ZombsRoyale.io
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| Developer(s) | End Game, Yang Liu |
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| Release | March 14, 2018 |
| Genre(s) | Battle royale |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer, Single-player, Limited-Time-Mode (LTM) |
ZombsRoyale.io is a 2D battle royale video game developed by an American studio, End Game. It was released on 2018 for iOS,[1] Android and on web browsers.[2][3] Similar to other titles in the battle royale genre, players fight against other players on a large map from a top-down perspective, scavenging for supplies and weapons.
Gameplay[edit]
The game is played in rounds that last for several minutes. Each round admits up to 100 players with the remainder filled by computer-controlled bots. Players are represented by circular figures on a 2D grid-like map, surrounded by a circular blue zone (called "the gas") that shrinks as the game advances, forcing players into a smaller and smaller area. Players take 2-10 damage to their health the longer they remain in the zone and can be eliminated if they stay in it.[4] Players start the game with no weapons other than their fists or any melee skins. Weapons and healing items can be found across the map in loot containers, such as boxes, crates, and chests. Crates take on a different appearance on every location, but the ammo crate, golden crate and normal crate retains its appearance. Loot containers are located throughout the map inside and outside of buildings; different crates contain various amounts of loot. For example, regular brown crates only drops one item while gold chests contain more than three. Some healing items are Bandages, Medkits, Small Shield Potions, Big Shield Potions, Hybrid Potions and the Healing Gun. Weapons have power based on their rarity and are classified as common (grey), uncommon (green), rare (blue), epic (purple), legendary (gold), or mythic (red).[2] Mythic weaponry is mainly obtained from chests that spawn in the endgame which are called Airdrops although one can obtain one through a gold chest, which has a small chance to drop one. Unique weapons can also be found across the map such as shurikens, flamethrowers, rubber guns and goo guns; they always come in legendary or epic rarity. These are stored in a six-slot inventory (excluding the melee slot).
Modes and monetization[edit]
There are multiple modes, the main ones being Solo, Duo, Squad, and LTMs (limited time modes). The active LTM change after a period of time; previous LTMs have included: Zombies, Protect the VIP, Weapons Race, Mystery Mode, 50v50, Superpower mode, Space Battle and Crystal Clash.
ZombsRoyale.io features different seasons; every season there are new locations, features, weapons and new modes. Each season also has its own battle pass, which the player levels up to earn rewards such as cosmetics and emotes, and more. The free pass is available to everyone and contains limited amounts of cosmetics while the paid pass, which costs 180 gems, has cosmetics in every tier all the way up to tier 100; if you have the paid pass, you will also obtain everything in the free pass, provided that you reach the required level. To unlock new cosmetics in the battle pass, one has to complete challenges to earn stars which level up your battle pass. Leveling up also nets five stars per level. Challenges grant either five or ten stars; they consist of three daily quests and some weekly quests which can only be completed if the battle pass has ben unlocked. Regular challenges grant five stars while those labeled as Hard grant ten.
There are two different currencies in the game, Coins and Gems. Gems can be used to upgrade the battle pass or purchase cosmetics/ items in the Shop (some items on sale could be bought with a cheaper price of gems). Coins can only be used to open the common chest in the Shop. Currently, the game is on Season 45, with a new season arriving every 48 days or so.
Development[edit]
ZombsRoyale.io is developed by End Game.[5] The studio got its start building websites such as PokeVision, which helps users catch Pokémon in Pokémon Go. They then started making browser games after seeing the success of other games such as Slither.io. They first created Lasersharks.io, followed by Zombs.io, then Spinz.io and finally ZombsRoyale.io. End Game has since gone on to make other games such as Fishington.io and Betrayal.io. ZombsRoyale.io was built in around 4 weeks, and after its successful launch, End Game spent the rest of 2018 supporting it.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "End Game Interactive raises $3 million to build expand on ZombsRoyale.io". VentureBeat. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "End Game, the startup behind Zombs Royale, raises $3M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-02-19.[permanent dead link]