2026-11-05

Zombies: controls and offline play

Zombies is a survival game set in a streaming version of Newark, New Jersey. It is open for offline testing, so you can try it without a connection once the page has loaded.

Controls

• Move: WASD to walk, Shift to run, Space to jump, and the mouse to look around.
• Fight: click to shoot, R to reload, and 1 to 4 to switch weapons.
• Use items: E to use, Q to eat, V to drink, and H for medicine.
• Other: X to build, K to craft, M for the map, Y to board or leave a bus, and P to pause.
• Torch: L turns on your torch. It's most useful at night.
• Camera: O switches between first person (the default) and third person, over the shoulder. Your choice is saved in this browser.

Offline testing

The game runs from the files on the site. Live weather data needs a connection, so when you're offline the HUD shows "no live data" and uses a seasonal estimate instead.

Known issues

This is an early build, so some things still need work:

• The light plane can speed up on the runway but doesn't reliably take off.
• The civilians use simple placeholder models and have no collision.
• It hasn't been tested on phones or game controllers yet.

If you find a bug, note what you were doing and where, and send it along.