Scrimshank

Hi Devs, I backed this game when the first demo was revealed. I have only toyed around in it occasionally because I have been waiting till the development was at a certain stage before I put it in my regular gaming rotation. I have however been keeping a close eye on the development. I just wanted to say that when you first started introducing all of the survival skills (carpentry, farming etc) I became very wary because it was obvious from an early stage how easy this would make it to stay alive. I too love the brutality of rogue style games (Including games just taking some concepts from rogue-likes like Spelunky, and FTL) and started to worry about the direction Project Zomboid was taking. This thread has completely disolved my doubts about the development direction of Project Zomboid, and has indicated to me that what I consider the first playable version of the game is very close at hand. Thank you for being so open with the community during the entire development process, and for not letting the casual (Including new players or media) audience dilute your vision of an unforgiving cruel apocolypse. The decision to include a beginner mode which the game encourages new players to play first, and to make the initial days of survival equal (if not slightly easier due to earlier baracades etc) to the current difficulty, and to make survival get progressively harder is great. You have been given a lot of hurdles since this game was first revealed, and I am sure the entire community would like to thank you very much for your perseverance in your quest to bring your vision to us all. Regards Daniel