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* BareYourMidriff: The appearance of the female zombies.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The female zombies often have bright green hair.

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''Survivor: The Living Dead'' is a 2010 indie SurvivalHorror game by Radical Endeavours. The game sees you take control of a girl named Amber who gets trapped in an abandoned house during a zombie outbreak, and must use household objects to defend herself.

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''Survivor: The Living Dead'' is a 2010 2D pixel-art action horror game for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] by indie SurvivalHorror game by developer Radical Endeavours.Endeavours, aka Craig Daversa. The game sees you take control of a girl named Amber who gets trapped in an abandoned house during a zombie outbreak, and must use household objects to defend herself.



An updated and greatly expanded version of the game has been released on Steam as Early Access, and has finally seen a full release as ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/386200/STLD_Redux_Episode_02/ STLD Redux: Episode 02]]'' in May 2017.

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An [[UpdatedRerelease updated and greatly expanded version of the game has been game]] was first released on Steam UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} as Early Access, and has finally seen a full release as ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/386200/STLD_Redux_Episode_02/ STLD Redux: Episode 02]]'' in on May 20th, 2017.






* BareYourMidriff: The female zombies.
* ChainsawGood
* DrivenToSuicide: The owner of the house can be found in a locked room, with his brains blown out next to a shotgun.

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* BareYourMidriff: The appearance of the female zombies.
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* DrivenToSuicide: The owner of the house that's used in the plot-free TimedMission segments can be found in a locked room, room with his brains blown out out, right next to a shotgun.shotgun.
* EliteZombie: There is a rare variety that gives off clouds of poisonous gas at death.
* EverythingFades: After you have put down the reanimated cadavers for good, they'll disappear without a trace only a few seconds later.
* GameplayGrading: When a level ends one way or the other, the player is accessed on their tactics, number of kills, and Amber's remaining health at the time.
* FriendlyFireproof: Amber is not hurt at all when walking through the fires of the Molotov cocktail, though they ''will'' prevent her from fixing a door back up.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Amber's main melee weapon throughout the early game is a fireplace poker.



* KillItWithFire
* MolotovCocktail: One of the DIY weapons available in the game.

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* KillItWithFire
* MolotovCocktail: One of the DIY weapons available in the game. The zombies get engulfed by the flames and fall down almost as soon as they step into the flames, which will persist on the floor for a while (but never spread outside of their starting location!)
* OverPenetration: The Sniper Rifle tears through 5+ zombies at once if they are clustered together, instantly putting them all down. The shotgun can also brain multiple zombies at once, but because of its short effective range, it'll usually be limited to 3 undead or so.



* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Most are fairly typical, although there is a rare variety that gives off clouds of poisonous gas.

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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Most are fairly typical, although there RevolversAreJustBetter: The revolver is a rare variety the resident HandCannon, being insta-kill against the zombies at short and medium ranger, but also limited to its six bullets in the chamber.
* ShortRangeShotgun: The description for shotgun helpfully states
that gives off clouds of poisonous gas.it is "three times as effective at close range", i.e. practically point-blank, since all the engagements in the game are already close-range by any ballistics standards.



* TimedMission: Seven minutes. If you win, you unlock more modes.
* UnwinnableByDesign: Seeing as there are a limited number of weapons and tools, you'll eventually just have no way to fight back. Even if you have ammunition, there's a chance you just won't be able to shoot fast enough to kill [[ZergRush all of the incoming enemies]].
* YouAreAlreadyDead: Being bitten. If you conserve your energy and avoid sprinting, you ''can'' survive until rescue appears. [[FridgeHorror Only to turn in the escape vehicle]]. [[FridgeBrilliance Or to be cured at a nearby hospital]].
* YourHeadAsplode: The effect of using a shotgun on a zombie at close range. One variety of zombie also reacts this way to the fire poker.
* ZombieApocalypse: Possibly? [[spoiler: The military's definitely still around and are highly effective.]]
* ZombieInfectee: as well as a standard health meter, Amber has an infection meter which gradually raises after she has first been bitten.

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* SniperRifle: The second available firearm in the house, which gets removed from the wall case once [[spoiler:the gas explosion in the kitchen rattles the entire house.]] It is powerful enough to tear through multiple zombies at once, but requires her to stand still and focus her aim before firing, with a bullseye icon indicating when she is ready.
* SprintMeter: Present. Moreover, draining it after getting bitten brings Amber '''a lot''' closer to turning.
* TacticalDoorUse: Zombies cannot open the doors, and will only try to bash them down. Even once they have done that though, you can still fix them right back up, indefinitely. They can also be made to last longer by applying boards, though this also prevents Amber from heading outside through them.
* TechnicolorToxin: Turning up the gas on the stove in order to create an explosive trap for the zombies results in the sickly green fumes of that gas spewing out.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Thrown kitchen knives are surprisingly effective at dispatching zombies, in spite of the likelihood one would end up flying handle-first due to being totally unbalanced for throwing.
* TimedMission: Seven minutes. If you win, you unlock more modes, like the 12 and 14 minute modes.
* UnwinnableByDesign: Seeing as there are a limited number of weapons and tools, you'll eventually just have no way to fight back. Even if you have ammunition, there's a chance you just won't be able to shoot fast enough to kill [[ZergRush all of the incoming enemies]].
* YouAreAlreadyDead: Being bitten. If Though, if you conserve your energy and avoid sprinting, you ''can'' survive until [[spoiler: rescue appears. [[FridgeHorror Only to turn in the escape vehicle]]. [[FridgeBrilliance Or to be cured at a nearby hospital]].
hospital]].]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The female zombies often have bright green hair.
* YourHeadAsplode: The effect of using a shotgun on a zombie at close range. One variety of zombie also reacts this way to the fire fireplace poker.
* ZombieApocalypse: Possibly? Played straight, with Amber having to hold out against dozens of zombies (the kill counter can go into triple digits in the later modes) inside a single house. However, [[spoiler: The military's definitely still around things haven't gone ''completely'' to hell, as managing to survive in the allocated amount of time results in the military showing up and are highly effective.rescuing Amber.]]
* ZombieInfectee: as As well as a standard health meter, Amber has an infection meter which gradually raises after she has first been bitten.
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An updated and greatly expanded version of the game has been released on Steam as Early Access, and has finally seen a full release as ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/386200/STLD_Redux_Episode_02/ STLD Redux: Episode 02]]'' in May 2017.


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Heavy influence is taken from point & click adventure games, as finding the right tools, making weapons and dispatching enemies ends up more like a puzzle game than any traditional action/shooter.



* KaizoTrap: [[spoiler: Once you wait out the timer, it still takes a few seconds before the incoming soldiers can kill everything in the house.]] Don't get overconfident.



* TimedMission: Seven minutes. If you win, you unlock more modes.
* UnwinnableByDesign: Seeing as there are a limited number of weapons and tools, you'll eventually just have no way to fight back. Even if you have ammunition, there's a chance you just won't be able to shoot fast enough to kill [[ZergRush all of the incoming enemies]].
* YouAreAlreadyDead: Being bitten. If you conserve your energy and avoid sprinting, you ''can'' survive until rescue appears. [[FridgeHorror Only to turn in the escape vehicle]]. [[FridgeBrilliance Or to be cured at a nearby hospital]].



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* ZombieApocalypseZombieApocalypse: Possibly? [[spoiler: The military's definitely still around and are highly effective.]]
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* ShoutOut: The game is a self-confessed Romero homage. In particular, the opening cutscene is based directly on the first scene of ''NightOfTheLivingDead''.

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* ShoutOut: The game is a self-confessed Romero homage. In particular, the opening cutscene is based directly on the first scene of ''NightOfTheLivingDead''.''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''.
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* ZombieInfectee: as well as a standard health metre, Amber has an infection metre which gradually raises after she has first been bitten.

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* ZombieInfectee: as well as a standard health metre, meter, Amber has an infection metre meter which gradually raises after she has first been bitten.
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''Survivor: The Living Dead'' is a 2010 indie SurvivalHorror game by Radical Endeavours. The game sees you take control of a girl named Amber who gets trapped in an abandoned house during a zombie outbreak, and must use household objects to defend herself.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* BareYourMidriff: The female zombies.
* ChainsawGood
* DrivenToSuicide: The owner of the house can be found in a locked room, with his brains blown out next to a shotgun.
* KillItWithFire
* MolotovCocktail: One of the DIY weapons available in the game.
* {{Plunder}}: Guns can be obtained from certain zombies and the dead homeowner.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Most are fairly typical, although there is a rare variety that gives off clouds of poisonous gas.
* ShoutOut: The game is a self-confessed Romero homage. In particular, the opening cutscene is based directly on the first scene of ''NightOfTheLivingDead''.
* YourHeadAsplode: The effect of using a shotgun on a zombie at close range. One variety of zombie also reacts this way to the fire poker.
* ZombieApocalypse
* ZombieInfectee: as well as a standard health metre, Amber has an infection metre which gradually raises after she has first been bitten.
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