Zombiebucket Filip Loster It's Raining Dead! ZOMBIEBUCKET is a fast-paced, pixel-art Arcade Match-3 Zombie Slasher. It's fun, entertaining and ed… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsIt's Raining Dead! ZOMBIEBUCKET is a fast-paced, pixel-art Arcade Match-3 Zombie Slasher. It's fun, entertaining and educational. It makes you smart and attractive. And, last but not least, it's probably the only video game out there about Zombies in a Bucket. Why pop jelly beans or watermelons when you can pop Zombies? You won't need the real world any more. Best Indie Mobile Game Award @ Digital Dragons 2015! Featuring bazillions of Zombies, explosions, multiple buckets, power-ups, explosions, unlockables, explosions and collectible Superzombies. Now, in case you're more of a bulleted list person, here is a bulleted list for you: - Kill Zombies with Lasers, Explosions and Electricity - Unlock and upgrade your buckets - Create luscious combos - Explosions - Catch all collectible Superzombies - Spin the Undead Bandit and unleash ridiculous game modifiers - Compete with your friends and become the most skilled Bucketmaster in the Universe Let There Be Brains! Brought to you by Submachine Factory & SUBPIXELS. Information Seller:Filip Loster Genre:Arcade, Puzzle Release:May 28, 2015 Updated:Aug 23, 2016 Version:1.1.0 Size:55.1 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (8) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal SheepVsGravity Active Member Jul 20, 2012 35 0 0 #2 SheepVsGravity, May 28, 2015 Hmmm, App Store tells me it's no longer available... Was it pulled or just bad timing onmy part? Will try again layer. raumich Well-Known Member Jan 20, 2010 68 0 0 Germany #3 raumich, May 28, 2015 Same here (German App Store). macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #4 macplash, May 28, 2015 This could be the most stylish and awesome match-3 game if it wasn't free! I mean, there's just one currency - brains. It's fine. Of course there's a shop with multiple brain packages for different prices, that's understandable. But why is there energy again? I HATE when the game prevents me from playing but limited energy. If there was an option to buy unlimited lives I'd grab it instantly. But it's not there! Instead you can refill your lives with more brains. Unfortunatelly you can't get enough of them just by playing so you're forced either wait or buy them from shop. Oh, that just sucks! It takes 15 minutes to refill 1 life, but you waste them all much sooner than that one life is refilled. Why would anyone do that? I understand some people appreciate option to play games in small bursts, but I'm definitely not one of them. Besides, it'd be supershort bursts in this particular case. And why am I being so disappointed with that? Because what I said in the beginning. It's so stylish, it looks so great. That 8-bit graphics suits it perfectly. Everything runs absolutely smooth, controls are precise. Sounds are perfect. The gameplay is hectic and a lot of fun. There are special zombies like bomb or laser and matching them triggers great reactions. There are huge zombies as well. But the most awesome part is FUN. You're collecting "special zombies" during the game. They're nothing else that famous characters from other games, movies and whatnot. I mean I already collected Italian Plumber (super mario), Jules from Pulp Fiction, Cartman from South Park and couple more. They're gorgeous! You can browse through the gallery with description for each other. There are also stats for what you think about: time played, zombies killed, best combo, time played, bombs used and whatnot. There are upgrades for your character as well as the rank to achieve. And finally, there's a lot of blood. Because there's a lot of zombies. And it feels great killing them. According to my stats I played for 12 minutes. I depleted all my lives so I have to wait. The lowest amount of brains you can buy is 20.000 for 0,99€ which should be enough to fully refill your lives 8 times I guess. So, to put it exaggeratedly simplified, you can buy approx. hour and a half of seamless gameplay for 0,99€. That might sounds acceptable, but if you're in for a longer run, the game's gonna get overpriced very soon. Give me an IAP for infinite lives and I'm all in. I don't mind some grinding to upgrade additional stuff and buy goodies. But I won't tolerate limited energy. So, if the developer will read this at some point, think about it. Please. vectorarchitekt Well-Known Member Dec 29, 2013 2,489 177 63 #5 vectorarchitekt, May 28, 2015 I am such a sucker for these games. Well done. Limited lives is a bummer but I haven't played enough yet to notice. Might comment on that later. Really good idea for a well worn genre. fiskadoro Well-Known Member Jan 1, 2009 326 17 18 Chicago, IL #6 fiskadoro, May 28, 2015 Last edited: May 28, 2015 I have to agree with macplash. This is a perfect pick-up-and-play title, but to cripple that with limited lives is a real shame. Considering brains are the only currency and the game positively rewards grinding, the decision not to offer an IAP for unlimited lives or even a "brains doubler" seems like an oversight. These are not puzzle levels you have to pass, it's a continuous slog, and I'm totally down with that. It's the kind of game you want to play multiple times in a sitting, so the lives decision strikes me as a bad one. Still really like the potential I'm seeing here, so I'll stick with it. Note to developer: I turned off vibration but my iPhone still vibrates at the end of the level when the blocks are at the top, even though it did stop vibrating after each match. CptSub Member May 28, 2015 15 0 0 Captain @ Submachine Factory Warsaw, Poland http://submachine.pl #7 CptSub, May 28, 2015 Last edited: May 28, 2015 Hey guys! Pawel from Submachine Factory (the developer of Zombiebucket) here. Thanks for your input, we're really glad you like the game. We tried to keep the f2p aspect of the game reasonable, trust me. As you've noticed, there's no premium currency, and you can, after you gain a bit of skill, make 1000+ brains per game, especially later on with better buckets. That makes it possible to make 5000+ brains/5 games, and then spend half of that on refilling life, should you want to play on immediately. Not to mention you don't have to buy in-apps, you can also watch videos for 500 brains (1 life) each. That being said, we're just 2 guys who enjoy making games, and we take all opinions super serious. We'll look into it and consider that infinite lives in-app, or timed infinite lives, or brain doubler. Or something else. Will keep you posted. Thanks again, and have a great day! P. SubFty LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #8 LordGek, May 28, 2015 Timed infinite lives is the cheesiest! Please just give us a reasonably priced option to opt out of the whole lives nonsense for good, thanks. CptSub Member May 28, 2015 15 0 0 Captain @ Submachine Factory Warsaw, Poland http://submachine.pl #9 CptSub, May 28, 2015 Ok, no timed infinite lives. What would you consider "reasonably priced"? That's a serious question, I'm trying to find some good solution here. vectorarchitekt Well-Known Member Dec 29, 2013 2,489 177 63 #10 vectorarchitekt, May 29, 2015 Usually those types of iaps cost from $.99 - $4.99. I would say &2.99 would be an average cost not just to remove the lives but to support you a little as well. GhostMaker Well-Known Member Mar 1, 2014 48 0 6 #11 GhostMaker, May 29, 2015 Love this game! Very nicely done! My only comment would be the buttons at the bottom. I keep tapping them by accident when trying to get rid of the bottom zombies. Maybe put them somewhere at the top? Just a suggestion. Thanks and keep up the good work! macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #12 macplash, May 29, 2015 I don't know if I can ever reach "later on", because rewards from playing / prices for upgrades ratio is ridiculous. I can make 500+ brains per game as of right now. I've got Plastic bucket with 3/4 upgrades. The last upgrade costs 15000 brains. It means I have to play 30 games to be able to upgrade. With 5 lives limit and 15 minute per life refill it's 75 minutes of waiting time between games. It requires 6 games x 5 breaks. It's 6 and a half hours of waiting to refill lives. Now, here's the problem. This is just a 2nd bucket. There are 3 more. Starting on 15000, 50000 and 100000. And those are just prices for buying them. Each of them has 4 upgrades with prices way higher! I'm sorry, but it's just ridiculous. Even with your "1000+ brains per game" it'll take weeks, possibly months to buy and upgrade all those buckets. But there's not enough variety to stay entertained and interested in the game for that long. I played almost for 3 hours so far according to stats and all I was able to buy is the Plastic bucket with 3 upgrades which takes me usually to level 6 max. As I previously stated, I'd be more than willing to pay for unlimited lives, but after some time I spent with the game I'm not so sure. The problem is, as I already wrote, the game's just not rewarding enough. Even with possibility of brain doubler, it'd still not be enough. It's fine if you want it to be just a little time waster for casual players to kill a few minutes while waiting for something somewhere. It's still a gorgeous match-3 puzzler with unique audiovisual style and it plays just great for a short time. But you seriously need to rethink the balancing of the game's aspects. Increasing rewards and decreasing prices for upgrades at the same time is a must! I had a great time with this game, but if there's no additional balancing, I'm done with it. And I mean some serious, significant balancing. I just hope you take it into consideration. There's no point in trying if the game's not rewarding enough. CptSub Member May 28, 2015 15 0 0 Captain @ Submachine Factory Warsaw, Poland http://submachine.pl #13 CptSub, May 29, 2015 Last edited: May 29, 2015 I alredy discussed this with our publisher, and we're putting this in the game in the upcoming update, in 2 weeks or so. So, yeah, you'll be able to get infinite lives for 2.99. Also, SUPERHOT bucket and Hardcore bucket. They're gonna be special buckets with separate leaderboards and a bit different game rules. Also coming in the same update. Thanks for helping us to make a better game. P. redicius Active Member May 8, 2014 34 0 6 #14 redicius, May 29, 2015 I like it. I have no problem to wait for lives or no problem to delete the game if I would have to pay for lives. I'll never pay you a dolar for lives, but I'd definitely pay for infinite lives unlock. This is a type of game I usually stick for a week or more, give us the infinite unlock or not, I dont care, but I never pay for an IAP, so you arenloosing customer here (i bought sproggwood for 10 today, its not about the money, its about the nonsense of buying credits (or whatsoever)). macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #15 macplash, May 29, 2015 Like redicius said, I'm not paying for consumable items either. I'm fine with doublers, ads removers, additional content or premium unlocks and whatnot if it's worth it, but there's no chance in hell I'll pay for any consumable item. I did such a mistake once, shortly after I was introduced to iOS gaming and spent literally hundreds on "I don't even remember the title" from GLU. Since then I generally hate freemium model (including multiple currencies and energy system) and never paying single cent for anything like that ever again. That being said, if you're bringing update with additional buckets and option to buy unlimited lives for 2,99€ in two weeks (and you'll balance the reward/"upgrade prices" ratio to be more reasonable), I'm the first one here to purchase that IAP, you have my word! LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #16 LordGek, May 29, 2015 Well said. I have no issues with IAPs as long as they're restorable and transferable between my devices which consumables almost never are. Qwertz555 Well-Known Member May 22, 2010 2,318 29 48 #17 Qwertz555, May 29, 2015 Holy, how dedicated you are macplash, and you're absolutely right. You said it all before, but let me repeat: An almost perfect little time waster got "destroyed" by an energy-timer. I would have paid the three bucks within an eye-blink, too. GhostMaker Well-Known Member Mar 1, 2014 48 0 6 #18 GhostMaker, May 30, 2015 "Zen mode" would also be an awesome feature. Maybe something that can be unlocked after a certain level. No timer, just endless zombie bursting goodness! vectorarchitekt Well-Known Member Dec 29, 2013 2,489 177 63 #19 vectorarchitekt, May 30, 2015 Yeah, it gets pretty hectic. A more relaxed mode would be cool. CptSub Member May 28, 2015 15 0 0 Captain @ Submachine Factory Warsaw, Poland http://submachine.pl #20 CptSub, May 30, 2015 Note taken. We'll think about a Zen Bucket or something like that. Infinite lives in-app and at least a slight regular bucket prices roll-down coming in ~2 weeks. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Hmmm, App Store tells me it's no longer available... Was it pulled or just bad timing onmy part? Will try again layer.
This could be the most stylish and awesome match-3 game if it wasn't free! I mean, there's just one currency - brains. It's fine. Of course there's a shop with multiple brain packages for different prices, that's understandable. But why is there energy again? I HATE when the game prevents me from playing but limited energy. If there was an option to buy unlimited lives I'd grab it instantly. But it's not there! Instead you can refill your lives with more brains. Unfortunatelly you can't get enough of them just by playing so you're forced either wait or buy them from shop. Oh, that just sucks! It takes 15 minutes to refill 1 life, but you waste them all much sooner than that one life is refilled. Why would anyone do that? I understand some people appreciate option to play games in small bursts, but I'm definitely not one of them. Besides, it'd be supershort bursts in this particular case. And why am I being so disappointed with that? Because what I said in the beginning. It's so stylish, it looks so great. That 8-bit graphics suits it perfectly. Everything runs absolutely smooth, controls are precise. Sounds are perfect. The gameplay is hectic and a lot of fun. There are special zombies like bomb or laser and matching them triggers great reactions. There are huge zombies as well. But the most awesome part is FUN. You're collecting "special zombies" during the game. They're nothing else that famous characters from other games, movies and whatnot. I mean I already collected Italian Plumber (super mario), Jules from Pulp Fiction, Cartman from South Park and couple more. They're gorgeous! You can browse through the gallery with description for each other. There are also stats for what you think about: time played, zombies killed, best combo, time played, bombs used and whatnot. There are upgrades for your character as well as the rank to achieve. And finally, there's a lot of blood. Because there's a lot of zombies. And it feels great killing them. According to my stats I played for 12 minutes. I depleted all my lives so I have to wait. The lowest amount of brains you can buy is 20.000 for 0,99€ which should be enough to fully refill your lives 8 times I guess. So, to put it exaggeratedly simplified, you can buy approx. hour and a half of seamless gameplay for 0,99€. That might sounds acceptable, but if you're in for a longer run, the game's gonna get overpriced very soon. Give me an IAP for infinite lives and I'm all in. I don't mind some grinding to upgrade additional stuff and buy goodies. But I won't tolerate limited energy. So, if the developer will read this at some point, think about it. Please.
I am such a sucker for these games. Well done. Limited lives is a bummer but I haven't played enough yet to notice. Might comment on that later. Really good idea for a well worn genre.
I have to agree with macplash. This is a perfect pick-up-and-play title, but to cripple that with limited lives is a real shame. Considering brains are the only currency and the game positively rewards grinding, the decision not to offer an IAP for unlimited lives or even a "brains doubler" seems like an oversight. These are not puzzle levels you have to pass, it's a continuous slog, and I'm totally down with that. It's the kind of game you want to play multiple times in a sitting, so the lives decision strikes me as a bad one. Still really like the potential I'm seeing here, so I'll stick with it. Note to developer: I turned off vibration but my iPhone still vibrates at the end of the level when the blocks are at the top, even though it did stop vibrating after each match.
Hey guys! Pawel from Submachine Factory (the developer of Zombiebucket) here. Thanks for your input, we're really glad you like the game. We tried to keep the f2p aspect of the game reasonable, trust me. As you've noticed, there's no premium currency, and you can, after you gain a bit of skill, make 1000+ brains per game, especially later on with better buckets. That makes it possible to make 5000+ brains/5 games, and then spend half of that on refilling life, should you want to play on immediately. Not to mention you don't have to buy in-apps, you can also watch videos for 500 brains (1 life) each. That being said, we're just 2 guys who enjoy making games, and we take all opinions super serious. We'll look into it and consider that infinite lives in-app, or timed infinite lives, or brain doubler. Or something else. Will keep you posted. Thanks again, and have a great day! P. SubFty
Timed infinite lives is the cheesiest! Please just give us a reasonably priced option to opt out of the whole lives nonsense for good, thanks.
Ok, no timed infinite lives. What would you consider "reasonably priced"? That's a serious question, I'm trying to find some good solution here.
Usually those types of iaps cost from $.99 - $4.99. I would say &2.99 would be an average cost not just to remove the lives but to support you a little as well.
Love this game! Very nicely done! My only comment would be the buttons at the bottom. I keep tapping them by accident when trying to get rid of the bottom zombies. Maybe put them somewhere at the top? Just a suggestion. Thanks and keep up the good work!
I don't know if I can ever reach "later on", because rewards from playing / prices for upgrades ratio is ridiculous. I can make 500+ brains per game as of right now. I've got Plastic bucket with 3/4 upgrades. The last upgrade costs 15000 brains. It means I have to play 30 games to be able to upgrade. With 5 lives limit and 15 minute per life refill it's 75 minutes of waiting time between games. It requires 6 games x 5 breaks. It's 6 and a half hours of waiting to refill lives. Now, here's the problem. This is just a 2nd bucket. There are 3 more. Starting on 15000, 50000 and 100000. And those are just prices for buying them. Each of them has 4 upgrades with prices way higher! I'm sorry, but it's just ridiculous. Even with your "1000+ brains per game" it'll take weeks, possibly months to buy and upgrade all those buckets. But there's not enough variety to stay entertained and interested in the game for that long. I played almost for 3 hours so far according to stats and all I was able to buy is the Plastic bucket with 3 upgrades which takes me usually to level 6 max. As I previously stated, I'd be more than willing to pay for unlimited lives, but after some time I spent with the game I'm not so sure. The problem is, as I already wrote, the game's just not rewarding enough. Even with possibility of brain doubler, it'd still not be enough. It's fine if you want it to be just a little time waster for casual players to kill a few minutes while waiting for something somewhere. It's still a gorgeous match-3 puzzler with unique audiovisual style and it plays just great for a short time. But you seriously need to rethink the balancing of the game's aspects. Increasing rewards and decreasing prices for upgrades at the same time is a must! I had a great time with this game, but if there's no additional balancing, I'm done with it. And I mean some serious, significant balancing. I just hope you take it into consideration. There's no point in trying if the game's not rewarding enough.
I alredy discussed this with our publisher, and we're putting this in the game in the upcoming update, in 2 weeks or so. So, yeah, you'll be able to get infinite lives for 2.99. Also, SUPERHOT bucket and Hardcore bucket. They're gonna be special buckets with separate leaderboards and a bit different game rules. Also coming in the same update. Thanks for helping us to make a better game. P.
I like it. I have no problem to wait for lives or no problem to delete the game if I would have to pay for lives. I'll never pay you a dolar for lives, but I'd definitely pay for infinite lives unlock. This is a type of game I usually stick for a week or more, give us the infinite unlock or not, I dont care, but I never pay for an IAP, so you arenloosing customer here (i bought sproggwood for 10 today, its not about the money, its about the nonsense of buying credits (or whatsoever)).
Like redicius said, I'm not paying for consumable items either. I'm fine with doublers, ads removers, additional content or premium unlocks and whatnot if it's worth it, but there's no chance in hell I'll pay for any consumable item. I did such a mistake once, shortly after I was introduced to iOS gaming and spent literally hundreds on "I don't even remember the title" from GLU. Since then I generally hate freemium model (including multiple currencies and energy system) and never paying single cent for anything like that ever again. That being said, if you're bringing update with additional buckets and option to buy unlimited lives for 2,99€ in two weeks (and you'll balance the reward/"upgrade prices" ratio to be more reasonable), I'm the first one here to purchase that IAP, you have my word!
Well said. I have no issues with IAPs as long as they're restorable and transferable between my devices which consumables almost never are.
Holy, how dedicated you are macplash, and you're absolutely right. You said it all before, but let me repeat: An almost perfect little time waster got "destroyed" by an energy-timer. I would have paid the three bucks within an eye-blink, too.
"Zen mode" would also be an awesome feature. Maybe something that can be unlocked after a certain level. No timer, just endless zombie bursting goodness!
Note taken. We'll think about a Zen Bucket or something like that. Infinite lives in-app and at least a slight regular bucket prices roll-down coming in ~2 weeks.
