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  Uncanny Likeness
by Benjamin Quintero on 05/01/09 02:41:00 pm   Expert Blogs
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  Posted 05/01/09 02:41:00 pm
 

Hmm, you know I can't put my finger on it but I know I've seen this before. I just don't know where they possibly could have gotten the idea for a top-down 3D arena based shooter where you dispense waves of fast-moving zombies with modernized weapons like machineguns, shotguns, grenades, and flame throwers.

Oh I guess the name Zombpocalypse was taken by someone so they just went with the ol' Zombie Apocalypse; I see what you did there. =) I'm just saying.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/zombieapocalypse/index.html

 

 
 
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Simon Carless
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To be fair, Ben, there's a movie from way back in 1985 whose title is Zombie Apocalypse: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218088/ - and intrinsically, zombie games tend to be a bit like that. So I would say it's coincidental. But it is certainly a bit unfortunate.

Benjamin Quintero
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Oh absolutely, it's not like I invented zombies or guns =). More power to them; it's a clear sign of what money can buy you and that's not always a bad thing.

Blah Blah
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Zombpocalypse is a bit of a moutfull, don't you think? Doesn't really roll off the tongue? Also, had a look at the gameplay video on your website that I had to google to find, would've been helpful if you had a link to your game (I assume it's your game?) and to me it looked a lot like Geometry Wars. Just saying.

Benjamin Quintero
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http://www.zombpocalypse.com/

@Peter - Yes the gameplay looks a lot like Geometry Wars, which was "inspired" by Robotron, and so on.

Feel free to read my postmortem about the game and where things went terribly wrong =). It might give you more insight to the gameplay format and design choices.
http://inlandstudios.com/blog/?p=10


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