Why Early Access?

“Zombie Tag is built around fast multiplayer chases, movement, player interactions, and unpredictable situations. These systems are difficult to balance properly without seeing how real players use them.

Early Access allows us to develop the game together with the community. Player feedback will help us improve movement, parkour routes, infection balance, round pacing, items, map design, and overall multiplayer stability.

We would rather test and refine these systems with players during development than make assumptions and discover major problems after the full release.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We currently expect Zombie Tag to remain in Early Access for approximately 6 to 12 months.

This estimate may change depending on player feedback, development progress, and the amount of balancing and technical work required. Our priority is to release the full version when the game feels stable, polished, and enjoyable rather than rushing to meet a fixed date.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We plan to expand and improve Zombie Tag throughout Early Access based on community feedback.

Planned areas of development include additional maps and parkour routes, more environmental hazards, new usable items, improved character movement and animations, additional customization options, better matchmaking and lobby features, and further improvements to performance and network stability.

We also plan to continue balancing zombie abilities, human survival options, infection speed, round duration, boxing gloves, bear traps, and other gameplay systems.

These plans may change during development as we learn which features and improvements are most valuable to players.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Zombie Tag is playable and includes its complete core gameplay loop. Early Access will focus on improving, balancing, and expanding the experience rather than building the game from scratch.

The current version includes:

Online multiplayer matches
One randomly selected zombie at the beginning of each round
A 10-second head start for human players
An infection system that turns captured humans into zombies
Round-based matches with separate objectives for humans and zombies
Running, jumping, climbing, and parkour movement
A construction-site map with platforms, obstacles, narrow paths, and risky escape routes
Boxing gloves that can push and knock down zombies or other humans
Bear traps that can stun players and interrupt chases
Increasing difficulty as the zombie team grows during the round
Victory conditions for both surviving humans and the zombie team
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The game is fully playable, but players may still encounter rough edges, balance issues, animation problems, network issues, and occasional bugs. Early Access will help us identify and improve problems that are difficult to find through internal testing alone.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We currently plan to keep the price of Zombie Tag the same when the game leaves Early Access.

This plan may be reconsidered if the scope of the game changes significantly during development, but we do not currently intend to increase the price for the full release.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Community feedback will be an important part of Zombie Tag’s development.

We plan to use the Steam Community Hub to collect bug reports, gameplay suggestions, balance feedback, and technical reports. We are especially interested in feedback about movement, parkour routes, zombie and human balance, round duration, map readability, item interactions, and multiplayer performance.

We will review discussions and reports regularly and use them to help prioritize updates. Not every suggestion will be added, but community feedback will directly influence which systems need the most attention and which parts of the game should be expanded or redesigned.”