the city where they wait for survivors with the relevant skills and equipment to revive them. Revive points are considered neutral ground and survivors are generally discouraged from killing zombies found there. Some players and groups on both sides have also set their own distinct goals, many of which are set for purely role-playing purposes. Urban Dead is not limited to survivor versus zombie combat, groups of survivors can attack other survivors, known as player killing. Within the game, this is viewed as an act of murder; however, it is not against the game rules and is seen by some more advanced players as playing the game on "Hard" due to only receiving half the experience points that one would receive for attacking zombies. Individuals that engage in this behavior are often tracked by bounty hunters. Some zombie groups use living characters as spies and saboteurs, usually during or in preparation for a major attack on a safe house (mainly malls). These collaborators are often referred to as "zombie spies" or "death cultists". Development Urban Dead was created by Kevan Davis, a freelance video game designer and web developer, in 2005. Davis was inspired by a similar game called Vampires!, which was created by a friend, and play-by-mail games. These were combined with elements of NetHack, MUSHes, interactive fiction and a zombie infection simulation he had developed in 2003. This created a game which required approximately 10 minutes of planning and play a day; involving exploration, interaction and item discovery. Reception A review for The Escapist in 2007 was positive, calling this "an enjoyably deep web game". The game has attracted some attention decade or longer after its release. In 2017, a reviewer for Rock, Paper, Shogun noted that it is well executed, although suffers from now-obsolete web browser-game design. Similar opinion was expressed by another reviewer in 2018. See also List of multiplayer browser games References External links Official Urban Dead website Official Urban Dead Wiki Game Statistics Kevan Davis 2005 video games Massively multiplayer online role-playing games Browser games Browser-based multiplayer online games Massively multiplayer online turn-based strategy games Video games about zombies Online text-based role-playing games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games set in Pittsburgh