Genre: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Infection Free Zone
Infection Free Zone - Minor Update
Greetings, Survivors!
Preparations for the upcoming release of Infection Free Zone in Early Access are underway! We've just uploaded a new build to Steam and wanted to share with you the latest changelog before the game's launch.
Changelog:
The project's Unity version has been updated,
New translations have been added. Some follow-up translations are to be added,
Swarms and hordes spawning system has been rebalanced,
Unit pathing has been updated,
Several optimization changes for bigger numbers of hordes and workers have been introduced,
Number of new SFX have been added,
"Highlight playable tiles" option has been added to the Tile Selector,
New military events have been added, while previous military events have been updated,
New side events have been added,
Several new tooltips have been added,
The wall spawning system at the beginning of the game has been updated,
Healing, food, and drug production have been rebalanced,
Towers have been updated to allow for the usage of the shotgun and sniper rifle weapons,
Vehicle repair functionality has been added,
Tank trucks and other new vehicles are now spawning on the map,
Several new environment models have been added,
Objects generated in the background during the Loading Screen are now displayed with their current percentage
Settings Menu has been updated,
An option to limit the number of auto-save slots to two has been added,
Road Map window has been added to the Main Manu,
Worker logic has been updated. Workers won't go to work now during the Megastorm event when at risk.
New recommended maps have been added - Guangzhou and Ruciane,
New voiceovers have been added to the number of transmissions that previously used placeholder sounds.
Feedback needed!
If you have previously supported us on Kickstarter, Backerkit, or Xsolla, your feedback is needed! We will be thankful for playing through the game and reporting all the encountered issues via the in-game Bug Reporter. The more issues we can fix before the launch, the better the start of the Early Access! Thank you!
Best regards, Jutsu Games Team
What's your recommended city?
Greetings, Survivors!
It's only 3 weeks left until we release Infection Free Zone in Early Access! The whole team is working hard to ensure the launch is as smooth as possible. We hope you're looking forward to it as much as we are! To make this anticipation more pleasant, we want to announce that Infection Free Zone will be available with a 10% launch discount. We hope that will encourage you to join us from the very first day!
Recommended Cities
Right now we have the following list of recommended cities in the game:
Crofton, USA
Dijon, France
Cambridge, UK
Templin, Germany
Jinhua, China
Tazihou, China
Peschiera, Italy
Atlanta, USA
Oakland, USA
Ruciane, Poland
Guangzhou, China
The list of these places has been carefully selected. Not only all those locations should provide you with interesting gameplay, but they also significantly differ from each other. For example, Peschiera is surrounded by water and walls, which allows for effective defense against enemy hordes. But playing in Oakland will require a more strategic approach - there are not many buildings for scavenging close to the HQ and the development of the Zone needs to be carefully planned.
What's your suggestion?
Do you think the list above is missing some great places that should be added for everyone to see? Feel free to write down the suggestions for us in the comments! Below you can find an example of another nice city that recently caught our attention when looking at different places across the world.
London
New languages
We are also having a nice little surprise for all the people asking about the list of languages the game is getting translated to. Infection Free Zone will be available in Italian and Turkish upon launch! In total, the game will be available in 12 different languages. We will update the Steam Page with this information once we have the translations of the Steam Page ready.
Best regards, Jutsu Games Team
Infection Free Zone - Early Access Release Date Announcement
Greetings, Survivors!
The long-awaited day has finally come! We are pleased to announce that the release date of Infection Free Zone in Early Access is finally known! Mark April 11, 2024 in your calendars, because that's when Infection Free Zone will start its grand adventure on Steam! We are extremely excited about this and we hope you are too!
Date Reveal Teaser
A new Date Reveal Teaser for Infection Free Zone has just launched on YouTube. Let us know in the comments what you think about it!
What to expect?
We know that most of you have been waiting for this announcement for many months. So, before we launch into Early Access, we'd like to give you some clear information about what you can expect when the game becomes available on Steam. The list below focuses on the main changes compared to the Infection Free Zone's Prologue.
Early Access includes:
Unlimited gameplay - play for as many days as you want,
Any city available - play on real-world cities using OpenStreetMap data,
Save system,
Raider and Military story events,
Alpha Infected - a new type of enemy,
Biome system overhaul,
Weather system overhaul,
New weapons, buildings, and research options,
Mood System,
Many, many more...
Does it mean that we are done with the Infection Free Zone's development? Quite the opposite! Infection Free Zone will be an actively developed game, that will change from update to update until the game's full release (and long after). We still plan to add several new story events and communicate with our community to ensure that we are working on the features that you care the most about.
What not to expect?
To be transparent with you, we also want to inform you about the things that won't be ready upon the Early Access launch.
Early Access does not include:
Full story and all the faction events,
Map elevation,
Explosives and demolish feature,
Infected animals (other than dogs),
Laws System.
Mind you, all those elements from the list are not canceled. Those systems and features are already in advanced development and working on our internal branches. But due to balancing issues we have decided to prioritize other systems and focus on the list above once the game is released in Early Access.
Request from our Friends
Our friends at King's Orders have 48 hours until their Kickstarter Campaign ends. If you are a fan of gameplay on real maps (although in this case in a historical version), we encourage you to check out their fundraising. The Campaign is 77% funded and we still need one final push to succeed.
Thank you for following Infection Free Zone. We are extremely happy that the wait is almost over. Get ready to build your Infection Free Zone.
Best regards, Jutsu Games Team
Development Update - we're back in 2024!
Greetings, Survivors!
It's 2024 and we are back and working on the game in full swing! We are happy to let you know about the first development update this year. Several things are changing and we are eager to know your feedback on them.
Changelog
List of changes in the recent update:
The horde spawner has been reworked. Now, the player should encounter a higher number of hordes on average. This number will also adjust to some extent, depending on how well is the player doing overall.
The range of pistol weapons has been slightly reduced.
Fighting the hordes in the buildings has been rebalanced. The hordes will now start dealing damage faster, preventing the "bouncing" strategy, where some players leave the buildings and enter repeatedly to avoid receiving damage.
An issue with horde swarms not appearing for players at night has been fixed. This fix won't work for previous saves and will require the players to start a new gameplay.
"Fire at will" and "Move at will" Squad Stances have been added. Disabling them should help prevent situations where squads partake in risky actions like leaving the buildings at night.
An option to disable the "Tutorial" events has been added.
Atlanta - a new recommended map has been added.
New sound effects and a new battle theme have been added during the night.
New Chinese maps have been generated with the help of image recognition technology for places that had missing data in OpenStreetMap database.
Number of small bug fixes and optimization changes.
Balancing Continues
With this update, we wanted to address the issue of the game getting stagnant for some testers and early backers, who were able to develop their Zones well enough. The game should now impose a bigger threat on the player while taking into account several factors, like the number of resources the player currently has.
We plan to observe the results of those changes and react accordingly. Our main goal here is to ensure that the player can continue playing after the initial events for many days and still have fun, encountering new challenges and overcoming them. While this task might require many iterations on our side, we hope that this will be a good starting point.
Best regards, Jutsu Games Team
Map Editor - Create, Edit or Fix your maps
Greetings, Survivors!
Supporter Packs have been distributed to all the backers. Thank you for joining us during this last round of crowdfunding for the Infection Free Zone! We are happy to have everyone on board. Next stop - official Early Access Launch on Steam somewhere in the next year.
Map Editor
As most of you know, Infection Free Zone is using the Open Street Map database to generate real-world locations. In some places around the world, the data can be missing or outdated. For the past few months, we have been working on an alternate solution to this problem. Our own Map Editor will allow users to open any map in the world and modify it to their liking.
Map Editor - Features
Map Editor will allow you to:
Create, remove, update, and delete buildings,
Edit the building's parameters - height, color, vertices, roof type and all other "tags"
Rotate the structures,
Add more trees to your map,
Edit and add paths or roads on the map
Add Point of Interest to buildings (which means more resources of your desired type),
Quickly save all the changes and play on the edited map right after.
The first iteration of the Tool is already available to testers and early backers. If you have early access to the game, please visit your Steam Library and:
1. Ensure that "Tools" visibility is enabled in your Library.
2. Install the Infection Free Zone - Map Editor.
Show us your maps!
We're very curious to see what you can do with Map Editor. Send us links to screenshots on Steam showing the edits of your cities in the comments. Maybe you managed to fill in the missing buildings in a city? Or maybe you are recreating some amazing, completely fictional settlement? We are interested to see it all!
This is the last update in 2023. That's why we also want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for being with us and we hope that you will have a great time playing Infection Free Zone in 2024!
Best regards, Jutsu Games Team
Supporter Packs are now Live
Greetings, Survivors!
Today we are coming back to you with some great news! The Prologue for Infection Free Zone is doing really well with 92% positive reviews at the moment. We have finally added the much-awaited Save feature so you will not lose your progress anymore! A lot of players were contacting us about the possibility of playing the game for an unlimited amount of time and we are happy to let you know that we have currently started our second round of crowdfunding for the game.
New Update - Changelog:
New things that have been added to the game:
Save System,
Mood System - your actions now influence the citizens of your Zone and their efficiency,
Barbed Wire rework - place barbed wire around your Zone to slow down the hordes of Infected,
New Horde Spawner, which changes the number of hordes more drastically based on the difficulty settings,
New technologies, including increased farm efficiency,
New audio and music.
Supporter Pack - available now!
To support the development of the Infection Free Zone, you can buy the Supporter Packs in our Store. All those bundles will allow you to play the Alpha version of the game today.
The Super Early Access in the Store will grant you access to the Alpha build now, and to the Early Access and Full Release builds in the future. You will be able to play for an unlimited number of days and test any city in the world. Still - the game doesn't contain all the events, buildings, and other content yet. Those are still in development and will be added on the launch day.
Remember, the game is still a work in progress. If you notice any bugs and issues, report them via Bug Reporter in the ESC Menu. If you have some feedback for us, fill out the survey available in the Main Menu. Thank you for your support!
Best regards, Jutsu Games Team
Infection Free Zone – Prologue is Live Now!
Greetings, Survivors!
The Prologue is available right now! You can visit the Infection Free Zone – Prologue Steam Page HERE and download the prelude to our game. As requested by the community - the Prologue is here to stay and won't be taken down (like the demo was in the past).
As usual, we want to ask you to help us by sharing your feedback regarding the game. We always do our best to track the issues and ideas raised by the community. But at the same time, it's very important for us to analyze the feedback using the quantitative analysis. In order to ensure that your feedback won't be lost, please share it via:
Steam Reviews on the Infection Free Zone – Prologue Steam Page,
Google Form linked in the Main Menu of the game,
In-game Bug Reporter (in case of encountering a bug)
All the other reviews written on Steam Discussions, Discord, X (Twitter), Youtube, Facebook, Tik Tok and other social media - while we do our best to go through it all - might be harder for us to analyze and we strongly encourage you to share your opinions using the options available on the list above.
Remember - your feedback shapes the future of our game. The popularity and reviews of the Prologue will help us decide our next steps regarding the game's launch.
Recent Changes
If you need a quick rundown of the recent changes, we recommend visiting our previous announcement. It includes the Changelog that covers the major updates that have occurred since the previous demo builds.
Thank you for your support, Survivors. Have a great time, building your next Infection Free Zone.
Best regards, Jutsu Games Team
Infection Free Zone Prologue Launch Date
Greetings, Survivors!
We are happy to confirm that the Infection Free Zone Prologue is almost here! Just to quickly summarize - the Prologue will be similar to the demo when it comes to content and length. But it's here to stay. We don't plan to disable it at any point. Check the Prologue's launch date, changelog, and our plans for the near future below.
Prologue Launch Date
Infection Free Zone Prologue is coming your way on October 19, 2023. So if you can't wait to play the game again, feel free to wishlist the Infection Free Zone Prologue below:
With the Prologue on the horizon, we are deactivating the demo. It was available for a longer time than promised, and we hope that the Prologue will satisfy all the players who are still craving to play the Infection Free Zone before the game is officially ready.
Changelog
Major changes:
A number of new Events and Calls have been added - you have to find them yourself,
Game customization has been added - set the number of hordes, people, and resources to adjust the difficulty,
Default settings have been updated to correctly adjust to the user's PC,
Resource generation system has been rebalanced,
Bows with unlimited ammo have been added as a basic weapon for defensive towers,
Custom Settings have been added to the game,
"Deconstruct" functionality has been added for most of the buildings in the game,
A new Taizhou map has been added to the game,
Item Exchange System has been updated,
Several bugs have been fixed and major performance improvements have been introduced to the game.
Minor changes:
Zone's Emblem is now visible on the HQ building,
A part of the in-game icons have been updated,
Objective list has been resized to properly match the rest of the UI,
The research time display has been updated to dynamically display the number of hours required to finish the research, depending on the number of researchers assigned to the building,
Swimming animations have been updated for both squads and the infected,
Several new tooltips have been added,
Polish localization has been added.
Prologue's length - we are aware that many of you would like to play Infection Free Zone for longer. We were discussing this matter internally and for now, we have decided to not increase the number of available days during gameplay. This will change once the Early Access launches.
Best regards, Jutsu Games Team
New Demo comes back!
Greetings, Survivors!
Infection Free Zone will be visiting two significant upcoming events - Gamescom and PAX West. Due to this, we have decided to activate the latest demo once again! So if you missed the opportunity last time, we encourage you to give Infection Free Zone a go!
Demo
The demo will be available to all the players from August 23, 2023, to September 4, 2023. It will include the very same content as the last one that launched in the last week of July. While we already have some idea of what changes you would like to see in the game, we still want to ask you to complete the survey available in the Infection Free Zone. The more feedback we have, the better we are able to focus on specific features during the development.
Prologue
The exact start date of the Prologue is not yet known. But we estimate that it will take place somewhere around October 2023. The content of the prologue will be similar to the current demo, but it will differ, for example, by adding a system save that is requested by many players. Prologue will also be available on Steam permanently - it will not be temporarily disabled like current demos. We hope to be able to tell you more details about the Prologue soon!
We have promised you more details about Infection Free Zone's launch after the recent demo. For the last few weeks, we have been gathering and analyzing your feedback. One thing is certain for us - Infection Free Zone still needs some extra work. Several features are still being developed, and we want to add more of the story to the game.
We've also been trying to improve the visuals of Infection Free Zone recently. However, we have hit a wall of some sort where subsequent upgrades resulted in a drop in performance for some players. We want to make sure that no one will have problems with stutters or low FPS for the official launch.
So while we want to provide you with a free Prologue this year, it won't be possible to launch the game in Early Access in 2023. Of course, we will do everything we can to release the game as soon as possible. But that probably won't happen before the second quarter of 2024.
Thank you for your support!
Thank you for following Infection Free Zone! The results of our last demo have surprised us a lot. We have had over 7,000 concurrent players during the peak and this result makes us incredibly proud. But we are also aware that this result affects expectations for the title. We will continue our work to bring you the best Early Access release possible. Thank you for your support!
New Demo is available right now!
Greetings, Survivors!
Great to see you here! We have a lot of good news coming your way. A new demo for Infection Free Zone is launching today, and we are publishing a new Prologue Page for the game as well. On top of it all, you can check several other games from our publisher during the Games Operators Publisher Sale. Let's take a closer look at it all!
New Demo
A new demo is up and running! Several new elements have been introduced to the game. To name a few:
Exchange System
Building's Deconstruction and Repair
Bandits
Immigration System
Gates
Research System
Building Partial Adaptation
Map Overview Update
New events and dilemmas
Visual and audio improvements
Action Queue on shift-click
If you will encounter any bugs, feel free to use the built-in Bug Reporter available under the Escape Menu. In case of any feedback or suggestions that you have regarding the gameplay - please fill out the survey. This is the easiest way for us to analyze all the feedback and address it accordingly, as it's very hard for us to keep track of countless messages sent to us via social media.
Prologue
We are also launching the Infection Free Zone – Prologue Steam Page. In the future, the Prologue will probably share the newer versions of the Infection Free Zone demo, so if you are interested in checking the game in the future, feel free to follow and wishlist the Prologue on Steam.
What's the difference between the Prologue and Playtests? The Prologue will include the first 60 minutes or so of the gameplay. Playtests are meant for the Closed Beta tests that are going to include access to the full game when we reach the Beta stage of the project.
Games Operators Publisher Sale
If you can't wait for the final release of Infection Free Zone but want to play some other games that are based on real-world maps, we recommend checking out our Games Operators Publisher Sale.
Delivery INC, a new game from our friends at DIGIFOX is launching today!
Or if you haven't done so already, you can play through the 112 Operator and its DLC - The Last Duty - to learn about the events before the Infection Free Zone. With -75% discounts, it's very easy to get into the story now!
