History VideoGame / Die2Nite

%%* AndIMustScream: The dreaded [[http://die2nitewiki.com/wiki/Meat_Locker Meat Locker]]

* BraggingRightsReward: [[http://die2nitewiki.com/wiki/Crow_Statue The Crow Statue]]. It costs 300 AP, 35 patchwork beams, 3 pieces of human flesh, and does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to help the town in any way. Why is it a very rare blueprint then? It gives anyone still alive at its completion a few rare distinctions... [[AwesomeButImpractical and that is it.]]

%%* GagPenis: [[http://die2nitewiki.com/wiki/Giant_BRD The Giant BRD.]]

** LethalJokeWeapon: You'd be surprised how effective some of these weapons actually are when used against the zombies. Hell, a ''matress'' can somehow kill 25 zombies if used as a Watchman!

** [[http://die2nitewiki.com/wiki/Armageddon_Witness Armageddon Witnesses]] also got a few perks after said event wiped out almost every town in the game.

* SurvivalistStash: Many can be found all across the world beyond. The game even includes a container item called [[http://die2nitewiki.com/wiki/Shrewd_citizen%27s_stash Shrewd Citizen's Stash.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: Players desiring to get out of a Town for whatever reason can swallow a CyanidePill, instantly killing them and reincarnating them into a new town. Others walk into the World Beyond and refuse to camp, virtually ensuring their death at the hands of the Horde.

** Not to mention that the Cemetery upgrade allows the use of cadavers to improve the town's defenses. ''You're surviving the Horde by piling your dead companion's corpses on top of the walls.''

* SenselessSacrifice: Becoming a Watchman carries a 95% chance of dying (more or less, depending on other factors) even if NO zombies make it into the town. On the first day of season 6 several towns lost a good handful of citizens since everyone wanted to try out the new class. The fact that most of the towns would have survived the first day's attack regardless means they all died for nothing.

* TheManyDeathsOfYou: In a game where you're doomed to die anyway, at least you can die in various different flavors: eaten alive, infected, dehydrated, poisoned, hanged...each of them comes with a colorful artwork and a detailed description of your last moments of life.

** Though, sometimes griefing is (partially) justified if the town is doomed to be destroyed shortly, as the griefer is eliminating potential competitors for the "Last Man Standing" title.However, this is still frowned upon by most.
** A usual action by griefers is to open the town's gates seconds from midnight in the early days. Especially in the third day, when the Horde is large enough to wipe the town out in one attack.

* HeroicSacrifice: As much as there are griefers in this game, there are also people who lay their lives down on the line for others. This is can end badly.

** LethalJokeWeapon: You'd be surprised how effective some of these weapons actually are when used against the zombies.

* SurvivalistStash: Many can be found all across the world beyond. The game even incudes a container item called [[http://die2nitewiki.com/wiki/Shrewd_citizen%27s_stash Shrewd Citizen's Stash.]]

* {{Nakama}}: The coalitions.

The first version of the game was published on 15 July 2008 in French, under the title of Hordes. ''Die2Nite'', the English version, was launched on 1 December 2010, while Spanish and German versions followed soon as well. They are all still around; moreover, creators have been working very hard to stop the separate fanbases from mixing together.

[[http://www.die2nite.com Die2Nite]] is a free multiplayer ZombieApocalypse WebGame made by Motion Twin. Players are assigned to a random town of forty people and must work together to survive against the nightly zombie attacks.

The game has existed for a long time in its French and German incarnations, both of which contain many experienced players. The creators have been working very hard to stop the three fanbases from mixing together.

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* AndIMustScream: The dreaded [[http://die2nitewiki.com/wiki/Meat_Locker Meat Locker]]

* BribingYourWayToVictory: Players can pay to enter Hero Mode.That pretty much triples the game content they have access to: special house improvements, more classes, special powers, passive bonuses...

* CommonplaceRare: Possibly justified due to the setting, but its pretty odd that things like huge snakes, exploding cellphones, and human souls are more common than things like apples, eggs, guard dogs, and shopping carts.

* CrapsackWorld

* CyanidePill: One of the avalible drugs. See PressXToDie below.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: When you die you just start over again in a new town with thirty-nine new friends (although depending on your actions you may have earned "soul points" or hero mode.
** Somewhat averted in that, while it may not be that bad for you, it could potentially screw the rest of the town's chances of survival.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: You probably will.

* GagPenis: [[http://die2nitewiki.com/wiki/Giant_BRD The Giant BRD.]]

* Nakama: The coalitions.
* NonstandardGameOver: Towns can build a Nuclear Reactor if so they wish, but if it's not repaired every day, it will instantly destroy the whole town and all survivors, even the ones out in the desert.

* OurSoulsAreDifferent: They appear as blue flaming orbs in the world beyond near the spot the citizen died. Also, they can apparently be picked up, stored in a players rucksack, taken back to town, and transformed into powerful souls to help defend the town by a shaman. The image for the "Soul Collecter" distinction also implies they can be placed in bottles/jars somehow.

* RainDance: The Shaman class can perform one of these if he has enough red souls. Naturally, its a great way to kill a bunch of zombies due to their weakness to water.

* TurnsRed: The Cemetery upgrade fortify the town's defences based on the number of dead citizens.Meaning that a town that is whittled down to 10 people will receive a whopping +300 Defense bonus.

* ZombieApocalypse: Obviously.

* HorribleCampingTrip: Many residents insist on not returning to town with their loot and spend the night under the stars with the zombies. Many don't survive the encounter, but those that do make it through their ordeal are rewarded with a few minor bonuses the next day. There are even a few people who camp just for the fun of it. (Each successful night spent outside the town gives a distinction which makes the camper seem pretty {{Badass}}, after all.)

* AfterTheEnd: All that seems to be left of the world are a handful of surviours populating a few sparse holdouts in an endless desurt filled with legions of hungry zombies. The situation is just as hopeless as it sounds...
* AllOrNothing: The Emergency Buildings are pretty effective, but only last for one night, leaving the town with less workforce and resources for the following day.The aptly-named "All or Nothing" building gives a massive defense boost, but ''destroys every item in the town's possession.'' The Garbage Dump is similar, but allows players to control which items to sacrifice at a higher resource price.

* AngryGuardDog: Can (somewhat rarely) be found in the world beyond. If placed in your house it'll give you a defencive bonus, [[EatTheDog if placed in the butcher it becomes tasty food]], and if taken back out into the world beyond can be used to kill a zombie. (Though it'll have a good chance of dying each time it does this.)

** Scanner. Gives the town a better idea of how many zombies are going to attack each night. It does not, however, actually change the number of zombies that will attack, which means the AP and resources are better spent on actual defencive constructions. The amount of zombies appearing each night also increases in a fairly steady and predictable pace, making it redundant for veteran residents who can often accurately predict within a small marrigen of error what the town will have to face.

* {{Griefer}}: As this is a game based around co-operation and survival it is very open to griefing. People can steal from the town supplies to upgrade their own home (usually considered a banishable offence) or intentionally get caught in hordes of zombies to waste time and medical supplies.

** An usual action by griefers is to open the town's gates seconds from midnight in the early days.Expecially in the third day, when the Horde is large enough to wipe the town out in one attack.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Some of the things towns can do to residents they don't like could count as this. The individual players also have plenty of options for pulling one of these on a disliked citizen.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://die2nitewiki.com/wiki/Main_Page The Die 2 Nite Wiki.]]

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: One of the Hero's special skills is sending a message to all other living citizens. In the (pretty unlikely) case that there is only one survivor in the town, and he/she decides to send a mass message, they will be replied ''"You are alone. Nobody is going to answer you, give it up. Anyways, what does it matter? You are almost certainly going to die tonight..."''

** Gallows. It doesn't cost much and provides a unique death, but there are more effective ways to deal with troublemakers that don't waste valueble AP.

* BerserkBoardBarricade: Averted. It takes many people contributing their ActionPoints to construct the town barricaded (although you can upgrade your home by yourself).

* ShootingGalley: An uncommon blueprint allows the town to build the classic fairground squirt gun version. As expected, it boosts the effectiveness of water pistol guard weapons by 20%.

** Now (Season 4) the English version has Hardcore towns

* GuideDangIt: The game gives you a colorful distrption of each item you find, but little else. While many players could easily guess what twisted planks, radios, blueprints, and things like that are for some items are extremely vauge. How many people have had to look up or ask a friend what exactly things like pocket vibrators, semtex, and ness-quick weed killer where supposed to do?
* GunsAreWorthless: Literally in the english version of the game. Due to a bug or an oversight the item "Handful Of Bullets" doesn't ever appear in the world beyond, even rarely. This makes any type of firearm a player finds useless since they can't load it with anything else or make their own bullets at the workshop...

** Season 6 added the Watchmen, who act as a last line of defence between the citizens and the zombies if the constructions are not enough. This puts them at a higher risk of dying, but also allows them the chance to protect everyone else. Best of all, anyone (even residents) can become a Watchmen at any time and leave if they have a change of heart.

* HorribleCampingTrip: Many residents insist on not returning to town with their loot and spend the night under the stars with the zombies. Many don't survive the encounter, but those that do make it through their ordeal are rewarded with a few minor bonuses the next day. There are even a few people who camp just for the fun of it. (Each succesful night spent outside the town gives a distinction which makes the camper seem pretty {{Badass}}, after all.)

* HumanResources: "Ok, do we all know what a crematorium is ? Do we also know what a barbecue is ? Well then, it's easy to guess what purpose a Cremato-Cue serves. In any case, it means we don't die of starvation...well, some of us !"

** Not to mention that the Cemetery upgrade allows the use of cadavers to improve the town's defenses. ''You're surviving the Horde by piling your dead companion's corpses on top of the walls''

* IAteWhat: Several consumable items. There is one such item that even advises seeking medical attention if injested!
* ImAHumanitarian: Players can easily become this... many are forced to eventually for one reason or another.

* JokeWeapon: Pretty much 80% of the weapon zombies can be fought with.Box cutters, can openers, water guns, '''live snakes'''...

* LuckBasedMission: What the game is at its most basic level. It doesn't matter how skilled a player you are as how much luck you have. You could easily get stuck with a town that only has a few heros, a town that doesn't work well together, only find useless items when searching, become a random victim if someone forgot to close the gate, have your internet go out for a few days and cause you to die from dehydration dispite collecting your daily water ration... the list goes on and on...

* NonstandardGameOver: Towns can build a Nuclear Reactor if so they wish, but if it's not repaired every day, it will istantly destroy the whole town and all survivors, even the ones out in the desert.
* NoZombieCannibals: Averted. "Stopped by the town's defenses, your ex-cohabitants left empty-handed and gnawing on each other's putrified carcasses."
* OurSoulsAreDifferent: They appear as blue flaming orbs in the world beyond near the spot the citizen died. Also, they can apparently be picked up, stored in a players rucksack, taken back to town, and transformed into powerful souls to help defend the town by a shaman. The image for the "Soul Collecter" distintion also implies they can be placed in bottles/jars somehow.

* SceneryGorn: Even the pictures of the town itself look desolate, broken down, and forelorn.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the zombie horse seems to be overwhelming, there usually are two things left to do:try to get as much built as possible and hope the horde doesn't wreak havoc on the town...or run away and camp until dehydration or an infection get the better of you.
* SenselessSacrifice: Becoming a Watchman carries a 95% chance of dying (more or less, depending on other factors) even if NO zombies make it into the town. On the first day of season 6 several towns lost a good handful of citizens since everyone wanted to try out the new class. The fact that most of the towns would have survived the first day's attack regardless means they all died for nothing...
* ShowsDamage: In an interesting way.By "looking" at a citizen you can see him/her begging for water (Thirsty), cough up blood (Infected) or act violently (Addicted)

* SweetTooth: One of the higher tier foods is a simple handful of sweets that give the player 7 AP when eaten. This makes it just as potent (or more so) as things like steak, canned food, and even vegtables. Granted its also one of the few foods avalible that isn't stale, rotten, or made from human meat... so its kinda justified.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: one of the Hero's special skills is sending a message to all other living citizens.In the (pretty unlikely) case that there is only one survivor in the town, and he/she decides to send a mass message, they will be replied ''"You are alone. Nobody is going to answer you, give it up. Anyways, what does it matter ? You are almost certainly going to die tonight..."''

Die2Nite is free ZombieApocalypse browser-based game made by Motion-Twin. The website is [[http://www.die2nite.com/ here]] [[strike:but as it is still in closed beta so you'll need an invitation key to play]] and the game is out so go play! Players get assigned to a random town of forty people and must work together to survive against the nightly zombie attacks.

The game has existed for a long time in its French and German incarnations, both of which contain many experienced players. The creators have been working very hard to stop the three fanbases mixing (See BrokenBase bellow).