I Made a Game with Zombies in It!

Overview

I Maed a Gam3 w1th Z0mb1es 1n It!!!1 (stylized in all caps, also referred to as I Made a Game With Zombies in It!) is a 2009 zombie-themed multidirectional shooter game developed by Ska Studios and produced by company founder James Silva, previously best known for the Xbox Live Arcade game The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai (2009). Gameplay follows the player shooting droves of attacking zombies until the background music ends. It was developed in two weeks using Microsoft XNA. The title makes excessive comic use of features of Internet writing, such as leetspeak, overuse of exclamation marks, and typographical errors. It was released for Xbox 360 through the Xbox Live Indie Games service in August 2009.

I Maed a Gam3 w1th Z0mb1es 1n It!!!1 received positive reviews from video game journalists for its quirky sense of humor and theme song. IGN compared the mechanics to Geometry Wars, while Gametripper compared the spaced-out musical moments to Asteroids. It was the most popular Xbox Live Indie Game of 2009 and won the Inside Gaming Award for Best Indie Game. By 2010, it had sold 308,000 copies. The game was re-released on Steam in November 2021 and the Xbox Store in October 2022.

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Game details

Genres

Shooter, Indie, Arcade

Developer

James Silva

Publisher

Ska Studios

Engine

Microsoft XNA

Platforms

Xbox 360

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Release dates

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Region

US