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How many of each tire stack red, tire stack and fire barrel can you buy in The Last Stand - Dead Zone?

I think it's 50 of each.

will we ever get to see more infamous items in the future

Yep! They're a ton of fun to make because they can be kind of different to the regular drops.
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I think it would be pretty cool if we had random top ten lists come out, indicating things like missions run, most copper wire, etc. Should be easy enough to run a query... -DeadFrog_NJ from Kongregate

DeadFrog_NJ
How about top 10 things I could be doing that are more important? :P
It would be cool though, yeah.

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1. Any time estimate on island? 2. Occasionally i see a winter cache, 450 fuel boxes, old event box on broadcast, can you explain? 3. Is there going to be a 4th of July event?

1. Nope
2. Yep, people open all sorts of old boxes.
3. Yep.

Did you know your dev team when you hired them or just interviewed your applicants?

Sev, Steve, Lisa and I all worked together in the past, in fact we used to build games together at the other job. Tom is related to a guy I used to work with as well. We met Simon at PAX after he approached our booth for a chat.

Will we ever see the return of crawling zombies, like the one on the loading image?

There was a couple of issues with the crawlers:
1. Survivor weapon position being at shoulder height, we didn't want to add a "shooting down" animation
2. We'd need a custom hand crawling animation for the zombie itself
3. They would need to have some meaningful gameplay difference (i.e - more programming)
So yeah, more work for not much gain so we decided against it.

Who is Sarah? somebody told me there was a sarah guess not

You might be confusing us with Sarah Northway? She's the creator of the Rebuild series.

Is the Stadium still on the drawing board?

Yep, it's come up a few times. We're concentrating on the Island for the moment though.

Have you ever met one of your players in real life (not someone you already knew)? Say at a convention, or going through your rubbish bins at night?

Yep, I've met a few over the years. We had a booth at PAX Australia in 2013 and had a bunch of people come by and say hello who had played my previous games, some had played Dead Zone as well.
They've always been super friendly and it's cool meeting people who like what you do.

Are you gonna show us a preview of the island content soon or is gonna to take more time to have a sneak peek of it :)

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There'll be plenty of info about the Island update as we get closer to release.

Are you excited for Fallout 4?

Most definitely. Release day will be a day off for the studio. We did the same when Diablo 3 came out :)

Is sarah still a part of the dev team or is it down to you, sev, and tom? or is there someone else i do not know of

Who is Sarah?
The full dev team is Me, Steve, Lisa, Sev, Tom and Simon.

What is your vision of the final version of the game? :) i'm talking about mechanics and core things like you did with the PvP and the injury system, is there anything left in your plans or just releasing cool stuff like you've been doing with events and the upcoming island? Greetings from Mexico

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I think we're pretty close to our vision in terms of mechanics. We're concentrating on content from here on out.
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Why are the bridges the highest level mission areas in Newtown West, Canal Park and Canal Park respectively. Since you have to cross the bridges to get to these districts, you'd think they'd be the lowest, not the highest -- since they're the first thing you'd encounter.

ZingmanSCC
Wizards.
:P

The Radio Amp isn't currently used for anything in game. Old patch notes on the old forums say it's supposed to be used for the Radio Receiver, but it isn't. Unintended or Oversight?

ZingmanSCC
Yeah, we had it as a kind of a barrier to getting into the chat system. After we started seeing fewer people in chat than we wanted, we removed it as a requirement for the building.
I should probably remove it from the crafting menu.

Most common reaction among Con Artist staff while reading the chat logs: Laughter, Confusion, Sorrow, Hatred, or Thankfulness that most of us don't live in Australia?! Cheers!

All of the above. Maybe except hatred.

Have you ever built your own gaming rig? Any tips for a newbie?

I have, but it's been a long time since I've done it. I tend to buy pre-made machines now because I'm lazy.
Only tip I would give is to buy the best video card you can afford, it will carry the rest of your machine as it gets older.

Are you a fan of survival games?

I played the early mod versions of Day Z a bit, but it was too janky. There's so many survival games out there now and I can see the appeal, but I like having objectives.

Just wondering, who composed the music for the Last Stand Dead Zone? It's a relatively short and simple loop but I find it hauntingly beautiful in an odd sort of way. It really complements the aesthetic of the game. too.

My best mate, James Cussen. I'll pass on the compliments!

What is your favorite food?

This is tough. I really like food.
I'm a big fan of Indian food. Malai Kofta, Lamb Saag, Butter Chicken, garlic naan and samosas is pretty much the best meal ever.

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