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Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven Questions-Jaime & Jillian

What questions would you ask Jaime or Jillian at the start of Part 4? These questions may go into conversations you have with each of them in chapter 14.

Games by JimD Newsletter – Safe Haven, Artwork, and StoryLoom!

Welcome to my 63rd newsletter! It's the holiday season, so Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and Winter Solstice. Forgive me if I missed any other nearby holidays. I love this time of year because it lifts the mood of the people around me. Also, I get a week off from my regular job between Christmas and New Year's. I use that time to put in extra work on my games, plan for the year ahead, and work out items on my bugs list.

For the past few Decembers, I have always worked ...

Zombie Exodus: Aftermath, scene 38

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You slide across the back of the jeep, lift your leg, and slam it against the head of the hybrid. He seems unfazed by the sole of your boot and struggles to crawl into the back with you. Portland joins you in kicking him in the head and stomping his hands. Your blows rain down on him, and each one is met with a growl. Your eyes scan the back of the jeep and lock ...

Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven Content Poll

It should be no surprise that the event known as Zombie Exodus will be a part of Safe Haven. I have been thinking about how to introduce the name character to ZE and have come up with several scenarios.

If you are a hacker, you will learn about ZE through SurvNet. However, if you are not hacker (and do not have sufficient skill in Electronics), what you think is the best way for your character to learn about it?

General Content Poll

This poll will include light spoilers for Part 4.

In chapter 14, you will have an option to go on a mission to a strip mall with Brody and Madison. 5 stores will be included in the strip mall (not all will be visited), though some may be looted. Please choose from the list below the 4 stores you would like to see included in the mission.

Many of you will think about stores with necessary items you can scavenge, but I would also like a few stores that wo...

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“Let’s get Serena in the Jeep. She sacrificed herself many times for this group. We’re not leaving her here.”

You and Portland run by the side of her body as Jesse helps Steven into Jeep’s front seat. You skip your arms under Serena’s limp torso and lift. It feels strange to hold her as her body sags in your arms, and her lifeless eyes stare up ...

Schedule for December, 2022

12/3 -- Zombie Exodus: Aftermath scene 37. ($3+ tiers)

12/7-- General content poll. ($1+ tiers)

12/12 -- Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven scenario  poll.  ($5+ tiers)

12/15 -- Zombie Exodus: Aftermath scene 38. ($3+ tiers)

12/20 -- Newsletter. ($1+ tiers)

12/24 --  Monthly Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven, Part 4, Quarterly Alpha Test ($5+ tiers)

12/24 --  Monthly Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven, Part 4, Monthly Alpha Test ($10+ tiers)

12/29 -- Zombie...

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"Over there! Steven is moving. We need to drive there and see if he and his wife are alive," you shout.

Megan shakes her head as she spins the wheel and heads towards the pair lying across the road. Even from a distance of fifty feet, you can see the char and ash on their bodies and clothes from the grenade blast. Steven rolls to his side and drapes an arm ...

Games by JimD Newsletter – Safe Haven updates, Stories from the Outbreak!

Welcome to my 62nd newsletter! It's Thanksgiving soon, and I look forward to a few days off from my regular job. That means I'll have more time to write and fix errors from previous Safe Haven chapters. I appreciate all of your patience as I continue to troubleshoot and update Part 3. I've genuinely appreciated those of you who have messaged me with issues and errors and those who have even provided suggestions for how to fix them. In this day and age of game development, players are more wil...

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You hop out of the Jeep and raise your M-16 at the captain. His eyes widen as you step closer with the barrel aimed at his head. His right leg looks mangled from the impact of the Jeep, and his foot lies limply at a ninety-degree angle.

"You're going to kill me, you son of a—"

You fire the rifle, heading him high on the head, which flops to the grou...

Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven scenario poll

In chapter 14, I'm adding short missions with specific members of the group. For this poll, you will choose which one I write first, which will be featured in the December beta release.

General content poll

As I write Part 4 of Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven, I'm spending more time and effort on romance. In Part 2 and 3, I gave you the choice to switch romantic options at multiple times. Some of them did not seem realistic to me, but I put them in as a game mechanic. For example, when I ask who are you most interested in, it's not happening the way it does in real-life. However, some players want a direct question. In this poll, I want your opinion on how to address changing ROs.

For those of y...

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"Megan, turn this Jeep around and chase down that captain. He can't be allowed to live," you shout.

Megan spins the wheel, causing you to lean far to the right. The M-60 fires into an old oak tree, ripping apart its branches and raining leaves in a storm around it. "On it!"

"We can't go chasing him. We need to pick up Portland and get the hell out of ...

Schedule for November, 2022

11/3 -- Zombie Exodus: Aftermath scene 34. ($3+ tiers)

11/7-- General content poll. ($1+ tiers)

11/12 -- Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven scenario  poll.  ($5+ tiers)

11/15 -- Zombie Exodus: Aftermath scene 35. ($3+ tiers)

11/20 -- Newsletter. ($1+ tiers)

11/25 --  Monthly Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven, Part 4, Monthly Alpha Test ($10+ tiers)

11/29 -- Zombie Exodus: Aftermath scene 36. ($3+ tiers)

For those of you at the Creator level for 6 months...

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You jump out of the Jeep and grab an M-16 as several West Point soldiers break from the tree line. You open with a burst of suppressive gunfire, which forces them to retreat to the safety of the woods. Steven dashes straight to Serena, who keeps firing toward the forest at her unseen targets. From behind you, Jesse climbs out of the back of the Jeep and throws her body against it...

Games by JimD Newsletter – Safe Haven updates, CoG Writers Meetup!

Welcome to my 61st newsletter! I love the fall and look forward to celebrating Halloween this year. Since I moved to the suburbs outside of Philadelphia (all the way to New Jersey), I have been pleasantly surprised by all the trick-or-treaters who stop at our homes. When we lived in a high-rise in Philadelphia, we averaged about three trick-or-treaters the whole night! In our new home last year, we had hundreds of kids stopping by our house. It improved the spirit of the holiday for us, and t...

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“Get in the Jeep!” you shout at them.

Jesse is the first to scramble into the back, and she then turns and takes Cameron by the good hand to help him inside. Steven hops into the passenger seat and grabs the M-16 Megan left over it.

“We have to find Serena and your friend,” Steven says, sliding the M-16’s bolt.

“Portland. Her name’...

CoG Authors Meeting

Today, I'm talking with Hannah Powell-Smith (Noblesse Oblige, Crème de la Crème), Eric Moser (Community College Hero, Talon City), and Zachary Sergei (Heroes Rise, Fortune the Fated). What questions do you have for us CoG authors?

Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven scenario poll

In my last poll, I asked for people to vote on a location for a short mission in chapter 14 of Safe Haven. In this poll, you will choose the survivors who will go with the main character on that mission.

Note: if a character is not available in the group, a substitution will be made.

General content poll

As I near the end of chapter 13 for ZESH Part 4, I am planning several missions for chapter 14. I'm going to be offering several short-term missions to your MCs, instead of one or two long mandatory missions.

In this poll, I would like you to decide on the place to visit which interests you the most. I will use the top 3-4.

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“Let’s grab that Jeep and get the hell out of here. I never want to see this camp again,” you say and follow Megan to the west, around the sleeping tents. She quickly stops for another M-16 and several filled magazines before you continue to the edge of camp. Gunshots come from the north, while screams from the south. You can’t see what’s happening and ...

Schedule for October, 2022

10/3 -- Zombie Exodus: Aftermath scene 31. ($3+ tiers)

10/7-- General content poll. ($1+ tiers)

10/12 -- Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven scenario  poll.  ($5+ tiers)

10/15 -- Zombie Exodus: Aftermath scene 32. ($3+ tiers)

10/20 -- Newsletter. ($1+ tiers)

10/25 --  Monthly Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven, Part 4, Monthly Alpha Test ($10+ tiers)

10/29 -- Zombie Exodus: Aftermath scene 33. ($3+ tiers)

For those of you at the Creator level for 6 months...

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Knowing Cooper will kill Megan, you raise the M-16 and point it at him. You haven’t fired many rifles, especially one as powerful as an M-16, but you know how to shoot one. You release the safety and switch the selector to single shot, not wanting to waste too many cartridges.

“5…4…” Cooper says with a slow, even count.

“You asshole!” Megan shouts and ri...

Games by JimD Newsletter – Safe Haven updates, RP with Jim!

Welcome to my 60th newsletter! My daytime job has been consistently giving me a lot of work, but I’ve still been writing as much as possible. I recently watched a video by a YouTube content creator who discussed his average workweek is 50-60 hours per week, and that he was able to leave his day job to work full-time making video content. While I am not ready to quit my regular job, it’s definitely been on my mind lately. When I think about all the extra time I could be spending writing an...

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Not wanting to let Megan be captured and punished for helping you and your friends, you break towards the south, armed with your new M-16 rifle. The siren still blares overhead but cuts out as the generator dies with it. Across the southern hill, several soldiers form a line against numerous infected attracted by the noise. You slip from tent to tent, using them ...

ZE: Safe Haven Poll

Of the following short missions, which one appeals to you most?

General Content Poll

Note: I remade this poll to allow multiple choices.

You may have heard by now that the current plan is to end Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven after Part 5 and start a new game with characters from the original game and Safe Haven. The game can only accommodate a certain number of characters from both games, so I'm interested in the characters you would like to see. Based on other polls and my understanding of the interest of the player base, I know of several characters that are not as popula...

Zombie Exodus: Aftermath poll

By the end of the month, we will reach 30 scenes for this interactive story. It has a word count of nearly 18,000 words. It seems we are coming to a natural conclusion for the first part, so I wanted to create a poll to discuss moving forward. 

I can easily continue with the story if you are all interested in seeing how these characters develop and proceed through the apocalypse.

Another thought is to reset Zombie Exodus: Aftermath back at the original camp and give you the o...

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When you mention the farming community, Megan perks up. “I’ve heard about that place. The West Pointers have an agreement not to attack them because they supply us with fresh fruits and vegetables. Shit, I want to go to the farming community. I already hate these fucking West Pointers. They take discipline to a whole new level. It’s like, dudes, it doesn’...

Schedule for September, 2022

9/3 -- Zombie Exodus: Aftermath scene 28. ($3+ tiers)

9/4 -- (bonus) Zombie Exodus: Aftermath poll. ($3+ tiers)

9/7-- General content poll. ($1+ tiers)

9/12 -- Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven scenario  poll.  ($5+ tiers)

9/15 -- Zombie Exodus: Aftermath scene 29. ($3+ tiers)

9/20 -- Newsletter. ($1+ tiers)

9/25 --  Quarterly Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven, Part 4, Monthly Alpha Test ($5+ tiers)

9/25 --  Monthly Zombie Exodus:...