WonderCon 2017: Kudzu Zombies – The Game Now Available for Free Download; Ties in with Upcoming Film
Debi Moore
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As someone who grew up in the South, I’m well aware of how easily the kudzu vine can take over everything in its path. Mix in the undead, and you have the killer combination found in Kudzu Zombies – The Game, a free app wherein players kill zombies and round up chickens. Cock-a-doodle-die, motherfucker!
It’s tied in with an upcoming movie, and we have all the details right here.
From the Press Release:
Kudzu Zombies – The Game has launched this weekend in honor of WonderCon in Anaheim, CA. The killer tie-in to the upcoming horror film Kudzu Zombies, which will be released later this year, is a free app available for download from Google Play, the iTunes App Store, and Amazon Apps for Kindle, announced Daniel Wood, Producer.
In Kudzu Zombies – The Game an experimental chemical is used in an attempt to deal with the spreading menace that is the kudzu vine. However, things take a turn for the worse as the chemical transforms the local population into a zombie horde. As the only remaining human, the player has to face the undead and fight his way out to safety.
“While we’re wrapping up post-production on the film, we thought a free game app would be a great way to get word out about the upcoming Kudzu Zombies film on the popular platforms and on people’s devices, where they are more and more likely to watch our film,” said Wood.
The filmmakers are already working on updates to the game for players to enter randomly generated codes for chances to win exclusive free Kudzu Zombies t-shirts and other fun swag. Within the game players will be given a randomly generated code to enter on the website to see if they are a swag winner.
Non-game players and other visitors to the website at KudzuZombies.com who sign up for the Kudzu Zombies mailing list will also be given a randomly generated code for a chance to win as well.
The game features two play modes, Survival and Missions. In Survival Mode the player must outlast the zombies as long as possible. There is a global leaderboard for survival mode where players’ scores compete against all other users. In Mission Mode the player has different goals which must completed while avoiding death from zombies. The game has different weapons such as shotguns and flamethrowers.
Keeping it all in the family, Kudzu Zombies – The Game was developed by Wood’s nephew, game developer Angel Paunov Georgiev, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, along with digital artist Renie Aganchyan. Although the film is live-action, Wood and the team went for a cartoony aesthetic for the game and used a 3D perspective combined with 2D art for the top-down game. The enemy sprites are layers which are randomly generated to get more visual variety.
The game was developed using the Unity game engine. Unity3D’s program allowed the game designers to create the game for multiple platforms and then publish it to both iOS and Android. The game features the film’s theme song, “Kudzu Zombies” by the Truck Patch Revival, along with memorable quotes from the film. The trailer and other media will be added as they are released to the public.
Movie Synopsis:
Lonnie, a crop duster pilot, must lead a mismatched group of survivors to escape the deadly zombie horde after an experimental chemical, intended to control the invasive kudzu vine, transforms the citizens of Charleston, Mississippi, into zombies.
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