In the end, I think windows will be, at the basic level, just another type of entrance. The differences between them and doors won’t be super-massive.

@kuluk242: Thanks for the support. :) It’s getting there, though I really wish I could work on it full-time.

@murray: I’d say the game is about 40% done. What slows the process down is that I’m prototyping quite heavily. This means that, instead of designing something and coming at a problem with lots of documents, I just start coding and see where things go. This approach has its advantages (faster results, more fun for me, if it does work then I’ve saved myself months of documenting), but its main disadvantage is that I often toss things out and start from scratch. Combat is a good example – I thought a glorified log would be enough, but after play-testing I yearned for more control. So, the log now has a graphical survivor assignment window, for which I’ll release screenshots soon. The assignment window however means I’m recoding combat flow, which takes time. I’m a big believer in dumping something that doesn’t work than, well, polishing a turd.

I still have to implement the affliction system (injuries, fear, etc), and content (events) provides a constant workload. I’m thinking I might provide people with the opportunity to come up with their own events, including supplies and the like. But we’ll see how we go. :)

What is the advantage of entering/exiting a building through a window? I can see some interesting situations where you have to drop a weapon to leave a infested room through a window (especially since all weapons have different strengths and weaknesses as described in one of your earlier posts), but I’m trying to think of the advantage of entering through a window. Basically the trade-off is: One weapon but you can enter a building through the windows. How will this be an advantage? Will it even be an advantage?

Maybe you could limit the number of door entrances into a building. So say there is a 5 room building with only one door. You already sent in a survivor through that doors and saw that there were lots of Zombies guarding the entrance room. However, you use your “Scout” survivor, who’s only armed with a shotgun, into one of the back windows to scout around. I think that depending on how Zombie “gatherings” work (Do they tend to bunch up in certain rooms? Around doors? When attacking a building, how many group at the doors vs. the windows?) the idea of windows could add another fantastic layer of depth.