Zeverland Game Designer Discusses Its Unique Take on the Zombie Apocalypse
Survival crafting game Zeverland puts a unique spin on the genre by making its zombie apocalypse deceptively cute and allowing you to modify just about everything you can find. That means you can duct tape a clothes iron to a tennis racket to turn it into a deadly weapon, or weld a camera to a baseball bat to electrify your attacks. You also have a vehicle you can customize however you want by…
Zeverland is a survival crafting game that approaches the zombie apocalypse in a unique way by offering a cute aesthetic and offering players the ability to modify and combine various objects they find. The game has undergone significant design changes following its playtest in June, shifting focus to co-op PvE where players can build, explore, and survive together with friends, while solo play is also possible.
Zeverland's lead designer, Cecilia Pan, discussed the game's emphasis on cooperation among players versus fighting enemies, and how the game encourages players to work together to create larger projects, such as building bridges, ziplines, or restoring power to a city. The game features over 6,000 interactive objects with an ECS-based interaction system that helps to make each object respond in a way that feels natural, including natural properties like wood burning and metal conducting electricity.
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