They simulated the apocalypse on MY street!

The architecture virus took over the world and destroyed it, now we must rebuild! Welcome to Infection Free Zone, a game that uses real world data and locations to make realistic zombie defense sandbox fun!
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[@Ro99]

Matt definitely secretly speaks Welsh or something. He’s giving off those vibes. In all seriousness though it’s mad that you can choose real life locations in this game adds a whole personal touch and it’s just fun to know exactly what building was what before the apocalypse. Only downside is the game doesn’t seem to 100% understand the layout of the buildings

[@troublesometoaster4492]

I think the game uses OpenStreetMap data so that's definitely a limitation, I've checked my town on the website and a lot of places have comments from map editors asking locals what's there because they can't figure it out so it's bound to have some mistakes, the ones I remember the most are buildings that no longer exist but haven't been updated in years, the plus side is that if you're into maps you can become an editor yourself!

[@leszekrybacki8867]

You Have Map Editor in Tools on Steam and You can Always change views of buildings.

[@Ro99]

@@troublesometoaster4492 oh that’s pretty cool. I may have a look at that website

[@Nightenstaff]

On the upside, it looks like you can modify maps to make them better fit reality. Neat twist for the dedicated.

[@r.lyster8280]

112 Operator, from the same publisher, also uses real world locations.

[@rockerkitch1990]

"Pick any street and see what it would look like in a zombie world." Not that much different for that area of Swansea I'll bet.

[@NarwahlGaming]

Reminds me of the cut-away in Family Guy where Godzilla comes ashore in Haiti and then slowly backs away into the ocean. 😂

[@nvelsen1975]

Sounds like my last visit to Amsterdam tbh honest. Scary to think we're not even allowed to chop down trees for wood to build a wall between here and there.

[@TheSynecducky]

I went to uni in Tucson and all the buildings are short and flat-roofs, all sand and dead trees. That plus it was summer so few people were out, whenever I flew in the view looked like the apocalypse already happened.

[@thecoolestofthe834s2]

pro i livei n portalnd oregon fent zombies do prowl the streets

[@timdavid2255]

i live in swansea and can confirm this game actually makes it look nicer than it really is

[@Shortyshorts1111]

Should have done Wind Street haha

[@benaplin9861]

I lived there for three years, I think I recognised some of the zombies...

[@chickenchowmein6802]

swansea is indeed a shithole

[@BonnieBoestar]

So Matt took a page out of Shaun of the Dead's book and set up inside the local bar to wait for all of this to blow over?

[@Domi_Plays]

Hold on, this game is quite insane. Almost any location you can choose from, and it actually recreates the buildings ad all in 3D in an apocalyptic setting. Preeetty cool

[@stardust1007]

April 11th release date :)

[@LCOfficerUNIT097]

@@stardust1007YEAH BABY!

[@darknesqw]

"Enginners" instead of Engineers. I see that all that bridge making has finally started to melt Matt's brain.

[@mysticblue56]

Haha this comment is gold

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

Well fortunately spelling is no more a requirement for engineers than penmanship is for doctors.

[@dannyunixanalyst9018]

Just came down here to make sure someone had picked this up. Thanks.

[@RosinaEmilyW]

Maybe he’s getting too far into the drunk student of Swansea spirit… En’gin’ners. 😂🍸

[@tan8777]

​@@cathygrandstaff1957 until you draft a plate or blueprint😂 the pain others feel when they see those beautiful engineering letters crisps and clean but misspelled😅

[@dylandepetro4187]

What’s ironic is if this simulation was run in a place like Long Island New York, if ya put your HQ right on the water, it becomes insanely easy because they can only come from the front. Montauk Lighthouse being one of the most easily defendable HQs you can have in that simulation game. However your squads have to travel much longer to get anywhere, which means you slowly have to move your defenses forwards otherwise you run out of resources very quickly.

[@NarwahlGaming]

The nice thing in that situation, depending on if your zombies can't traverse water, is none can come up behind you as you _do_ move forward. So, retreating all the way back isn't necessary.

[@dylandepetro4187]

@@NarwahlGaming thus why it makes it insanely easy.

[@jalfion]

​sadly the zombies are able to get across water but incredibly slowly.

[@SoulbreakerNB]

Unless you have cars.

[@maxrander0101]

the issue is they can bloody swim mate

[@matthills549]

Holy shit, I'm a civil engineering student in swansea and I lived on that exact street last year

[@danielgorecki281]

I loved all the storytelling. It makes you feel like you're listening to a friend, rather just an inaccessible celebrity.

[@alexfeder9328]

Picking any city or town especially your own to play in the game is by far the most unique zombie game you could make and I'm all for it

[@Anthony_Beatrix]

And the way they make it so you can't build new buildings but adapt is the greatest game idea I have ever heard of, I reallly want to play this game but can't.

[@alexfeder9328]

@@Anthony_Beatrix because it ain't technically out yet lol

[@TheDJdragonflame]

In case anyone was wondering: The stack of ressources and weapons lying west of his headquarters are what was left of "Enginners R Us". They probably got wrecked by the horde that was hiding in the building near them

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

“Dogs can’t get into buildings … or climb through windows” Resident Evil zombie dogs laugh in window breaking. Hey Matt did you ever assign anyone to the guard towers? Because you kinda need to do that or they’re just punching bags for the zombies.

[@jordanpeterson2001]

Wild to know that Matt studied in Swansea too. And as someone who studied during the pandemic, this video is pretty accurate to what it was like

[@Heizzer47]

There’s a cafe next to the Indian now and it’s absolutely goated. Board game coffee that has an alcohol menu so it’s good for drinks before going down wind street. Surprised he didn’t mention it

[@edwardsharp2753]

No wayy! I’m a civil engineer student in Swansea that basically lives on same road!!

[@itzmylez9713]

its quite sureal watching you aunties house get infected with zombies. Also big shout out to Joes ice cream as well Matt!!!!

[@dimitar4y]

hold up why did you wrap your flatmate's entire house in foil, that's hilariously elaborate

[@RealCivilEngineerGaming]

Because he left his room unlocked 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@dimitar4y]

@@RealCivilEngineerGaming from the picture, it looked like a bang on neat job thou, nice one.

[@Kevin-mx4vm]

EMP attack

[@dirkhirbanger4153]

@@RealCivilEngineerGaming Matt standing by the door as his roommate discovers the whole ordeal, assuming a villain's voice : "Haha, foiled yet again"

[@dimitar4y]

@@dirkhirbanger4153 thanks, that actually explains the whole ordeal perfectly :D

[@jocax188723]

I'm glad IFZ is making the rounds. Hopefully this means it'll come out of closed beta some time soon and we can start playing properly.

[@jimland7176]

This was my intro, and I really like what I see. I read a post from a dev in reddit saying they are hoping to release sometime in Q2.

[@stardust1007]

April 11th release date :)@@jimland7176

[@ittositto6494]

Happy new year Matt. Enginner -G unit? I guess in a zombie apocalypse spellellelling is the first thing to go… along with the architects.

[@katerbilla]

Architects are just braindead, so they initially are Zombies!

[@stardust1007]

yeah, it would make great series, Imagine some crazy locations like cities in Siberia, Lhasa Tibet, some weird location in medieval cities etc...

[@feha92]

Another game clearly meant to be played mostly on pause, so you have any chance getting enough orders out in the short time between waves, having each squad/builder do something at all times... being played entirely in real time to handicap oneself. Damn RCE :p Just like watching him play mindustry.

[@Suzuki_Hiakura]

One thing my mother would do (being a catholic) is to ask other people how many nuns they saw in their life... it was quite interesting, as most people might answer one or two on average... think my mother would even remark how she saw about 2 so far... despite being raised in a catholic household... its kind of bizarre, and very rarely when asked, someone will mention how they saw a dozen, but I have yet to hear from any who saw more than that... nuns kind of give off that unicorn energy imo lol Looking forward to this game's release, as I have seen on-and-off gameplay of it for a long time and it looks amazing. Can't wait to secure an entire city and work out from there

[@bdgammer2628]

We want a series of this game!!!!!

[@ComeRee]

Ahhh, feels like home xD Had my photo on the wall of Uplands Diner for doing the Beast :D [A feat being a lanky bastard haha]. Did you ever attempt the beast the day after a night out? :D Also: Brangwyn Hall. Cracking venue! Cariad fawr brawd - Much love brother!

[@easyusername25]

Good to know Swansea was the same 80 years ago, thank you real old man engineer

[@erictorres9906]

RCE - "Hey, I'm putting together squads to survive the Zombie Apocalypse; want to be on the 'Engineers R' Us' squad?" Me - "I'm good, bro. Probably going to try and go it alone."

[@shaunrees7430]

It seems so crazy that you’ve been to uplands dinner, me and my work mates go there every Saturday for the breakfast and I don’t think I can look it at it again properly knowing you’ve sat in there. I feel weirdly starstruck 🤣

[@rubenmuller8857]

I would love to see this become a full series from RCE

[@sudburymagic]

I too did my degree in Swansea, it was rather surreal watching this video... (Also, the Indian restaurant... was it Zaika's?!) Also a thumbs up on the vid but also a mild curse for invoking Joe's Ice Cream cravings...

[@xxSeanVxx]

"the nuns were nunning about" 😂

[@poochstyle]

This game looks insane

[@IcedReaver]

Huh, we went to the same uni and this street is a few miles away from me, small world! Glad to see Joe's Ice Cream survived the invasion.

[@IcedReaver]

Also, is the house that looks like Hitler in the game?

[@aehoward91]

You should recreate this place in Cities Skylines 2, awesome video!

[@LHyoutube]

I would almost consider buying this game solely to see how it rendered my local area into a post-apocalypse version! 😲

[@starbasednews5830]

Sadly you can’t

[@elitedestroyer0083]

​@starbasednews5830 You can, there is a supporter pack that gives you full map access Cost $54.99 USD if I recall

[@stardust1007]

April 11th release date :) It will be much cheaper I guess around $25@@elitedestroyer0083

[@walfman100]

@@starbasednews5830Steam says the expected release date is in April, so not to far off

[@grazynatumielewicz5]

It's amazing that you can play anywhere in the world and defend yourself against zombies, brilliant!

[@user-qc9fm1hw8w]

Happy new year Matt! Keep up the great content in 2024!

[@fruitfulconnoisseur]

The defensive buildings constructed seem to be attacked by zombies so use walls near safe house to distract them and use multiple safe houses near each other for more fire power with main base in middle

[@Babib3l3l]

This looks promising 👀

[@canadianeh4792]

"I need people to gather wood" Standard Swansea hen night.

[@wojownik_cieni5959]

Ask fans any locations they would like to see. That would be an interesting way to connect with your viewers. My place is the city of Olsztyn in Poland.

[@BartonMaxwell]

Anywhere in the world? I was skeptical until i noticed Crofton in the upper left... ok, yeah, anywhere in the world.

[@MrChopstsicks]

Can’t wait to play my country. See if it looks nicer than where I’m staying lol

[@Ne0nZ3bra]

Id like to see more of this!

[@Kaiff]

If uplands diner doesn't exist, i don't want to survive the apocalypse! Many a hungover morning spent there.

[@dimbelme3093]

Would love to see more of this!

[@anthonyhart7878]

The capability of being able to do that with the mapping is pretty significant... That's no simple task

[@droppedpasta]

15:30 Brilliant play-by-play analysis, Matt

[@nzallround4723]

This game would be cool to see again i never say but definitely worth seeing again too see if its worthwhile buying

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

abouta go to montana (US) and lead the zombies off of the Buffalo jump ( cliff were we used to trick bison to jump off of and die in precontact America)

[@Jwsponky]

...Half tempted to try this with the little town I grew up in, if the numbers reflected reality ye'd probably only have all of three hundred zombies to deal with.

[@rickgrimes7948]

AMAZING!!!! I LOVE ZOMBIE GAMES IF YOU KEEP DOING ZOMBIE GAMES IM GOING TO HAVE TO JOIN YOUR PATREAN

[@price-boiii6780]

I had no idea how close you used to live to me!! I live like 10mins away!! Love your content keep up the good work bro

[@magpiejames1440]

Love to see more of this!

[@bajacore]

A college campus is the last place I'd look to see where the zombies are. No way we could tell the difference between the walking dead and students.

[@ATypicalDayHere]

this is actually so dope

[@stardust1007]

In the Second World War, Swansea's industrial importance made it a target of German bombing, and much of the town centre was destroyed during the Swansea Blitz on the 19, 20 and 21 February 1941 (the 'Three Nights Blitz]).

[@leszekrybacki8867]

It is worth including the names of streets and shops during the game, then the game will be great. This is the option in the lower right corner.

[@Stephen-ks7ic]

Great to see the city i live in!

[@eternallymissed27]

Such a small world. I used to live on Bryn-Y-Mor Road when I was a student at Swansea.... only 15ish years ago!

[@tigrecito48]

have you tried this game in Swindon? I doubt you'd notice any difference after the apocalypse...

[@valecasini]

1:30 is it you, Matt??

[@theohunter1694]

OMG I used to live there XD the uplands dinner was soooo good!

[@Dirtyr0bin]

So interesting to see uplands being talked about, especially in a gaming context

[@lodolemon39H]

Oh man I wanna see what my street looks like!

[@michielvankessel4972]

Happy new year matt snd everybody else may smigel get his food today

[@joseph9342]

I am currently studying in Swansea, I lived in uplands last year 😭😭 omggg

[@KevHCloud]

been waiting on this game for ages ... still need to keep waiting :(

[@stardust1007]

April 11th release date :)

[@bertinehermans7099]

Make this a series

[@grinnbearit8427]

Seems like an awesome version of Rebuild o.o

[@streemd]

Since wood is such a critical resource early on, maybe location selection should focus on more rural areas or next to a park? What d 'ya reckon?

[@clairelenia6338]

Oh wow... did Matt increase the amount of zombies or is this the normal setting? That's kinda the hardest play-through i have seen so far on KZbin

[@Izolus]

Funnily enough this actually reminds me of the scavenging section of an old Flash game called The Last Stand. Except now you can experience the classic Swansea city life (have some friends from there, always found it funny that it's the only location in the UK to have a Denny's)

[@aorel375]

Ayy. I also studied in Swansea. Lived in Bay Campus tho. Uplands have all the good food

[@bfbs_sharky]

this game looks so good

[@powerbongo922]

I wanna play this game so bad…

[@ghost_rider32]

This game actually reminds me of a movie called legend

[@toddaustin449]

I wonder if the game would understand what the building is in future updates, like it will know what kind of factory or restaurant it is

[@jamespeacock356]

This would be a cool stream game your subscribers could pick the location

[@user-ez2cn3pf9m]

Can u make this a series plz?

[@David-hl8hx]

happy new years RCE

[@BenskiBoi]

Yes Tesco express is my favourite landmark

[@littlebill1991]

Ahh same I went to Swansea uni for engineering! Literally lived around the corner from you in Swansea I think 😂 do you remember sin city and tooters? 👌🏼

[@PaulzoStangG]

Hey man. Loved this video. Can you do series out of it? It looks so fun : Dd btw you should have engineered the defense. Bad Job 😂

[@stardust1007]

yeah, it would make great series, Imagine some crazy locations like cities in Siberia, Lhasa Tibet, some weird location in medieval cities etc...

[@rhysgriffiths3544]

This is mad, I legit live on that road now!

[@GCEvans09]

Quiz in My Pants is such an incredible pub quiz team name

[@eclipciadarkmoon4105]

Second time I've seen a video on this game and I'm still wanting to play it... But it's not released yet! 😭

[@John.Fitzgerald.Kennedy]

Matt dropping some lore

[@serdarerdevir9081]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024!!

[@Mephiston]

tried the prologue of this game, seemed quite fun.

[@shaunrees7430]

They’re not zombies there just the people left over from a night out on Wind street

[@Large_Sarge]

I feel like in countries where they ban guns you shouldn't be able to have access to them unless you have a lathe and a mill to make them. Would make it a bit interesting in my opinion.

[@commoncoolchannel8588]

Very few countries have banned guns entirely. Even assuming that the government didn't distribute guns to people, there'd still be military stockpiles (which would doubtless be moved into cities given they would use soldiers to slow the spread) and local police forces with guns (possibly SWAT operations?), not to mention people who do have guns.

[@TheHorzabora]

Reduced access. I mean, the can surely work out where police stations are when they’re marked on G maps and import that? Sure, it’s a little unrealistic for every police station in the UK to have an armed car, but it’s a game…

[@starbasednews5830]

you have to balance it tho

[@redbaron3555]

Great game!!

[@williambray5662]

As someone who also went to Swansea Uni this seems...worryingly similar to how it already looks 🤣

[@stardust1007]

I just hope, that their map editor will give us much more options than only slightly editing buildings or streets. It would be so cool to create our own mini cities from scratch in remote areas like Siberia, Sahara.

[@ForgedEnigma895]

I am still waiting for this to come out on steam

[@stardust1007]

April 11th release date :)

[@Nicci1493]

I went shopping yesterday, I can confirm this game makes swansea better than it actually looks 😂

[@taoqlee28]

I think swansea or basically anywhere in the british is quite hard to manage due that there is no plain fields. So yah the location u choose do affect difficulty

[@tigrecito48]

what would be cool would be if you could play a real 3d open world zombie apocalypse game like dead island type thing or dayz but be SO open world like this game that you can literally go anywhere in the world with all the exact buildings etc.. imagine playing a game that had infinite choices and you can be like that guy in THE LAST MAN ON EARTH and go anywhere you like.. maybe live in Bill Murrays house.. or go to Tucson.. or Sanctuary near Boston etc

[@nvelsen1975]

You can go to Sanctuary near Boston already. But be nice to Codsworth.

[@ReaIHuman]

I'm going to green land, if plague Inc taught me anything it's that they'll survive anything.

[@anthonykearney608]

Ha I live in swansea. Love uplands diner and Joe's ice cream