Zombie Watch — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Bugfix patch 1.02 | 2021-09-24 | - When a zombie wave arrives now showing zombies left to kill counter - Fixed an issue that caused take all from working - Fixed a glitch causing the weapon to be visible while building - Fixed Reload mapping - Fixed a glitch showing blood on zombies when they were already dead - Various fixes |
| Zombie Watch - Release Date | 2021-09-10 | Hello everyone, we are pleased to announce that the official release of Zombie Watch is only a short week away, we are officially releasing our game on the 17th of September here on Steam and also on Xbox. This has been a fun experience and we hope you will enjoy surviving the harsh post-apocalyptic world of Zombie Watch. What is new: - 2 new maps, so now you can explore the mainland, forest, town, swamp, mountain, and island. - New zombies, - Bandit NPC, - Events, - Some new items and weapons, - General improvements and bug fixes. Thank you for supporting us. |
| Patch 0.7.2 | 2021-02-19 | New wardrobe! You can now change your character's outfits since we just added a bunch of new clothing items each with its own special stats. Different shirts, pants, backpacks, masks, and glasses can now be found while searching the closets in many houses, while others can be bought from a vendor. But all of them can be sold. One reason more to go scavenging through old abandoned homes. Fixes: - Storage box - Plants growing too fast - Ammo UI fixes - Movement fixes - other smaller issues. |
| Patch 0.7.1 | 2021-02-06 | - Fixed some glitches - Fixed issue where you are able to add items to lootable - Fixed some building colliders - Added 5 new craftable weapons |
| Major Update - 0.7 | 2021-01-30 | We have some exciting news and we honestly hope you guys will share our enthusiasm. We took our time to look into the feedback from our players and we came to the conclusion that we needed to create a whole new experience of Zombie Watch and bring it closer to our mobile version. We are not talking just about the design or maps, we actually went back to the basics and changed the way of doing a lot of things in Zombie Watch. It was something we were thinking about for a while because the game did not meet our vision once had. Somewhere along the line of creating our game, we lost our silver lining and we could not let that continue. It may se |
| Zombie Watch - Version 0.6 | 2020-06-23 | Hello, We improved the Zombie Watch main map with adding hills, mountains, and new paths around them which makes it more diverse and interesting to explore. We added a few special places, such as a gas station, 2 stores, a villa, industrial buildings, and more in a new location on the map up the main road. You can find a bunch of loot and items in this new small town as well. This update also includes a few bug fixes. ZW dev team - Twitter - Facebook - Discord Thanks, ZW Dev Team |
| Zombie Watch Roadmap | 2020-05-08 | Hello, I am sorry to say our development process has been delayed a bit because of these hard times at the moment. First of all, we hope every one of you is safe and healthy and will stay that way. Well wishes to you and your family! Our roadmap for Zombie Watch in the short future includes quests, more locations and special places, a new vehicle, a finished multiplayer, and the release of Zombie Watch 1.0. The Xbox version is also in development! ZW dev team |
| Version 0.5.5 | 2020-02-29 | - Fixed some collisions - Fixed talent stats not reapplying - Fixed water interaction collision - Optimization and improvements |
| Radiation zones - Version 0.5.4 | 2020-01-26 | Hello, this update brings a lot of new things. We added a bunch of new locations, which are all marked on the map for you to find easily. They all contain old and new loot items, but the most exciting of all is the new radiation zones where you will be damaged by radiation fumes. These areas contain searchable radiation barrels with loot and 2 new enemies for you to eliminate. All bandits now drop loot. - new locations - 2 new enemies - enemies no longer spawn inside your base - radiation zones - bandits now drop loot - fixed not able to use some items with right-click - fixed a bug when the selected resolution was not set - fixed bandit AI n |
| Zombie Watch - Version 0.5.3 | 2020-01-19 | - Buildable buildings remove grass in the build area - Searchable containers now contain new loot - Searchable army ammo boxes now contain ammo - Searchable weapon boxes now have a small chance to spawn rare weapons - Added functionality when attacking an enemy all nearby enemies will also start attacking you - Added several new items to the swamp biome - Fixed where sometimes you could not fire a bow - Fixed zombies sometimes not switching target - Fixed an issue when carrying logs or ore you could sprint |
| Gardening, Hireable NPC-s and Much more! - Version 0.5.1 | 2020-01-10 | Hello, this big update brings a lot of new features and items to Zombie Watch. A lot of you have been asking for a new movement type for the character and we have delivered. This update brings you a new option of controlling your character and we have a feeling you will like it. We added a whole new biome, the swamp area, with its 2 new unique creatures and vegetation and also a bunch of new special places for you to explore. There are over 50 new items added to the game, including 5 new buildings for decoration purposes, new NPC controlled buildings like the survivor station for managing survivors, the guard tower and buildable carriage for |
| Bandits, performance, quality of life changes - Version 0.4 | 2019-12-20 | Hello, This bigger update brings a lot of changes, improvements, and features to Zombie Watch and just at the right time for the Winter Sale! We focused on game optimization and made a lot of changes which improved loading time and overall memory consumption significantly. At the same time, we fixed several collision issues, a bug where the glass was causing damage to the player, the rain sound, and a few other bugs which are all listed below. Now to the fun stuff - we added a lot of new things to the world of Zombie Watch! The most exciting new feature is Bandit Camps and locations with Bandit AIs! These are new special places designed espec |
| Content update, quality of life changes - Version 0.3.3 | 2019-11-26 | Hello This update brings a lot more content for you to explore and loot! We added numerous new special places, houses, cottages, industrial areas, residential houses, gas stations, and a big town, which is actually the biggest in Zombie Watch yet. This town has its own police station, a store, a gas station, two shelters, a lot of industrial buildings and garages, residential areas, a basketball court, a park, a church and more with many searchable cupboards, boxes, closets, and cars. In this town and other special places, there is a lot of loot, which include food and drink items, junk items, medicine, and many more. The new town is located |
| Halloween, Winter, Tundra Biome - Version 0.3.0 | 2019-10-25 | Hello! This bigger update brings a lot of new things and we are also all set for the Halloween event! Zombies in the world of Zombie Watch are now wearing pumpkin heads and the game is made more fun with a Halloween theme song. What can be scarier than zombies on Halloween, right? Also, you can now bake a pumpkin pie! More importantly, we completed 2 new biomes, the tundra area with pine trees and the snowy winter area! They are both filled with resources like wood, stones, sticks, fiber, different ore and have a lot of special places to explore where you can find a lot of loot. You can fast travel to the winter area or choose a more scenic r |
| Patch Notes - Version 0.2.3 | 2019-10-14 | Hello, this update fixes a lot of glitches and bugs in preparation for the next content update. We also have a Halloween event coming in the next weeks in addition to the previously mentioned content update. Bug fixes include: - Opzimized loading times - Fixed bug with fast travelling from harvesters - Fixed WSDA movement - Fixed several graphical glitches - Optimized rain sound (a light version of the heavy rain sound and lowered volume) - Fixed sand biome water - Fixed some colision objects - General bug fixes and optimization Thank you very much for your support! ZW dev team - Twitter - Facebook - Discord - Instagram Thanks, ZW Dev Team |
| Fast travel, animals and more - ver 0.2.2 | 2019-09-10 | Hello! Great news - we added fast travel locations to the world of Zombie Watch! For 300 gold you can now fast travel from 4 locations in different biomes to different shops and certain towns in Zombie Watch, which will give you more time to take care of your base and defence. You will easily recognize a fast travel location, it looks like this. We added quite a few new animals to hunt, like chickens, cows, pigs, goose, ibexes, and goats. In the next few updates, we will be adding new items to find and special recipes to cook with. The newly updated engine version brings for memory management improvements. This update also brings some bug fix |
| Desert Biom, Searchables - Version 0.2 | 2019-08-02 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/80a884a03ed0df657d142050acfc07be5d173c89.gif Hello! Good news - you can now explore the desert in Zombie Watch! This update brings a very exciting addition to the world of Zombie Watch, the sand biome with new plants. There are new special places in the desert, like the big oasis town, a few smaller towns, abandoned trailer places, rock formations on some parts of the beach and a shop in that area. With a whole new biome, there are a few new items to add to your inventory when exploring this place, for example, a cactus which also gives you a little bit of food. New t |
| Achievements - Version 0.1.3 | 2019-06-13 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/b004bcbe4ad509a90315d34f2e8d80abef24170e.jpg Hello, Zombie Watch now finally has achievements! Currently there are 27 of them, focusing on gathering resources, killing zombies, hunting animals, unlocking talents, acquiring a horse and we will additionally add new ones with content updates. This small update also brings some bug fixes and most importantly fixed collisions for the horse. Thank you very much for your support! ZW dev team - Twitter - Facebook - Discord - Instagram Thanks, ZW Dev Team |
| Mounts - Version 0.1.2 | 2019-05-25 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/d245f279d5507390fa7b4bdcdf5993ef6fb9174c.jpg Hello, we have some awesome news - we added a horse! This brings a whole lot of exciting things to do in Zombie Watch! You can now buy a horse from a dealer. It will save you a lot of time to travel all over the place. In the future updates we plan to add a carriage used to transport goods. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/e899eeb00830eabb45d5f728d27411897e0f0ee2.gif We also fixed some issues from the previous version and added some new items, like hay piles and more special places |
| Patch Notes - Version 0.1.1 | 2019-05-17 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/a6f7502a90243b4429c3e9eb8d4e17605966d90c.jpg - Added Chinese and Russian localization (You can change it in the options menu -> Gameplay/Audio) - Nights are now slightly less dark - Lowered damage of Bear attacks - Fixed female clothing disappearing issue - Fixed various collisions - Fixed some typos - Various bugfixes A Big thanks to everyone reporting bugs. ZW dev team - Twitter - Facebook - Discord - Instagram Thanks, ZW Dev Team |
| Zombie Watch Early Access Release | 2019-05-10 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/2bc9874c28fa8d4f05f90f89a5192ea9be48776e.png Hello Survivors, Today is THE DAY! We proudly announce that Zombie Watch is now available on Steam Early Access! It has been a long 2 years of hard work while juggling our jobs, family schedules and our passion project, the Zombie Watch game development. There have been a lot of sacrifices, sleepless nights but it was all worth it! We, a small group of people, have made something we are proud of. Yes, the game is still in development, we are aware it has bugs and glitches, but we have made it here. We have created something |
| Wildlak - Company Rebranding | 2019-03-20 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/0073833ff42f787b9ea1e1aa933742d8c58d910e.png We are proud to announce that we have started a rebranding process for our company name to Wildlak and here is the reason why. We have grown out of our initial mission and our company has taken a turn for new goals. At Nebula X Games we have started as an indie mobile game developer and have since moved on to developing a PC game, which was our hidden dream all along. We are grateful for the experiences and success the mobile games and apps gave brought but we feel it is time for new victories. It is time to reach for our d |
| Zombie Watch - Release Date | 2019-02-13 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/1a1ca6cc1cadd4eaaae7ef0fd0ee7b45149ee23e.png Great news! The official release for Zombie Watch early access is set on the 10th of May 2019! Everyone who bought our game on Indiegogo will get their game key a week in advance, as promised. Features in early access will include scavenging, gathering, crafting, hunting, trading, base building, defending against waves of zombies, day and night cycle while earning talents, reputations and doing quests. The game will be released into early access as a single player game, because the engine we are using the make the game (Uni |
| Electricity, Power Cables and Storage | 2019-01-15 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/acd7f740c7b5c1f0d2a7c798fe02d4e14a01d1be.gif Hello! We have been working on some cool features in Zombie Watch , which all derive from – electricity! It opens up a whole new way of automatization in the game and gives you multiple options for doing things high tech, which we already stated we are doing. We added electricity, power cables, electronic traps, generators, lights and power poles. All of the electronic equipment will need to be connected with power cables and it will have its own Power Management process. For example, 1 light will take 3- power points, whil |
| The Open World of Zombie Watch | 2018-12-15 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/d1eda505a38c55d80e523dc3a60ffe0394fe6cf5.png Hello! Here is the first official map of Zombie Watch! As we previously stated, there are 3 different biomes forest, desert, and snow, with extra special places, including the swamp. There is a main road connecting every biome with a bunch of smaller roads that are either shortcuts in between the towns or roads to more secluded places, like dirt roads leading through the swamp. There are rivers flowing into the sea which surrounds the whole island. The bigger towns are placed in close vicinity to rivers, are abandoned and i |
| Website, Art, Endgame Vehicles | 2018-11-23 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/2487b16ba38ea7fe165f1f877a527504c4798317.jpg Hello, we have a new website! Check it out! The overall look of the new website is perfectly suited for the world of Zombie Watch! It is not completely finished yet because we have a few things still in the works. The main thing we are really excited about is the official Zombie Watch merchandise, which is coming soon! We really hope you like it. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/7633af275031967e180665e3537510af3936bc7a.png The other new addition is the Zombie Watch art. For a long |
| Content Update | 2018-10-18 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/612bea479faf6c95df98518c9b6a20ca071d5fda.png Hello, the main focus in the development process has lately been on the content of the game itself. We have been working on different buildings and some high tech buildings and items, which will be craftable/buildable late in the game. For instance, you will be able to make generators and lights, which will need fuel to work. The fuel can be found in some special places or produced. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/717e7b2a23c51b6cd3ee086a8292144940d2a5ec.gif We are working on addi |
| Create Your Character | 2018-09-18 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/fe75b579f3ab7ea2ca1d3aa823450659ff169660.gif Hello, recently we have started working on the Character Creator for custom characters. This will give everyone playing Zombie Watch a chance to create a unique character and express their own personalities in the game. Take a look at the Character Creator above, how it looks like at the time, but know that this is only the beginning. There will be many more features to add and chose from. The character will lose weight in-game when not eating and he will gain weight when eating too much. His stamina and strength will be af |
| UI updates | 2018-08-15 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/e6a28077784ecd48ce4a0833abae3f7998224bf5.png Hello, it is time for another update. The Zombie Watch User Interface has been redesigned for a better experience. We want to make this game the best it can be and use the Interface without having to read the instructions beforehand. We want it to be simple and enjoyable. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/9a17da41c274ae92a2e79f205e3b0da285c1b3e9.png Thus, here are the changes: First of all, we combined the Character Screen and the Inventory to give it more orderliness. Because you w |
| Male - Female Character, Enviroment Physics and Delay Announcement | 2018-07-15 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31785142/56a4e15fe1e7371304b9f8f29fd16bf63c39b0ca.png Hello, this month we made a choice and added a female character, which was our plan for the future development anyways but we went ahead and made the change now. Because of this we also needed to replace the male model since our previous character and the female version were too different. We are happy with our choice and it will not affect the overall feel of the game or its design. The armours and clothing will basically stay the same but now we have an option to add various clothing elements down to the underwear. This i |