Zombego
Welcome to Zombego, the zombie-themed strategy game where you'll outsmart your opponent to claim victory!
It's a one-player showdown against the computer. Before the battle begins, you'll strategically place your horde of zombies on the board. Once the game starts, you'll move your zombies one space at a time—up, down, left, or right—to challenge your opponent's pieces.
Your mission is simple: find and capture the enemy's flag before they capture yours. Be careful, though. Some zombies have special abilities that can turn the tide of battle, so use them wisely!
Setup and Placement
To start, you need to set up your army by choosing the "Setup Army" button from the main menu. Drag and drop at least 20 zombies onto your half of the board. You have a budget of $200, and each zombie has a different cost, ranging from $1 to $15.
If you'd rather not place each zombie individually, just click on a zombie to have it randomly placed on the board. You can then click and drag it to a new location if you want.
If you change your mind about a zombie, you can drag it to the trash can icon to remove it. You can return to this screen at any time from the main menu to change your setup.
Once you have at least 20 zombies placed, hit "Start" to begin the game!
How to Play
On your turn, you can move one zombie one space—up, down, left, or right.
When you move a zombie onto an enemy's square, a battle begins. The higher-ranked zombie wins, and the loser is removed from the board. If the ranks are the same, both zombies are removed.
Remember these special rules:
- The Spy can defeat the enemy Marshal, but only if the Spy attacks first.
- The Miner is the only zombie that can disarm a Bomb. Any other zombie that attacks a bomb is defeated.
- Your Flag and Bombs cannot move.
- When playing press and hold the mouse button on a zombie to get their stats and special abilities.
The first player to capture the enemy's flag wins the game!
Assets
- Graphics by pzUH
- Music by John Leonard French
This game was made in one week for the Holidstic3D Game Jam 2025.
AI by Grok for Cover Image only.
Comments
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Hey, nice idea. But the game gets soft locked. I have setup the army. I have zero dollars in bank and zombies are in the field. When I press "Ready to Battle" and get to main screen the there's no play option, "new game" is disabled. Only "Setup Army" and "Options" work.
Cheers!
Thanks for the report. New game is only available after you have at least 20 zombies setup. If you’re out of money you’ll need to sell a few of the more expensive ones to get the number to 20 zombies (i.e. you can’t have an entire army of generals). Drag a zombie to the trash can to reclaim the money. If that’s not the problem I can see if there’s a strange bug if you can send me a screenshot to bil.simser@gmail.com
Yeah, nice. This was the problem. I ended up selling some units so I could get it 20/20.
Awesome, thanks. I’ll look at a post-jam fix to provide more info to the player to help them.
Congratulations on the game!! I really liked the art too! ✨️❤️