Дебютный выпуск дневников разработчиков Overkill’s The Walking Dead — о дизайне окружения

Covered Corpse Edit
[ Node on the covered corpse beside the ammunition table ]

[Jaime Sue] This covered body is an example of how we tell a story in the levels without using any words or overt storytelling. We wanted to show that there are other people in the world that are Survivors like you. We figured most people wouldn't survive very long, and you'd come across their bodies—but we needed a way to set these apart from all the dead ragdolls of the Common Infected. By simply covering a body with a blanket or sheet, it becomes really obvious that this guy had a buddy, a friend, and when he went down, his friend had compassion and covered him up. This also tells a story about the state of the world that they wouldn't want to go out and bury the body—they couldn't expose themselves to Infected. So they'd have the bodies right there with them, but covered. Sometimes you'll see a covered body right outside a checkpoint. So it's like they were in a safe area and, maybe during the night, their buddy died from his wounds; so the next morning the other Survivors didn't really want the body in there with them, so they dragged it outside. This was the best they could do for the guy.