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Inspiration for Urban Dead

Vampires!

Game by RavenBlack, a friend of Kevan. This is a grid-based RPG which predates Urban Dead. (Vampires! is a development of Graaaagh!, and UD is a development of Vampires!, with permission.)

Number of players: Unknown.

AI Dungeon (and text adventures + AI, in general)

A deep learning Artificial Intelligence text adventure generator. Single or multiplayer. AI Dungeon is a game/tool/toy which uses an artificial-intelligence program to try to infer what the next possible text in a story might be. It was created in late 2019 by using a massive amount of adventure stories and text-based-adventure logs to train a GPT-based neural net. AI Dungeon is a cutting-edge experiment in content generation, and can be used in a multitude of ways to generate a literally infinite number of unique stories.

I brought this post from the section "Other Zombie/Horror Games", as I considered it more appropriate, as AI Dungeon isn't a game or game platform specifically about zombies, although it already had an adventure prompt option focused on " zombies".

Updated by UD player Voyager

Would be a interesting idea if there was a AI chat service specializied in UD with text adventures accurately based on; or maybe if you could integrate text adventure with the webgame.

I've played many text adventures on the "AI Dungeon" platform, but not UD yet. But, not long ago, I playstested a text adventure in some AI chats like "Bing chat" , "Phind.com", etc, where I started an adventure based on Urban Dead - as a survivor; but I'm thinking about, perhaps, to play with other character categories like "military", "scientist" and "zombie" to check what it will be like.

I still don't know if it's as accurate as it was in other text adventures I started (based on other more known media works of video games, literature, movies, etc), since it would be necessary to check whether each location mentioned in the text adventure is in accordance with the address, and position and distance (in relation to other locations) indicated on the UD wiki map.

I started with entry prompt like this:

"Start a text adventure based on the MMORPG 'Urban Dead' in one of the suburbs (with its streets, buildings, etc, according to the official setting described on wiki.urbandead.com ) of Malton of your choice; where do I play as __" [survivor , etc]

Virtual tabletops

Imagine if would have a virtual tabletop adaptation of Urban Dead for virtual tabletop platforms (like Roll20, etc.).

Created by UD player Voyager

Inspired by Urban Dead

Battle Row Closed

Battle Row is a massively-multiplayer browser-based role-playing game set in the underworld of turn-of-the-century New York. Players take on the role of cops or gangsters and battle for control of the city.

Updated by UD player Voyager

Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead

Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead, or CDDA, is an open source survival horror roguelike video game. Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a fork of the original game Cataclysm. CDDA features text based graphics but has an alternative graphical tiles version. The game is freely downloadable on the game's website and the source code is also freely available on the project's GitHub repository. Rock, Paper, Shotgun named CDDA in 2016 one of "The 50 Best Free Games on PC".

Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead is based on Cataclysm which source code was released as open source under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license on GitHub[5] by the original author in October 2010. After the Cataclysm author ended the development around 2012, the game community forked the game as Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead into a new repository in begin 2013.

In June 2013 a successfully crowdfunding on Kickstarter raised $9,492 (beyond the $7,000 goal) for the payment of a full-time developer for 3.5 months.

The game is made with Ncurses to provide text based graphics; later a SDL version with graphical tiles became available. The game is under heavy development with experimental releases available multiple times each day. Stable releases are made roughly each year, the latest stable version of the game is 0.C "Cooper" released on March 11, 2015.

In December 2015 an unofficial launcher was created for CDDA under an open source MIT license to allow to stay up to date with the latest releases and third-party mods.

Cities Closed? Or technical issues?

Cities is a similar online game, inspired by urban dead but with a different playing style.

The cities game is geared towards less stressful play, with much more variation and less strategy. There is (almost) no player vs player stuff and the jokes are much worse.

Perform various quests to gain abilities and statistics. The quests are fairly varied.

Cities also has a wiki.

Cities has been created by the Temple ov thee Lemur, creators of the potato powered webserver and other internet annoyances.

Updated by UD player Voyager

Dealt In Lead Dealt in Lead 1 is now closed having culminated in a massive shoot out, but Dealt in lead 2 may be in development.

Browser based MMORPG, inspired by Urban Dead, Nexus War, Shartak and others. Set in a Weird West alternate universe, the American Civil War has raged for over a decade. Will you join the Lich-Emperor Lincoln in the struggle against the Confederacy, fight the Union on the side of General Lee and his mech-cavalry or chose to forge your own destiny? It's up to you.

Scroll Wars Now a thai casino?

This medieval browser-based game has Player vs. Player & Player vs. Monster elements. It has no Action Points, though it employs Battle Points. Strange creatures and stranger humor dominate the landscape.

Created by Amazing and others.

Number of players: Small, fluctuating number active.

Updated by UD player Voyager

Hell Rising Closed (2023) is now All Out Hell

Hell Rising was sadly killed in 2020 or so. Like the undead, it's ashes have reconstituted into All Out Hell. - Hell Rising Wiki

This game was based on Urban Dead and is similar in many regards. It has AP which regenerates faster(4 AP per five minutes on weekdays), with bonus AP on weekends(6 per five minutes). You can play as a survivor, zombie, or vampire. The game also supplements its player base with a variety of NPCs and offers hundreds of usable items. It includes more features such as a crafting system, an expanded group system(including a group chat that doesn't cost AP), holiday events, Cell Phones for SMS mutual friends, bank storage for both personal items and the entire group and much more.

Number of players: Small, fluctuating number active. See http://hellrising.com/top.php

Updated by UD player Voyager

Light Rising Oct/06/2016 -> Last register in Wayback machine of operative way to play.

This sci-fi browser based game, set on a space station in 2244, is inspired by Urban Dead, Shartak, and uses the core code base from Shintolin, but with many changes and upgrades. It has a larger amount of AP than its counterparts, 250 AP per day. You can build, craft, and buy a large amount of buildings and items, and the skill tree allows for choices of race, class and specialization. There's plenty opportunity for role-play, and/or PVP.

Created by UD player Anthor.

Number of players: Small, fluctuating number active.

Updated by UD player Voyager

Nexus War Closed, but left here because of its historical nature.

Player characters are souls plucked from across the universe and placed on the fictional island archipelago of St. Germaine, in the Bermuda Triangle.

This game is currently closed, but much of the community has continued the game as Nexus Clash.

Created by UD player Jorm.

Number of players: 24,000 accounts, unknown number active.

Nexus Clash

The sequel to Nexus War. Angels, demons and superhumans battle for the fate of a constantly reincarnating universe. This game develops the Nexus War story further and makes the death and rebirth of the universe described in the Nexus backstory into a recurring game event that provides new worlds to explore. Largely a player vs. player game driven by faction warfare, although the setting experiments with player vs. environment play in the form of wandering monsters and occasional player-induced zombie outbreaks.

Number of players: Small- to mid-sized. Developers periodically adjust the size of the game world to fit the size of the player base.

PixelWorld LONG TIME INOPERATIVE - May/13/2007 -> Last register in Wayback machine of operative way to play.

"Collaborative artwork"-themed game inspired by Urban Dead. Come join the late alpha/early beta stages. You play an artist on a giant Canvas, coloring and otherwise marking up individual pixels. Each night at around 9pm Eastern (GMT-0400 in the summer), the state of the Canvas is recorded as a PNG. Right now there is no PvP or PvNPC combat at all. The game is no longer running.

Updated by UD player Voyager

Quarantine 2019

This apocalyptic zombie browser-based game, inspired by UD, is similar in many regards. Featuring a relatively fast AP regen rate, a plethora of skills and classes (medic, warrior, scientist, engineer, smart zombie, and so much more), multiple floor buildings, central power grids for districts, and much more. The game is currently in open beta, and open to suggestions (which if good, are often implemented). If you're a fan of UD, come join this great game!

Created by User:Alex007

Active Players (as of 08:26, 23 June 2013 (BST)): ~260 (see http://play.quarantine2019.com/stats)

Shartak

A jungle themed game inspired by Urban Dead that takes place on a very large island. There are camps and huts to hide in, ruins and tunnels to explore, roads to clear in the jungle, traders to trade with, animals to kill (and be killed by), and, naturally, other players to kill. Dead players may play as spirits or be revived by an NPC shaman. Characters are either outsiders (including pirates) or natives.

Created by UD player LeakyBocks.

Total Players ~23500 and Active Players ~315 (as of 08:22, 23 June 2013 (BST), see http://www.shartak.com/stats.html)

Shintolin Apparently closed

Humanity has wandered the world of Shintolin for millenia, hunting and gathering to survive. Recently, some have begun to tire of the nomadic life, and are beginning to settle down. Forests are being cleared for farmland, villages are growing into towns and cities, and crafters seek to unlock the secrets of bronze and iron working. Work with other players to build a town in a dynamic world where every item and building is player created.

Created by UD player Iis.

Updated by UD player Voyager

Zombie Pandemic Jun/25/2022 -Last post (there was still layout) saved in Wayback machine

Zombie Pandemic is similar to Urban Dead with a huge city in which the players take part in a massive zombie outbreak scenario. Other aspects which makes Zombie Pandemic different is enriched RPG elements, different skill trees and use of realistic navigation on a real world map. This map consists of hundreds of locations offering even more game events and quests in a rich storyline. The game has a more graphical profile too and offers rich concept art and a rich inventory with tons of weapons and a more advanced combat system. Developers are allowing members of the public to design a variety of locations and zombies. The game was deactivated on the 31st of May 2015.

Total Players 16,400+ (as of 08:34, 23 June 2013 (BST), see http://www.zombiepandemic.com/CharacterLinks.aspx?gameinstance=ZP_Live1)

Updated by UD player Voyager

Other Zombie/Horror Games

Cthulhu Nation

An H.P. Lovecraft themed browser-based MMORPG. Fight back darkness via quests and combat in the years after the Great War. Battle the minions of cthulhu as a member of the enigmatic Group, or apply sinister angles as a Cultist. The game includes gambling, an auction house and weather and lighting effects, as well as a hexagonal exploration system.

Number of players: Unknown.

Dawn of the Dead

Shoot the zombies that come at you. Kill them before they climb over the fence and eat you alive!

The Dead Awaken

Another massively-multiplayer RPG, Dead Awaken has little quests to do and some NPCs to interact with, and it has fewer players overall.

Number of players: Unknown.

Dead Frontier

A flash based MMO where players play as survivors in a zombie infested city. NOTE: The 3D version of the game is currently in open beta, and most PvP features are not yet functional. A previously-released 2D version is playable on the same site (accounts can switch from one version to another anytime).

Number of players: At least 31559 (more than 1 million as of 2012)

Dead Zed

This is a FPS flash game sort of like The Last Stand. Shoot the zombies, organize search parties to look for survivors and new weapons, manage your group to defend and repair your safehouse.

Flash Zombie Games

A collection of small fun zombie games made in flash. Great time waster while you are waiting for some AP.

Infectonator: World Dominator

Spread the joy of BARHAH by infecting entire continents, one city at a time.

The Last Stand series

The Last Stand, The Last Stand 2, The Last Stand: Union City, and The Last Stand: Dead Zone (MMORPG). The first 3 are single-player. TLS: Dead Zone is available on Facebook.

Rebuild and Rebuild 2

Gather survivors of the zombie apocalypse and manage food supplies, housing and morale while defending against undead attacks. Reclaim the city one square at a time and put your survivors to work scavenging for food, building houses, rediscovering technology and of course killing zombies. Beware of rival gangs, wild dogs, food thieves and even riots as you manage a city in this post apocalyptic turn based strategy game.

World of the Living Dead

World of the Living Dead is a massively-multiplayer zombie game which features strategy gameplay and life or death resource management in a huge sandbox world.

What's your plan?

Scavenge for food and weapons. Risk staying close to the zombie-infested cities where the pickings are rich but the competition is fierce. Attack other players for supplies or form factions to rid your area of the zombie menace. Choose how you want to deal with the apocalypse and develop your characters as they learn how to survive.

Now available without beta keys. Anyone can play.