Patrick Curry’s Thoughts on Game Design

I’m haunted by a green man in a bad suit. After showing up on Steam a little over a year ago, Stubbs the Zombie is now available for download on the Xbox 360. Of course I think this is pretty awesome… but for more reasons than you might think. First up, the Xbox version of the game has cooperative play, which the PC version doesn’t. It’s just split-screen and not online coop, but if you have a friend handy, it’s still pretty cool, especially when you start mixing and matching the super powers. For example: you can charge in as an über zombie while your buddy possesses a sniper and covers you from on high. Secondly, and I’m kinda ashamed to admit this… the controls just work better on the 360. We put the super powers on the black and white Xbox buttons, which Microsoft wisely turned into LB and RB. And wouldn’t you know it… the game’s better when you can reach all the buttons! So I guess I owe double thanks to Microsoft: thanks for releasing Stubbs on XBL, and thanks for fixing your janky controller!