Infection Free Zone News

[h2]Greetings, Survivors![/h2]

Steam Next Fest is officially over. Infection Free Zone was super popular during the event and we want to thank you for playing the demo. We are currently analyzing over a thousand questionnaires to prioritize the areas that require improvements the most.

[h2]Demo availability[/h2]

The Infection Free Zone Demo was available only during the Steam Next Fest. Currently, it's deactivated and we are working hard on improving the game based on your feedback and bug reports. It's very likely that we will run some playtests in the future, especially somewhere around the beta phase, but it's not something that we can precisely schedule in time yet.

[h2]Steam Next Fest - Overview[/h2]

Infection Free Zone was the second most popular demo during the Steam Next Fest. During the event:

• It has reached 3,667 max concurrent players peak,
  
• 6,702 new players decided to follow the game,
  
• Over 200,000 players have added the Infection Free Zone demo to their library.
  

Are we happy with this data? Absolutely. But we also remain focused. We analyze all your feedback and plan to act on it, to deliver a game that will provide you with fun, satisfying gameplay on launch.

[h2]Most popular questions from Live Chat[/h2]

We have also decided to run an interview with the developer and two editions of the Live Chat event during the Steam Next Fest. Below you can see the video from the Live Stream and some answers to the most frequent questions, that were asked on chat:

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Can you add multiplayer to the game?

At this point, it's not really possible. The game's architecture wasn't made with multiplayer in mind and adding co-op would require at least an additional full year of development. Instead, we want to focus on making the best single-player experience possible.

When is the game launching on Steam?

Right now, we are considering launching Infection Free Zone in Early Access somewhere around Q3 2023. But this decision will heavily depend on your feedback. If we are to receive feedback with the general consensus that the game isn't ready yet - we would rather postpone the launch a bit and fix all the important issues.

Is it going to be possible to play on a map of my city?

The answer in most cases is - yes! Infection Free Zone is based on the Open Street Map data and if your city is well-mapped in OSM, then you can also expect to be able to play there. But in case it is not - we are working on preparing some modding tools for the players, so they can correct the map on their own and add the missing buildings.

Do you plan on adding different human factions to the game?

Yes, we do! We don't want to spoil the story for you, but you can absolutely expect to encounter other groups of survivors in the game. And not all of them are going to be friendly.

Do you plan on adding a weapon swap option for squads?

Absolutely! The demo was based on the pre-alpha version of the game, but we certainly plan to add a lot of missing features, including equipment swapping, demolition, repair, gates, and adding reliable ways of acquiring new survivors. Several new things are to meant to be added!

Thank you once again for your incredible support during the Steam Next Fest. We are very proud to have such an active, dedicated community. Now, we will keep on working hard to ensure that Infection Free Zone is going to be even more popular on launch than it was during this event!

Best regards,
Jutsu Games Team

There will be one more chance to chat with the developers :)

Join us on Sunday 6:00 PM CET ( 9:00 AM PDT, 1AM in China)

If you cannot make it, you can always join our DISCORD server:
https://discord.gg/7dRkNDcBYv

Stay tuned!

[h2]Greetings, Survivor! [/h2]

We have the incredible pleasure to announce that the Infection Free Zone demo is coming to the upcoming Steam Next Fest! The event will take place February 6-13, 2023 @10AM Pacific. If you don't want to miss the Steam Next Event even by a minute, feel free to set a reminder HERE.

[h2]Infection Free Zone Demo[/h2]

Infection Free Zone comes to the Steam Next Fest with around an hour of content! If you always wanted to give this game a try, this is your best chance! In the demo version, you will have a chance to:

• Play on three different, recommended real-life maps:
  - Crofton, USA
  - Dijon, France
  - Cambridge, United Kingdom
  
• Go through the first 7 days of gameplay
  
• Solve several dilemmas and answer transmissions from unknown strangers
  
• Extend your Zone through building adaptation, place defensive towers and walls,
  
• Scavenge structures in the abandoned post-apocalyptic world
  
• Fight against the merciless hordes of infected
  

And what's most important - prove that you have what it takes to lead your own Infection Free Zone!

[h2]Live-Stream[/h2]

We plan to live-stream some Infection Free Zone on Friday, February 10 at 8:00 PM CET! Join us to talk a little bit about the Infection Free Zone development and ask us all the questions that you have always wanted to ask!

[h2]Other demos from Games Operators[/h2]

Games Operators, the publisher behind Infection Free Zone, plans to appear with a few other games on the upcoming Steam Demo Fest. Other than your beloved infected-filled city-builder, you will have a chance to play the demos for the following games:

• Delivery INC. - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1793260/Delivery_INC/
• King's Orders - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369690/Kings_Orders/
• Sorted! - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1999290/SORTED/

We truly hope that you're going to have a lot of fun with all those games! And remember - your feedback is super important to us. We extremely appreciate playing our demos and filling out the surveys at the end. Thanks to your remarks, we know which areas require improvements and where we have to put in some additional work. Thank you for your ongoing support!

Best regards,
Jutsu Games

[h2]Greetings, Survivors![/h2]

A new update is now available! There is a number of significant graphical improvements, but you will also be able to use cars, machine guns, walls, and a few more things.



What you might find the most interesting is that the map download now works and you can play on a region of your choice ;) Please mind that this is still a pre-alpha, so some errors can be expected:
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- sometimes units get stuck inside the buildings. Just send them to another building to unlock them.
- some maps might not be playable due to lack of data. Check with www.openstreetmap.org if the buildings of your region are well mapped.
- some maps might be hardly playable due to high density of buildings. The gates inside of the buildings are not yet implemented.
- some maps might crash the game on load. If this happens, we will get notified, but please choose another region.
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Once you try it, please follow the in-game feedback form link and answer a few questions. We wonder how you like the progress!

[h2]Kickstarter and BackerKit Pledges[/h2]
If you missed the Kickstarter campaign, there is still an option to make a late-pledge on BackerKit. Bakcerkit late-pledges will be closed on Jan 8th.
A new batch of backers will get access by the end of January.

[h2]Greetings, Survivors! [/h2]

As some of you might have already noticed, we updated the screenshots on Steam, as the game has changed a lot visually since we uploaded them. If you want to see them all, we recommend visiting our main Store Page on Steam! A quick overview of the new screenshots from the game:







[h2]Crowdfunding continues![/h2]

Other than that, we are happy to announce that the crowdfunding for Infection Free Zone continues! If you have missed the last opportunity to obtain your pre-alpha access to the game, visit our community discussions on Steam and check the pinned thread to learn more about it!

Best regards,
Jutsu Games Team