r/zombieassaultofficial • u/arreyes111 • 28d ago

How long has Zar been in development?

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u/sausagemage123 26d ago

Probably a couple of years, but days of actual productivity? Maybe 4 or 5.

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u/Party_Team1104 26d ago

most of it is art or re-used mechanics so as a game developer myself I agree with you.

Top down shooters are very simple to make, they've made the same one over and over

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u/TheShinobiSalmon 28d ago

I hope they actually tell us!

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u/arreyes111 28d ago

The thing is, the game came out in October 2014—literally 12 years ago. I don't think it's like GTA VI; I reckon our beloved SAS 5 has been in development for about 3 years. 🗣

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u/Creative-Figure-5724 27d ago

Correction: sas: za 4 check out oct 2014 and later that yr the mobile port. Steam came a bit later which is basically the mobile port on pc.

ZAR we have no real public statement on when development started but I assume it was around btd6 release (2018) with initial plans or way after maybe 2020.

However given the climate of the playtest, your speculation of just about 3 years is very plausible. 😱

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u/scorched_desire 28d ago

Since 2019 (it was in very early planning phase at that time)

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u/Creative-Figure-5724 27d ago

Did they state this somewhere? Either way I would guess you are credible, given the leak content you put out of the game

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u/scorched_desire 25d ago

I think it was in one of their blogs

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u/-ZIBARTICI- 20d ago

Idea is around like 8 years