Fatal Hour: Roadkill

Fatal Hour: Roadkill is the second chapter in the Fatal Hour Saga, following the events of Fatal Hour: Petroleum. In the aftermath of the Zombie Apocalypse, a group of survivors follows an automated radio transmission in search of its source and other survivors.

The town of Roadkill

As the broadcast grows stronger, the group reaches the small town of Roadkill and finds the road blocked. Their reinforced vehicle offers relative safety, but clearing the obstructions means going on foot and using explosives. Their arrival has drawn attention, so they must also deal with more than just the objects in their way. The mission is to get into, through and out of the stinker-infested town.

Gameplay

The game builds on the mechanics of Fatal Hour: Petroleum, adding a tight, claustrophobic setting, limited visibility and the need to defend while on the move. These challenges make planning and quick thinking more important.

Chapter format

Fatal Hour: Roadkill is a standalone, single-level minigame and the second of three planned chapter games. Each chapter tells part of the story of a group struggling to survive after the Zombie Apocalypse, and can be played as a separate challenge at different difficulty levels.

The survivors

The group includes six survivors, each with their own background and approach to fighting the undead:

• Prepper Jack: A highly prepared survivor who uses a military-grade precision sniper rifle and is an exceptional marksman.
• Trailer Jane: A former waitress who survived the outbreak at a diner with a Colt 1911, a gift from her father when she was nine. After the hordes overran her trailer park home, she made killing the undead her mission.
• Deputy Klaus: A deputy from Dirtmine, Arizona, who returned to find the town seemingly dead and then made sure nothing was left moving.
• Samu Jin: A tech student who practices with an ancient sword replica and believes the outbreak was caused by something in the air. He keeps his gas mask on most of the time and prefers fighting the undead with his sword rather than a ranged weapon.
• Shotgun Joe: A short-tempered man who treats the undead as a nuisance and favors a sawed-off shotgun.
• Mechanic Mike: A quiet, exceptionally gifted mechanic who fled town after his mother became one of the outbreak's first victims. He is reluctant to use force, but joins a group in need of a mechanic.