Rebuild: This Shouldn't Be Unique

[@mihaineag3831]

Glad that people still remember these games. Too bad that not many Zombie (or apocalypse games) are focused on rebuilding society.

[@bfFAN221]

You might wanna check yout IFZ (Infection-Free Zone), as that game seems to be covering that niche. It's quite interesting, despite being in early access still.

[@Retostl]

Only infection free zone on steam, which isnt finished yet

[@lordgrunwalder1607]

State of decay is actually quite good on this term!

[@XOFInfantryman]

​@@lordgrunwalder1607Yeah shame that only first game (+ DLCs) are worth your time Second one was super underwhelming

[@deezboyeed6764]

Not just zombie apocalypses but all apocalypse games miss that. Thats why og fallout and fnv are so cool to me. Its not post apocalypse its post post apocalypse, seeing how new societies rebuild is a cool idea

[@Unregistered.Hypercam.2.]

the adrenaline rush you felt when the defenses were breached but you got that cool art depicting your survivors beating the horde back was so amazing

[@Tovarasul_Lenin]

I was obsessed with this game. Around 3 years ago I played the new mobile game, which is pretty cool because of the factions and the story (Although I am not a fan of the cartoony graphic style), and I remember being obsessed to the point of playing till 3 AM untill my phone got too hot to be held. Daily.

[@Kingofdragons117]

new mobile game?

[@jaymore626]

@@Kingofdragons117 Rebuild 3 mobile pretty much

[@christstwin6606]

for a second i thought i already saw and commented on this video :D. i was also obsessed with the first 2 and will be looking into the mobile continuation.👍

[@Penguinmanereikel]

@@jaymore626it's on steam too

[@Kurotaisa]

@@Kingofdragons117 Not new, it is like, 7 or 8 years old...ish?

[@cyberspacer1453]

Now I remember the third game has a steam version

[@FeyTheBin]

And a play store version.

[@extinctgraph9150]

I believe you can also buy the first two games as dlc, which just lets you play the first two games as they were.

[@Penguinmanereikel]

Yup. Rebuild: Gangs of Deadsville. I have it and I've been playing it intermittently. Been trying to score the good ending, but one of the steps is a little obscure.

[@luiswonder2101]

And for the ones who dont have money, there is the option to sail the seven seas :D

[@Penguinmanereikel]

@@luiswonder2101 don't pirate indie games >:(

[@walnzell9328]

The Zombies Are People Too event is basically a choice to have an extra layer of difficulty. Can you win the game while your survivors keep throwing themselves to the zombies? Even your most skilled survivors are easily swayed to jump into the horde and get eaten.

[@hp22h78]

Ah, I remember it fondly. I did it during my first blind playthrough cause I needed the happiness boost. It backfired quickly. I remember having real good progress up to that point. About half the town reclaimed. About 100 souls within our walls. I had even secured the helipad by then. And then someone came up asking for a church. Anderson. I would later come to curse his very name, but for now, I allowed it. His texts were concerning, but I paid it no mind. 'Probably just being hypothetical'. Decorated graveyards? Sure. Whatever makes them happy. I needed the boost, and besides, I had enough soldiers to secure the city anyhow. I thought myself on top of the world, thoroughly crushing every zombie hoard to come my way. I had it in the bag, or so I thought. In hindsight, I had not been paying attention to morale at all, too lost in the big picture. I was rushing to secure the whole city, uncaring for the losses along the way. Progress, above all else. It made me lenient. No. It made me outright dependent on Anderson and his Church of the Dead. He provided an easy solution to the happiness issue. So when the choice came to crack down on some people who were protesting the Church? I gave down the order. 'Heretics' were to be punished, regardless of if I personally cared for their religion or not. The Church was just too important to lose. All just a means to the end, after all. Then people started fucking throwing themselves into the hordes. The church threw massive parties every time this happened, halting everything. Everything. It was like a double barrel shotgun blast to the face. Every death meant another celebration. Every celebration meant no progress. I could tell instantly that this would be the end. An infinite death spiral for the city at large. I couldn't afford to bleed manpower at such a daily rate. And there was no way I could progress further into the infested suburbs when I couldn't even get anyone to work 2 days in a row. My lust for progress had blinded me to what I enabled. I cursed Anderson and his bloody cult! But it was all too late. There was no second chance to rein in the Church. Anderson was all powerful. He was above me. My callous words meant nothing, compared to the man who would bring us 'enlightenment'. In despair, I searched the town for anything that could stop this madness. Perhaps a hidden option for a revolt from a police station or something. Then, I noticed something in the outskirts of our compound, barely secured by a buffer zone of maybe 2 or 3 blocks. The Helipad. It had been a low priority mission I had placed like 1 lady to work on in the background while I 'conquered' the city. Now, it was our last hope. I scrambled to put every resources I could into repairing the helicopter, unsure if it would even save us or not. Every soul left was to report to the helipad, no exceptions. It didn't matter if the majority had barely any building experience at all. I needed the manpower. So I closed the labs, the schools, the farms, any remaining builds, and even the guard posts. Besides, no pointing in guarding when every attack saw someone willing to jump into the hordes willingly. All this concentrated effort, culminating in a 10 days timeline. It seemed doable. Not even 2 weeks. I felt a sigh of relief. Maybe my folly wouldn't catch up with me yet. And then the next 3 days in a row featured a death / celebration. All while nonstop hordes of zombies scaled the walls. Ah, right. I had to make 10 days of progress when every other day was a party and the town fell to the zombies bit by bit. Defenses fell left and right, and entire swaths of lands were lost. Even just a week ago, I would scoffed at the pathetic efforts of the zombies. Now? I could only pray that the helipad itself would remain, no matter what. It was tense. By the final day, it was just 13 people and a handful of town blocks left. The helipad was on the edge of the compound, just barely within our control. The strongest character, besides Anderson, wasn't even a natural 5 in any category. It had been a brutal month and a half. That '10 day' timeline had been hampered by so much bullshit. But we'd finally done it. The helicopter was repaired! Finally, we could escape. I picked 5 hardened souls, barely a fraction of our highest population. Me, the builder lady who'd been initially assigned to the helipad, and 3 other souls. I made sure to take all the pets we could equip as well. I saw that Anderson wasn't an option. I wouldn't have picked him anyway. With that, I put on my cowboy hat and pressed the next day. And then there was another party. Turns out that 'one day' timeline to progress to the ending wasn't like automatic. It had to actually progress in-game. Anderson, spiteful soul he really was, seemed determined to drag us down with him. 4 days of parties in a row, with another horde to wreck our shit. We lost 2 of the initial 5 people aboard the helicopter. We fell to 8 people total, not even double digits at this point. At this point, I was questioning if we were going to get a bad ending instead. Perhaps, it would have been more fitting. I enabled the Church. And thus I should fall to it. But then finally. Liftoff. I screamed from the chopper at Anderson, lone soul he was now with his few remaining cultists. He got what he wanted, I suppose. Honestly, it was an almost complete victory on his end. But I was just grateful to make it out alive. It was a high I still remember to this day. Next city, I swore I would do better. But his words were insidious. I had become an convert, it seemed. I tried to reopen the church with our new home. I was horrified, inside. Luckily, I wrestled control from this mad side of myself and shut it all down instantly. It appeared to be Anderson's last influence. One last act of spite. But it was finally over. I was free to reclaim as many cities as I wanted. It was one hell of a game.

[@Tomo_mo]

​​@@hp22h78bro cooked 🔥🔥🔥📜✍️

[@majorblitz3846]

​@@hp22h78I think one of the city's downfall in my playthrough was from my childhood self can't understand English to save my people's life, and accidentally condemn the city to the cult's influence. I though I was being too oppressive and giving the harvest for a feast would calm them down or something. Boy, did my kid self found out a hard way. The futile struggle to scrap any remaining part of the city to halt the streak of party and celebration, outsider and new territory, all fell to the church's iron, undead grips. At least I accomplished every ending else already, so at least I can die with my fancy sunglasses on.

[@FranseD]

Once in a while you open the comment section and found gem

[@tomenaguachicos9107]

❤​@@hp22h78

[@slore.137]

I remember Rebuild 2! Played the heck out of it. Despite the limited perspective, the ambient music and flavor texts really brought the game to life.

[@Ugh718]

You still can just use Blu3max1ma's Fla2hp01nt XD

[@elnegromatapacos162]

I blame these games for getting me into drone. The music used is from The Talking Book by Bill Gould (not Gourd!), and it is an extremely obscure album that probably doesn't even have a proper genre description (apocalyptic drone and field recordings is close enough). I have no idea where Northway found this music, maybe she's a big Faith No More fan or something, but to this day I jam out to it when I'm in an end-of-the-world mood.

[@rotmgpumcake]

On the same boat, I recommend richard skelton

[@ramiromen6595]

Point and clicks aside Rebuild 2, The last stand 3 and Caravaneer 2 where the holy trinity of flash games for me

[@Wizzerd695]

This game is what eventually got me into the State of Decay series as it felt like the closest thing to a modernised and complete version of this type of game.

[@VioletAeonSnowfield]

Holy shit the same person that made Rebuild made Exocolonist? That's crazy

[@simonkorica9467]

Only thing I didn't know about rebuild 2 was the kitten, since I never gambled enough for it. Neat information. Oh also, 99% of Rebuild players stop gambling right before they get the kitten, keep gambling.

[@Firepowered]

I remember this one. I was hugely into it, and I've had 3 on my steam wishlist for the longest time. I should really try it out

[@Omnicide101]

I played it a bunch, it's very worthwhile! You get a lot of recurring characters and factions which have all the charm of Gustav and the Riffs. The campaign is a blast, I really should pick it up again.

[@rsbah]

I never got into the civilization games (was too complicated for me) but this game, I LOVED as a kid

[@Blafina]

Rebuild 3 was a lot of fun to delve into years after playing Rebuild 1 for the first time

[@laupatual7137]

rebuild was one my favorite games ive played when I was young and the Rebuild 3 and Rebuild Mobile were my 2 favorite mobile games I had on my old phone. Glad to see there's still people out there that remember this classic.

[@saddleg00se77]

Paradox made a game similar to this, called Surviving the Aftermath. It’s much harder and more apocalyptic than zombies, plus city building, but it reminded me of this gem of a game

[@highmaintenance7879]

No, Con Artist made it, Armor Games published it. Wasn't too bad but the game was quietly abandoned a couple years ago. Had potential but wasnt polished.

[@saddleg00se77]

@@highmaintenance7879 oh naw dawg im aware that rebuild was a flash game, i played it way too much as a kid; i’m just recognizing the similarity between that game and Aftermath in terms of narrative and structure (map-painting/save the world/escape)

[@boxylemons7961]

I got these games on my phone and honestly glad to see I’m not alone in enjoying them. I remember playing Rebuild 2 once or twice on browser. The mobile versions may not be the best but it’s still fun

[@Code_Machine]

I loved these games and their amazing music. Honestly they were a good chunk of my childhood since i played a lot of flash games and this was one of thr better ones

[@cooldudeninja0219]

I hate to say this but this game is more like a city builder then grand strategy, I say this since your trying to rebuild society by reclaiming territory, building new buildings, making sure that your popluation is happy or well fed and dealing with random events related to the zombies. Grand Strategy on the other hand is more a case of survival or domination where you try to outsmart your opponents, where you should build up your cities and what resources to use. While both can have complexity one stops at certain point while the other has a verity of possibilities because your dealing with activitly thinking opponents. Though overall it's pretty good video and I remember playing something like this when I was a kid, never got to far in it but still thought it was neat!

[@burningsamrai3681]

Rebuild 3 Kinda does Both, making it more fun.

[@greaterdanemark2397]

I have distinct memories of playing this and the sequel in the school computer room

[@MrSadisticLlama]

I will always remember the OST the most of this game, its insanely really grim and intense. I fucking love it!

[@Tarik360]

THAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS GAME! Thank you!

[@noellesato311]

Oh my god just hearing the music brought me back a decade.

[@Botar48]

I honestly prefer art of first game to both uncanny weirdos of second and inconsistent art style of third.

[@anotherguy687]

nah man, R2's artstyle alongside its music is PEAK apocalyptic misery at its best

[@giovannicervantes2053]

​@@anotherguy687 loved the paperclip people of the late 00s and early 10s it was like making a game with stickmen basically but more complex

[@Penguinmanereikel]

And then Rebuild 3 kinda went back to it to some degree.

[@Caboose12145]

The Soviet Union jump scare was so funny dude keep it up lmao.

[@MechWarrior894]

I love the Rebuild series, I keep replaying it because it's just so compelling. You get few games that demand you rebuild society. Dead State does a great job as well.

[@SeriousWays]

I really like your videos. Flashpoint has made it possible to play all the games, but it is so hard to dig the good games out of the shovelware.

[@Penguinmanereikel]

Rebuild 3 exists, at least. There's a Steam and mobile version.

[@SeriousWays]

@@Penguinmanereikel I know, I own it. What does this have to do with the difficulties in finding good flash games on Flashpoint?

[@Penguinmanereikel]

@@SeriousWays oh sorry, I think I clicked the wrong comment I wanted to reply to.

[@SeriousWays]

@@Penguinmanereikel I apologize then,.Sorry.

[@Ugh718]

Wdym its so hard it HAS A SEARCHBAR LMAO

[@WillyShankspeare]

Infection Free Zone is shaping up to be the proper spiritual successor to this on Steam.

[@likeablekiwi6265]

The end-game tactic of putting all your fighters into a single group and decimating anything is golden. In general, though you'd want your frontline to be made up of those large malls and in rebuild 3 have fighter squads cover six tiles preferably and seven on corners by using large buildings. Scavengers aren't exactly useless since you need to loot for equipment, at least in Rebuild 3, where you can get events that give you cars and other events that require you to fill in other stats for the scavenger group otherwise it fails and gets someone injured.

[@andrewvanhof6903]

Good god… I’ve been spending the past damn near a decade looking for this game so I could play it again. Your kindness will never be forgotten.

[@burningsamrai3681]

Bought Rebuild Trilogy, 1-2-3 Altogether at Steam with a 60% Discount a few weeks ago. Outrageously Awesome and fun.

[@metalgeardull8279]

I'm happy to see that these games aren't forgotten.

[@TheEarlofBronze1]

Man, i appreciate you set aside time to showcase the music. Rebuild 2 was awesome, and its music was a big part of the vibe!

[@user-ty6qt7md4b]

You should really do a video on Dead Frontier(the first one), I picked it up for the sake of nostalgia a month ago and I was shocked to see that it was still being updated to this day as well as having the biggest updates ever and the community is active and tight knit.

[@ciandunbar3656]

I have been thinking of this game for YEARS and i couldnt remember the name, thank you so much.

[@rustyshackleford1508]

Damn, this is a blast from the past. I put so many computer lab hours into Rebuild 1 and 2.

[@exterminater267]

I remember this game. Put a lot of time into it back in the day.

[@crazyzerg4364]

I remember loving this game series as a kid, I played the hell out of the first one. Then I found out there was a second one, and went to go play it - only to be a little bit scarred by the very suddenly graphic graphics lol. Years later when I was a teen, I found out they made the 3rd, which was very enjoyable to play. And less unpleasant to look at, as they reverted to a more 'modernized' cartooney look that fitted it much better.

[@deltasaves]

I LOVE this game. used to stream it on twitch! Me and the dev and her husband chatted some back in the day, they gifted me the steam release. Still play 1 & 2 to this day, including the third version for PC and the mobile versions

[@keatonwastaken]

I loved this game too, good to see it being still recognized.

[@toffee3944]

i used to love this game, was so surprised seeing it in my recommended, damn I feel old

[@ignis2638]

OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THIS GAME, I was so scared of it as a kid and now I really got to retry this game

[@vreeze33]

I've been trying to remember the name of this game for a while now. Thanks for the video.

[@leatheryfoot6354]

I remember playing a zombie tower defense game that wasn't rebuild, but it looked kinda similar. You could send out survivors to houses and buildings to get supplies for building fences and watchtowers on this overhead view map. You could make custom maps and shit too.

[@albrecht4067]

The name of the game you're thinking of is "Shattered Colony: The Survivors"

[@leatheryfoot6354]

@@albrecht4067 OH MY GOD THAT'S FUCKING IT! Thank you, bro. I haven't seen this game since I was like 9!

[@burningsamrai3681]

​@@leatheryfoot6354 Shattered Colony, Wasted City, The Last Stand 1 and 2, all follow that and are good friends with Rebuild, so HAVE SOME BIG FUN!

[@vondantalingting]

This is nostalgia, the appstore variant that costs 500php was a ripoff.

[@mihaineag3831]

You can play it with BlueMaxima's Flashpoint.

[@pact-md5wp]

​@@Rynewulfphp is a currency lol philippino peso if I recall correcting

[@Rynewulf]

@@pact-md5wp my mistaks

[@Ugh718]

@@pact-md5wp Basically nobody in the world lives there so you can't exactly blame them for not knowing that XD. Edit:I stand corrected apparently a whopping 115 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE THERE WTF

[@yerezy]

Rebuild was truly peak back then. Even now I would play it now and then since it’s on Steam if you purchase Rebuild 3.

[@Ugh718]

You still can just use Blu3max1ma's Fla2hp01nt XD

[@beaub152]

Youre not gonna believe this, i was just thinking about this game/the sequel not even an hour ago out of nowhere. Reading my damn mind

[@Horehoundbasedcandies]

When this game was popular, me and my buddy had just bought the first ever pre alpha release of “7 days to die”, although we had to wait several weeks for the alpha to be playable, and then it was just a square of houses fully of a single zombie model, and a bunch of shotguns.

[@tundrarunner4951]

I remember when I first played these games I had no idea what I was doing and always suffered the consequences of little to no food. It was when I got older I understood the importance of farms as they were basically your income.

[@danielomar9712]

Going from Several Grim Zombie Buildings games to a Friendly one is a mood lmao

[@cpt.mystic_stirling]

God is the music so good in Rebuild 2

[@sarasPP]

Man I love legendary flash games. Praying that someday they will get on Steam or even ported to more modern engine

[@ChocorocK]

Cant forget when one of my most veteran soldier lost an eye. Three times.

[@itsnotnicko3498]

I haven't seen this game since my Kongregate days

[@redsentry9785]

Thank you for reminding of this flash game

[@Chelovek4950]

You're telling me one of my favorite flash-games ever, was made by the same dev that made my favorite indie puzzle/adventure/life-sim??? Ah heck ye

[@CoffeeMaus]

I remember this one. I would really love it if someone made a proper big 4x game about reclaiming a city from zombies.

[@morgan3392]

Holy shit, I remember this game from my childhood...

[@acobraquefuma8776]

Really great video about a really great game that should have more recognition.

[@Dial8Transmition]

Damn I loved playing these games in class

[@CrimsonPants]

I wish you talked about the third a bit more, for as much as I love the first two, the third one to me feels like the 'best'. More events, full on campaign, rival factions also trying to claim the city, the works. Some old time fans, including myself were offput by the pivot to more cartoony graphics, but honestly it was a worthwhile sacrafice just for the cool idea of having other factions you can meet.

[@Mr_LH1980]

I remember playing this, IIRC the cult gets big and take over.

[@KyubiHitashi]

rebuild is a hell of a game

[@AlternativeFoodie]

ya know having played rebuild as a kid and now being a fan of exocolonist i would NEVER have guessed they were made by the same person until you pointed it out. rebuild 2 and exocolonist are worlds apart my god

[@InterferenciasRG]

Man, I remember spending hours upon hours on this game. It reminds me of Northgard, that might be the reason I play that one so much.

[@Nombrenooriginal]

Yooo i was obssesed with this game, the lack of sound and music made everything more disturbing but i still enjoyed it

[@insertname3293]

11:22am (GMT+10, AEST) 8/08/2024 This video has 8,708 views with 598 likes and 2 dislikes. There are also 1.37k subscribers and 36 comments. This was recommended.

[@miguelinileugim]

Pinging @NorthwayGames in case she hasn't seen this yet! What an incredible game.

[@miguelinileugim]

In retrospect I don't know if pinging works on youtube, whoops.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

Now I’m thinking about the zombie game where you have to manage logistical chains & final mission you destroy a bridge

[@thewisenoodle1116]

in case anyone's interested, Rebuild 2's music comes from the album The Talking Book by Bill Gould and Jared Blum, would highly recommend it

[@loreofmetalenthusiast]

I remember this one! 😁 For some reason people kept having accidents that would put an eye out..... Had a bunch of people nicknamed "cyclops". I also remember the offer to sell off one of the women... Refused, but she turned into a zombie a little while later.... 😟

[@SamGarcia]

I played this on my Nook tablet. That will date me.

[@severussnape2917]

I remember this game, it was really fun

[@Kurotaisa]

I still play Rebuild 3 on my phone every now and then

[@TheHalofan3]

I remember an experience with this game where I accidentally let the unalive cult book get out of hand and my town was about to fail cause everyone was throwing themselves over the walls to the zombies. I just barely eeked out a win by drafting the new constitution. I was so worried it wouldn’t be in time. Obviously, this wouldn’t actually save things, but it was a win condition for the game, so whatevs.

[@Omnicide101]

HELL YEAH THE RIFFS ALL MY HOMIES LOVE THE RIFFS God these games were good! The Steam game, Gangs of Deadsville, is fucking excellent too. Very worthwhile.

[@ghillieguy52]

the dead frontier mmo still exists in two forms, the revamped 3d version and a fps style version. both are still given attention by the creator

[@alextl2514]

I still play it in flashpoint from time to time.

[@FloeticsPH]

You didn't talk about Rebuild 3 which was the best one imo.

[@Ultrox007]

Thanks for bringing attention to old flash games. I'm just going to guess you're WELL aware of Flashpoint by now.

[@fang4223]

God damn rebuild 2... The zombie cure scam, even as a kid I saw it for what it was, but the writing caused me to accept the cure when I wanted to decline it. I was so upset and I just, gave up right then and there. Never touched it again.

[@qwefg3]

Rebuild. An old game, but a good game in all three versions. Not enough zombie games having you remake civilization rather than trying to survive the undead.

[@loathbringer]

I recommend checking out They Are Billions. It’s a zombie rts game where there are billions of zombies. It’s pretty good, got some small issues, but it’s nice. It even has some Warhammer inspiration.

[@kotzpenner]

4:55 Dead Frontier, God, I played that a lot until I realized it's just gonna get harder with no payoff

[@Dicka899]

4:57 "look its an af for dafontieux, tha was an interesting mmo"

[@speakingwithoutnet]

I played this a lot a long time ago. I never used the school for anything. I just made people do jobs until they became experts at it.

[@darknessml6145]

Commenting so that the algorithm sees this video and gives it its favour These were good games, might even check out the third!

[@isaiah1065]

RAHHHHHHH MY CHILDHOOD RUSHING BACK INTO MY BRAIN

[@AGElite87]

Rebuild is a great game! Especially the last one. If they could modernize it or 3d it they would rake in the money

[@76l24]

I am going to log another rebuild 3 playthrough

[@icaro5237]

I loved this game

[@davidmartin9225]

One a few seconds in and it reminds me of the old pvz Facebook game I played as akid on my mom's account.

[@walnzell9328]

I remember playing Dead Frontier. I remember the marketplace was flooded with low quality common goods being sold by players for like 500 trillion dollars.

[@80krauser]

Those were people using the market as free storage. And if someone is dumb enough to buy it then money for you!

[@walnzell9328]

@@80krauser After over a decade I finally have answers. I can't believe I never thought of that.

[@blindedjourneyman]

was a classic set of games, many hours of fun, shame bout the bug you encountered.

[@KaitoGillscale]

I feel bad for the generation who misses out on...ya know...the fun flash games :c

[@matejbenis334]

For everyone here saying"I wish I could still play this game"etc:Blu3max1ma'2 Fla2hp01nt and the downloadable y8 browser exist for a reason,aswell as my videos on how to download these games;)

[@rogankane6901]

Ahhh yes, Rebuild, One of the games i gave up beating it on hardest difficulty (There's just bullshit amounts of negative events that non-stop bombards you)

[@LuigianoMariano]

Fun Fact: Rebuild is the father of "Peacefree: ILA"

[@CasperTheRamKnight]

subscribed, this game was peak but i never really played it

[@emocatgaming2332]

Omg I’ve been looking for this game

[@spacedragon1453]

Reminds me of civilization Bronze Age.