N.Y.Z. -- zombies, weapons, trophies, awesome.

Updated Gameplay Video (2/3)

- This is a video of one endless wave to get an idea of how the game plays.



Hi everyone! I'd like to introduce our upcoming game N.Y.Z., a first person zombie game. We've been developing this game for over a year now, shooting for a simple to play, deep, and most importantly fun game that will appeal to both casual and more hardcore gamers alike.

In story mode you progress through over 20 totally unique levels -- ranging from the streets of NY, to the subway system, to highways, rural farmlands, mountains, forests, graveyards, and more -- earning cash along the way by killing zombies and saving survivors. After each level you have a chance to buy and upgrade from over 20 weapons and abilities, equipping up to 6 at a time to bring with you into battle. We also have 21 achievements to keep you playing for extra hours, each with its own highly detailed trophy. We put a lot of time into these to make it so you actually want to unlock them.

Or play endless mode and fight against wave after wave of zombies and other creatures. Last as long as possible and then submit your best time to our online leaderboard.

If you haven't already, make sure to watch the trailer and post any feedback/comments/questions!



- Simple to play with depth
- 20+ unique levels, many with animated objects and scripted events
- 11 enemy types each with different skills and attributes
- 24 weapons and abilities from all the standard weapons to grenades to mines to molotav cocktails to explosive shells and more
- 21 achievements
- Highly detailed trophies
- Story and endless modes
- Awesome special effects -- explosions, smoke, fire, muzzle flash, flickering lights, flares, screen shake, recoil, and more
- Unprecedented number of enemies onscreen at once in an FPS, running well even on an iphone 3G

 

Sigh... sorry. Should be fixed now Wish the embed worked :/

 

thanks

 

should be working now...

 

Hey, thanks for all the comments I'll apologize for the wall of text in advance...

I thought we should address the concern that people are having about no onscreen weapon models, as that seems to be a biggest complaint.

First of all, the control scheme is tap-to-shoot, so as you can imagine, there is no possible, good looking way to add weapon models that would animate properly and actually shoot where you aimed without looking ridiculous (imagine watching a gun instantly appear pointing from one side of the screen to the other as you tap different places of the screen). Again, while it was a conscious decision to exclude weapon models, we tried our best to make the game as immersive as possible without them, including real muzzle flash effects that light up the environments and enemies, as well as recoil. Once you play the game we promise you it doesn't detract from the fun factor at all.

Now, I know people may be cringing at the thought of tap-to-shoot, but the reason we went this route is two fold. First, this was the only control method we found worked with an iphone FPS with THIS much action. This isn't NOVA for ex with 3 enemies at a time, or even battle bears where you are only fighting from one direction. We have over 50 enemies coming at you AT ONCE from every direction sometimes, and with tilt or "battle bears style" controls, we just found it to be too sluggish. Tap to shoot (in this case) keeps the pace fast and action packed.

Second, we wanted the focus to be on the strategy of the weapons and how they interact with the environments and the different enemies, not necessarily how well or quickly you can aim. Because it actually matters which weapons you have equipped, you can choose to play differently according to your play style as well. Our weapons have unique purposes that play out very differently; they're not just "stronger, better, more ammo" clones. Let me give you some examples. Handle hordes of lesser zombies with grenades, molotavs, and explosive shells. Handle large enemies with the powerful rifle, flash bangs to stun them, or the head exploding brainbomb. Fast enemies may require a fully automatic weapon to be able to hit them reliably. We have support enemies called "tumor zombies" that will resurrect any dead zombies around them while they are alive, however they can be difficult to kill when they are behind a horde of other enemies and you don't have a clear shot. So, you might want to use the rail gun, a powerful weapon that shoots through enemies, or use the sniper rifle to zoom in for a clean shot. You can play defensively by blocking off parts of the environment with mines and molotavs, and then use the shotguns ability to knock down and push back enemies that aren't in its kill range to keep them at bay. You can load up on passive upgrades like armor and health, and become very survivable with a med pack. These are just a few of the ideas that are the focus of NYZ.

That being said, we are definitely open to suggestions and take peoples' feedback seriously, so keep posting any concerns

 

da shiz wiz:

The performance should surprise you We are optimizing it on regular 3G's to make sure we do as much as we can to get a solid frame rate. We use a couple of methods to increase performance, the main one being that we render zombies at a distance with a progressively lower amount of polygons. You won't notice it in game because they will be far away (especially on an idevice screen), but it allows us to really pump up the amount of zombies out at any one time.

somerandomdude:

Hmmm, no haven't checked that game out... but that would just really bother me to see a static 3d gun not moving even when you're shooting all over the screen. IMO that would be even LESS immersive then no weapons! We promise the lack of weapon models isn't a cop out by any means. In fact, we discussed this early on in our development, and even had several, fully animated weapon models. In the end, it just didn't look good.

ETA btw should be about 3-4 weeks from now, depending on the approval process.