Can I Survive on a CRUISE SHIP in Project Zomboid?

[@yellow_jacket3260]

I kind of wish that the zombie populations where more spread out in maps like these so you don’t get swarmed immediately

[@rowanweaver3241]

eh, if you play the game enough you realize they are *too* spread out, you fire a gun in the woods and it becomes hell in 5 seconds, it’s unnecessary sometimes

[@BlueBeastBlue]

You can tweak the settings more than just selecting a preset setting. Although I've been playing with a crap ton of mods so I'm not sure if you can do that in the base game or not. I always mess with the numbers and horde size, plus turning off respawn rate so you can actually clear out large areas without it being populated again down the line.

[@purpleteaisme]

Honestly, them being tightly together is much easier than them being so spread out. If not, then just for me I guess.

[@Jakkaribik1]

I Tweak max Group is One but Zeds constantly migrate to other Chunks so they move more often and arent so much to handle

[@Jakkaribik1]

tigh is easy but can lead to a Death if you aren't noticing it coming same with spread out also the Max Hearing is put so the Zeds come in from double the Range if you fire a Gun some zeds even come after 3 Minutes to the Position

[@sillyIRgirl]

This would be such a cool starting scenario in vanilla game

[@nerfherder4284]

Or even a mod challenge. Why don't we see any mod challenges I wonder? I think more scenarios would be sweet, a cruise ship one in particular. A mall scenario would cool too

[@namoi3200]

@@nerfherder4284 yeah bro this sounds like the future of the game, like what happened to minecraft

[@brenolk4642]

Imagine starting on the Cruise Ship and you have to survive for a week until the ship crashes on land and you goal is to survive but also kill on the zombies or else the apocalypse will start when the ship crashes

[@SirQwert]

@@brenolk4642 maybe the ship would crash into an iceberg, and then you can paint a lady naked and hold on to a door

[@JackBasciono]

​@@nerfherder4284try the opening hours mod for a mall start

[@Kevbark]

Imagine this as a time loop zombie cruise ship movie bruh I want that so bad. Comedy, action, mystery.

[@IamNOTferalfr]

You mean like Groundhog Day?

[@SpringDavid]

@@IamNOTferalfr project zomboid: Groundhog Week. A group of unlucky survivors has been infected with the virus and have until the end of the week till they become either zombies or just die, trapped in a time loop of 6 days, they have to find out how to make a cure before they start turning, will they leave the time loop? Or will they be trapped ina constant state of dying over and over again? *_find out in the next episode of dragon ball Z_*

[@wintersfreund]

Film: Ghost Ship😉

[@arcozako1234]

@@SpringDavid Sounds great, would watch

[@adamboh393]

Alternate title: Dead in the Water

[@johncharlesxavier9657]

Of course I'll watch the entire thing, your storytelling was sublime. I was imagining it in 1st person too.

[@Sazan_Jackal]

If you crave another immersive challenge, try ambiguous amphibians "Zero to Hero" playthrough. If you haven't watched him before, highly recommend.

[@2ndbrain909]

You should try to make a kill box at your room’s door using the furniture, before you open it. Preferably one that forces zombies to fall too the floor where you can bash their brains in with one hit. Doing that may make it possible.

[@static825]

That's a good idea. I'd be afraid that I'd mess up or the zombies come to quickly and now I'm trapped in on own kill box.

[@cr4yv3n]

No hammer

[@dubclips7266]

@@cr4yv3n he was killing zombies with one in one of the runs i think

[@cr4yv3n]

@@dubclips7266 ya but he died after finding it lol.

[@static825]

@@blacktemplar3759 is that the left tab button by default?

[@Svoorhout85]

I live in a harbor city where several cruiseships dock and I made zombie apocalypse plans for fun. One of them involves boarding one and using it as a stronghold.

[@georgeofhamilton]

You shouldn’t just leave it parked there, though; you should use it as a mobile settlement.

[@Kou-bz4kb]

@@georgeofhamilton for 20-30 years at best. And you better hope a friendly dock is available.

[@jessicamason2526]

@Casper's Studio until bad weather happens or something breaks down, its not like you will be able to make harbor for repairs or shelter from strong waves after all. being from Michigan all to familiar with what strong storms do to ships, Edmund Fitzgerald for instance.

[@user-anon]

@@jessicamason2526 ya going underway with the cruise ship is a horrible idea since even taking in the lines on the ship takes a ton of people raising the anchor takes trained sailors trying to figure out how to manage the engine room and after all the somehow manage to fit out of the harbor it’s just impossible for someone to do alone there’s a reason why people solo sailboats and not cruise ships

[@jessicamason2526]

@@user-anon some large ships dont take that large of a crew, most great lakes freighters crew less then 30, also most anchors are automated these days, still a horrible idea non-the less tho

[@alexanderrahl7034]

"A scratch, there's a low chance, this run is already over." Every. Single. Run. That I have ever done and gotten scratched on, has been an infectious one. I stg, it's like they code some of us differently for evil funsies lol

[@berserkerpride]

I prefer to set it to bite only. Hell even with immunity runs you can get dragged into the mob pretty easily.

[@PastelScorpion]

Oh wow mine have rarely been infectious

[@alexanderrahl7034]

@@PastelScorpion exactly what I'm saying lol. I'm sure some statistician would say something about this being totally possible and that I'm just unlucky. But it's all about _how_ unlucky you are lol. Like, you're equally as likely to be unlucky as you are lucky. So if every scratch has been infectious for me, I should be winning the lottery to some low level degree 🤣 Which is why I stick to my belief that the game is lying about its chance numbers for some people for fun. Lol Who would care enough to tell, and anyone who suspected as much can be counted on to be laughed at by everyone else. It would be a pretty good prank imo

[@LonelyKnightess]

@@alexanderrahl7034 Cognitive bias probably. You probably had a bad luck few runs where it happened more than was statistically likely and noticed it, and now every time it happens your brain goes "Look! Look! It's doing it again!" Same reason people think XCOM is unfair even though the rolls are biased towards the player.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

See! There they go. Tryin to make me think I'm crazy! Lol. Gamer dementia. I know what you're all trying to do. It's a conspiracy and you're all in on it! 🤣

[@SkillZgetKillZ]

Damn you made Woodrow Walter's fate sound way fucking worse than normal death by undead Implying he was in a loop... that's fucking terrifying.

[@RaizanMedia]

I think this is great. You are taking a chance by making a storyline, and actually submerged halfway into the idea. Usually, content creators make a vague, superficial story and only dip their toes. I would love to see more like this. Maybe a 20 mins video of an entire character arc. Police officer, nurse, teacher,etc... You can even make custom stats using PZ mods, which I never see people do when they want to roleplay as a character. Don't be afraid to use smaller zombie pops btw, or guns. Variety is key and so many pz youtubers miss that

[@kito1299]

Would make a great movie, a man stuck on a ship with zombies and anytime he dies he starts the day over.

[@curtisyue182]

You need to use veteran. The damage you lose from panic is too much to take on that many guys with melee

[@Norinia]

Do you lose melee damage with panic? I thought what panic did was decrease aiming accuracy, which f*cks over anyone with a gun, but doesn’t really affect those who use melee, considering, well, they’re right there 😅 Edit: lmao autocorrect changed decreased with degree. Fixed.

[@curtisyue182]

@@Norinia Panic lowers accuracy, and melee damage - up to 30% less damage at max panic

[@coolsceegaming6178]

@@curtisyue182 the damage thing seems stupid IMO. You’re telling me the panic filled guy is gonna hit *softer?* bullshit, he’s gonna be hitting even harder!

[@curtisyue182]

@@coolsceegaming6178 The devs have added all kinds of stupid bullshit they thought was realistic, but actually isnt. Like picking up glass without gloves, your grown ass character cuts themselves. Or running through bushes can cut you.

[@coolsceegaming6178]

@@curtisyue182 I mean the bushes thing I can actually find realistic cause it happened to me, but everything else defo is stupid.

[@kompv]

loved the video, such great storytelling!

[@AreanFilms]

Thank you man!!

[@blackprior.9976]

the radio dud

[@evantamashiro6421]

Beautiful video. I loved the narration and that looks like a crazy difficult map

[@GGCannon]

7:46 The biggest issue, I believe, isn't the Zombie "Population" value, but the "Rally Group Size" and "Rally Group Separation". You can think of "Zombie Population" as the total amount of Zs across the whole map, while Rally Group Size and Separation would be the Zs density spread around the map. If you set Rally Group Size to 5 or 10, Rally Group Separation 5 and Rally Group Radius 10, that will still give you a pretty good horde potential, but the overall density will be more spread out and give you more chance to fight and more time before ridiculously big hordes gather around you.

[@jerryo6489]

I love your videos. This is a step in the right direction. I also want to let you know that I sometimes have difficulty watching creators with accents but I can understand your English perfectly.

[@AreanFilms]

Thank you for the support! Happy to hear!

[@collophonium]

i especially love all the accents, though english isnt my mother tounge. after years of youtubing i can differenciate between british,scottish, welsh,irish, texian ??,australian and new zeelandish,not to forget the non english people from danmark, germany,spain, france,russia.....you must be spanish or maybe portuguise, but i stick with spanish.....great narrative. btw...

[@mitzee8621]

@@collophonium Rather then New Zealander or New Zealandish accent you can just say Kiwi or a Kiwi accent.

[@HankHung-z4o]

At first I was here just trying to find some decent mods to use but dude I really like your attempt on this kind of video. I enjoy it so much and I hope you’ll keep doing this amazing work!

[@AreanFilms]

Thank you so much for the support!! So glad to know! More vids coming soon :D

[@gomlog3]

It would be such an excellent start if the cruise ship was moving. Survive long enough and it eventually docks in louiseville. Then you can disembark into a new hell!

[@alzhanvoid]

How would that even work? Who's... steering it?

[@Vangror]

@@alzhanvoid Autopilot maybe?

[@fropepsi]

What even was that commentry. It felt more like a real auto biography. Loved the video.

[@saltamuertosturambar4050]

Really good narrative, keep it up!

[@modddy0025]

0:04 Poland.

[@moshdragon]

A cruise ship map with a set # of zombies that don't respawin with a few high density zones would be a super fun MP challenge. Can you clear the ship? A few thousand zombies and all the time in the world

[@hemotitelavender6929]

Dude you’re the best, most would have scrapped the video but you instead make it just as engaging and entertaining as a victory

[@FumblsTheSniper]

Honestly, more random spawn scenarios would be great. Could have a hall of the ship barricaded and empty of zombies, same with apartment buildings. Truck full of supplies but no gasoline in the middle of nowhere. On top of a house/gas station/gun store with no supplies but a crate full of ammo. Etc.

[@phantomaviator1318]

Beside a bush plane with a lever action and a few supplies

[@RR-ff1lx]

the digimon world 1 sounds was veryyy nostalgic, great video Arean ! very interesting challenge

[@user-uy8ff2dq8c]

The narration and storytelling is simply beautiful friend! Keep it up!!

[@readanatic]

I love these kinda videos, man! The narrations make them feel like horror movies and I love it, the descriptions and the loose storytelling is incredible, as well! :D Huge /pos :)

[@Clone003]

I recognize those digimon sound effects at 1:10 Thanks for awakening some memories

[@Pvt_Kyle]

This man can make a scratch more like a serious intense scene

[@oxishixo]

This would be a good plot for a movie.

[@Vinrael666]

1:12 Using Sounds from Digimon World 1 threw me off. Good Video!

[@neilnoren5009]

You are the best

[@photohuntxdaboi8098]

This challenge seems super fun

[@VanGoee]

congrats u made me comment, the serie is a hidden gem, very good work my friend. this is story telling in its finest, and very good voice over with enough emotions to go with the story. just fantastic over all !

[@im_Dafox]

That's an amazing mod ! Definitely willing to try it, thanks for sharing :]

[@ryuhanja3415]

Imagine if this worked with the boat mods + enterable bus’s so you could drive it around and have it as a full base

[@Water-rg7gp]

this has to be treated like a more extreme version of prison, and for traits id pick: negative: weak stomach, thin skin, slow healer, smoker, short sighted, prone to illness, pacifist, illiterate, high thirst, disorganized, agoraphobic, conspicuous. these negatives wont effect the tight corridors within the interior of the ship, and we dont need the xp boosts of books in the immediate danger of zombies, so its just more points with a little cost in the long run, if carpentry needs to be leveled theres plenty of beds, the bathrooms in the ship have enough water to handle high thirst, and getting hurt at all in the first place in this place is just a death sentence, total points: 57 positive traits: starting with job, burgular, for the nimble levels. then the actual traits: athletic, strong, brave, dextrous, didnt see much food on the ship so light eater might be helpful, lucky, wakeful, gymnast, brawler, baseball player. basically just make a mass murder character and then do as your title suggests.

[@Water-rg7gp]

game plan: find a bat using lucky trait, clear the hallways using bat and the skills you chose, should kill most zombies fast, search every room pretty thoroughly, taking any weapons you find, also remove any clothes that dont give you immediate protection from scratches and bites, after going room to room you should find that you have a somewhat decent supply of weapons, the door that was swarmed with zombies every time looked like a kitchen door, so thats what you want to clear out next, bait zombies into your new hallway kill zone, try to hold your ground as much as possible to prevent getting cornered, and if you manage to take out the kitchen you now have a supply of food, with that you should prepare for bigger fights by eating enough food to become well fed, which will increase your damage output further, making you even stronger.

[@somerandomgamer8504]

Your style reminds me vaguely of Ambiguous Amphibian's, and it's really oddly relaxing for it!

[@jgamer2228]

No no, not a “huge boat,” a cruise ship. A ship is not a boat. A boat is not a ship.

[@BooTeaCheeks]

This isn't a game. This is actual footage of a man sailing with Carnival and looking for somewhere to quiet to relax.

[@grugnotice7746]

Largest cruise ship in the world today would have almost 9000 zombies aboard, assuming none died in the process of turning. However in 1993, the largest cruise ship in the world was the Sovereign on the Seas, with a total capacity of a little over 3000 zombies. An average for the time would be more like 1700. Wonder if there would be a way to hard cap their numbers? No more respawning, just a lonely man either being eaten by zeds or eventually dying of hunger, thirst, or disease on a ghost ship adrift in an undead world. Also, there should be more in the way of maintenance tunnels with hardened portholes that zeds simply can not damage no matter how much they try. Only way to get around safely in a situation like that. Starting out in the rooms is pretty deadly. Way crowded.

[@dominicmanester8125]

Prison island would be way worse. Less supplies, intentionally harder to navigate, same sense of isolation, lots of prisoners/guards turned zombies and survivors are much more likely to be violent felons.

[@Drazamuffin]

This challenge reminds me of the best description of cruise ships I’ve ever heard: floating petri dishes

[@chugetnuget6230]

You narrated this so well, like damn, you sounded like one of those chanels that read snippets from marvel and dc comics. You should try reading some bad space comics, I think have the perfect voice for it and I would defintely listen to you read them. *(bad space comics is the user name of an Instagram account, made by scott base, that releases home made comics that usually cover ideas that induce existential dread, and end in some dark depressing way. At atleast to me, they always leave you thinking.)* Inshort, YOUR VOICE IS PERFECT FOR READING BADSPACE COMICS!!!

[@MightyT-je9df]

feels like a good way to learn how to actually fight in compact areas and learn how to make fast paced decisions and learn how to fight the horde

[@lynh9648]

What an awesome and unique pz situation! LOVED it!!!

[@z34rk79]

See the no car challenge does sound pretty cool

[@classic2825]

I got a hand it to you dude the storytelling on this was pretty fookin good

[@zodiacinparadise1105]

The most worse situation when zombie apocalypse Begin is when you are inside a fly airplane and the pilot got infected, when that happen all yo can do is accept you're faith

[@jukethebox6879]

Never seen a youtuber pour out consistent numbers but not get subs. Its kinda insulting, hope u get the recognition u deserve man, the story telling is awsome!

[@topdogalpha]

If youre there at the start of the zombies a cruise ship is a great place. If you slept in for 3 days like the project zomboid scenerios you prolly screwed

[@TiberiuValentin]

Bro you are underrated i just found you, keep at it

[@AreanFilms]

Thank you man!

[@blas_gamedev]

I see you're a man of culture as well using digimon sfx.

[@caelodevorago608]

So, for this, there'd be more zombies on the levels of the ship that are cabins There's also, at most, 4-5 thousand zombies on board (From a rough guess, it's a really small cruise ship, so likely less than that) A survivors goal, would be to seal levels off, and maintain control over one of the central stair cases that let him go to any level on the ship (Usually one in the crew areas) You can systematically clear through the ship. Focus primarily on getting to the food areas, on each side and each end of the ship will be restaurants, bars, etc, so you have multiple places you can stop by. If you kill ten zombies a day, in about a year, you'll probably clear the ship entirely. Then it becomes a concern of why the ship stopped. Does it have fuel? If so, start it up and get used to how it controls from the bridge. Get the radio working (A lot of libraries and books on board, you can probably find a guide for it somewhere), start calling out for survivors, use the nav equipment that WILL still work and give coordinates. Start up farming on the top decks if you can get to shore at some point to get soil (Though there's LOTS of fucking plants on board, so there might be a good amount. Or compost waste) Fish. Fish fish fish Honestly, if I had to be trapped in one place.... Make it a cruise ship. If I can clear it, I'll have food for months if not years, and it's very easy to close off entire sections of the ship.

[@LonelyKnightess]

>infinite loop of failure on a cruise ship we triangle now

[@SeedlingNL]

With a challenge like that, you want to take it slow. Clear out hallways and rooms, inch by inch. Do not run, because once the horde is on you, there is no escape.

[@Giggleheaven]

Imagine if the boat hit some rocks and started sinking while he was just trying to survive

[@Nechay.]

Space station is the worst place to be stuck on during zombie apocalypse

[@corbinpawlak4751]

This would be a great movie!

[@yourmicrowave7112]

A fun thing I do is I have a preset I put up, I make VERY low amount of zombies spread out, but max hearing sprinting and seeing. So basically super zombies but not a lot. It's a good change up in the apocalypse, I would also suggest the cure mod because you WILL get bit if they touch you

[@Switcher1972]

For manga lovers, "Cradle of Monsters" is basically shonen characters on a zombie cruise. Worth a try.

[@djgreen6710]

A way to help this would be to set the zombie's sight (and hearing especially) to low so you don't get swarmed as fast.

[@DefaultProphet]

Cruise ship would actually be pretty good. Draw them up to the main deck then lure them off the edge. That’ll take out a bunch and the ones locked in their rooms may also fall overboard if they have a balcony

[@turbochips6148]

In my opinion being on a Cruise ship during a zombie apocalypse could either be heaven or hell on earth just depends on how much food water and the amount of people who are infected or not infected

[@Jakkaribik1]

True Seems Like a Place where Raider cant get to you fast enogh and you can use the small places to Clear the Zeds months into the Infection

[@henningl8257]

Definitively hell. Remember covid + cruise ships? The worst place to be then. Disease spreads rapidly on a cruise ship, and supplies dwindle fast with so many people and no outside source of supplies

[@jevilreformed]

A cruise ship wouldn’t be the worst place in a zombie outbreak, as the disease most likely wouldn’t get on the boat.

[@Maine277]

Adrenaline junkie but also a Sunday driver. Eh, every junkie needs to reset

[@замучалигачимученика]

Thx for the map i will enjoy it with my friends

[@The_Custos]

"This is your Captain speaking... We're fucked."

[@kaziglu8344]

A good scenario would be that the ship just gets into port as the zombie apocalypse happens, along with other ships.

[@toshigami-sama9177]

Kuroshitsuji book of the Atlantic be like:

[@helmetmcbarin]

Being trapped on a huge boat in the middle of no where in a zombie apocalypse is many times easier than all the other options you said the only reason its more difficult in project zomboid is because the zombies keep respawning irl however it would be really easy and its unlikely that anyone on board would have been infected

[@4shadow894]

If you could have a mod where you can make a barricade made out of chairs, bags, tables and other furnitures and applainces, that would be a better chance of survival.

[@minticedtea]

Yo Digimon sound effects for the intro if my ears aren't lying, the taste 👏

[@kerikplay1692]

The most scary situation in a zombie outbreak 💀 Now imagine being in some train during this 💀💀💀💀💀

[@ducksmatter]

Quick tip: Don’t make noise or exit the room immediately. Don’t turn on the lights. Using blunt melee weapons makes more noise than pushing, stomping or stabbing and NEVER YELL

[@nerfherder4284]

Nicely done 🤘🏻I think a toolkit to start with at least a hammer and saw would be nice for some carpentry w/ some skills. Perhaps some fences would help? Def some sneaking skills.

[@potatoesstarch2376]

Wonder how the map designer did the zombies for the boat. It might be pretty cool with a reasonable set. Like you figure out about how many people there would have been based on the rooms. Throw them in there. This amount seems a bit excessive, like a bunch poured in from the outside. Which, based on the actual details of the map, might be the case. Still. Very fun challenge. Smooth AF narrative too, wove that shit nice.

[@darealtorchwood5665]

And this is why every cruiseship should have a gun locker a weapon locker food stations and emergency gun acceses everywhere incase of last resort survival escape

[@Gabbsby]

Quality video. Had me at the edge of my seat the whole time

[@guardsmenmrdew4286]

This video is basically ground hog day on a zombie crewship

[@genoswovlehart5927]

This was wild. I have a new fear. Thanks

[@MarcCastellsBallesta]

That's interesting! Knowing the map would be useful and realistic. You've already spent sime time in the ship. I don't know what I would do in this situation.

[@YourHuckleberry99]

Eh if you separate them off or figure out a way to trap them on a lower deck, use the furniture to make barricades and break table legs, sharpen them into spikes. Open a elevator shaft, lure them so they fall through, if the elevator still works maybe you can send it to the bottom floor and possibly crush a great amount of em. This only becomes a possibly if you survive long enough to do these things, maybe find friends or people that can at least trust you moderately, hopefully before the first survivors go completely mad. I love thinking about the possibilities. Thx for the enlightening experience

[@Parascuba]

cruise could make great base if you have trained co-op team sweep them out. plenty place to sleep. plenty space to build farm on top deck. plenty space of gym, swim, gaming, etc it could turn into city

[@BrokeDV]

Throwback to the digimon world pings. Like just for that alone!

[@Gillan1220]

This is basically Resident Evil: Gaiden and Resident Evil: Dead Aim

[@piotr3580]

Challenge accepted

[@magnarcreed3801]

Depending on time to prepare, type of zombie, this would actually be great. Lure most off the actual boat if they’re dumb and can’t swim.

[@89BlackGatomon]

If Zombies already are spawned and don't respawning at all I see it possible. Otherwise? Rather not...

[@gdpiscopo]

I love these narrated videos

[@allbankbasalisk___2005]

Hospital would be the worst. All those people not knowing what to do except go to the hospital cause the doctors will make everything better.

[@eastern0dark]

After one year I have finally made it past 50 days and counting I will keep everyone posted on current events ingame along with how it's going each friday

[@fraternitas5117]

its like living in a "diverse" area.

[@Lineproof]

Came here from the short, good job advertising!

[@Sylphinator]

Should try "Over the river" its a similar concept -.- but man... they come out of ducts and the woodwork literally lol... This was interesting to watch =) 7:50 I was SURE that hat would have been the ticket to success ^.~

[@cole009productions7]

Mall… *Dead Rising memories flood back*

[@masterwizard8090]

I use 500 pts mod for roleplay purposes in SP. It allows me to have reasonable human characters who do not have every single negative trait

[@mahmudalamsagor]

How about another attempt on this map (Cruise ship), where this time ''You are a Special OPS Agent, fully equipped with firearms, armour, and combat/tactical gear; sent here by a Secret Organization (like Umbrella Corporation from Resident Evil) to find any Important Documents/Scientist's Secret Research Paper/or maybe even the Cure''.....

[@vangiepuse3291]

Bro the way he keeps saying "attempt"makes u feel like the old man is in a zombie time loop when he dies he gets reset and be back at the same location only catch is:he keeps waking up on a completely different room.

[@RalphVincent]

This is genuinely the scariest zomboid run I've ever seen

[@DarkLegend95]

attempting the challenge, but i only spawn outside of the cruise ship, on the little piece of land. Are you using any mod to spawn inside a cabin ?

[@jessieramirez2000]

Sam's I'm trying to figure this out myself