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7 Days to Die - DayZ meets Minecraft?

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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/7daystodie/7-days-to-die-zombie-survival-game

Just saw this game posted on Joystiq. After watching the video, I'm interested. I'm not a fan of Minecraft, but a huge fan of DayZ, and a huge fan of open world games in general. I love being able to do what you want, and this seems similar to DayZ with some actual purpose to it I suppose. I decided to pledge $35 to get the alpha and see how it is. The name is terrible and the name of the developer is terrible, but what the hell.
 
I'm always skeptical of these kickstarter games. I mean, I lose nothing by waiting a few months just to see if its playable. There have been way too many buggy messes released from Kickstarter and steam greenliight.
 
curious to see what comes of it, although i'll be waiting and not kickstarting
 
Well, sometimes you lose the game. I do not have a problem investing a small amount of cash to a company if it means the game will actually be made. However, sometimes yes, it is a bit of a stretch. The first thing that threw me off here was the name...The Fun Pimps, REALLY? Other than that, it looked good, looked like they're doing some good work on it, and I like the idea, so I chose to give them $35 in hopes that they can reach the goal. The alpha is available next month anyways, so it isn't like they are promising something that will be a year away like a lot of Kickstarter campaigns. However they're all a gamble unfortunately...
 
The amount of stories you see of people just walking away with the money... I'm surprised anyone still donates to this junk site..

That and you have already rich people using it to fund stuff.
 
That actually looks really awesome.
 
Look's pretty good, though I would need a first born in advance to donate.
 
When I saw the thread title, I was all "oh, great, ANOTHER zombie game" but then I watched the video and was all "oh, this is what Minecraft should have become by now." All of a sudden, I'm feeling very displeased with Notch and very interested in investing in the project.


ShiBDiB said:
The amount of stories you see of people just walking away with the money... I'm surprised anyone still donates to this junk site..
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You don't get that far along in development and feel compelled to just abandon it. What they showed in pre-alpha already looks like it is far beyond what Minecraft has after years of patching. Not to mention that it does a lot more, with much higher frame rates, and looks a whole lot better at it too.

ShiBDiB said:
That and you have already rich people using it to fund stuff.
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Because crowd sourcing is a good way to gauge interest in a new or reboot IP. If you can't crowd source the first phase of a title's development, most likely it will be a market flop if finished anyway. You can't blame them for using a tool that works.
 
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It looks like it could be a really fun game, but $35 just for Alpha/Beta access? The $15 entry level that gives access to the final game should get access to the Alpha/Beta.
 
Call me a killjoy but I have a gut feeling this will fail its targets. Granted a lot of worse stuff gets its funding, but the graphics on the clips are a little lacklustre. It looks like somebody took the existing killing floor game and blocked everything up a bit to include some minecraft elements. Its a neat idea, but I sure wouldn't pay that price for it.
 
The pricing is typical for Kickstarter games. By making alpha cost the most, they limit how many people will be participating limiting the amount of bugs/feedback they get. Beta expands the pool more when they think they're ready for it. It's smart to do that which is why a lot do.

Voxel based games always have "lackluster" graphics because of the complexity of the environment. Minecraft did and still costs over $25 USD--more than this game and you get a whole lot less for it.
 
FordGT90Concept said:
The pricing is typical for Kickstarter games. By making alpha cost the most, they limit how many people will be participating limiting the amount of bugs/feedback they get. Beta expands the pool more when they think they're ready for it. It's smart to do that which is why a lot do.

Voxel based games always have "lackluster" graphics because of the complexity of the environment. Minecraft did and still costs over $25 USD--more than this game and you get a whole lot less for it.
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I think this unmade game officially has its first fanboy
 
I wouldn't say that. Voxel is where the future is at and I'm always excited to see more games that explore and exploit the technology.

I don't like at all that it is zombie-based because the subject is more beat to death now than WWII was in the mid 1990s to mid 2000s. Developers love it because it's cheap and easy to develop. I can overlook that though for the gameplay which looks like a fresh mix of a lot of good genres. What will make it swim or sink depends on how the FPS mechanics are. Can't judge that until I play it.

Any time I can support an indie developer innovating over a massive publisher rehashing the same thing over and over, count me in.
 
ShiBDiB said:
I think this unmade game officially has its first fanboy
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No, you're just stupidly negative about everything. It must suck to be such a hateful person.



Anyways, I don't have a problem with the price, again. I think it is typical of a Kickstarter game as said, and $35 is just for alpha/beta access. I don't see a problem paying a bit extra for that - you get to play it earlier, test it, perhaps put your thoughts into shaping the game, etc. The money they say they are getting is going a lot towards artists/animators, as I think that they already have the base game planned out (as the video shows) and the mechanics there, it just needs polish. The game looks pretty damn functional. The way I look at it, if you DON'T fund them, then you might never find out what the game is like...and the game looks cool enough and unique (relatively speaking I suppose...) enough to where I would love to see it be a great game.

Besides...it can't be as bad as The War Z, and I wasted money on that steaming pile of garbage. :laugh:
 
Guitarrassdeamor said:
Besides...it can't be as bad as The War Z, and I wasted money on that steaming pile of garbage. :laugh:
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Why am I not surprised. Did you also invest in Legends of Pegasus, Citadel, Runes of Arkania? If so I think you have a problem!

Anyway, instead of spending $35 on a game that I wont get to play forever, I think I'll just spend $5 on the amazing new humble bundle with 4 triple-A games in it. satisfcation!
 
This game looks really fun to me. If it gets to beta I think I will be interested in getting this.

I am a graphics whore, but I played minecraft for like 6-8 months which looks worse than this game. Gameplay > graphics. I do like a good physics system too. If only they could make a game like this with good graphics also.
 
NinkobEi said:
Why am I not surprised. Did you also invest in Legends of Pegasus, Citadel, Runes of Arkania? If so I think you have a problem!

Anyway, instead of spending $35 on a game that I wont get to play forever, I think I'll just spend $5 on the amazing new humble bundle with 4 triple-A games in it. satisfcation!
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No! The War Z warning signs were there (albeit honestly sort of after I put down the cash), and they weren't even asking for money, just making empty promises and showing nothing off. I've only ever put up for one other thing on Kickstarter (that I've followed through with, I did cancel my Virtuix Omni order because I honestly didn't want to spend $350 on it at the current moment) and that is Road Redemption, which hopefully is on a good path to finishing. If the game doesn't get funded, I am out absolutely nothing. If it does, I get a game next month, albeit still in early stages, to play and possible have a shit load of fun playing. As I said, it looks a lot better than other games I've seen. I tried State of Decay, it may have been good, but I couldn't get past the graphics in the demo on 360. That survival game that is being developed by Facepunch looks okay, but is in closed alpha and doesn't look near as finished as this to me so far (I've only watched one video). Who knows when DayZ standalone is coming and how good/different it will be (will still be boring with no quests or actual point IMO after it is all said and done), and as I've said I've never been a fan of Minecraft.
 
james888 said:
If only they could make a game like this with good graphics also.
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In 10 years, sure. Currently, there just isn't enough processing power and/or not enough programming skill to symmetrically multithread voxel processing.
 
Zombies AND Minecraft? Sounds supremely boring. :(
 
Frick said:
Zombies AND Minecraft? Sounds supremely boring. :(
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i thought its what minecraft was always missing - a purpose to your buildings. in 5 minutes of minecraft your'e safe from the natural enemies. i always wanted to build things and be forced to DEFEND.
 
Looks good, just like every other kickstarter game, so I'll wait first
 
They're over $100k now, but 100k is a lot in 2 weeks. I'm curious how many people have donated via PayPal. Hopefully it gets funded. Here is a gameplay video made by a Youtuber they gave the game to early:

 
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Guitarrassdeamor said:
They're over $100k now, but 100k is a lot in 2 weeks. I'm curious how many people have donated via PayPal. Hopefully it gets funded. Here is a gameplay video made by a Youtuber they gave the game to early:

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Nice, looks good.
 
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I never really used Kickstarter to fund games, I just check on the site for interesting ones and I keep track of them until they release, because I really wait for them to get released before I buy. however seeing as they've already made a pretty nice working early build of the game. unlike other's who only show their "concepts" and "plans", I am seriously considering this.

I have a question, I can only get the game when I pay $15 right? $1 and $5 doesn't count?, I'm not rushing so it's okay not to be a part of the early builds.

Guitarrassdeamor said:
Here is a gameplay video made by a Youtuber they gave the game to early:
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Oh the perks of being Frankie!
 
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