Many thanks for the catch. I had actually already found that problem, but it reminded me that I didn’t upload the updated version. Hopefully it should be OK now. Please let me know if you find anything else.
I’m afraid to report an other mistake right after choosing what your strongest to weakest spots are, something about a savegame line 146: a non existed variable ‘buildbase’
Anyway something in that direction, hope it can be fixed soon.
Sorry about that, apparently I forgot to add the underscore to the savegame file when I used one in the *create. Hope it’s OK now.
Would really appreciate any comments on the ZE crossover at the beginning of chapter 2. If anyone finds any errors, or thinks it needs something let me know please. Don’t want to make JimD look bad after he was nice enough to let me add it.
Will tommy try to kill me : 
Don’t worry. He only hates the ZE protagonist. I am sure you will be fine… ish… 
Are you actually being pinned to the floor by your own sunglasses?
Me in a nut chell
I find it interesting that you managed to get a crossover with ZE and yeah, I dont find any errors in the chapters and also like how you added a choice to ask Sarah about her so kudos to you for that.
Thanks for the praise I must admit I was a little worried ZE fans would descend on this topic and spam it with hate mail…
While I was adding it however I was forced to look at chapters 1 and 2 properly for the first time in a while, and it occurred to me that in comparison to the later chapters they are pretty thin. I wrote them when the idea of using an *if command broke me out in a cold sweat, and anything more complicated was out of the question. But now I have had a little more practice I wonder if there is anything people would like to see there that currently isn’t. Especially as this is the bit people will read before they decide to buy it or not. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I would like to be able to go onto Tom’s boats if my leadership is over 60-70.
It would probably be more fun than my story… But I fear if I were to add it we would be moving a little past crossover and into plagiarism territory. Where I hear the natives are not friendly
You could make it to where they run out of gas and have to stop into the city where you got gas from in ZE. That would add more intresting stuff and wouldn’t be too much of plagiarism as it only features the characters and attitudes, still may want to ask jim though.
I am not certain most people would appreciate it though. I barely remember that and I read ZE multiple times. Also I don’t want to give people too many expectations of the book being like ZE as it heads heavily into alien territory in 3 and most of 4. There is also the danger of people expecting mine to be as good as ZE was with the comparisons… Which is bound to lead to angry mobs with torches outside my house…
Wait, has Jim not been asked? I’d definitely ask him if not to be polite in the first place. They are his creations after all.
Don’t panic, I asked Jim and let him see the scene I added before it went in. I just don’t want to bug him for more stuff.
Oh, good 
! On a different note: Nice game. I don’t know if I said that yet, but I’ve been a shadow in this thread.
I fully support Zombien. As a unique game, it should go in its own creative direction. I enjoyed the crossover but the two games are not in the same universe, so the current scene would be best to be the only similar content.
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Thanks for the thumbs up. I am heading down the final track with Zombien so I need all the encouragement I can get. And again thanks for letting me add the scene. As much as I love Zombie Exodus the part where it is included is really the last point with real parallels between the games. Although the idea there was an alien invasion and Tom and Jason just didn’t notice amuses me. 
I should probably get out more.
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It felt like reading a Michael Bay movie
Nice original totally realistic story nice characters. I enjoyed reading trough it and the small ZE reference/crossover was fun.
Zombien has finally made it to beta. A lot late I know… but I got there in the end. Now would be a handy time for any of you nit pickers to pull apart my use of full stops if you are feeling charitable. Also would really appreciate any ideas for things people would want to see in the first couple of chapters. They still aren’t really well developed in comparison to the later stuff.