Fort Zombie

{{Short description|2009 video game}}

{{notability|Products|date=October 2017}}

{{Infobox video game

| title = Fort Zombie

| image = Fort Zombie coverart.png

| caption =

| developer = Kerberos Productions

| publisher = Paradox Interactive

| series =

| engine =

| released = October 30, 2009

| genre = Role-playing

| modes = Single-player

| platforms = Microsoft Windows

}}

Fort Zombie is a role-playing video game developed by Kerberos Productions.{{cite web |last=Sliwinski |first=Alexander |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/04/fort-zombie-erected-on-pc-this-fall/ |title=Fort Zombie erected on PC this fall |publisher=Joystiq |date=2009-09-04 |accessdate=2012-10-17 |archive-date=2012-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012220500/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/04/fort-zombie-erected-on-pc-this-fall/ |url-status=live }} It was released on October 30, 2009. The game takes place on a version of Earth that is being invaded by an evil force which warps reality and creates zombies. Players control Ben Riley,http://manuals.gamersgate.com/FortZombie_Manual_NEW.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214123956/http://manuals.gamersgate.com/FortZombie_Manual_NEW.pdf |date=2010-12-14 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kerberos-productions.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=14328 |title=Kerberos Productions • View topic - Benjamin Lucius Riley |publisher=Kerberos-productions.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310201726/http://www.kerberos-productions.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=14328 |archive-date=2012-03-10 |url-status=dead }} a young man who has survived through the destruction and is setting up a haven in the fictional town of Piety, Indiana{{Ref|4}}. Each version of Piety in any play-through is procedurally generated, with different houses, items and enemies placed each time the player enters the town.{{cite web |url=http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/22/the-dead-talk-fort-zombie-interview/ |title=The Dead Talk: Fort Zombie Interview |website=Rock Paper Shotgun |date=22 September 2009 |accessdate=2012-10-17 |last1=Gillen |first1=Kieron |archive-date=2012-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012152757/http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/22/the-dead-talk-fort-zombie-interview/ |url-status=live }} Players must choose a location to fortify, build defenses and find supplies and survivors in thirteen in-game days before a zombie horde pours out of Indianapolis and overwhelms the survivors. The game began as a test for technology to be used in the upcoming game Northstar and uses a similar engine.