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Steam is one of the two digital distribution platforms required to play the most recent versions of Project Zomboid, with the alternative being GOG.
History
The Indie Stone first posted Project Zomboid as a Steam Greenlight candidate on the 31st of August, 2012.[1] After overwhelmingly positive feedback from their community - in which they had already formed due to their previous releases on Desura - Project Zomboid was greenlit and released on Steam with version 2.9.9.17 build 11.[2] With their Steam release, The Indie Stone were worried as their game would not appear in 'New Releases', relying largely on the community's "word of mouth".[3] The release on Steam saw a price increase from £4.99/$7.49 to £9.99/$15.99.[4]
'I Will Back Up My Save' branch
I Will Back Up My Save or 'iwillbackupmysave' as it is referred to in Steam, often abbreviated to IWBUMS, is a beta branch exclusive to Steam users.[5] The 'iwillbackupmysave' branch of Project Zomboid is an unstable experimental build, available for any steam users to opt into. On this branch, they will have access to new features along with new bugs. The purpose of this branch is to aid the dev team in finding any remaining issues before it is released to everyone on the main branch. Details on how to opt into this and other beta branches can be found on the forums.
Trading cards
The Steam version of Project Zomboid comes with a collection of trading cards for fans to collect. There are a total of six trading cards, each with a much rarer foil variant, that once collected, can be used to craft a badge that can be displayed on their profile page, along with granting XP towards their Steam level. There are a total of five badges and one foil badge to be earned, rewarding the user with 100 XP for level 1 and increasing by 100 with each badge level. Each badge references how they died, with the foil badge as an exception, the title reads: "Ain't Dead Yet". The regular badges have to be crafted in an order, and previous levels can't be displayed on user's profile if higher is earned, with the foil being totally separate.
| Trading cards | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spiffo the Fighter |
 Spiffo the Chef |
 Spiffo the Athlete |
 Spiffo the Explorer |
 Spiffo the Carpenter |
 Spiffo the Farmer |
| Foil trading cards | |||||
 Spiffo the Fighter |
 Spiffo the Chef |
 Spiffo the Athlete |
 Spiffo the Explorer |
 Spiffo the Carpenter |
 Spiffo the Farmer |
| Badges | |||||
 Death by Stairs Level 1 XP: 100
|
 Death by Oven Fire Level 2 XP: 200
|
 Death by Smothering Level 3 XP: 300
|
 Death by Bleach Level 4 XP: 400
|
 Blaze of Glory Level 5 XP: 500
|
 Ain't Dead Yet Foil XP: 100
|
| Emoticons | |||||
 :bleach: Common |
 :deadrat: Common |
 :pillow: Common |
 :cherrypie: Uncommon |
 :spiffo: Rare |
|
| Backgrounds | |||||
 Bobby Common |
 Kate Common |
 Surrounded Common |
 Long Journey Uncommon |
 Come Get Some Rare |
|
Trivia
- Originally, Desura used to generate Steam keys for the game, before being shut down. Project Zomboid bought on Humble Store also gives the Steam keys, and so are the keys given direclty by The Indie Stone.
- There are some Steam-exclusive features in Project Zomboid, like the ability to see the servers being played on.
- Initially, there were more tight integration planned, including Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC), but these were not fully implemented so far.
Gallery
Installing Project Zomboid
Installing Project Zomboid
See also
External links
References
- ↑ "Steam Greenlight - Project Zomboid". Retrieved 17th July, 2018
- ↑ "Now Available on Steam Early Access - Project Zomboid". Retrieved 17th July, 2018.
- ↑ "We're out! Howeveer..." The Indie Stone. Retrieved 17th July, 2018.
- ↑ It's been a long road... The Indie Stone. Retrieved 17th July, 2018.
- ↑ IWBUMS: The I Will BackUp My Save branch The Indie Stone. Retrieved 17th July, 2018.