Planned features

This is the place to find all potential future features that the developers have spoken publicly about adding to Project Zomboid. To see a list of what has been added to the game please check the version history page.

Locations

• Sewers, as an alternative way to travel.

• A gun store.

• The ability to build your own fortress.

• Randomly generated maps as an alternative to set map.

• Additional areas such as the city, rural farms and coastal areas.

• Balconies on second floor apartments.

NPCs

• Dogs!

• Companions.

• Feral animals.

• Future for Baldspot and Kate.

• NPC relationships.

• NPC infection.

PCs

• Skills planned.

• Perks planned.

Items

• Weapon degradation. Weapons will degrade and eventually break.

• Generators as a way of producing electricity.

• Curtains to stay hidden and prevent light from passing through windows.

• Chainsaw.

• Armor.

• Ability to drop items directly onto the floor.

• Bags to increase what the player can carry.

• Plank bridges planned.

• Different strength medications and alcohol.

• Car batteries.

• Traps.

Game Mechanics

• Produce food via farming.

• Windows to be fully destructable.

• Illnesses and diseases other than zombification.

• The ability to barricade windows and doors by dragging furniture.

• Unarmed Combat.

• Up to 16 story buildings possible.

• Amputation on heavily injured limbs.

• Lower risk of NPC friendly fire planned.

• Water which can be used in the game environment..

• Save function.

• Move and dispose of dead bodies.

• A difference in the quality of sleep between beds/chairs.

• Passing out.

• Zombies will migrate from various parts of the map to other places.

• Changes to the inventory.

• The ability to attack certain parts of enemies.

• Cauterizing wounds.

General

• Community dialogue possibly planned.

• Language translations planned.

• Sadist Zombie Movie Director planned.

• Profanity filter planned.

• Zombie attack animations planned.

• Sneaking animations planned.

• No special zombies implemented/planned.

• Use of Joypad planned/implemented.

• No voiceover implemented/planned.

• In-game console planned.

• Casual mode possibly planned.

• Multiplayer planned.

• No zombies eating babies implemented/planned.

• Vehicles possibly planned.

• Key remapping planned.

• Downloadable version planned.

• Modding support planned.

• Narrative summaries/Scoreboards planned.

• No portable device port planned.

• Desura (paypal) planned.

• No meters planned.