Yeah, yeah, everybody has their wild game ideas... heres mine. Keep in mind that I'm writing this in a very open and compressed format. I imagine it like if Ghost Recon, Dead Rising, COD, and Storm the House had a big orgy and made a beautiful baby out of it... and it didnt turn out looking like "Hills Have Eyes" material...

Drop Dead is a combination of all the things Zombie games cash in on the Horror (Zombies and Mass destruction) and the other things they leave out. They seem to all be short lived or pointless (Endless Zombie Rampage style) but that’s where the Survival thing comes in. But you can control your group of survivors (Real Time Strategy) and give them simple tasks (build, guard, attack, scavenge, move, patrol, etc.). But you’re not just some armchair general, you have got to survive too! So, you have to eat and kill a little on your own time (First Person Shooter/Role Playing Game). I hope you like it and remember it’s just a freaking outline.

(Pre-Infection)

*DAY ONE*

This is your first day. As Samuel Boston, you must eat. So find some breakfast around the house and fill your energy bar. You will need to fill your energy to survive, if you don’t manage to get eaten first. Keeping a full energy bar has many perks. You will run faster, build faster, and will have a higher likelihood of dodging or blocking attacks.

So, once you get the basics finished, you get a call from Yuri (Weapons friend) and he says that he wants to shoot some guns today. So drive over to the gravel pit and start firearm practice. Get used to the different guns and how to fire certain ones, as in the shotgun two-trigger action. Once you’re done, you can continue to practice or head home.

*DAY TWO*

Next day after you get some food, you get a call from Alex and he says there’s a paintball game planed for tomorrow at his cabin in Lockholm Forest. Bad part is you don’t have a gun. So it is off to the trusty Super Max (a Wal-Mart style store). You get the paint, some clothes, and a mask, but the guns are sold out. You call Justin to tell him and he says he’ll trade you something for one of his extra guns.

So, head back home and get something of value, a video game will work. Then you can trade with him. Get to his house and make the trade, and head back home and the rest of the day is yours to explore. Be sure to catch some rest, you’ll need the energy to play tomorrow.

*DAY THREE*

Next morning, eat and then make your way to the Paintball game. Your team is waiting, and you’ve been chosen captain. You have a few basic supplies and a CB radio. You have an hour or so to make a few preparations. Build some bunkers and get ready to play a CTF game. (Building Tutorial)

You can either stay at the base or help coordinate attacks or go out and fight with your friends. You can always go back or go fight whenever you want. (Combat/RTS tutorial)

After the game your friends convince you into staying the night. So you go inside and get rested for the next day.

*DAY FOUR*

Next morning you wake up and have nothing to eat. So you decide to go to a local river with a fishing pole and catch some fish. After you catch a few fish you head back to the camp. Cook them and impress your friends with your survival skills.

Your friends decide to stay another day, but you’re not in the mood to "rough it" another night. Head home, kick back, and relax for a while. That evening, you change it to the news, and see a special report about an asteroid group that is passing close to Earth. They say it will be no threat, and will be just a nice meteor shower. Just the mention of it being “no threat†makes you nervous. This has happened before and they’ve never mentioned it being no threat. You check the fridge and see it’s kind of empty. So, you get in your truck and head to town.

Head o the Super Max and buy some supplies. You have free choice on what to buy and this is a good time to stock up on canned goods. After you have your supplies, you head home and sleep easy.

*DAY FIVE*

Shortly after you get some breakfast, Yuri calls you and tells you he’s a little suspicious too. He wants you to meet him at a local gas station and he has a present for you. Once you get there he’s already waiting in the parking lot by his truck. He tells you to get in and then shows you what he called you for. He has an Uzi (9mm), a 12 gauge, and a .45 magnum pistol. Take your pick but remember that each one has it own advantages and disadvantages. You get home and put your new gun up and get some rest.

(Infection Begin)

Post Apocalypse:

This is the few events leading up to the Infection and the early events after. This is where you take over.

*DAY SIX*

You wake up during the night to the screaming sounds of meteors crashing outside. You were right about the meteors. They were a threat. The phones are already out and it’s to dangerous outside. Even the radio stations are out. When the meteor shower stops it’s almost daybreak, but an eerie fog is all around. You know complete chaos has taken hold of the world outside. There’s no use getting mixed up in what is happening out there just yet.

Take the day to board up your windows with scraps nearby. Throughout the day you can here the shooting and violence that has taken hold of Stemple. Sleep that night is short at best.

*DAY SEVEN*

Strangely, the next morning you awaken to silence. As you step outside you are surprised by a panicked Yuri. He walks inside and tells you to lock the door, confused you comply and wait for him to catch his breath.

He mumbles on about dead bodies everywhere. He was up all night and at about 3:00 AM it grew silent. As he drove to the city to figure out what had happened he was shocked, people were wheezing and lying dead in the street. Some of them were getting back up and eating the others! Those people were turning into Zombies! You start to say something, but he jumps up and interrupts you. “They’re here! They’re here!†He runs to the window and shouts, “There! Here comes a hoard of those undead bastards now.â€

Stunned at your friend’s behavior, you walk to the window. There are people down the street, moping about as if in a search for something. They don’t look right, you open the front door against your friend’s wishes, and when the people spot you they hurriedly shuffle towards you like… ZOMBIES! This is no sick joke anymore, this is real, rush back into the house and kill them before they break in. As soon as you kill the last of the hoard, Yuri tells you all he knows. The asteroid group hit Earth and let off some kind of vapor. Visibly, it dissipated after only a few hours. The effect was delayed but after about 24 hours, well I think that’s obvious by now. This isn’t about killing as many of them as you possible, this is about survival of the fittest. Mankind will be reborn, a new world awaits you. How will you survive?