Ocean Drive Studio has finally confirmed the date for the God Save Birmingham closed beta, and it is coming very soon. In fact, the closed beta for God Save Birmingham will be available from June 22nd and it will run until June 29th, giving players a taste of slaying zombies in medieval Birmingham. The purpose of the closed beta as per the devs is to “test the latest balance changes, find bugs, and gather feedback.”
As stated, God Save Birmingham is set during the medieval times and the city has been overrun by zombies. In fact, the situation is so severe that you are the sole survivor trying to live for as long as possible. The game is physics based and you can use pretty much anything in the environment to aid you from using items as weapons, tools, or barricades. You can pick any location to serve as your base where you will rest, eat, craft items, and find ways to stop losing your sanity as the zombie horde walks the streets of the city. Ocean Drive is aiming for a sense of realism too where injuries can impact your character just like they would a person in real life, from losing items to breaking bones through accidents.
The closed beta of God Save Birmingham will test the solo portion of the game, though the full release will have an online mode where players will be able to work together to survive the zombie apocalypse. The list of things that Ocean Drive will include in the closed beta is as follows.
- World and Map: A tutorial priory area, parts of the village including St. Martin’s Church and Moor Street.
- Combat: Take on zombies with your typical weapons like axes and spears, or even blunt objects like hammer and deer meat. If blood spillage is not your thing, throw or kick buckets, chairs, ladders–whatever’s nearby–to trip them up or knock them down.
- Crafting and Skills: Level up blacksmithing, carpentry, tailoring skills to craft bigger and better things like a full suite of armor.
- Cooking: Why eat cold food when you can make a bucket-load of pottage? (That’s sort of a thick soup, look it up) Eat hearty and save some in a bottle. Try to be proper and find a bowl and spoon to eat with.
- Weather: Rain, fog, wind. You know–the famed English weather.
- Temperature: Outdoor/indoor temperature matters. Plan accordingly.
- Illness: Spoiled food, dirty river water, zombie juice soakage. Any of these can make you sick. Sick can get you dead.
- Injury: Avoid falling off tall buildings, getting mauled by zombies, or walking through lit fire. If you do, be sure to have bandages on hand. Or make some.
- Barricades: Fortify a hut or a room of your choosing by installing latches on doors, putting up barricades, and building fences.
- Weapon Durability/Sharpness: Keep your pointy things sharp. Dull weapons deal less damage, and swinging them wildly at rock-hard things risks catastrophic breakage at the most inopportune moment.
- Sleep: Short nap, long sleep. Take your pick.
To apply to get access to the God Save Birmingham closed beta you will need to head over to the game’s Steam page and click on the request access button. You will know if you are successful by going to the Steam page when the beta starts and seeing if a download button has appeared. If you already played as a Core Group Tester, then you will have access to the closed beta without need to reapply.
Source: Steam
