Even though it was originally going to be released in March, the creator had a few setbacks common to computer users. Electrons went haywire in his houses electrical supply system and it fried some data. But do not worry. He has set a new release date of April 10th.

Along with that bad news is some good news!!! He has released information on some of the character classes in the game as well as some more info on the mechanics of the game. Here are a few of those classes and a pic of the police officer model.

Doctor:
Administer complex medication
+$100

Farmer:
Can grow 1-10 high quality foods per day
Starts with Beretta Tomcat

Chef:
Can cook high quality foods
Starts with a chef's knife

Scientist:
Can create 1-10 treatments per day
+$50

Engineer:
Can repair armour
+$50

Soldier:
-15% exp penalty
+5 Strength
+10 Accuracy
+10 Endurance
+10 Reloading
+10 Machinegun Skills
Starts with beretta tomcat

Police Officer:

Follow the discussion link below for the rest of the info he has put forth and mark your calendars to join Breach of Peace in the Dead Frontier!

And remember to try out the demo of the first 3 nights!!

Dead Frontier: Night One
Dead Frontier: Night Two
Dead Frontier: Night Three

full article.

Boxer:
+20 Strength
+10 Melee Skill

Fireman:
+20 Endurance
+10 Melee Skill
Starts with Fire Axe

Athelete:
+25 Agility

Teacher:
+25% exp bonus

Priest:
+25% exp bonus

Lawyer
+25% exp bonus
+$200

Accountant:
+25% exp bonus
+$150

Journalist:
+25% exp bonus
+$50

Actor:
+25% exp bonus
+$20

Stock Broker
+25% exp bonus
+$200

Architect
+25% exp bonus
+$50

Food:
You start with 100%. Every 30 minutes you lose 1%, even when logged out. After that you will lose 1 hp every 30 minutes. So a high level player could go 1 week without playing before dying. In addition you will lose 1% for every for roughly every minute you spend in the non browser section of the game (ie, fighting zombies, looking for supplies, doing missions etc). There are 20 food types which can be found or grown by farmers. Many types must be cooked by a chef. Every piece of food restores a set % of hunger. Food types also have levels. Everyone UNDER that level can use that type of food to go over 100% (to a max of 130%).

For example, Beer is a level 10 food. So if I have 100% and I'm level 3, I can drink beer, and my hunger will go up to 120%. But if I was level 11 I would be still be on 100% after drinking the beer. If I was level 11 and ate a level 20 food, like Pizza I could hit 130%. But in a post apocalyptic world, pizza always comes frozen. So someone needs to cook it. A chef can cook a food item with a level +5 his own. So you would have to be level 15 to cook a pizza (was obviously a crap chef before the zombies).

100% just means not hungry, it doesn't mean that you've eaten good quality food. So gaining exp requires you to be on a hunger level over 100% (however EXP gained as a mission reward will still be received). So, if you want to level up, you need to ensure you are well nourished. If you're under level 10 you will always gain exp, even if you are hungry (so the game isn't too hard for newbies).

This system isn't especially realistic, but I think it will make the game more interesting, since it will stop high level players surviving just by eating cheap crisps.


Health:
Health is tied to your endurance stat. To start with you will have around 25 points (though you never see the exact score, just a one word description). A high level player could reach a HP base of 225. But similar to food, you can not heal to max hp with any old treatments, and you will not gain exp unless you are over 80%. Like some foods must be cooked, doctors must administer some treatments. And again like food, the higher level the doctor, the more treatments they can give.


Levels:
The official max level is 200, but you will find getting above 50 very hard. Normally you get +5 stats and +5 proficiencies per level, but after 50 it's only +1 stat +2 prof.

Missions:
Will probably be none on release but plan to ad many in the first couple of months.

Vehicles:
None on release but would like to add them.

Barricading buildings:
The new game allows for movable objects, which means you can barricade a building and hideout there short-term. But there won't be a system for long term occupancy on release. You will need to come back to the main outpost (browser section).

Death:
When you die you lose all cash which isn't in storage and your current EXP (every level up your EXP goes to zero, so dying brings you back to where you were just before you leveled up). You will then need to wait 2-10 minutes to respawn. Basically dying will only be a big deal if you're desperately trying to be one of the highest level players. You will respawn with 50% health and 50% hunger.

Here is a weapons update from the site earlier today.....

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Everyone seems to want to know exactly which weapons will make it into the game. There are now 69 in total. It was 80 a week ago but I removed some weapons that were too overpowered and unrealistic (miniguns etc) and I removed some others that just seemed out of place. Knives: Pen Knife Chef Knife Hunting Knife Combat Knife Bowie Knife Trench Knife Other Melee: Fire Poker Golf Club Iron Pipe Crowbar Baseball Bat Cricket Bat Nail Bat Wood Axe Fire Axe Battle Axe Machete Sabre Katana Chainsaws: Dolmer PS Poulan Pro STIHL MS880 Grinder Pistols: Berreta Tomcat Browning HP FN 57 Colt Python Glock 19 Berreta 8000 CZ 75 Webley 1942 Glock 17 Glock 25 CZ 99 Colt Anaconda HK USP CZ 97B Desert Eagle SW 500 Rifles: Berreta RX4 HK SL8 M24 M1 Garand Dragunov HK MSG-9 Falcon OP96 M8A2 Shotguns: Benelli M1 Stoeger Uplander Remmington 870 Remmington 1100 Mossberg 500 Protecta USAS-12 SMGs: Skorpion UZI FN P90 MP5 PP90 Ingram M11 HK UMP Machineguns: Steyr AUG FN FAL AK 47 FN Minimi FN MAG Grenade Launchers: M79 HK69 GM94 RG6 MM1 P.S When finding a piece of weapon or armour there is a small chance it will be especially well crafted and grant extra stat bonuses when equipped. EDIT: I know I didn't spell beretta or remington correctly!