EDIT: Due to piracy issues (see here for details) we had to pull the online paid alpha version of the game.

To play in the meantime, there is the public demo to get your Project Zomboid fix HERE

We are working on new features and a log-in system for the new downloadable client, so please bear with us. We’ll get you some sexy unique ‘paid-only’ features as soon as possible and are working around the clock. Sorry, this wasn’t our plan our hand was forced somewhat.

Features include random NPCs, Professions, Traits, Skills.

Previous post here:

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Okay it’s sooner than we’d have liked. The game is still a bit buggy and who knows what crashes and bugs you’ll uncover and please be patient with us.

We released since our private testing was leaked onto 4chan, so containing it after that point seems foolish.

Please remember this is just a tech demo, a sign of things to come, and is much simpler, smaller and shallower than the full game will be. So please don’t judge what it will become on what it is now (unless it’s good judging, obviously)

A public demo will be released in the coming days, when we’ve ironed out serious bugs and added a couple of things we feel necessary for the public demo.

In the meantime if you want to play you’ll have to buy. Sorry but we need to make a good impression for the public demo and having bugs and stuff will do us a lot of harm.

To buy, click the big BUY OUR GAMES link at the right top of this page and buy one of our other games for your free lifetime subscription (don’t ask).

Mac and Linux users may need to tweak stuff to get it to work. Find out more here and here.

You will need latest Java installed.

LINK REMOVED. PLEASE READ ABOVE

IMPORTANT: If you link this anywhere, PLEASE use this url so we can explain to people the situation before they play.

If you’ve not gotten your user/pass yet, mail us on accounts@projectzomboid.com with your google/paypal receipt, if you’ve not gotten it, the email and full name will suffice.

Any bugs, you can report to http://www.theindiestone.com/mantis

Thanks for your patience!

Love,

The Indie Stone

201 Responses to “ALPHA TECH-DEMO RELEASED!”

  1. Neanderthal
    May 28, 2011 at 7:31 pm #

    Huzzah!

    It’s a shame I’m not on the testers list. Guess I’ve gotta wait for the public demo.

    Most likely going to be watching Game play vids in the mean time.

  2. Tycow
    May 28, 2011 at 7:34 pm #

    Congrats guys :)

  3. Caffeine
    May 28, 2011 at 8:02 pm #

    So, people that have pre-ordered still have to wait for the public demo and can’t help with bug testing?

    /sadface

    • admin
      May 28, 2011 at 8:10 pm #

      No people who preordered can play it. ;)

      • Caffeine
        May 28, 2011 at 8:16 pm #

        Oh, I see where I went wrong. I skipped over entire line of “If you’ve not gotten your user/pass yet, mail us on accounts@projectzomboid.com

        I sent the paypal receipt.

        Thanks!

        • Dosko
          May 29, 2011 at 5:22 am #

          how can i attach the receipt?

  4. Fiku
    May 28, 2011 at 8:12 pm #

    So we will become soon a mail with username and password?

  5. May 28, 2011 at 8:15 pm #

    people who don’t have pre-ordered can’t play?

  6. Caffeine
    May 28, 2011 at 8:29 pm #

    Sorry to hear that the kiddies at 4chan couldn’t respect your development of the game.

  7. Durdurps
    May 28, 2011 at 8:50 pm #

    I understand you guys really need the money and want to make a good public demo, but have you taken into consideration that its easier to let people play the game and then get excited about it, instead of expecting them to be excited first then letting them play the game? I’m just saying, buggy as it may be, I feel you would have seen a far bigger surge in sales by letting everyone in right now instead of “locking out” people who may go on to stop caring about a game that only lets people who’ve paid take a look at the demo.
    I don’t want to come off as “WE ARE ALL ENTITLED TO PLAY THIS, DELIVER NOW”, I’m just saying thats how the public tends to react to stuff these days.
    (Case in point, I’ll bet you guys saw a good couple sales after the 4chan leak. Pity its so close to the demo release that you’ll probably attribute it to that instead)

    • Duderonymous
      May 29, 2011 at 3:49 am #

      You must’ve missed the line where they said the DEMO would be free and that this was NOT the DEMO, but rather the pre-alpha tech demo. There is no company that has ever been that has released a demo that was only playable by those who were already getting the full game. Just wouldn’t make sense.

      • Um...
        May 31, 2011 at 6:47 am #

        Mojang with Minecraft.

        • tripleomega
          June 1, 2011 at 5:23 pm #

          Minecraft Classic is free and Minecraft Alpha/Beta is not a demo, it’s an Alpha/Beta.

      • Cleric
        June 5, 2011 at 8:55 pm #

        Really? There are TONS of gaming companies that offer beeta-testing or demos as a reward for pre-ordering.

    • Hams
      May 31, 2011 at 7:33 am #

      Notch did the same thing with Minecraft and he’s a millionaire now. I’m sure if they need someone to do their marketing for them they’ll hire someone who knows what he/she is talking about.

  8. May 28, 2011 at 9:32 pm #

    I love this game you guy’s are doing a good job on it keep it!!!! :D

  9. Thechuz
    May 28, 2011 at 9:34 pm #

    Apparently my login is incorrect?

  10. Abyzz
    May 28, 2011 at 9:38 pm #

    Should ideas for betterment of the game (such as dialog skip button) be put in the bug report area or…?

    • wafflelord
      June 5, 2011 at 12:33 am #

      You can skip the dialog by pressing esc :)

  11. May 28, 2011 at 9:51 pm #

    If you have pre-ordered you can play RIGHT NOW! :D

  12. Djcreeper
    May 28, 2011 at 10:01 pm #

    Its awesome!

  13. Darren
    May 28, 2011 at 10:49 pm #

    You should be grateful people even want to play your game, disregarding communities like 4chan, SomethingAwful etc as kiddies for simply wanting to play a game that looks good is pretty dumb. Just look at how successful games like Minecraft and Terraria have been off the backs of these communities.

    • Tilla
      May 28, 2011 at 11:12 pm #

      It’s not disregarding these communities – I’m a goon and all – but if they steal the product and release it to the public early they are objectively in the wrong. 4chan may not have standards but SA certainly has a zero policy rule about piracy on their boards.

      • One Above All
        May 28, 2011 at 11:59 pm #

        Like anyone should give a shit about indie devs that try to keep their little projects so super secret to hype up people that would otherwise be turned away by their shitty Java vomit.

        • Companion D20
          May 29, 2011 at 10:21 am #

          Right, there’s not a single independently developed game that is worth giving to fucks about.
          And if it is in Java it is BOUND to fail. I mean, cut me a break with Minecraft and this shit.

          Oh wait. Minecraft is awesome. Seems like your argument is invalid.

        • loid
          May 30, 2011 at 4:22 am #

          are you from 4chan because you have the qualities to be either a troll or someone incredibly stupid

          this is the alpha tech demo, not the actual free demo you dumbfuck

          cut them a break

    • mrdoctorsomebody
      July 12, 2011 at 8:30 pm #

      wow you the second asshole named darren i know crawl in a hole and rot you assfuck

  14. Split_Infinity
    May 28, 2011 at 11:02 pm #

    Ok so I bought the game through google checkout a little before that debacle with them and haven’t heard anything from you guys since regarding a password to my account or anything, how do I get my password and username so I can try this out since it wont let me log in?

    • Tilla
      May 28, 2011 at 11:10 pm #

      There’s a thing on the forums to get your username and password sent, look there.

    • Split_Infinity
      May 28, 2011 at 11:14 pm #

      Please ignore my last post I later saw the part regarding the “accounts” email, I was eager to try it out and went right into the demo then came here. I’ve sent an email so I’m awaiting the reply from there.

  15. Dima
    May 29, 2011 at 2:23 am #

    Saw this game on /v/ wasn’t there when anons leaked the game and were having their fun. Looking forward to the game though, Please release the demo during the weekend if possible, thanks guys.

  16. lolfaggots
    May 29, 2011 at 2:24 am #

    Oh wow, you faggots are out of your minds. Offering up your shitty game through sales of other games that are most definitely not worth any price tag just so you can get around admitting you’re actually charging dumbfucks money to access your tech demo. That’s pretty fucking sad, really.

    On top of it, moderated comments, so only people that aren’t decrying your hilariously shitty ‘business’ ‘practices’ don’t flood out your site and troll you into oblivion.

    Have fun being pirated.

    • admin
      May 29, 2011 at 3:59 am #

      Sorry but to survive the traffic we had to cache the pages so there’s a delay before posts appear.

      Also: we have to sell those ‘shitty games’ because we got shit from Google / PayPal for selling a game that’s not out yet. It’s a work around.

      thanks for your lovely comments.

    • Ludvig
      May 29, 2011 at 10:45 am #

      Well, “lolfaggots”, it´s really sad how you don´t seem to possess any social knowledge at all and neither have the intelligence to understand peoples needs and goals.

      • Ludvig
        May 29, 2011 at 5:00 pm #

        Ahh! I almost forgot! Nice job guys! I must say, this is really impressive! It´s really well done for being an alpha. You guys are probably going to make a great game, so these 5 ONLY pounds were totally worth it! I mean, look at all mainstream games, sending out games for full price that isn´t even worth it and you just come, giving a very promising game and only for 5 pounds? You, my good sirs and madames, deserve a medal!

    • Djcreeper
      May 29, 2011 at 8:28 pm #

      You mad.

    • notafaggot
      May 30, 2011 at 8:04 pm #

      lolfaggot-
      you are possibly the most incredibly annoying person on the internet. You seem to have no sense of decency and are a total ass. I hope you like living as an uneducated, arrogant, frustrating, and dysfunctional member of society.

      Looks like Darwin was wrong. :(

      • Caleb
        June 6, 2011 at 1:14 pm #

        Darn right he was! 1 point for team Jesus!

  17. Z3PP
    May 29, 2011 at 3:51 am #

    Wow! This is way more intense than I thought it would be. I died in like 20 minutes. Time for round 2.

  18. Demonic
    May 29, 2011 at 5:24 am #

    Still wondering is paypal going to be up for this again?

  19. Rye
    May 29, 2011 at 11:39 am #

    You guys the demo is F’in wicked! I just started playing it the music the sounds the controls. I am so glad I pre ordered and followed the community for as long as I did.

    It was well worth the wait!

    Cheers Indie Stone/Project Zomboid Team!

    Thanks for all your hard work and devotion.

  20. skoski
    May 29, 2011 at 12:07 pm #

    hi guys just wanted to say dont listen to all the little bitches that is moaning about having to pay 5 fucking stinking little pounds to play the game,with lifetime updates it worked well for minecraft why not for you guys.i will be getting the game even if it was 10 pounds its still a good deal.so to all you haters and little bitches that cant afford to buy it stay the fuck away from the site and dont get the game they will still make shit loads of cash from this game.peace out lol

    • mrdoctorsomebody
      July 12, 2011 at 8:29 pm #

      amen

  21. Vances
    May 29, 2011 at 12:51 pm #

    OMG this is so awsome…haha i carnt beleive i died in like 15-20 mins of playing it O_o this is absolutley amazing. :D and so fun to play

  22. Vances
    May 29, 2011 at 1:42 pm #

    Hi just to say this is awsome, but also very hard haha :D just adds to the fun factor

  23. JFS
    May 29, 2011 at 4:30 pm #

    Wow, lots of vitriol around. I, personally, am very glad I pre-ordered the game. This sneak peek into the game for those that made it possible in the first place is great. I don’t see the problem with the developers giving something back to those that saved them from bankruptcy, and if you are too scroogey-mc-duck to give out 5 pounds, just stand in the queue and wait till it’s your turn. Until then, please don’t moan around.

  24. Kurt
    May 29, 2011 at 5:34 pm #

    How long does the game last for? I would rather buy something I could play for at least an hour or more.

  25. Manly tears
    May 29, 2011 at 6:29 pm #

    If you continue to Viral market on http://www.4chan.org/v/ we will be taking legal action against you and giving you horribly bad press, this is your last and final warning.

    We do not want to pay for your shitty 2d indie garbage so shove it up your fucking ass you scumbag.

    From your friends at 4chan.

    • admin
      May 29, 2011 at 10:45 pm #

      That post has absolutely nothing to do with us. For a start, we’re doing pre-release testing and we don’t particularly want a huge amount of exposure until we’re ready to launch a public tech-demo.

    • Not anonymous
      May 29, 2011 at 11:49 pm #

      go back to your image board,4chan is just an big an trash to hold all the people/material that no one wants. Leave internet to the big boys and put your warnings in the trash next to your so loved 4chan.

    • anoninini
      May 30, 2011 at 2:00 am #

      from 4chan, fuck off manly tears, stop spamming threads/streams too. Some people just want to talk about the games features. To those who dont know, manly tears is a tripfag and a self proclaimed faggot, disregard him

    • /v/irgin
      June 4, 2011 at 3:06 pm #

      Go away, dwarf.

    • mrdoctorsomebody
      July 12, 2011 at 8:37 pm #

      wow you people are assholes just because they are unhappy that THEIR work was pirated and posted on your scum sucking lowlife site doesn’t mean you have to come on and call there work shitty……….oh and asshole if know one wants to play their game why did you post it on your site you fucknut. indie stone you rock keep up the good work!

  26. Wolfey
    May 29, 2011 at 7:09 pm #

    Loving the demo, been killed 3 different ways so far. Would like to upload a vid or two on youtube. That ok by you guys?

  27. May 29, 2011 at 9:33 pm #

    When you say a public demo is gonna be released in the coming days, do you mean the next few days? Or much later? All future days are coming days!

    I want this, but not without a demo.

    • Tilla
      May 30, 2011 at 1:20 am #

      They’ll be releasing it when some of the bugs are more ironed out – don’t want to show it to the public at large with some of these crashes still around, right?

  28. a
    May 30, 2011 at 1:15 am #

    Stop viralling this fucking shit game at 4chan.

    • admin
      May 30, 2011 at 1:55 am #

      Get the thread deleted or something. It really has nothing to do with us – we can’t do anything about people posting about the game.

      We’re currently processing all orders manually until we get an automatic system up – we have no interest in publicising this pre-release techdemo widely, because we have bugs to fix and don’t want to spend all our time sending out accounts and responding to emails.

      • Tilla
        May 30, 2011 at 9:00 am #

        Maybe you need to make an official post to 4chan on here, stating that you have nothing to do with the posters and so forth, cause these guys are getting annoying.

  29. Artificer
    May 30, 2011 at 7:36 am #

    Keep up the good work guys! It’s pretty much exactly what I hoped it would be so far :-)

    I hope you don’t get too discouraged by the 4chan trolls – hang in there!

  30. Noah
    May 30, 2011 at 7:40 am #

    After trying the alpha i gotta say im really looking forward to it. Keep up the good work.

  31. Anon
    May 30, 2011 at 10:53 am #

    You can keep saying you have nothing to do with the threads on /v/, but they are not gonna listen to you.
    For some reason, half of /v/ has got the thought into their head that every thread about an unreleased or recently released game is actually viral marketing.
    We’ve tried arguing with them, but they refuse to listen to reason, so just ignore them.
    You can check out the Terraria developers FAQ from a bit back. They were accused of the exact same thing, and tried to reason with them in it.
    Didn’t work obviously.

  32. odan
    May 30, 2011 at 1:47 pm #

    Well since i had a pre-order been playing for a few hours , the intro saying this is very basic and not the full version and not meant to be hours of fun. LOL
    i have been having a blast just with what has been released.
    Only suggestions are to remove the little intro everytime you start or let you skip it.
    Musics great , looks great , its clearly an alpha but it shows great promise for what is to come.

    • HappyWulf
      June 3, 2011 at 8:03 am #

      Smother the girl with a pillow.

  33. Jason
    May 30, 2011 at 1:56 pm #

    Indy developers are the lifeblood of PC gaming…their innovative…their passionate….unlike the big developers out there who rehash the same shit over and over again…

    I applaud projectzombie…the premise seems like it’s going to be the first zombie game done in away that feels right…

    Anyone who tries to rip off indy developers is more aboherent to me than those who pirate the big guns…

    Looking forward to see how this game prgresses keep up the good work.

  34. Gohka
    May 30, 2011 at 2:11 pm #

    Meh sorry this doesn’t seem worth paying for just to be able to play a demo, granted I don’t know what it’s like besides pictures and videos ’cause I haven’t played it, but that’s precisely why I wouldn’t pay for it, no way am I paying for a game before I even get to play it and see if I enjoy it! I’ll just have to wait for the public demo I guess.

  35. Thechuz
    May 30, 2011 at 3:39 pm #

    I crash as soon as I try to move :(

  36. Dman
    May 30, 2011 at 3:46 pm #

    Every time i play kate dose not appear like she is not on the bed and the guy just talks to himself

    • Matthew
      May 30, 2011 at 11:28 pm #

      I experienced that on my parents’ computer, which is a Windows XP, 17″ laptop. I’m running a Windows 7, 1600 x 900 monitor desktop. I suggest you send your specs to their bug report (I believe they do have one).

  37. Ian
    May 30, 2011 at 6:05 pm #

    So I know you wouldn’t want to tell, but I really hope the game will start at the beginning of the infection. No games ever allow you to go through the panic phase of a zombie outbreak. all games just skip the start when everything breaks out and people would be fleeing in the streets and looting building while zombies roam the streets attacking anything they can.

  38. Obsidian
    May 30, 2011 at 6:58 pm #

    Oh dear. This is developed in java?

    …No thanks, I have huge issues with java’s licensing and performance. You lost a potential customer with that move, sorry guys. I’ve seen enough nasty moves from Oracle in recent months with lawsuits aplenty regarding java and patents; I won’t touch it with a ten foot pole now.

    • Jon
      August 7, 2011 at 2:44 am #

      This is a separate issue from the actual development of the game. Java is free and open to use for whatever the heck you want. They actually can’t take action against somebody for writing a game in their language. The Java programming language doesn’t require a license to commercially use. Aside from that, they can’t sue you either.

      Also, Java has gotten pretty fast. Using LWJGL means it can make calls to graphics hardware, which puts the game in roughly comparable speeds to C++ using OpenGL (which LWJGL uses).

      The myth that Java is slow is just that– a myth.

  39. Cream
    May 30, 2011 at 8:11 pm #

    just bought droids, I don’t know which game is worse

  40. Iste
    May 31, 2011 at 1:50 am #

    I’m having a lot of fun so far! In the future, will there be saving of games, multiple characters etc?

    Also, the game is really hard. My douchebag of a neighbor just came into my house and shot me with a shotgun.

  41. Kronous
    May 31, 2011 at 1:57 am #

    Just noticed you can now kill kate with a pillow in the beginning xD

  42. FurryLovingGuy
    May 31, 2011 at 2:12 am #

    OMFG I’ve only seen a little info about the game but it looks like its the the zombie rpg iv been looking for since i was like… able to use a computer!!! Keep up the good work!

  43. Daniel
    May 31, 2011 at 3:13 pm #

    Wow guys. After playing a bit of what’s to come, i just cannot wait any longer. I’m really glad i paid for the paper rock scissors one, so you guys have that extra cash to rock it!

    Seriously though, this has succeeded all my expectations and i cannot wait for co op!

  44. Carlz0r
    May 31, 2011 at 3:53 pm #

    Heaven forbid they use a versatile, multi-platform engine to develop their game in…

    It’s not like there’s any java games out there that sold millions of copies…. Oh, wait. There is one extremely successful one I could mention.

    It is a small loss to them that you don’t want to buy it. It might be a large idea if you decide not to get it just because of what it’s programmed in, if it was something you would have otherwise enjoyed. Your choice, their decision was likely made a long time ago.

    • Carlz0r
      June 1, 2011 at 12:54 pm #

      This was meant to be a reply to a person who was complaining about the game being in Java. not sure why it didn’t show up as a reply.

  45. TheSleeve
    May 31, 2011 at 6:41 pm #

    I’m at work so I couldn’t really give this a full test run, but from the few minutes of my first play-through, I can say I’m very excited and can’t wait to see how this progresses and matures into a full game. I like the concept of releasing early and often, so the community can help with bug hunting and feature testing.

  46. Tim
    May 31, 2011 at 7:16 pm #

    Just bought the game, a very poor and unemployed student so could only fork up the fiver, but will buy an extra copy further down the line I bet. You guys have had a really hard time from what I’ve read, hopefully things turn around. News of the Alpha is on RPS and republished on Kotaku, so I’m sure that’ll help! (that’s what brought me here)

  47. Ratonacat
    May 31, 2011 at 7:51 pm #

    hi can someone tell me the way to get the current vershion which paulsorasjr is playing on youtube

    • Ferbguy87
      June 15, 2011 at 2:54 am #

      The versions update automatically

  48. Raptor
    May 31, 2011 at 8:19 pm #

    Haha, lol, even if i’ve been fooling around the Internet for 4 years already (at least in the decent way), i’m still rather new to it. I’ve just heard about that…4…chan…whatever their name is…i dont even know why do they exist, i mean, what they do, and as I can see from the comments they are just a bunch of fag kids. Came here from paulsoaresjr vids on YouTube guys so, thank him :) . Anyway, game looks great, definitely far away from the standards (take that as positive eh), I’m sure you devs are going to make it just a bit easier, you know, to have people at least play for 1 hour and not only 20 minutes. Sorry, not going to buy randomly the game atm, i gotta put my hands on it before, so I’ll just wait for the demo and I’ll see. Keep up the good work!

  49. BL
    May 31, 2011 at 8:23 pm #

    Any way to pay without a credit card/google checkout???

  50. splatterk
    May 31, 2011 at 9:28 pm #

    im planning to buy this but i just have one question, and i might sound like a total moron, how does it work? i buy one of your other games then what? do i get an email with my account? or do i register an account?

    • Tilla
      June 1, 2011 at 1:31 am #

      You can just forward your receipt number to the devs. If you look on the forums, there’s also a script to enter in your email address and get a username sent. The automated system should be up in a few days to weeks!

  51. June 1, 2011 at 1:15 am #

    Great work :D

    Burnt my house down the first time around :l I hid in the bathroom while my wife burnt to death. Is that bad? Anyways is was fun and hoping to continue it again now. Any saves or something or is it still alpha so that isn’t in yet? Not sure :P

    Once again amazing job, really engrossing and fun.

  52. only one Man
    June 1, 2011 at 1:21 am #

    The game sounds very promising, funny, original and what but interesting it does he is free world, that is to say that does not have a way obligatory to follow.

    my objective opinion of this: I understand that to take a project as this she requires money and much work, without naming thousands of tests to correct errors. But for 7 years back until now, to propagated by Internet a species of pay in advance, that is to say your before purchases a game and your already you can be free to play for always.

    now no, now your you must pay quotas monthly to play and if you do not pay already
    it can leave its game in the bookcase stops to fill of dust. your payments by a game that really is as if not it purchases because you continue paying by eternally, is
    like renting a car. this must from my point of view to in agreement people, the consumer society and tricks of companies an example is Blizzard with world of warcraft.

    in summary I think that it seems illogical to pay to me by a Demo that previously gave to you
    with any magazine, they deposited or it in the mailbox of your house. As its name indicates is
    a demonstration… because to pay for that reason?

    an example is: in a sample of cheeses or wine tasting, if the product you like you can to buy it later complete. serious absurd that outside on the contrary because… in which world we live?

    I fodder that if the game were complete I to be first in buying it, I am not going to buy a car that does not have wheels

    • Tilla
      June 1, 2011 at 8:12 pm #

      The free demo is coming later, this is an alpha release for preorderers to work out the bugs and get an early look. Once those bugs are gone it’ll be free to try out before buying.

  53. Yushatak
    June 1, 2011 at 1:32 am #

    Crashes when I try to move.

  54. davey13
    June 1, 2011 at 12:30 pm #

    Okay it

  55. Mike
    June 1, 2011 at 5:15 pm #

    Great game very realistic, some bugs you may have already herd some of these but i’ll mention what i have found; shooting zombies sometimes doesn’t work, when the guy with the gun came into my house, because there was zombies outside he was talking to Katie at the front door rather than in the room, in the middle of combat i clicked the painting in the living room area, which made me go to sleep and pots multiply after using them and eating contents. That is all i can recall at the moment loving the game keep up the good work guys.

    P.S. when the alpha comes out will there be a save feature ?

    Cheers
    Mike M

  56. lagoon83
    June 1, 2011 at 5:41 pm #

    Oh dear crikey, you’ve made something wonderful. I’m getting on at the ground floor and loving it!

  57. Yeah
    June 1, 2011 at 8:40 pm #

    I have to confess I did download the 4chan version to test it out. Great game I will make sure to buy it once it gets out of alpha at least. I can’t wait to see the full version of this.

  58. mjkrause
    June 1, 2011 at 8:52 pm #

    hey just wanted to ask are you going to put a save feature in?

  59. cybercobra
    June 2, 2011 at 7:02 pm #

    hey is there a way to change your name and password?
    i dont want to have to copy paste my name and password every time :P

  60. June 2, 2011 at 9:33 pm #

    Hi guys,

    I would really like to play this, but I just get a blank screen through the browser. I’m running linux so would happily play it outside the browser but that doesn’t work either: I get a ClassNotFoundException: zombie.GameWindow – so that suggests, to me at least, that I don’t have the class file on my computer – any chance of sending me a zip of the class files.

    I think this is an ace project being a big zombie fan and someone who would be oddly happy if the Z-Day comes! How would I look after my kids, damn that’s a scary thought.

    I guess you guys have read Max Brooks’ Zombie Survival Guide?

    cheers,

    m

  61. Spencer
    June 3, 2011 at 7:44 am #

    Hey,

    I dunno if this is an issue on your side or mine but when I try to play this awesome looking game it gets to the Java loading screen and no further. It doesn’t even load up a bit :(

    I’ve got the latest version of Java so I don’t understand :(

    Cheers,
    Spencer

    • Jas
      June 5, 2011 at 3:30 pm #

      I had the same issue the first time. Turnt out the screen to log in had popped up behind my browser. once I minimized the browser I could log in then the java all loaded.
      Hope this helps!

  62. allofmywhy
    June 3, 2011 at 10:41 am #

    I’ve been having an issue with this game.

    When I try to play it, it opens a window for PZ, but then, said window stays black… forever.

    The game doesn’t load and I have the latest version of Java.

  63. June 3, 2011 at 11:20 am #

    Damn. Waited for this for so long and now I have no info on how to actually BUY in order to play this. :|

  64. GregBahrey
    June 3, 2011 at 1:50 pm #

    Missed the pre-order. When is the next round of invites/registrations opening up? I really want to try it out.

  65. Mike
    June 3, 2011 at 2:41 pm #

    I like it a lot, but there needs to be a skip option at the beginning, and it seems to crash whenever I move around downstairs, is there some kind of time limit on this game?

  66. trk
    June 3, 2011 at 5:02 pm #

    You guys need to read what he wrote..

  67. GaminKWB
    June 3, 2011 at 5:41 pm #

    Fun so far. Haven’t played long. As others have asked:

    Is there a save/load? I can’t play much per setting and its a little frustrating
    Is there a change password feature? Random passwords are annoying

  68. Luvmonke
    June 3, 2011 at 6:43 pm #

    For those have a problem with the black screen/stalling java screen, this is because you haven’t signed in yet. When the page opens up, there’s a pop-up that asks you for your username and pass. However sometimes this pop-up can get lost behind your browser, so try reloading the page and then closing all your windows and you’ll see it sitting just above your desktop. Sign in and everything runs smoothly from there.

  69. June 3, 2011 at 7:55 pm #

    I’m having the same black screen issue, and even after turning off my pop up blockers and refreshing the site/reloading the browser I’m still not seeing anything that allows me to log in to play the game. Is there any other way to log in?

    • Officer 1BDI
      June 3, 2011 at 8:02 pm #

      Fffff- nevermind. I had to update Javascript. >_>

  70. Kuzz
    June 3, 2011 at 9:29 pm #

    How can I pay for it via Paypal? I only see the “Google Checkout” option.

    -thanks in advance.

  71. Viral market killer Manly tears
    June 3, 2011 at 9:50 pm #

    If you continue to Viral market on http://www.4chan.org/v/ we will be taking legal action against you and giving you horribly bad press, this is your last and final warning.

    We do not want to pay for your shitty 2d indie garbage so shove it up your fucking ass you scumbag.

    From your friends at 4chan.

    If you continue to Viral market on http://www.4chan.org/v/ we will be taking legal action against you and giving you horribly bad press, this is your last and final warning.

    We do not want to pay for your shitty 2d indie garbage so shove it up your fucking ass you scumbag.

    From your friends at 4chan.

    If you continue to Viral market on http://www.4chan.org/v/ we will be taking legal action against you and giving you horribly bad press, this is your last and final warning.

    We do not want to pay for your shitty 2d indie garbage so shove it up your fucking ass you scumbag.

    From your friends at 4chan.

    • Anonymous
      June 4, 2011 at 3:13 pm #

      4chan monkeys, go back and rethink your strategy. First of all, its not the devs who viral this content, its yourself. Yes, you keep posting replies and making the word spread faster than anyone can say “4chan” themselves. Blaming the devs for making a game that gets leaked on 4chan, and then blaming the devs that they were the culprits? Thats like saying “activision is to blame for making this game soo good”…

      Second: Think again. Who’s going to sue Project Zomboid, and for what? Posting a comment? Come first with an IP that traces back to the devs, and sue them then, not the other way around. Oh, I forgot: YOU DONT TRACK IP ADRESSES! Good luck finding something to sue them with. I am waiting!

      “Ooh, someone made a game viral on 4chan, now we want revenge for making them so good!”. Wussies…

      • Aidan
        June 21, 2011 at 9:22 pm #

        Not that they don’t deserve a good beating.. don’t feed the trolls.. it helps no one.

  72. Gryphin
    June 3, 2011 at 10:54 pm #

    how do I preorder this game?

  73. Oeron
    June 4, 2011 at 11:36 am #

    Yeah the game didn’t started…

  74. Fool
    June 4, 2011 at 11:52 am #

    The game is GREAT, but got this problem what is mentioned here before but never got solution.

    Kate wont appear in bed, like shes talking but bed is empty, and that makes things difficult because i cant interact with her.. like bandage her leg and stuff.

    Also other people like the mean neighbor and the guy at shop wont appear, i can see their guns aiming at me but not the person.

    So is this like my problem or what. And can i fix it?

  75. unholy_weasels
    June 4, 2011 at 3:36 pm #

    love the concept, i bought the rock papers scizzorz game cos the pic looked funny, (scizzorz) never wins btw.does this mean i’ve also preordered it? also i ambused the nieghbour by waiting at the top behind a closed door, loled hard.
    oh and ctrl-alt-delete linked to this.

  76. June 4, 2011 at 8:20 pm #

    Well done guys, I’ve been playing it, and dying regularly since it was first released. Can’t wait to see how things progress. There are no doubt a lot of bugs to be squished, but always interesting to log in and see new things available. Wish there was a save game facility as I’m getting sick of going through the same routine every time like ground-hog day only to get shotgun in the face. Would rather be able to save and reload so I can try out different things without a complete restart. Other than that it’s awesome.

  77. Kevin
    June 5, 2011 at 1:12 am #

    is there any way to change my password? the random generated one sucks… oh and a feature to restart after i die would be awesome. k thanks

  78. Matt
    June 5, 2011 at 1:49 am #

    I’m running Firefox 4.0.1 and having a great deal of difficulty getting this game to work. It seems like I’ll get a black screen after playing for 7-10 minutes…Is it my browser? I running build 1.6.0_24-b07 of Java. Thanks.

  79. unholy_weasels
    June 5, 2011 at 4:16 am #

    random starting points would be nice to, and is there any chance of this making it to the consoles?

  80. CryX4
    June 5, 2011 at 7:53 am #

    Hi, I played this game, and I truly love it. But it keeps bombarding me with a MASSIVE problem. Whenever I play it, the game constantly randomly crashes. It might be Java thing, but I don’t know, if you can, please reply to my email and help me with this. Thank you.

    • Viktor
      June 8, 2011 at 11:47 am #

      I got the same problem, it’s really enoying. I actually can’t play the game because of these crashes, I can play the game for like 5 mins then it goes black.

      Despite that it’s a really nice game and I’m looking forward for more updates, keep it going!

  81. Zee
    June 5, 2011 at 8:52 am #

    fantastic game, even in alpha. first bug i’ve noticed is how you will be unable to sleep if you save your wife from the shotgun-toting guy that barges in.

    MOAR UPDATEZ. DO WANT.

  82. Benjamin
    June 5, 2011 at 9:54 am #

    So will you be making the games purchasable through PayPal? That is the only way I can get it, and it would be awesome if you could add that option.

    Also ignore all the idiots bashing the game, I highly doubt that they have ever made a game, and are probably upset that they didn’t think of this game idea first. I think that it looks awesome, and has a lot of potential to get a lot better. More than likely it will get better since the released version is only an Alpha.

  83. ScottyPotty
    June 6, 2011 at 2:10 am #

    Cool game, I love it. Pure entertainment. I can’t wait for this thing to evolve into something awesome.

  84. eric
    June 7, 2011 at 2:01 pm #

    * Wiki is down due to bandwidth
    * cant report bugs without a user/pass

  85. Franckwest
    June 7, 2011 at 5:37 pm #

    awsome!!!

  86. ThePsycho
    June 8, 2011 at 12:27 am #

    add a car in this game and big maps oh and much survivors (good persons)

  87. D
    June 8, 2011 at 1:19 am #

    cannot play this game on my mac for some reason, tried all the techie help….still a no go, any suggestions? Luckily i have….battle robots to keep me busy …sad face (with tear mind you!)

  88. Franckwest
    June 8, 2011 at 3:02 pm #

    Why my username to the game is my mail?

  89. MrE
    June 9, 2011 at 10:33 pm #

    Is it normal to experience any kind of extended wait time on the user and pass delivery? No spam or other filters claiming interference. I did purchase through Google..?!.

    Thank you.

  90. MrMohr
    June 10, 2011 at 3:06 am #

    I’m glad to see it becoming more commonplace (Even if only with Indie Developers) that graphics are taking a backseat so that more important qualities (Story, Gameplay) can take the wheel.

    With games like Minecraft and now Project Zomboid there is small glimmer of hope for the video game industry that has become so over saturated with military shooters, sequels, reboots and yes even zombies (I just feel this finally does zombies right.) That said, this tech demo is worth every penny if those pennies help ensure that this gets finished.

    • Shorpo
      June 14, 2011 at 8:46 pm #

      Wise words.

  91. BaldSpot
    June 11, 2011 at 11:37 pm #

    Game crashes when multiple Moltovs(2-3) are burning, total freeze…crashes Firefox 3.6.17, Java updated…

    Win XP Pro SP3…2.8GHz, 1.5GBRAM

    Sorry don’t have a Mantis acct.

    • BaldS
      June 12, 2011 at 7:30 pm #

      PS it only seems to happen when I start a blaze with 2+ molotov cocktails and then run away…game crashes when fire sprites are no longer visible…

  92. BaldSpot
    June 12, 2011 at 7:32 pm #

    PS to above: When a blaze has started from 2+ molotov cocktails, and I run away the game freezes when the fire sprites are no longer visible.

  93. raenjordan
    June 12, 2011 at 8:52 pm #

    im a mac and i have the latest version of java, but when i go to java preferences… well i dont have java se 6 32bit, and help?

  94. PierreG
    June 15, 2011 at 4:12 pm #

    Macuser here also and having no se 5 32 bit. only j2se 5.0 (/ j2se 1.4.2) 32bit..
    Can that be the reason why I only get the black screen and nothing more (no popups behind either)?

  95. Billyboblee
    June 17, 2011 at 8:47 pm #

    Great to see you guys and getting around the “League” problems… and it’s a great game. Should be awesome when you get fully up and running.
    Keep going :-)

    Regards
    BillyBobLee

  96. Flamingdonut
    June 18, 2011 at 4:07 am #

    Screw pirates! I just bought the game w/o the ability to play just to support you guys!

    Best of luck, I look forward to playing Soon™.

    • July 2, 2011 at 4:14 pm #

      I’m the same as you man, I happily dished out the cash for it even though I can’t currently play the recent version of the game. I’m so in love with this concept and how nicely they’re pulling it off that I would’ve hated myself if I didn’t support them. Great job guys!

  97. June 19, 2011 at 1:14 pm #

    ^^ what Flamingdonut said.

    Paying a fiver for this was a no brainer, if you excuse the pun.

    Love the idea, the retro gfx and the fact it’s going to be a deep game. Watched plenty of YouTube vids before making my decision to part cash, then played the demo. I… am… hooked!

    Great job guys.

  98. mardinn
    June 19, 2011 at 9:54 pm #

    @devilhood
    Nice pun :D
    I just bought the game.. It just hooks me. I wanted so BADLY a sorta ” I AM LEGEND” game where you barricade and find supplies. I can’t wait for the paid version ;D

  99. Andrew
    June 20, 2011 at 7:07 am #

    Thanks. Bought it. Had enough fun with the alpha to pay :P

  100. Drew
    June 20, 2011 at 6:17 pm #

    Played the demo, as soon as I discovered I could strangle my wife with a pillow I bought it. Amazing game.

  101. Aidan
    June 21, 2011 at 9:20 pm #

    Hey… ah, I have some… technical difficulties. when I click to play the paid version (Yes.. I did indeed pay) it can’t find the server.. so of course I click the ‘try again’ button. again same problem… I did that 18 times before I realized, that getting myself raged more each time it didn’t work (because it worked before) was NOT helping me play this amazing game.. problem is I do not know what will… any help? or are you all going to sneer at me, and be all ‘ha! loser…’ and ‘to bad, suck it up’ or even worse ignored…

  102. Locke
    June 22, 2011 at 1:11 pm #

    I cannot wait to pay you for this wonderful game. Great work!

  103. Bucket
    June 22, 2011 at 6:23 pm #

    So How do I play the game? I just purchased the life time game playing thing….

  104. larry
    June 22, 2011 at 11:16 pm #

    uhh… Whenever i play the demo, the game crashes on “this is the end”
    how can i fix this? i really wanna try the game.

  105. Cthulhu
    June 24, 2011 at 6:47 am #

    Just downloaded the game and loved it but I really got frustrated spending too much time starting from the beginning because I always got a shotgun shoved into my face. I would really love to see a save feature on the next version. Whats funny is that I already barricaded the door but this jerk with a gun easily went in like magic and I was thinking how can I beat a guy with a hammer? Anyways its just me. Keep up the good work guys. Love your game. Fantastic concept. Can’t wait for the official release.

  106. Jotun
    June 25, 2011 at 6:35 pm #

    I LOVE THIS GAME! There said it, I will be following you guys from now on, thanks to Northernlion on youtube who let me in on this game with his latest lets play video. This game is gritty and kicks ass!

  107. Calkhi
    June 27, 2011 at 8:21 am #

    @everyone who bought the game
    I am NOT working with them so you dont have to take me seriously. The reason why you cant play the paid version is because it isnt up! they are, however, bringing it back up ASAP! Just w8 and play the alphatec demo for now. Gotta say i was secpticle because of the douch with the shotgun. but i got past him (YAY FOR HIDING IN THE BATHROOM!). I also bought this game and i think they need some time to 1. Write an encryption code, 2. fix any kinks with the server and 3. Get moar monies!
    sooooz…yea!

  108. tepps
    June 27, 2011 at 6:04 pm #

    i am need of some help, i have downloaded the demo and when i run the demo it gets to the screen where it says this is how you die, and then it crashes, in the black run cmd box it says that there has been a java memory error where all of the heap space has been used. And then it stops responding. i have tried re downloading java several times which will not help (java 6 that is update 27 i think).
    i really wanna play this game
    please help.
    i am not the most experienced person on computers. so i would need walking through it
    cheers

  109. tepps
    June 27, 2011 at 6:08 pm #

    i really need help, when i run the demo it freezes on the this is how you die screen and in the run cmd black box thing it says that thee has been a memory error and that all of the heap space has been used. and then the game gets no further i am using XP and i have java 6 with the most recent update. im not great with computers can someone please help me.
    cheers

  110. MiahHman
    June 29, 2011 at 1:27 pm #

    If you guys are having problems with either account information or game performance, go to the forums. The comments area of a blog post are NOT for support, and your posts are not as likely to be seen by the devs.

    Go to the forums.

  111. anon732
    July 3, 2011 at 2:28 pm #

    thanks to piracy I heard from your project… sharing is caring

  112. Apollo
    July 6, 2011 at 5:28 pm #

    cloud.­projectzomboid.­com doesn’t work….anyone else getting this?

    • DeiAmeth
      July 11, 2011 at 9:39 pm #

      yea I’m getting the same problem :/

  113. Tuomas
    July 9, 2011 at 4:39 am #

    Where do i log in with my account i bought?

  114. Chris
    July 10, 2011 at 11:16 pm #

    You can get around the heap space problem. Edit ProjectZomboid.bat and add -Xmx256m right after “java” in the last line. That will increase the max heap to 256 MB.
    like so:
    java -Xmx256m -Djava.library.path (etc…)

    Worked for me until I died the fourth time, then it ran out of heap again. Could increase the number more, play longer, but I think the game is not releasing resources correctly. Easy enough to restart it after I die.

  115. Angus
    July 26, 2011 at 1:20 am #

    This is total BS You have a problem with piracy so you fuck over people that want to PAY for it? yea that makes a lot of sense

    • Mr.Zombie
      August 1, 2011 at 11:47 pm #

      Angry? LEAVE.

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  117. Mikeside
    July 30, 2011 at 10:55 pm #

    Just FYI, devs

    I was on the fence about pre-ordering this game and kept putting it off – but after hearing about the piracy issues and everything that’s going on, I decided to stop being a tight-fisted bugger and have pre-ordered. Thanks for the great work, good luck & I hope to be playing soon!

  118. kevn510
    August 8, 2011 at 7:51 am #

    i can’t play the game on 1.4.c :(
    i downloaded the game on fileplanet,and then extract it in to a folder then run the project zomboid batch file. it starts wonderfully but when it gets to the “This Is How You DIED” part,the cmd (i run on windows xp) then shows Image destroyed more than 20 times than says… java out of memory or something….

    but i can play 1.4.b (and accidentally deleted it,because i thought alpha 1.4.c can work)

  119. Melignus
    August 9, 2011 at 2:23 am #

    When @notch tweets, empires(read websites) crumble… XD Awesome looking game, love the X-Com throwback and that game could get creepy fighting Aliens in the jungle at night. Bought it anyway out of anticipation.

  120. Damon
    August 28, 2011 at 6:52 pm #

    Wow you wouldent beileive what pops up on google when you type “minecraft” but the game look awesome Im downloading the demo now.

  121. thepearson
    August 30, 2011 at 11:22 pm #

    Awesome guys. Pre-purchased.

  122. incredimike
    August 31, 2011 at 10:30 pm #

    I just got an email with login credentials, but I purchased the game months ago. Honestly, I kinda forgot about it.

    What do I do with these credentials?

  123. August 31, 2011 at 10:35 pm #

    Same here, I just now received my login information.

  124. NICTUM
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    +1 same here….

  125. September 1, 2011 at 12:04 am #

    Yeah… just got the credentials again.

    What’s the deal?

  126. September 1, 2011 at 7:28 am #

    same here, new mail with credential, same page as before. Maybe it was just a mistake? Anyway great job so far guys!

  127. September 1, 2011 at 10:59 am #

    Yea, same, just received credentials.

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    I was going through some backlog mail, and i found a seemingly random PZ account information.

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