Hello everyone! v1.4.3 just dropped on the beta branch! How to access Beta builds on Steam: 1. Right-click Z. Year One in your Steam Library 2. Select Properties 3. Select the Betas tab 4. Enable the "beta - Update beta branch" option from the drop-down menu Updated Card Frames The “card frames” have been updated for all cards. Aside from some slight font changes, the Card Name font color has b…
Hello everyone, v1.4.1 is now live on the beta branch. This update has made some small but important QoL improvements, as well as starting to lay the foundation behind the scenes for some of the bigger v2.0 content coming soon. How to access Beta builds on Steam: 1. Right-click Z. Year One in your Steam Library 2. Select Properties 3. Select the Betas tab 4. Enable the "beta - Update beta branc…
Hello everyone! v1.4 is now live on the beta branch. Lots of new stuff added in this build! Hope you’ll take a look over the holidays and shoot some feedback our way. Massive shout-out to Devin for working magic on the programming side of things! Highlights: · Variants 2.0 (WIP) · In-Play Unit Cap Changed · Unit Twitching Added · Enhanced Unit Placement · Game Launcher Enabled · Bug Fixes & Kno…
Hello everyone! v1.3.1 has left beta and should now be the default version for all players. Update notes are below. For players helping to test the beta builds, v1.3.2 is now live on the beta branch. How to access Beta builds on Steam: 1. Right-click Z. Year One in your Steam Library 2. Select Properties 3. Select the Betas tab 4. Enable the "beta - Update beta branch" option from the drop-down…
Hello everyone! I apologize again for the lengthy delay between updates. As discussed in my previous post , it’s been a bit of a rough year due to some unexpected issues with a former collaborator. But now, thanks in large part to our new programmer, things are finally getting back on track. Without further ado, here are the update notes for v1.3.1, which is currently accessible via the Beta op…
Hello everyone, I’ve been waiting to post a BIG video update but it’ll have to be some other time as I’m currently recovering from oral surgery and talking too much makes my mouth numb (I had four wisdom teeth extracted and two root canals all on the same day!). So, here’s a giant wall of text instead! :squirtyay: I’m WAY overdue for a Steam progress report, and I apologize it’s been so slow-go…
Hello everyone! I apologize for the lengthy process of getting the next update out. I'll explain why it's taken a bit along with some other stuff in a proper update ASAP, but for now I wanted to ask you two quick questions that will help me greatly: 1. Have any of you recently experienced issues with the AI freezing mid-match? This pertains especially to the Survivor AI when playing as the Fall…
Hello all. Since things have been a little quiet I wanted to post a pre-update update and let you know we're still cooking behind the scenes. In fact, the next update is being tested now. It will mostly focus on some pressing bugs that have been reported since v1.3. No ETA just yet but I am cranking away on it as fast as possible. I'll have a much more in-depth update for you once the build goe…
Hello all! I wanted to check in and keep everyone up to date on things! Post your Builds/Strategies! Someone made this thread and I think it's a great place for everyone to share their own decks and strategies. I also really like the variety on display here and how different it is from my own style of play. I'm looking forward to seeing what the rest of you guys are playing with! Livestream Rec…
Hello everyone! Firstly, thank you so much for the onslaught of excitement, positivity, and feedback on the game. For Kickstarter backers especially this has been a long journey, and while it’s not over I’m glad to at least have something tangible to show for it. And while I didn’t do it with the intention of making you guys have to talk to me, it has been an extreme delight hearing from so man…
Hello everyone! This update is to address all the most pressing issues that have popped up since v1.0. Thank you for sending in the feedback, screenshots, and for your patience! General · Updated Survivor and Fallen card sleeves · Locked Doors and Events will now show their current SV when inspected · Backfire will now cause Monika to drop both of her Signature Weapons · Unlocked (reward) cards…
Hello everyone! First and foremost, I believe the Survivor AI bug has been squashed! Thank you to everyone who reported it. For your trouble and patience I’ve awarded you all 20 Fallen Booster Packs. New Survivor Hero: LeeAnna LeeAnna has some of my favorite images in the game, and is one of my favorite people in the world so I had to try and slip her in here. She comes with a Heavy Machine Gun…
Hello everyone! I've got some reports that the Survivor AI will randomly stop playing in the middle of a match for no discernible reason. The good(ish) news is that it sounds frequent enough to be reproducible, but is also thus far pretty vague in what's triggering it. I haven't seen it happen myself, but I will continue to test for it. So if you encounter this, please provide any screenshots o…
Hello everyone! I recently recorded a video showing some ways to be victorious with just the Survivor Starter Decks. I think it's a good starting point for anyone less familiar with these types of games or who learn better by watching than reading (like I do). That said, don’t forget that you can press TAB at any time to see the How to Play/Config screen! The How to Play screen is your go-to sp…
Today’s the day! Z. Year One v1.0 is live on Steam now and the game has left Early Access! This is just part of a five-year journey in bringing this stupidly ambitious zombie card game to life, so thank you all for taking this big step with me! Before we start, the How to Play screen and rules have all been updated! You can access this from the How to Play button on the top of the Main Menu, or…
Hello Kickstarter backers and Early Access players. Behold, shiny new stuff to play with! Alts Dozens of new card images have been added! These are called “Alts” and unlike Variants do not impact gameplay. They are primarily for Survivor Heroes and Units. For Heroes they act as a sort of “skin” similar to what you’d see in a MOBA, fighting game, or--the original inspiration for this feature--un…
Hi all! Below is a relatively brief video going over all the new features added to Z. Year One in v0.9.1, including tips and tricks on making the most out of all the new cards. You can also read the full update notes here. If you have any questions feel free to comment below, and for technical issues please report them in the Technical Issues forum. Thanks!
Hello everyone! Playing as the Survivors can be challenging at first so I whipped up a video showing how to make the most out of the Starter Decks. Like all games, once most players get a grasp on their cards and the overall mechanics (as well as getting familiar with the Location Decks), managing the Fallen becomes much more doable, so this hopefully helps expedite that process for anyone just…
A quick update to the last update! :doubleaxe: Bug Fixes · Fixed a bug where players who hadn’t previously created a custom deck would not be able to start a match or deck-build Whoo! That was a scary one, but an easy fix. Good catch, everybody! New Cards · New Fallen Horror: The Saint General · Added unique ambience to all six locations · Added unique SFX to certain actions/equipment, such as…
Hi all! We discovered an issue with the recent update (v0.9) that affects any previous player who did NOT make a custom deck. Update: Please note that this issue has been fixed in the latest patch (v0.9.1).[/b[ Thank you! :target:
Hello Kickstarter backers and Early Access players! Below you can find and discuss an exhaustive list of tweaks, changes, and additions from several months of intense development since the last update. IMPORTANT: If you did NOT make a custom deck in a previous build, you may experience an issue where the decks won't be available to start matches with. To fix, check out this easy workaround: A p…
Hello everyone and happy holidays to you all! :re0greenherb: A quick bit of reflection on the project. Skip to the bottom for your holiday-exclusive swag if you'd like! :) Development of Z. has been... an experience. This year was another really tough one (the toughest yet, in some aspects), but it also saw Z. get fleshed out into something genuinely tangible thanks to Anthony’s hard work and p…
Hello everyone! Since our last major update on Halloween, Anthony and I have been working relentlessly on some big stuff for Z. Given the holidays and a million things vying for everyone’s attention, we’re going to space updates out a little bit more, but make each one far more substantial. I’m excited to be checking off a lot of major, upcoming milestones on this project and look forward to he…
Happy Halloween, Kickstarter backers and Early Access players! Below you can find and discuss the latest changes to the game. Z. Year One is currently under heavy development and will continue to be tweaked and improved throughout the Early Access period. Make sure to read the Early Access launch FAQ! And the How to Play megathread/guides! General · In-match UI has been improved/organized sligh…
Hey everyone, tomorrow we'll be dropping a big game update just in time for Halloween. To cover all the new changes and updates I'll be doing a dev stream at 4pm PST. To make up for not streaming the past couple weekends (I've been sick, surprise move, bla bla bla), EVERYONE who tunes in to the stream will be getting some in-game goodies. I know 4pm PST on a Monday is pretty late/early for some…
Hello Kickstarter backers and Early Access players! Below you can find and discuss the latest changes to the game. Z. Year One is currently under heavy development and will continue to be tweaked and improved throughout the Early Access period. This week's update includes an improvement to targeting/highlighting valid targets, and various fixes and tweaks in preparation for our big Halloween up…
Soooo my Internet went out a short while ago and I don't think I can livestream Z. on my phone (yet!), so I'll have to postpone today's dev stream. Next week's stream will have extra giveaways to make up for the bait-and-switch. I was looking forward to showing off all the cool new stuff that's coming up but you'll see it all in-game soon enough! Sorry about that! :urdead:
Hello all! Quick reminder that the next dev stream is later today! I'll be going over the latest updates and features, as well as previewing some of next week's new cards and probably more. However, this stream may be somewhat shorter than normal since my girlfriend corrupted me with her plague virus and I don't have much time..... until my voice is gone. :argh: Dev Livestream - v0.15+ · @ 3pm…
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