Deadbury Academy (WIP), new zombie-survival game from Mia and JimD - updated 10/13/24 - 76,000 words

Yeah. He just finished zombie exodus stronghold and update exodus part 4. Hopefully this will get a decent update soon.

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Happy New Year, everyone.

Sorry for not updating in a long time, but here is the first new version of Deadbury Academy. I included a change log in the game, but this update provides more content for Challenges, as well as a few places to explore around Steadbury.

I also have made some changes to the previous parts, especially stats, based on feedback.

I look forward to hearing what you think.

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I keep getting these errors


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You are playing the older version.

Is that Safari? If so, you need to figure out how to refresh the cache. In chrome or other browsers, you can open up a private window or use incognito mode.

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The challenges aren’t appearing if it helps I chose pregnancy

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this happened when i tried to exit the stas menu

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I really think not wanting a dog in your dorm room shouldn’t decrease your morality. (I know I can just not pick Darren and most of the time I won’t but still it doesn’t sit right me.)

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It seems like there’s a rich tapestry of characters and potential for both humor and nostalgia. Wishing you and Jim the best in exploring the uncharted territories of this storyline. If you ever want to chat about music or share more of your guitar-playing adventures, I’m all ears!

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@JimD
The “accessory problem” is a thing for the extracurriculars too.
Basically, if I want to be in 4-H but I don’t want the First Aid/Stealth bonuses over the Strength/Endurance ones and clicked wrong (and I say this is wrong when prompted), I go back to the extracurricular selection screen and 4-H is not an option (that is an example, as well as the actual thing I did). I wish there was a similar fix as there was for accessories. Could you also implement something similar for the hobbies?

Parent bug?


It says I got a voicemail from my father, who is inquiring about the news of my father’s flight. I suspect that this is supposed to be about my mother (since my Prologue PC was a woman), and it is confirmed in the next page that it was supposed to be about my mother.

Last name?


The headmaster should also include my last name in the callout.

Also, are we supposed to get the headmaster and school and text scenes during the exploration? I feel like that’s a bug.

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Will the baby mama/baby daddy be a romance option? If you pick the teenage parent thing.

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Yes

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That seems like a fair point.

Okay, thank you for finding that issue.

This may be a bug. I will have to check ins out. Thank you for reporting the other issues as well.

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Please tell me that if we choose to have a kid we can not only rescue their mom/ dad and our baby plus also raise them

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The situation is diferent for both versions of MC. The male MC who has kid can have better relationship with Savanah than female MC with Timothy who ghosted her. Personally if you ask me. In regards to MCs with pregnant and fathered child challenge. For male MC I would go for Savanah. But for female MC I would ignore Tim. Also choosing to romance Lilith with pregnant female MC is lot more funnier and interesting because Lillith is also pregnant.

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If Darren is your roommate and you meet the dog, then go hang out with him again to the cafe, the text reacts as if you never met the dog, which you literally just did lol.

Other than that, still a really fun game.

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Damn it, I really want to know what the dorm rooms sections look like. So I can picture what I would do if I’m in this situation. Like, are there inside dorms or outside dorm areas Like an apartment complex design or a hotel

Interesting to see how this one develops. Initially was a bit put off by how lightly other classmates are reacting to what happened, but the dorm scenes (especially with Lilith) were great.

One thing that I noticed tho: when choosing to squeeze Burton’s hand in theater, the text states our character feels “rush of excitement and impulsively reach out” while the stat change indicates inquisitive +8 (and changes accordingly). Shouldn’t that be raising impulsiveness?

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Does anyone know if any kind of “special infected” will be added. Seeing how fast infected change and the blood bit, there is at least a possibility.

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Really enjoyed the prologue. Very exciting, and I liked the prologue mc. Writing’s solid with lots of flavour variation. Though idk about if the vibes post classmate death are… fitting.

But the main thing I wanted to mention; What was the thought process behind giving the Japanese teen girl character a blue hair streak? Idk if you’re aware, but we’re so tired of the trope it became a meme in Asia; “oh, another american media with the blue/purple hair streak to show this asian is ‘rebelious’ unlike the usual docile asian teen girls”. Whatever your intent is, most asians playing this will look at it with immediate suspicion.

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A post was merged into an existing topic: Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven, Part 4 Public Beta - updated 12/29/2023, 440,000+ words

Once again, sorry for being busy. I was wrapping up some stuff for the City of Mist pen and paper rpg.

The character is based on someone my girlfriend and I are friends with in real life. She is of Japanese descent, and yes she dyes her hair several times a year. She was tickled pink that a character is based on her.

There is some variability to the virus; this also includes infection rates.

We may go back to add things for more of a ‘class’ feel at the start; this is why it is early in the game.

We are hoping to make a rough map of the campus in the future. It is arguably probably more like an apartment complex w ith very small rooms.

This is going to be slightly changed thanks to player feedback :slight_smile: If a female player wishes to have her child’s biological father in her life, then that can happen.

As you can tell from my previous answer, they can be in the player’s life if they want them.

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