So I’ve hinted at a new side project for a couple of months now and am finally ready to introduce it to the world. The lady and I’s latest endeavor is Zombie Killer Pizza (http://zombiekillerpizza.com)!

Or ZKP as we like to call it. ZKP is a card game where players take on the role of drivers at Zombie Killer Pizza, the last pizza joint on earth. Drivers deliver pizza, booze, ammo and hope to their clientele, helping them survive the zombie apocalypse. Players will compete against each other for deliveries and against the zombie horde to successfully make those deliveries. The ultimate goal is to earn enough tip money to buy the store and retire from the road, leading a life of luxury as the owner of ZKP.

I’m writing the content for the game and Tam is working on the graphics for it. An early piece of Tam’s concept art is up on the site under The Daily Zombie.

The prototype is done and we are currently playtesting it to work out the kinks. Once we’re satisfied that it’s balanced and a blast to play, we’ll be looking into publishing it ourselves.

I’ve always wanted to try my hand at designing my own board or card game and am super excited that we’re making the jump into this and I just wanted to share it with you all. Please let me know what you think of the site, the idea or anything else!

Oh, and if you want to follow the goings on at ZKP, there is an RSS feed. For now I’m going to try and do a post a week, featuring concept art, thoughts about the design process, the history behind ZKP and some of the influences on it. As we move closer to publishing, I hope to bump up the frequency that I post.

Thanks to everyone who supports us in all the different things we try!

The ladytheorist and littletheorist gave me the most awesome Christmas gift ever. For a few weeks before Christmas, I was told to stay out of the glove box in the car, as I had a gift hidden there. I couldn’t figure out why they would leave a gift there and not just wrap it. Turns out it was a little book called It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Zombies! The girls had been practicing in the car whenever they went anywhere to learn some of the carols. The even wrote a few of their own, some classics that weren’t in the book (like Silent Night). When I opened the book on Christmas morning, the girls serenaded me with several of the songs (both out of the book and their own), even adapting one song to include my name! I totally teared up as they were singing to me. I have a massive weak spot for both zombies and Christmas carols, combine them and you’ve just destroyed me. What really got to me though was knowing that my girls know me so well that they knew this would totally get to me.

I have the most awesome family ever!

Oh, and by the way, we’ve had zombies on the brain lately anyway (related to the couple of teases I’ve made about a new project). I promise that more info is coming. It got delayed due to us going back to work on the house to get it ready to host Christmas, and then the actual hosting of Christmas. I should get back to working on it directly after the new year (maybe even this weekend!).