Project Zomboid is getting “realistic bleach-drinking”

“We’re going to have probably the most real looking bleach-drinking ever seen in gaming,” the builders of Venture Zomboid cheekily proclaim of their newest replace. The deceptively lo-fi zombie survival recreation is gearing up for its subsequent large patch, 42, which features a full redesign of how fluids work.

The redesigned fluids system is a part of a broader effort underway to bolster Venture Zomboid’s crafting system. The Indie Stone says that Construct 42 is concentrated on making long-term survival a extra sturdy expertise, and making crafted gadgets extra attention-grabbing to make use of and work together with.

Liquids are a key a part of this survival crafting ecosystem. Your characters want to remain hydrated, in fact, however in addition they want to hold gas round to energy autos. Liquids will be flammable or toxic, and these results have to have totally different strengths relying on what the liquid is.

The Indie Stone says you’ll be capable to exactly combine liquids utilizing the brand new system, pouring fluid from one container into one other, and the brand new fluid system will be capable to account for this. An especially toxic liquid could possibly be diluted with water, leading to a diminished poison impact.

The builders say they’re contemplating what limitations to placed on this technique: it may be impractical to permit gamers to dilute gasoline, for instance, since that might make it essential to work out how a lot that might injury engines it was utilized in. Nonetheless, they’ve some neat concepts: characters with specialised expertise, like mechanics and cooks, would be capable to recognise one thing off about fluids like poisoned juice or watered-down gas.

There’s a lot extra within the newest put up: it exhibits off a work-in-progress menu for a working hen coop that lets you seize each chickens and eggs out of it. The Indie Stone says the thought for this might be that you simply’d have to shut the hens into the coop at evening to guard them from predators, however – as in actual life – make sure you keep in mind to allow them to out within the morning in the event you don’t really feel like cleansing up a horrible mess. You’ll additionally must be diligent about gathering the eggs in every nesting field, or the hens will ultimately search for new locations to put them.

The studio says construct 42 may even characteristic a number of enhancements to the Venture Zomboid recreation engine, multiplayer methods, and the early recreation. There’s nonetheless some time to attend, nonetheless – construct 42 is “nonetheless some methods off.”