Malaysia-based developer Aeonsparx Interactive has received an Epic MegaGrants for their upcoming title, Zombie Soup! Here’s an overview of the game:
Zombie Soup is a fast-paced top down shooter that follows the adventures of Ricky, a young college freshman on a backpack trip seeking to explore the world during the summer break. He inadvertently finds himself in a small town that is celebrating an annual festivity after waking up from a long train journey, and soon discovers that the most of the townspeople have been turned into zombies and monsters!
Explore through a town full of infested zombies and monsters, banishing the abomination from hell and vanquishing the evil lurking in the dark. Finding the collect fragments of blueprint to gather outrageous selections of weapons. In the journey, you will discover powerful items, find survivors, meet strange freaks and encounters countless secrets and traps. As you progresses, you’ll unfold the stories behind the zombie infested town. You will die repeatedly but each comes back will makes you better than the last time.
The Epic Megagrants is described as follows:
Epic Games has committed $100 million to support game developers, enterprise professionals, media and entertainment creators, students, educators, and tool developers doing amazing things with Unreal Engine or enhancing open-source capabilities for the 3D graphics community. Show us your projects and you could earn a financial grant to help fuel your success!
Besides the Epic MegaGrants, Zombie Soup also received funding via MDEC in 2019 for their game, expected to release in 2021. You can try out the demo on itch.io and Gamejolt.
Congratulations on receiving the grant! We’ll be looking forward to see how your game turns out!