Project Zomboid is an open-ended zombie-infested sandbox. It asks one simple question – how will you die? Whether surviving in Knox County free-roam or controlling Indie Stone mascot Baldspot in his quest to save his injured wife Kate – death is always a certainty. Quite how long you manage to put it off is another matter…

Report RSS Project Zomboid gets new interface!

These last couple of days we’ve been doing a fair bit of work replacing the placeholder UI we’ve had since the start (that we all hated), with something swankier and easier to use.

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We’ve dropped the concept of literal left and right hands in favour of the more general main andsecondary hand slots because otherwise things get a little confusing depending on whether you’re left or right handed.

The inventory panel swishes in from the left-hand side which means that there’s much less screen-space obstructed when running in lower resolutions. We’ve also tidied up the mechanic of actually transferring items between containers and your inventory so that there’s less clicking and dragging required.

In a game where you need to scavenge for supplies pretty often, having a nice tactile and easy to use interface is of primary importance, so it was definitely something to improve before we go live with the demo taster version.Please continue to discuss this (or anything else) in out forums, just as long as you don’t hate the new interface ;)

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XManXHunterX
XManXHunterX

if this is like fort zombie but without that fail in videocard(that one taht make it impossible to play making this game fail so hard)
then is awesome btw in this kind of gameplay i like more the 2d than 3d )(another thing that fort zombie fail

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Daskaloto
Daskaloto

fort zombie sucks

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thedaemon
thedaemon

As a left handed person, I thank you.

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lemmy101 Author
lemmy101

Funnily enough I am a lefty too, so when Binky gave me the left / right hands for the old UI, I perhaps subconsciously, put the left one as the top primary one and the right as the secondary. :D

So I think it was mainly rightys who were getting confused, ha!

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azultain1999
azultain1999

******* erection!!! i can't wait this amazing game!!

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Mr_Cookies
Mr_Cookies

sorry,but i think that this new hud have too much content :S

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Phelioz
Phelioz

Awesome guys!

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overlordror
overlordror

I like how clean and simple it is. Given that survival means needing to be able to see all of the screen so you can make snap judgements, I'd say keep up the great work! This doesn't look intrusive at all, though I suppose the final say on that is the commands for getting rid of windows as they pop up.

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Alphanite
Alphanite

Fantastically simple, the game is intrinsically everything a zomibe apocalypse (or post apocalypse) would be. The terrible growling of a hundred zombies outside, the practical use of everyday items. The fact that you won't open a cupboard to find it laden with sub machine guns, scopes and ammo of all descriptions. Indstead it is a game of brutal attrition and mind-numbing loneliness.

Well done Team Zomboid, you've created one of my favourite games and I recommend everyone buys it. Hell at £5 even I can afford it. ^_^

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