Urban Strife - turn-based zombie survival RPG - now available on Early Access

[HoboForEternity]

Does playing the demo during the fest help with the algorithm and visibility?

 

[Abu Antar]

Does playing the demo during the fest help with the algorithm and visibility?

I think wishlisting is the best, at least if I am to trust many developer comments.

 

[USG_Mucifikatorul]

Wishlisting is definitely a huge boost in visibility but I think Valve looks at every component. As they explained to us in the QA sessions, they want products to sell - with people honestly interesting in buying them. That's what all boils to in the end, they are a marketplace and they want to see their clients interested in the products on display.

For us this NextFest is pretty much make-it-or-break-it because there will be no other major event between February and release. I think that says it all how important everything is. Hopefully half a decade of work come to a happy end soon.

 

[Zombra]

Translation: play the demo on February 6th-13th, it will help with visibility and drive sales.

 

[Alienman]

We'll launch our demo on January 26th, (it's mandatory for the Spring NextFest press event) and that demo will stay online for most of February, well after NextFest itself is over, so everyone has a decent chance to play it. This time we'll be one of the featured games (by Valve) of the festival so we'll be hard to miss.

Funny how things one thinks are must-haves are no-noes for another, right? This is why we decided to support modding, so everyone can transform the game into what they want it to be. We knew we could never make everyone 100% happy.

With support modding - I'm just curios will there be some kind of mapmaker 90s style?

 

[USG_Mucifikatorul]

There level editor is way more advanced than the 90s ones. It's still a box where you drag assets into, arrange them and set their parameters, but it is a fair bit more stable than say JA2 map editor.

 

[luj1]

Wishlisting is definitely a huge boost in visibility but I think Valve looks at every component. As they explained to us in the QA sessions, they want products to sell - with people honestly interesting in buying them. That's what all boils to in the end, they are a marketplace and they want to see their clients interested in the products on display.

For us this NextFest is pretty much make-it-or-break-it because there will be no other major event between February and release. I think that says it all how important everything is. Hopefully half a decade of work come to a happy end soon.

Hey. Question based on the last demo.

Does building characters come down to those 6 attributes controlled via sliders? Are there skills? Are there feat/perks? Thanks.

 

[USG_Mucifikatorul]

There are attributes and perks, too. We had a sketch perk system setup a while ago but it didn't feel right so we postponed it. Won't make it in this demo, since a bad setup could really mess things up. But there will be perks, related to a character's specialization most likely.

 

[USG_Mucifikatorul]

https://steamcommunity.com/games/710230/announcements/detail/3655268823734059336

We've reactivated the demo on our store page. We call this a Press Demo since, beside promising a comeback in January of the build, we are also kind of required to have a demo, us being one of the selected games to be featured at Steam NextFest. We would look daft to have all the media attention and nothing for them to play.

But for those of you who expect new flavors, we're also announcing an updated and improved Prologue Demo, that will replace the present one, coming February 6th. The features listed in the news post linked above are those confirmed and undergoing internal testing atm (but more stuff might be added).

Enjoy.

 

[The Wall]

USG_Mucifikatorul Can you help me with making my character in your indie based and redpilled RPG about brutal reality of surviving zombie apocalypse in America's Mad 2020s? I played Demo and reached Body Type A/ Body Type B selection. Can you explain to me which pluses and minuses come with each selection? Thankfull in advance! Also can we play as male/female zombie apocalypse survivor? I'm fine with only option being male who can opt into Body Type A OR Body Type B. Looks like specializations for classes in old Dungeons&Dragons. Very RPGy

 

[rusty_shackleford]

reading reports from dexers that the writing is subpar
thoughts?

 

[The Wall]

reading reports from dexers that the writing is subpar
thoughts?

50%+ of enemies are housewives beating you to death with rolling pins in zombie post-apocalypse Mid-West suburbia. Not joking
You choose Body Type: Male or Female. So they wanted to suck WOKE cock, but with closed mouth. Just like Finland does with NATO
Your starting sidekicks are: DangerHair Terf Feminist, Fresh off the Boat Chinese woman with bR0kan EnGriSH大, Some Retard HillBilly and YOU: Finnish übermensch with Body Type: Male, GIGACHAD lookin high school gym teacher. One of the first characters you meet is leader of community of survivors who dresses and talks like Southern plantage owner

You know what? It doesn't sound that bad all

 

[The Wall]

Can I play male character with Body Type: Female? Can I wear dress, wield black dragon dildo and stealth assassinate Trump supporters in your zombie apocalypse? Make it happen or I'm gonna alert Twitter Trannies from my Discord group and we gonna badmouth yo game! No, I don't plan on ever purchasing your game unless American government adds it to my monthly BigBlackSassyFemale reparation program. Aghhh...hey y'll! Where's left mouse cllick in dis game?!

 

[GrafvonMoltke]

Wow you really did earn both of those dumbfuck tags huh

 

[The Wall]

The fact that standard for niche indie RPG Devs is to use Body Type/Third Gender: Space Wreck, Encased, Urban Strife etc, and all BIGGER&BIG CUCKS in industry are giving pronoun selection: Solasta, Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield is fucking insane. WHAT THE FUCK IS IN THE WATER?

Wow you really did earn both of those dumbfuck tags huh

*rolleyez* *55COVIDboosterslater* *takestrannycockoutofmouth* AGH! You guyz and your silly invisible culture wars! Can't you just be NORMAL person, and I'dunno, just consooom?!

 

[GrafvonMoltke]

Maybe we can even fit in a third one somewhere

 

[Fargus]

reading reports from dexers that the writing is subpar
thoughts?

50%+ of enemies are housewives beating you to death with rolling pins in zombie post-apocalypse Mid-West suburbia. Not joking
You choose Body Type: Male or Female. So they wanted to suck WOKE cock, but with closed mouth. Just like Finland does with NATO
Your starting sidekicks are: DangerHair Terf Feminist, Fresh off the Boat Chinese woman with bR0kan EnGriSH大, Some Retard HillBilly and YOU: Finnish übermensch with Body Type: Male, GIGACHAD lookin high school gym teacher. One of the first characters you meet is leader of community of survivors who dresses and talks like Southern plantage owner

You know what? It doesn't sound that bad all

White Pond Games was founded by Razvan Radu and Alex Trutescu, both ex-Ubisoft game devs

Case closed.

 

[Lokiamis]

reading reports from dexers that the writing is subpar
thoughts?

It very clearly has not had a native English speaker polish the writing. Every instance of dialogue reads strangely. Makes the game feel cheap.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Every instance of dialogue reads strangely.

Lines up with what people were saying in the turtle box.

 

[Lokiamis]

Here's a sample of writing you'll see in the first 2 minutes of the game.

 

[Fargus]

lol wtf

 

[Parsimonious cook]

Ah man... I had some hope for this... oh well...

 

[GrafvonMoltke]

Ah man... I had some hope for this... oh well...

Idk if the barometer for being shit is unproofread English then what can I tell you? Codex is a very post-modern enterprise with lots of snowflakes.

The game will be fine.

 

[Eyestabber]

Doesn't seem very woke. Mechanics will make or break this one.

 

[Harthwain]

I see someone is a big fan of Scarlett Johansson/Black Widow. They really should cut off some of the text though.

Here is my take:

Kaylee: You got yourself in a nasty accident over here. Are you all right?

John Doe: Everything is blurry. I... don't remember much.

Kaylee: We need to get off this bridge ASAP! The zombies are coming. Follow me!

Later you can explain she helped you, because having extra hands to fight the zombies (and do other stuff) is useful or something like that. Otherwise her behavior doesn't make much sense.

And that's just me cutting off the fat and leaving the original dialogue intact. The golden rule of writing is: keep it short and to the point.

Also, the summary is a mess format-wise:

• Text is too bunched together, making it feel like a wall of text. I suggest adding some more spacing both between the lines and between the words.
• Text is not aligned (justified) for some reason. It looks horrible, especially on something that's supposed to be an official document (it's fine for the "written notes" style, by the way).