are you going to have unique situations? If you need me to elaborate, then just ask.

Yep, there’ll be a bunch of situations that’ll come up, like quests that you can take on. That what you meant?

- Con

ive got a question….
when at night time is it going to be harder to see and easier for zombies to make ambushes and at daytime there are less zombies?

Yes, thank you.

hey con if you have a survivor with you and he/she gets killed, will they turn into a zombie or will they just be a body?

will the zombies be any different
ex. diff weapons pesonallities etc.

Is there going t obe more then 2 weapons carried at one time?

Is there going to be unlimited ammo or will we have to find ammo as we go?

good luck

Will you be able to go inside buildings, ect. or will it be completely linear, like screen-to-screen?

Will your con artist logo make a cameo as one of the zombies?\

Hah, he should.
- Con

are you going to release a wepons list soon?

Not anytime soon.
- Con

This will still be real time, not a turn based combat system, right?

Yep.
- Con

Why, (in the other games) do the zombies only attack at night?

My theory: Light hurts them, so they stay in shade. If a survivor goes into a dark room, they could be attacked, and Zs can come out into the light if they can stand the pain.

The survivors weren’t around during the day they were out scavenging, no humans around, no zombies. Also you’re confusing vampires with zombies and I Am Legend “zombies” are crap.
- Con

omg this game is gonna kill me omg the wait is so long but perfection has its price i geuss.
are there gonna be bosses and are the zombies diffrent? stronger/weaker/slow/fast/and looks

Do other survivor allowed to carry items for you?

Will you have different types of zombies like L4D (e.g. boomers and tanks) or will you stick with the same zombies from the last game?

Will it be a diary (or any similar thing) like in the LS1?
It was nice because it added some “personality” to the charecter.

Thanks.

Say you are walking through the city, how do you enter different buildings? Is it just walking into doors which there are only 2 of in a screen or what?

So is this going to be like download the game cuz it seems to become very big unless its like deadfrontier.

At this stage I’m still aiming for it to be available in the browser. I’ve got years of experience of optimising things down to fit.
- Con

How would talking work?

what i mean by that is when your near a survivor how would he let you know whether or not hes going with you (eg. fallout 3, or something else)

btw fallout 3 is awsome

It’ll be a conversation tree like Fallout.
- Con

Wow Con that’s sounds great.
I would like to advise you a new idea. How about a base place˙(apartment). You could find items like: iron bar, steel etc. You could upgrade its deffense, so if you have problems you can return to safety like the LS1-2. Of course you could find things ( microwave and toaster, fridge) to upgrade your health level. These could be seen at your apartment.
I hope you like the idea.
P.S: I love your games

I was wondering if there is going to be a time limit in the game? For example, in your previous Last Stand games, you need to hold out until you get help or go to meet the help in a certain period of time.

Aha! “I’m really excited about the skill and levelling system I’ve got planned. It’s a combination of a couple of great systems.”-Con. Haha Your going to use my system I sugested!? (Tree system for skills, States, and others…) lol, I’d be honered XD and yes I am back!

HAHA. What?
- Con

Will there be a health bar? I’m personally against the idea, but it might be good for seperate difficulties.

Hello,
Last stand 2 rocks, so union city will be the best (I HOPE)

Question:
How many weapons will there be?

And will some of these weapons go in the game, YES? which?
*P90
*MG42
*RPD
*MP5
*M21
*M4
*Desert Eagle

1 thing that would be very cool: Golden weapons and silver weapons (Desert Eagle standard color is silver…)

Hey! Read my FAQ’s http://www.conartistgames.com/index.php/faqs/. Also Golden weapons are lame and I want to punch the video game developer who thought Desert Eagles are cool in the face.
- Con

Edit:
Will the survivors be able to carry and use things? (since there’s gonna be more than just weapons)

Not sure. I’m thinking that possibly it’ll be a collective inventory.
- Con

What it kinda seems like is that your turning away from the basic barrier and going to ‘free roam’ is this going to change the game completely?

Not in terms of what The Last Stand is about, kicking zombie butt.
- Con

Dear Con,
Seems like a great idea and hopefully will come to life as you see it. My question however is this, with the movement only being left and right (hopefully up&down will be taken out, as it causes more problems with sidescrollers than most people realize) will a person be able to “sprint” past the zombies or will they be stuck like in your Sin Mark game?

I’m still not sure how it’ll work in that regard. I may make it so that you can attempt to get past, but there’s a chance that they’ll react and grab you.
- Con

Make your own character is a good idea. But i think we should have the opportunity to play with the main character from the first 2 Last Stand. How about that? We can either choose him and continue the storyline or make a new one and make a spin-off story in a way.

It’s a different time line to when TLS Guy arrives. TLS:UC is set nearly 2 months beforehand. There will be the option to create a similar looking character if you want him to return that badly.
- Con

Will there be not just weapons and clothes but equipment like for example: night vision goggles or a flashlight or a kevlar vest or something like…

Will you have any health or will it be if a zombie touches you, you die type thing. Like in the last stands 1 and 2?

con sadly i dont think this question and answer is working (because you already answered all the questions at the top) and even i cant think of a question so my question is……

Do You Like Pizza?

Yes and thanks for wasting my time.
- Con

Will there be more then one setting? Like instead of just Union City You go to JonesTown.

There’s plenty of variety within Union City.
- Con

hey con, just wondering, but do you have an idea of what the HP of the character will be? like is it one bite and he’s dead, or does it take a whole lot more

hey got a suggestion dont hurt me (cowres in fear) but like a tommy gun round drum for a rifel laser sight and for a single guns pistols and stuff dual pistols ( :

Sincerly that guy

Sincerely, read my FAQ. http://www.conartistgames.com/index.php/faqs/
- Con

Are attributes (i.e. intelligence, strength) ala hardcore RPGs in the game, or is it more skill based(i.e. gun repair, melee weapon expertise…)

Bit of both. I’ll be posting a run down on characters next week.
- Con

I’m sorry most of these people don’t read the information above; But I have an idea for your Weapon Attatchments:

Front Att.: Bayonett,Laser,Bipod or Flashlight
Top Att.: Scopes, (Laser, Cross-fire)
Back Att.: Stocks (Wooden, Metal)
Barrel Att.: Flash Hider or Silencer

I have a question though: Can you just find a weapon with attachments and just scrap it for its attachments and put it on a different weapon?

I’m still debating how attachments will work. In reality, a lot of the time weapon attachments are custom made for a particular weapon. I’m not sure how I’ll go about handling switching them off between different weapons.
- Con

That sounds fantastic, Con Artist.
I wonder, can you be experimental with melee weapons and combine them to create bigger and more dangerous ones, or perhaps have physics kick in when someone is getting whacked by a golf club, big lamp, etc.?

just as a joke really but will we be able to search for a cure?
also.. (`O_O’)=@ >:E
THrowing a punch at a zombie

Have you ever thought of having a random
zombie generator because it got boring
looking at the same old zombies. How many twin zombies and rotwielers are there
in the game? too many if you ask me.

There were around 4500 different combinations of human zombies in the previous games…
- Con

I have one question…In the last games if one zombie attacks you…well you die. How will it be in this game? like a health system or something?

are there going to be achievments
and difficulty levels???

You said that there will be melee weapons in the game. Could the guns the character holding be a melee weapon too? For example if you are in the middle of reloading you gun and a zombie attacks you, could you hit the zombie with the butt of your gun or do you have switch to the melee weapon? Yes I know asked 2 questions, but the questions are reletively the same.

Hey, How many survivors can you have with you?

Will Guns degraded in quality like in fallout 3?

At this stage, no. It’s one of the most annoying parts of Fallout 3.
- Con

Hello Con and the Q and A answered ALOT of questions will certain backgrounds allow you to use only specific weapons you can use in the game?

I’ll cover this in the character stuff I post next week, but in short, kind of. You’ll have a few skills that you choose up front which will be your dominant skills. You can always get better at using them though.
- Con

If our character was a free lance reporter will he get bonus points that’ll make him more adapt at killing zombies? :3

Con,
Since you talk about RPG elements, will there be eating and drinking and craping like in Dead Frontier?

Check the announcement post. No crapping though.
- Con

Most RPG’s have some form of magic. I asume this won’t? Or will it have anything similar (enchantments, curses, ect.) or will there be nothing? (I know alot of post-apocalyptic games don’t have magic like Fallout but there are a couple that do…)

You assume right.
- Con

Oh yeah Sorry Again for the double comment like I asked before have you ever played fallout(s) if so will there be perks or optional traits if its an RPG?

So, the goal of this is to be outstandingly open, while the release date is 2010. Considering it took The-Swain and Jmbt042 1 and 1/2 years to program Frontier, and Krinkels about 9 months on average to present a new madness cartoon, I don’t honestly believe that that goal is realistic.
Simplified: Do you really think a game of this much magnitude ( Hours of game play?) can really be delivered in the year 2010 or am I just being a n00b?

Based off my previous games is what I’m working to. I think I can do it in that timeframe, why else would I post that?
- Con

I am happy to hear that the different types of zombies will be present. However, are we going to have bosses? Or zombies with special powers (I guess like L4D or the zombies Vs plants)

First of all why do people ask shit tons of questions, or ask things answered in the article or other posts?

My question is will you be able to control survivors, like defend, attack, retreat ect?

Can I ask another questio- Kidding.

Are there going to be quickbuild temporary barriers, or are permanent ones going to be available?

Will you be able to combine some of the many objects (or wepons) into new wepons like sin mark does with runes and Fall Out 3 does with schymatics?

(Quote 45: Tomb Raider)

so the new way of movement allows us to break free a little bit. ok. but will there be a little of a “defend the barrier” part like the previous LS?

hey just wondering what does the clown do because i have never seen one in TLS 1 & 2…is it going to be like L4D 2 clown that attracts zombies to your location?

Hmmm…

All of these aspects are very similar to the MMO Dead Frontier. By any chance, did Dead Frontier come as inspiration to you?

I haven’t actually been able to play Dead Frontier because for some reason it runs like a dog on my machine. I’m not sure what the issue is, but I get about 5fps. Think it might be a distance from their servers issue, hence making my ping too high. But yeah, everyone keeps saying that, I would say that real life is the inspiration…I could name about 20 pen and paper RPG’s that had these systems in them too.
- Con

How will the basic needs of a human such as water and food be implemented into the game (:?

chrisT, you will need to eat them. And find them.

Sorry Con, I meant “why do the Zombies only attack at night?”

Dear Con,

I love your games ther’re fun, but i also play FPS like L4D mabye After Or Before UC is made you can make a gamemode or a completely new game, like L4D with tanks and stuff. You wouldnt really need to change that many things the hardest would be changing values on tanks and stuff and models,well hopfuly you’ll respond back. Keep up the Freakin awsome work!

So have you thought about Female surviors, that was somthing you’ve never had in your previous games

One question’s been eating away at me,
Will this last stand be voice acted or will it be clips with subtitles like the last 2 and if it is can we turn the voice on/off?

How can you sleep with that tearing away at your soul?! It will be voice acted, yes. You’ll be able to disable sound, not sure about subtitles at this stage.
- Con

Will the government be involved like they want to help but make it worse and you have to fight them in the end for the better good or do they just sit around saying everything will be better and lie to make people think things are ok

Hi Con.
First of all I think your game will be fantastic.
Secondly, as I read the prevorious questions, I have found a really good one. The 41th was posted by Nero66. He advised you an idea about a base, where the hero can return. I think his ideas were really good ones.Is there a possibility of it in the future versions of last stand?
What do you think about hem?

can you have a side fringe lol it would make me =]

Get a haircut, hippy.
- Con

Say you had a sxope attachment how would that work in a 2d side scroller? would you switch to viewing things through the scope or what?

I’ll just answer this one here. You character will have a skill rating associated with each weapon type, this will affect your accuracy. Attachments will also affect this accuracy.
- Con

Oh crap, I didn’t see the ‘click here to read the rest of this post’ and posted questions you already answered, sorry. Here’s one you didn’t: Despite having the anything you can pick up acts as a melee weapon, will you still have conventional melee weapons, like axes and chainsaws and katanas, OH MY!!!?

Yeah.
- Con

By Customisable Backrounds, What do you mean by that. E.g. what kinds etc.

Character backgrounds, like they were a carpenter or a boxer or whatever.
- Con

I’m just thinking new ideas here but, could there be a mode after you die, that involves you BEING the zombie and going after your fellow survivors?

Another question I need to ask is will your melee weapons break over time or can you just keep using them for however long you want?

Will there be different types of followers? Like in Fallout 3 you can choose between a dog, ghoul, super mutant, ect. And on top of that there are some evil some good and some neutral.

Dear Con,
For this Apocalyptic Zombie Christmas I just want one thing, a hunting rifle with a scope and a bipod, I aslo want a nice wooden stock so I can take zombies of from roof tops, hills, and from far away when they’re not expecting it. Speaking of which will this game suit a lone rogue, with a sniper rifle? because The Original Last Stands Didn’t.

Hey Con, Will you be able to actually build your own barricade? Like it’ll take a while but put a buncha’ sandbags in a circular formation And try to take them out?

Also: Do you think the view will be as close as your previous games? I think they should be just a little more farther.

DDNinjaGames I think you need to play LS one more time. ;P

With the whole day/night thing will it be like the one castlevania game where a message comes up and says somethin about the day vanguishing the night. xD You should make that as a little easter egg or something…

Also, what kind of weapons will be in the game? M4-Carbine? Ak47? I say you “steal” some ideas for that from Modern Warfare 2… xD

Well, good luck con!

dude i meant like if you dont eat youll slowly lose healt or your abilities are decreased or what? …

Dude I answered that. Yes.
- Con

can you get fatter if you eat too much food?
does the gun shot burst attract zombies from a distance such as a aggro meter??
can u change your little survivor followers cloths weps and food rations?? ty conz keep the good work up =) _
FUDGE

Hawt man. This game looks awesome (even though it is not even close to done)

Now for a question about the story:
Will we be experiencing the events described in the diary from the first one?

(and perhaps if you have time: Will we be meeting the main character after he escapes to union city at the end of ‘episode’ 2?)

Do you think story and character development is going to figure heavily into The Last Stand: Union City?

OR

What is your favorite pizza topping?

I have two questions
1. Will you ever make an iPhone app?
2. Would you give people (like me) permission to make a Half-life 2 mod that copies off almost all the detail of your game?

No and no. Feel free to make a mod using ideas from the games, just don’t copy it directly or use the name. I have lawyers, we will chase you.
- Con

Con,
Will you have short term power-ups like rage in SAS zombie assault

Have you played Borderlands yet? This is kinda reminding me of borderlands.

Will the survivors be able to lvl up and or gain atributes aswell?

Yeah, can’t get into Borderlands, feels too much like an MMO with out the Massive part.
- Con

Well I have been playing your games for a long time, I really didn’t expect this.
My question: Would it basically be like this game.
http://lcs.wikidot.com/ Sorry, couldn’t really find a better representation.

(A lot of options, choose who’s going with you, have an effect on the game world like burning down stuff, randomly killing people effects your reputation, yadda yadda yadda)

Or just like your other games, with a bit of Fallout mixed in with Zombie Apocalypse.

Do you have any ideas or a beginning weapon? If you don’t can we have a Bowie Knife from
COD:World At War those are cool

your going to probaly ban me from the site for asking 2 questions, while 1 of them is pointless, but….

1. when can you give a rundown on the character types

2. do you like bleach….

(hides behind couch)

Sorry id this sonds kinda dorky but i am an aspiering chef and i think this should be a cheracter back groud. cooking can be a good quality in zombie situwations: you know how to contole fire, how to make the most out of rations and knive skills that woould be good meele. to put it in a question can being a chef be a background for your character

Yep. Chef is on my list of character backgrounds.
- Con

According to basic zombie science, a single attack from a zed would result in infection and ultimately death(and zombification!).

How, then, could a health bar be at all justifiable?

They’ve gotta bite you first.
- Con

Hi Con. You´re the best flash game creator ever and I really want to help you somehow.

By clicking the ads in this site and/or in Armorgames are we helping you?

Woho, No Vehicles? So we must travel on foot though, but are we gonna die if we go out in the street at night? Cause zombies have more Advantages at night…… Hope there should be a save buttons for this, a long long journey

i’ve posted before and most of mine have been answered by con (which is really kl) but one thing that i am wondering is that if you lose health when you don’t eat or drink. one must wonder how hard its going to be to find food and water. so is there going to be food finding missions or will we just have to hope to find food before we die?

Wtll there be a base camp or something like that? Camping equipment?

umm can we like choose basicly if were in the military or police or basically that kind of customization that will effect what kind of weapons we use ex if i were in the military i probly be better with assault rifles and blah blah

Alright well I’ve looked through this entire post and one question that no one has asked: “IS THERE GOING TO BE A SAVE/LOAD SYSTEM?”

Yes of course.
- Con

If this a spoiler just say spoiler don’t just leave the comment blank (please):

How did they set up base at Union City if it was infected?

It’s a different timeline to the first two games. It takes place after the initial outbreak, so about 60 days BEFORE the first Last Stand game.
- Con

Can we fight from windows like from the side of a building?

I’d like to know more about the character background thing. Once you get more in-depth I’d like to hear about that soon

Hey, Con, I hope I’m allowed to post this here- Maybe there could be an endless mode, similar to TLS 1, that is an alternative to the campaign. After a few kills, you get a new weapon, and such. Or maybe, there could be a ‘training ground’ thing, where you and a live zombie fight, in a cage.

since there isn’t barricades will zombies still only come in on one side of the screen or both sides of the screen?

Can you search dead bodies/ or put things on them? Can you set up traps?

Will the game have a more structured story, or will it be more open ended like fallout 3? Also, when will you have a weapons list?

It’ll have a few stories going on. Nothing is set in stone yet. Weapons list, here you go:
- Guns
- Stuff you can bash zombies with
- Stuff you can cut zombies with

Haven’t written a full list yet.
- Con

will you be able to combine items to make weapons?
For example:
gas tank + blowtorch= flamethrower

bottle of liquor + matches= moltav cocktail

Maybe, still working this out.
- Con

Are there going to be unique situations in which you pick routes to decide if you live or die?

Such as a CYOA

EX: Surrounded in building
A: Go with team Y to find weapons.
B: Go with team Z to find supplies.
C: Go with team X to find better shelter.

how will weather effect gameplay

are the notes or the diary gonna be back and some words that aren’t suppose to be there like the recipe in LS1?

Is it safe to say all the weapons from Last Stand 2 will be in it? If so can survivors use grenades, chainsaws, and compound bows?

Yeah, most of them will return.
- Con

So if it’s a prequil is there any more backstory?

Depends. You’ll know as much as your character knows.
- Con

When is the approx release date?

http://www.conartistgames.com/index.php/faqs/
- Con

you mentioned weapon attachments and melee weapons are you going to have attachments for the melee weapons or only guns?

Only guns at this stage.
- Con

nice!!! can’t wait for it to come out but 1 question is there going to be a free roam in the city?

Is there any new types of zombie to face that you have decided on yet?

Is there going to be throwing objects, like knives, crates or Molotov Coctails?

Yes.
- Con

Can you add clothes so that you can make your caracter look like movie characters (i.e. Indiana Jones, James Bond, Dirty Harry, Spartacus, etc.)?

When having the survivors will they have there own weapons or will u have to give them one if they follow u?

Still not sure how I’m going to handle giving weapons to survivors, trying to keep survivor management to a minimum because of how much other stuff is going on in the game.
- Con

Hahaha Con you just shut down GaM3r. Will there be traps?

Sorry what I ment was:

A: Can survivors or Intelligent Zombies set up traps; (I am Legend) that you trip?

B: Can you set up traps?

Oh nevermind, second question xD. Is it one hit kills for them?

Already answered that one too, no.
- Con

Alright Con last Q&A I’m going to ask. Will there be different types of survivors for example:

A: A dog
B: A Midget with an axe (Dwarf)
C: A Prostitute

that you can choose from?

Like a strange Survivor Catalogue that you order from? No. You’ll run into different characters on your path though.
- Con

Back again with another one. Is there a save state system? I mean, the last two games had me going bloodshot mode. Any idea if you can add a save option?

Wow, got to love the internet. Anyways, late to the party, but my question is…and I searched through and couldn’t find it so I’m assuming it hasn’t been asked but,

Can you give any estimate about how large the gameworld will be?

And if it has already been asked…

Do you see this as the end of The Last Stand? Or just a turn in a new direction?

I read the whole thing (If it was written, I’m sorry. 142 comments. I’m only human.) and still couldn’t find a strait yes or no answer, so,

Will zombies spawn in the day? If so are they less frequent? Because I could imagine some free time to go about the city would be a nice touch, but I don’t make the games now do I?

Thanks for being so generous in responses.

Pretty sure I answered it somewhere. But yeah, they will spawn during the day. The game’s zombie director will have provide those quiet moments for you, giving you a rest if you’ve been slaughtering zombies for a few minutes.
- Con

Will there be sudden zombie hordes like in L4D? for example, u move into a house and a horde approaches, you carry supplies with you such as boards and nails to barricade the windows automatically and you and survivors lie up on the windows and defend.. it will be the old last stand style in the new one

I wonder if you got the idea for using a table lamp as a weapon from my post a few weeks back when I said that I would use a lava lamp as a one time grenade in a zombie apocalypse…

Now for my first question, how large will the game world be? Is it going to be limited to only Union City and the surrounding vicinity? And will you be able to go to the surrounding towns and explore the abandoned houses to find supplies and weapons?

Now for my second question, how do you find food and water? Do you have to go looking in empty houses to find supplies at the early parts of the game and at the later parts of the game a few weeks after the start do you have to grow it? And will your food go stale/bad over time if you carry it around for too long?

Please answer, good luck with the game, and thanks for the Q&A.

Will there be different types of survivors for example can I have a dog or will it alll be humans?

for weapons when you say atachments can you get stuff like grenade launchers,scopes,lasers etc. etc.

No I mean eggbeaters and lampshades.
- Con

Hey yea, i know u must be annoyed by comments by now , so ill make this quick

will there be Sniper rifles? actual sniper rifle, not hunting rifles.

lol gracias amigo ^_^

I think at least one special large rifle will be making an appearance.
- Con

When do you think you’re gonna post the character creation thingy?

Monday. Just figuring out a few last things, I’ve been prototyping the character levelling this week.
- Con

I thought about this when you showed the room layout. Is there going to be children zombies?

Maybe, I’m still unsure if it’s a good idea.
- Con

u have alredy said that the well be wepon atachments but well there be wepon modes for example shogun+circular saw=sawd off shotgun

You might find a sawn off, you won’t be modifying weapons like that though.
- Con

So I heard that you’ll have to have your character sleep during the day. So I was wandering, do you need to be in a “safe spot” to sleep or can you just sleep anywhere?

Yeah, I’m not sure how sleep will work yet. I’m thinking that a “saferoom” type setup like Left 4 Dead might be the way to go. Or finding pre-made barricades to sleep in.
- Con

So the game is gonna have a 1 lane platform, where you just turn around and mash the mouse?

Are Zombiez gonna get different heights to make it harder?

thx

Yeah, I’ve got a bunch of ideas to make the zombies difficult to kill rather than just mashing left and right.
- Con

I read every answered comment, and I’ve got to say you’re a pretty humorous fellow(kind of reminds me of Yoni Wolf).

Anyways, you mentioned something about conversation trees. So do you have to build relationships like in Persona or KOTOR, only much quicker?

Might be something I look at if I have time, might save that for my next RPG.
- Con

All right con, simple question for you. I wanna kno about map sizes and camera angles, and the aiming with guns? i saw ur room mock-up but is that our only angle? im assuming not.

You’ll have full 360 degree aiming.
- Con

Can you make a dual-weild skill? Like two pistols, .357 Revolvers, Uzis, and Sawn-offs? Cause that would be sick especially if you could mod the guns to be better.

Word.
- Con

Yes! SWEET! Dual Wield Weapons!!! Will they most likely be like Juggerdome or a whole new thing?

No, I was just wording that it would be ‘sick’.
- Con

I got an idea to fix the “safe spot” problem. But, it doesn’t make much sense, so I’ll post it in the forums.

Are streets going to be of similar layout to the room, or what?

I was wondering i liked the previous versions were you have unlimited ammo and i like the ammo thing but how in depth are you going to go with the limited ammo?

There’ll probably be grouped ammunition for certain weapon types. Not sure I want to bust it down into certain calibres etc.
- Con

I like the Ammo idea but will it be based off of a game like resident evil or will it be unique?

In what way?
- Con

Hey Con, I thought this had some good ideas of 360 degree attacks.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/516962

con just a question is last stand:union city going to be like days 2 die i love that game and to see something like that (except with better graphics and stuff) would keep me(a person with a short attention span) occupied for hours

PS: as a gamer who know’s nothing of the structure of a game i recommend that you make the tutorial built in with the game as in at the start it may say talk to team a and then team a say how to move around and how to shoot

Q: Hey Con do you know what a Minigun is?
A: Yes!
Q: Do you know how it works?
A: Yes!
Q: Will you add a Minigun that fires over 4000 rounds a minute in the game?
A:
-pls answer-

I might add mounted weapons, no plan at this time.
- Con

Can we dual weild Melee weapons, like V for Vendetta has all those knives and he’s all like “Witung-weeting-HEEEEEE-YA” like dual weild; base-ball and knives, ect.

will there be gun stores

im gona ask if it will be like Last stand, defending a place or is it also gona be offense attacking the zombies???
=)

Hi, about the skill system, do you think you could make it like CODMW1+2 or WaW perks? Because those perks are awesome or maybe like the perk-a-cola perks, because Nazi zombies was awesome.

hey are you keeping the talking sistem right? cause you replied to some guy that you could be saving it to your next rpg.maybe I misunderstood you,idk.

Will your decisions throughout the game give you different endings? Like if you don’t help anyone and just screw people over you get a suckish ending and if you did all the stuff you were supposed to you make it out fine?

Can you set up a base or something to stay protected from zombies at night or will you constantly be moving across the city and not stay in one place?

If you don’t sleep for a long time will your health go down? If so, how long would you have?

In Survivor mode, yeah. It’ll affect your ability to do everything. I’m not sure how long but maybe 50 hours or so awake might be the limit.
- Con

the news said that there will be crazy’s out there. will we fight theme to?

In your room mock-up, the main charecter guy is fat. Can we adjust weights and maybe skin color in the game?

Heh, that’s funny because he’s been the same weight since Last Stand. Adjusting weight, no. Skin colour, yes.
- Con

ugh sorry about that ^^^^ but in respones to another comment about children zombiesi dont think you should have them. yes it is realistic but it is just terrible. i dont want to just blow off little suzzys head or whatever. its alot like keeping the swastica out of Warfare 1944

Will you need to gather supplies to travel to different locations?

Will there be flamethrowers or bayonets?

Also will you be able to make youre own weapons out of anything on the street like in fallout 3?

Will you be able to equip other survivors with guns, cloths, items etc to improve them. And do survivors start with guns when you find them or do you have to give them or are the guns random? Yeah I know that was a mouth full

Will you be able to make some sort of makeshift safehouse? Like leaving survivors , food and weapons in one house for a rest stop.

Would you look into creating a multiplayer version if you had the resources?

I’ve worked on multiplayer stuff in the past and it’s just a bit of a headache, especially for something of this scale. So no probably not. I’m looking to create a good single player story with this one.
- Con

so i have been playing the left for dead 2 demo this week from XBL and i was wondering if there will be special types of zombies that charge or spit on you?

You’re wondering if I’ll directly rip off ideas from a game that just came out? No. I may come up with some similar stuff though, not sure yet.
- Con

will you fix the aiming issue that the last 2 games had
it was crappy honestly but the games were awesome
and can you add like a difficulty modifier

The aiming issue wasn’t an issue, it was a representation of firearm accuracy. There’ll be accuracy simulation again, but your character skill will also come into play.
- Con

Are you able to hand specific guns to specific survivors during the game???

i’ve read all your answered questions so far but i have yet to read whether or not you will be fighting other survivors. I’d imagine in that kind of situation, some people will be fighting for food/suplies.

example scenario: a family has barricaded themselves in a supermarket, and are unwilling to share, so they kill anything/anyone who approaches.

How many Megabytes?

I’m not sure, but it’ll be bigger than any of my previous games.
- Con

Well are we just gonna find survivors on our own? or there is a multiplayer or servers such stuff that other players may help you in hunting zombies

It’ll be single player.
- Con

i noticed at the top it said you are trying to implment “saving” your game but would there also be a start fresh option? to you know delete an old saved game in case you want to try again because its fun

BTW sorry for the second question but i have to ask : Will there be perks?

If you found an axe from the playfield, can you hit with it and throw it, or is there a separate throwing axe?

wait so are we duel wielding? or no.

(i luv meh 1911s ) Well , either way this games gonna rock con keep up the good work.

So,are the zombies first going to punch/kick you until you are low on health and then try to bite you?

don’t know if this is already asked but do you survivors have stuff of their own and do they have own guns or do their guns suck ass and they get some from the main character?

i know you have had a lot of fall out 3 Q’s so heres another one will your limbs get hut Ex: you got bit in the leg so you move slower???

Not at this stage.
- Con

Hey, Con. Good to know you’re working on this, but I gotta ask, is it hard for you to make such dramatic stylistic changes between games? Like, you go from something like Juggerdome, which is a top-down shooter, while this is going to be an RP-esque sidescroller. Only asking ’cause I’m a writer myself and find it difficult at times to switch mentalities.

Fundamentally they’re all the same, but I enjoy the challenge of taking on different genres. Gives me a chance to write code and do artwork in a different way.
- Con

Can you make it so (maybe after you beat the game) you can make your character so they look like characters from movies (Indiana Jones, James Bond etc.)?

That’s an odd request, but no.
- Con

Will there be like some special thing after the game? (like a video, or even unlocking survival mode)

No idea. You guys don’t like surprises much do you.
- Con

One health system I liked was used in Thing-Thing 4, CoD4, and King Kong (the game).

The screen turns red as you sustain damage. In KK, you can only take about 2 hits, some are 1 hit kills, and 3 at the most.

So in a LS way:

Punch slows you down and decreases vision.
Grab means Hold Down button to throw them off.
Bite means Die.

Is the health system like this, or do you have something else in mind?

Will you be able to find survivor animals? (I’m mainly referring to dogs)

they like asking questions, like me another question, i don’t know if it was asked ,and if so i am sorry i asked it: Why do you have to shore zombies multiple times in the head to kill them (like in your previous last stand games) ?! i mean 1 shot should do the trick!

approximately how many houses will you be able to search in between zombie attacks?

Will you be attacked or be able attack to attack other survivers?

so can u have dogs for surivors or just humans???

so in part 1 the LS guy was thin in LS2 he grew a beard but this early mock up makes him look like a hobo my question is if he took that long to get to union city and you fight by his side you would continue the LS2 story?

Is this playing before or after the events of LS 1&2?

Before, it’s a week after the infection, so about 60 days before the end of Last Stand 2.
- Con

Character Creator wasn’t posted. You make me sad.

CRY SOME MOOOOOORE.
- Heavy Weapons Guy

Dear Con,

If you have ever played Feudalism, Will the game be a direction like that? Like movement and stuff like that?

con refering to post 145 really eggbeaters and lampshades or were you just joking?

Come on Matty, work it out.
- Con

Lol thanks for the sniper rifle question ^_^ idk if i get another question, but heres one i was wondering…

Q) will there be like rotten food u need to watch out for? i mean, its not like the city has power or anything… will it? o.O lol xD

this has to be the nerdyest website that i have ever been on

Nerd.
- Con

I noticed you talked about the director alot, will each playthough be different or will it follow a linear path in story/progressing though the world, or is it more open?

Each playthrough will be different in terms of when and where enemies will appear. Some storyline stuff will have to be fixed to certain locations though.
- Con

Edit November 2nd, 2009 at 6:35 am
Nothing man, I was asking if you were going to use a stat tree leveling system that I put on “I’ve got ideas for last stand!” post. But uh… Never mind

Okay, so within Union City will there be multiple different areas to which different zombies inhabit? Such as, if you go to a slum area, there will be more hobo zombies, where as if you go to a commercial district there will be more zombies in suits and police officers? And possibly a “ground zero” where there’s a ton of army zombies, etc?

first , i love ls2 it is great i play it everyday . but will u release gameplay sometime soon

No. It’s a long way off.
- Con

Ok on my previous question about ammo, will you have to search around for ammo in diffrent buildings will zombies have ammo will you have to buy it from the military etc? or will you figre out a totally new way?

Ok i was also wondering if you can make multiple types off sniper rifles like a remington 700 (own) or a barret .50cal
I was also wondering if you could put in more ausalt rifles like the xm8 the Fn scar or an ak-74 i could name guns all day long if you want oh also can you add a gewer?

Do you want me to put an extremely long list of guns you could put on there as well as explosives etc? I know how long it takes the script some of this stuff ive tried a little of it and failed horribly but…. yeah

No, please don’t waste your time.
http://www.conartistgames.com/index.php/faqs/

- Con

refering to post 204 what are you tring to say i’m stupid also i just wanted to see what you would say if i had asked that lol

a suggestion or 2 if i may – look at every survivor horror movie made where under 20 people go in or r involved and ether 0 make it or 0-5 make it sometimes only out 3 people 1 or 2 r human
the cave – 3 things left – only 2 were human – the thing – (the game) u had ur platoon and survivors well – if u started doing gay things ur men would turn on u – make that part of it – if u dont treat ur guys good they leave u or kill u – no food they dont work good –
just think every movie with zombies etc ever made – where u say yd they do that – then make it so they dont do that(or do it) every movie where u say yd they not just shoot the power lines and kill the zombies in the water – make it a real survivor game limited ammo multiple guns – not just when u find a gun u got it – make so u can find and have like 6 pistols (the same type ) and then give them out or give them away trying to build – public image – so more survivors rally behind u and will b more likely to stay with u when supplies run low or u shoot 1 of ur men which if hes infected decreases ur image but more hardened survivors will rally to you and respect u but ur friends will loose respect for u (friends more likely to stay through whole game- instead of propane tanks make so u can throw em out in combat and shoot them in mid air-bigger spray more damage – empty 2lt bottle now can now tur n it into a nice water filter or somthing or use it to store more stuff when u forage for stuff like water , gas , helicopters would b a way of searching for survivors or moving to new areas – since ether not enough fuel to leave the hot-zone or make a military barrier around the hot-zone closer u get the less zombies there are but the advanced types are there instead of normal zombies – able to respond to sos’s visit other compounds make new weapons – by hand like internet access would b away of upgrading – maybe u gotta power ur computer so the more battery or something u find the more points u got bigger the upgrade the bigger the file and the page so will need more power or something- the ablity to scout places and plan ur raid – vechicals wouldnt make it past the hotzone – need military escort with confirmation b4 entering the sight of the barrier less morale or imagine or supplies people would b running right for the hot zone and seeing them killed would decrease moral further being attacked by zombies – if they make run for a supply drop and u say no it to quite and u sport a few zombies some 1 runs for it they get pwnd every 1 sad = bad… – home made flame throwers is literly childs play – gas stations would provide a high moral boost for hungry survivors – dogs would b good for detecting zombies and would b loyal till the end – other animals would b good – rats milk – rats and maybe use rats to smoke out zombies or maybe a dead dog or racccon – throw it in – if theres zombies going for it then – now u no – - som electrical wires with sparks – = make shift defibulator a saw and ashotgun all u have and the bulding is close quaters how u gona aim that big sob – saw it off and u got ur own sawed off shotgun use the sawed of part to thow or as wood or gun-smithing supplys hell melt (if its metal) the sawed off part into a circle then jag the edges – some steel bars a drill som cogs and axels and a motor – ur own power saw -and pwns trees – for wood or baricade – or to extend ur compound make more walls make roofs and floors more rooms more facilitys – and hey enough metal – melt it down into a 3 inch pate get enough of those – and ur almost there – geta bus or truck or car or hummer – big frame – long and square – put som heavy duty wheel on scrape the doors and everything – now its a frame the trunk is where the exit is the top is another exit or entrace or guner spot – weld the plates on find some good glass and below the driver seat… a 5 inch square hole – make sure car is prety high so u can have driver on raise seat the below a firering crew and many ammo below the drivers seat would store good so under the driver platform is ammo – u fire a rocket and a mg from a kia military convoy and then u gota apc and a tank – a big cannon and a mg gun increase moral and final thing in the game cost 100000000 power – each building as zombies with skills – bakery / deli fast(ish zombies) and slow chubby fat 1s with cleavers – meat store fast zombies with big knives and cleavers – power plant exreamly hard – zombies with welding masks fire proof suits welders wrenches- i bet every 1 here would love that kinda realizim and weve had to wait so long for this and – its not even wat we were wating for – so u should make it beter than wat we hoped last stand 3 (continuing last stand 2) would b x 10 – and then make sure this is 100x beter

Will Survivors work in more of a Mass effect fashion or Left 4 dead fashion

Will it be a Zat’nik’tel in the game?

con refering to your twits what do you mean by Infinity Ward getting more ridiculous from here

Towards the end of the game will go past the events of LS2

Towards the end of the game will it go past the events of LS2*

Reffering to post 146, is the “big gun” you’re reffering to the barret .50 cal, the one from LS1, that would be amazingly awesome!!!

It should have a heartbeat based health like the Call of Duty games

It seems the chainsaw spammers won’t be happy. Unless the chainsaws you implement will be solar-powered.

Also, about the special situation zombies, can you please make it so we almost always have a chance to save ourselves without needing buddy NPCs? Like to escape a Smoker tongue(for example), press a button at an exact moment to cut off their tonge?

(Sorry for double posting)

Bayonets(even just a knife duct-taped to something) would be a great addition.
(Two Bull-Cannon revolvers with curved blades is my 1st request)

When we use melee weapons could you make it so that we can perform 360 hits that take a lot of Stamina but knocks nearby light zombies off their feet?

this sounds HUDGE is there gona be a simpler version on the browser then a giant version as a downloadable
is there gona be a #limit of things u can carry or a weight limit

will there be cheat codes after u complete the game.I hope.

i cant wait to play last stand 3.its gonna be awesome. and im a fan of fallout 3.so it will be great right?

can u create hideouts on the last stand 3

im not shure if this matters but will there be a curency $$ so u can BUY wepons incase the store owner is still alive?

Uh..
dude check out L4d 2 mellee weps they got a lot maybe you can get a few ideas from there XD

Hey con,
First: I wanna say, I love you(not really) youre the best game-developer I ever knew.
Second: I have a question(yes its 1 question :p)

Are there gonna be new animal zombies like cats and birds?

Third: I’ve an idea for you to, maybe you can make specifically guns you can wear 2 of, like dual pistols ore dual m16′s?

Thanks for(i hope) reading this ‘little’ story .

Greetings, a big fan!

When will it come out Con?

I’m confused, so will there will be zombies during the day? The way you worded it seemed that the only difference between night and day is light, which contradicts the Last Stands before that.

when can u play it

Hey Con maybe after this game you cold work on a mmo? im sure we would all love a mmo game by you

so con,about when will the last stand 3 come out?

Could you get a fighting pet (dog, cat,chicken)?

Sorry to waste your time, but happy Thanksgiving Day, Con!

will there be scary images that pop up on the screen and scream or any bright flashing lights???? i might get a seizure i need this qeustion to be answered

Ive another question, forget my last one ^ up there.
Which programs do u use to make games? Becase i want to be such great game maker as you are!! But i cant find good programs.

Greetings, Still a Big Fan!!!!!

Could ya please answer this.
When you said that this LS game wont have as much depth as the other 2, what did you mean by that?
Please elaborate….

Will there be an end to the questions!? lol, jk. What I was going to ask, is if there is going to be a Mini Mission ability? Like, going on these little quests for peoplez to get ‘n stuff…

Yepzors.
- Con

Hey, I was just curious if you were planning on putting in cutscenes at certain points as the main character’s story progresses.

Are we going to be able to get creative with the zombie bodies put to rest? For example, can we distract a group of zombies by ripping off a zombie body part and throwing it at ‘em?

No, but I like the idea of a distraction trap…some sort of noise making device, like a smoke alarm or something.
- Con

Will you be able to leave the city limits a little bit to go to like caves maybe or forest locations?

No comment.
- Con

Awesome, but what do you mean when you say at this stage, there will be no vehicles?

At this stage in the development there are no plans to add vehicles into the computer flash game named the Last Stand: Union City.
- Con

What kind of traps will there be?
Like tripwires,bear traps or are you still working on them or are you going to use your old traps in LS 1 and 2?

Will there be other areas to fight than just a room?Or is it just free roam?Or stages?

It’ll be a free roam of sorts. You’ll visit neighbourhoods with a number of buildings / locations to enter.
- Con

Oh right, will the guns you find be like whatever you can pick up like the melee weapons or buy them or both?

zombie nazi from call of duty world at war was inspired by you.RANDOM FACT!!!

Can guns get jammed???

No because that is the single most un-fun thing to do in a video game behind weapon degradation.
- Con

Know how you said survivors come with you. Will some not? Will some be kinda like psychos? And you need to kill them?

how did the infection start anyway????????????? o and LOOKS AWSOME

Is it possible for you or any party member to be infected, rather than merely eaten alive?

will the guy travel the world if yes will him and his survivors at one point go to japan like in one of the resident evil movies ya know the movie after resident evil extinction

will there be weapons that can knock zombies down (shotgun traps ect) with out killing them? (they get back up)

how big apart will your surives play. (like will they help open doors, get to place, or just help kill zombies)

nice, i cant wait to play this game.

con, i was wondering if there going to be a m60 in this game??

will the other survivor die???

when will this game be up and running?

response to charlie: it happened like in D2D or like resident evil the virus is a mutie virus from a current day virus (i.e. h1n1 to h39n2)
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message: I really want to know if we’ll have barricades and/or safe houses like L4D,L4D2

vechiles plzz!

no more crap comments about thingz I’s answered already plzz!
- conz0r

vechiles plzz! and kevin if con made a mmo thats like setting off fun nukes all over the world so world peace cause da terrorists would be playing TLS:online

Will there be backgrounds such as special forces and military and the like? Or just civilian backgrounds?

WILL THERE BE ZOMBIES?!

will you add intro movies about how the union city get filled by zombies?

This game looks great, it has RPG elements, but its not with knights, kings etc like runescape. Making a multiplayer version will be perfect!!!

Will survivors have their own personality’s?
Example: If in a fight some might run while others will fight to their last breath?

you should make it that you can move up and down the map, like in last stand 1 and 2, but apart from that, i think that it looks realy good, well and good luck

Hey Con, Once again glad to see your back. Also, just as a question, since Last Stand Union City is going to be during the first few weeks of infection, and whole new setting. Does this mean more oppurtunity for new enemies, than just zombies and dogs?

when do you think it will come out so i can mark my calendar

can we set hight and age for our chars? i mean, wouldnt it be funny to play as an old midget or a little kid?

Hmmmmm, I might play with the height stuff and see. As for age, you’ll have hair options to portray that.
- Con

Hey con,
I posted a comment earlier and im glad that i know your games, they helped be become a military in the netherlands. first i didnt know anything i would like to be when im older. but now i know and you helped me with all of your cool games.
Thanks Con