PDA

every game needs a menu, even the pro realistic games have a pause button but in Drop Dead keeping in tune with the realism, you will have a PDA, of course after the outbreak happens you wont have phone service, but like me here in the desert my Droid 2 has really been a mind saver anyway, its where you'll adjust settings, and have access to different story elements and survivor missions and with the marvels in technology these days also has a handy heath monitor, which tells you all about your ailments and what-not.

your PDA and Radio combo will have a major role in the RTS feel of the game. it will add people to your contacts list when you meet them (how handy) and it will be able to tell you a little about them and their last know whereabouts. if they are near you or especialy if they are in the same building as you, you can give them orders from this menu. although it will be a verbal order, phones are out, so keep in mind it has a low range. if you equip said survivor with a radio, the range you can give them orders if greatly increased, allowing you to give them general orders like move into a building, or scavange in a certain location. they will also be able to contact you with important information like if they have spotted zombies or if they are under attack my raiders and thieves.

this will all be controled from your PDA, but it will be in real time, unlike the pause menu (which will clearly be marked paused), and you will have to be sure you are in a safe spot while you are giving orders in this manner. for simple and general orders you will be able to give simple shout-out commands with, let's say the D-pad, to tell people what to do quickly. the PDA and Radio combo will be reserved for more technical orders.

your PDA will also have an advanced GPS tracking and Map system (the satellites are still running, i dont know how legit that would be but yeah for the sake of the game we'll run with it) and this map system will save important notes and information about certain buildings and give you the ability to set waypoints and help you to remember where you stashed that box of grenades

in closing, your PDA will be a very versitile tool, form being solar powered (hope you dont think im going to make you charge the damned thing), to the advanced Health monitoring, Modification/blueprint saving, GPS, and contacts system. its going to be a big portion of the game interface and it will help you keep track of all the madness going on in the wrecked world you're living in.

PDA Flowchart PDF.pdf