#PGCSanFran: Zombie Match Defense is the winner of the Very Big Indie Pitch
Tropes vs Zombies
Zombie Match Defense is about as generic a name as you could think of. Thankfully, this is intentional. Developer Jake Sones, whose AAA experience includes Diablo III, was challenged by a friend to make a game that contains all of the App Store's most overused tropes.
The result is a combination of Plants vs Zombies and match-three puzzler. A column of healthy humans sits on the left of the screen, and zombies randomly make their way along the rows connected to them, moving one square with each match.
Making a line behind a zombie causes it to lurch back one square, and making a line containing a zombie kills it. Certain matches also unlock weapons – the number and range available grow over the course of the game – which you can deploy at will for an easy kill.
Yes, Zombie Match Defense is full of overused tropes. But it still manages to be original, as well as polished, humorous, and accessible.
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