Zombie Survival

A top-down survival game that combines scavenging with a relationship simulation. The player and their partner, Emma, have taken shelter in a walled settlement where rent is due every night. The player leaves the wall by day or by night to loot farms, villages and towns overrun by the dead, selling what they find to pay the rent and save for passage out on the convoy. Combat and stealth are both part of the scavenging, and the player can fight or sneak past zombies and other scavengers. Back in camp, the settlement's residents ask for favours, a noticeboard offers jobs, and the player can eavesdrop on conversations through thin walls. Emma can stay home or accompany the player on runs, and each choice has consequences. The camp's leader, Victor, takes an interest in Emma, and how that develops depends on how long the player is away, what they bring back, and what they notice. The game is a free, early public release at version 0.1, with the developer describing it as a rough proof of concept with some missing art, untested balance and known bugs. It has more than one ending. The story centres on infidelity and coercion, with the player's position worsening unless they play well.