LifeZ - Survival News

A new LifeZ update has been released today. New location, events, improvements and fixes.
So, release notes!



A new location has been added to the game: K-62 Military Base. It's located southwest of Home



But to get it - you have to repair the Wooden bridge.
The military forces has long left this base and now it's inhabited by mutants. Very strong mutants.

K-62 is a very dangerous location. Only the strongest Survivors will be able to clear it!

Good luck, Survivor.



Not everyone who survived the Catastrophe was lucky enough to survive to this day. Many tried to escape in self-made boats.

Sometimes the sea throws such boats ashore. No one was left there alive, but some of the supplies could have survived.

A good opportunity to profit by goods and prepare for the raid on the K-62 Military Base.




Much work has been done to correct errors in the texts of the game. Improved translations for all supported languages. Also added support for some new languages.



Now the character, from time to time, will share his thoughts.

For example, when she wants to eat or drink. Indeed, in the post-apocalypse, it is very important to eat in a timely manner.

• fixed: zombies attacked from a distance and stuck around obstacles
  
• fixed: sometimes drag-n-drop worked in the inventory window incorrectly
  
• fixed: the achievement "Master Crafter" did not work
  
• fixed: after re-entering the location, zombies lacked HP bars
  
• fixed: current screen resolution was not displayed correctly
  
• optimized: reduced GPU load
  

Have a nice game.
Good Luck.

Yesterday, on the last day of the outgoing 2018, Update #9 has been released.

We've done a lot of work for LifeZ. And in the new year, LifeZ should be much better.

So, a list of changes:





LifeZ now supports Gamepad!

Yes, you can play with all the comfort and pleasure.

I tested the game on a Xbox One gamepad.
However, other gamepads from other manufacturers shpuld also work fine.

Feel free to write me any comments about your gamepad experience.
What can be improved? Or what needs to be corrected? We will discuss it.







The global map has been completely redesigned. New look, new locations, new efects and more.

The positions and conditions of accessibility of some locations were also changed. For example, the new location "Gas Station" is now avaialble before clearning the canyon.





Dangerous and interesting place where you can find a lot of useful supplies.

Be careful, this place attracts many dangerous and powerful zombies! To hike "Gas Station" you need to prepare well.



Added more than 10 new maps for all locations: forest, rocks, lake, air-drop, etc.

Let's explore it!





Almost everything has been changed: crafting recipes, resource extraction, weapon parameters and zombie power.

The new location generation system now creates and fills maps on each visit.

All changes are intended to make the game more interesting and exciting.

Feel free to leave me your feedback and suggestions.

Thank you for reading.
Have fun. ^_^

Hungry? - Garden beds at you service!

But first, briefly about blood. Zombie apocalypse after all.



As we wrote earlier, we have made great strides in creating the effects of blood. Therefore, one more update brings new effect to the game.
Here are some examples of how the blood looks in the game now:



More effects are in the game itself.



The farmer simulator comes to LifeZ

Added two new buildings:


It can be created using boards, stones and nails. You need one shovel to dig up the ground.
After construction, you can plant seeds and you will get a great harvest!


It can be created using birch boards, bricks and iron. Well, and shovels. :)

When using water in the advanced garden bed, the crop grows up at four times faster.



Many new items have been added. For example, carrot seeds. Then can be planted in a garden, grow carrots and then cook it on a fire.

-> ->

Similarly with potatoes.

-> ->

A lot of changes were made to existing items, for example:

• when using a water bottle, an empty bottle is added to the inventory
  
• changed the parameters of berries, meat and roasted meat
  
• changed recipes cooking on the fire
  
• increased water storage rate in the water collector
  
• hunger and thirst are spent a little faster now
  

UI improvements

Many UI improvements have been made, including:

• support for double click on the item (equip item, unequip item, put item to container, etc)
  
• improved drag-n-drop
  
• improved interface visualization
  

Health bar for mutants
I think, the zombie's health bar deserves special attention.
Now you can easily understand, how much health has the zombie.


Reworked minimap

The view range of minimap is increased.
And the size of zombie's icon depends on its power.

New maps

Added several new maps for forest and rock locations.

The update #6 is finally available!

My apologies for such a delay.

I faced some massive development difficulties in the past few weeks.

I had to comb through every single line of code to make it compatible with the latest engine version but this work simply had to be done to provide some new features and to make further development fast and convenient.

Finally, a list of changes.




Military forces closely monitor the zone. From time to time they drop support loads.



You can find a lot of useful things there, event firearms!
Pistol, assault rifle M16 and classic AKM at your service!






Survivors have always tried to make their homes more safe and secure. Now you can upgrade the walls of your home to protect yourself even better.

Now the following imprevements are available to every survivor:

Armored walls:


Armored windows:


Armored doors:


Keep in mind, zombies may start attacking your homes very soon (in future updates ;] )



Zombies want to look their best. Therefore, it is the turn of blood. When killing a zombie blood will be even more, and it will look better.



And something else. I learned a lot while I was working with blood effects.
In the next update, the blood will be completely reworked and it will look much better.

• added a few tips when starting a new game
  
• improved some animations
  
• quick slots are moved to the lower side
  
• fixed bugs with craft
  

Feel free to report any new bugs and ideas.
The next update will be at the end of November with a lot of new content.

A new bunker location is almost ready:




Thanks to everyone and enjoy the game.
Have fun.

Hard work has been done and now almost every zombie will drop goods after his death.
The stronger zombie - the better goods.

Also added new military bags.
They may be randomly spawned on the locations and may contain bonus goods.



Bonecrusher
A simple beginners level weapon

Pick/Axe
A rare weapon and tool and the same time; allows you to mine stones, iron ore and to chop trees.
May be found on the Mutant corpse


New buildings are added as a shelter-defense gameplay line. You'll need it in future updates, when zombies will visit your shelter ;)


Wood barricade
A simplest way to protect your shelter


Mettal barricade
Improved base defense barricade


Metal trap
Very good trap, but it should be reloaded after it triggered

Other fixes:
fixed: wrong icons and icon's sizes on Minimap
fixed: interface of craft or inventory didn't work sometimes