Thursday, February 28, 2008

Zombie Simulation

Do you like zombies? I sure do. I love them in their symbolism, but I mostly love them because they're dead, but they're still walkin' around. I stumbled upon this little gem a few months back and was lucky enough to find it again. Good for me! It's a zombie sim. Basically, the little gray dots are zombies and the little pink dots are humans. You get to watch as the humans panic and run around screaming as the the zombies (five times slower) gang up and devour them (for lack of a less gruesome phrase). Of course, the programming is pretty minimal, the humans have no choice but to become zombies, and they'll just run straight into a zombie if its random number generator tells it to. Like any good internet fad, it has inspired numerous spinoffs. Here's one that adds the element of military officers (they're the guys in blue), who can kill zombies (they're the living dead in green). Here's one that's really more like a game than a simulation: Players click on areas to kill everything nearby, zombies and civilians. If you can kill all the zombies, a winner is YOU! Also, apparently zombies can eat through the walls. Wacky. Here, however, is my favorite, a straight up simulation with tons of extras. You can read all the details through the link, but basically the humans (once bitten) have a 50-50 chance of either becoming a zombie or just dying. Also, when confronted with a zombie, they have a 50-50 shot of either killing the zombie or running away panicked. When the human numbers dwindle, the odds of them killing a zombie increase (up to 90%). In addition, humans are smarter, and will rarely run into zombies on purpose now. Click the links, sit back, and enjoy the sight of green pixels eating pink pixels.

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