This morning, I got in my old convertible, waved at my neighbor, and cruised down the street. The playground at the end of the street had the usual high-voiced kids climbing. The overgrown cemetery had butterflies dancing on the roses. The fire station down the block had all its bay doors open, and firefighters were cleaning the engines. At the traffic light, a boy on a bike pulled up beside me and asked the time just as we got the green. When I told him, he cussed like a dockworker and stood up on his pedals for more speed. He blasted by the farm stand, and the women who run it catcalled after him, because well, he’s usually late.
The farm stand, the fire station, the cemetery, the playground, the neighbor who is always weeding the front flowerbed…this is what I see every day. It looks the way my leather jacket feels. It fits. It’s familiar. It’s home.
This is the last normal day on earth before the zombie outbreak.
Will you show us your hometown on its last day? Read on for the details of our Last Day on Earth contest.
Almost two years ago, we asked our community to pin their hometowns on a map. The result was spectacular, and it proved that we’d picked a setting that many of you would find familiar! Now, we want to see your hometown.
Can you make a video or a slideshow? If the answer is yes, read on.
1. Fill out this form and get your home pinned on the map: (Hometown)
(Please note: The map updates every night. Your pin may not appear until tomorrow. It will, I promise.)
2. Email me at sanya at undeadlabs dot com, with the subject line “Last Day on Earth.” Tell me the name of your town.
3. I will send you a random track from our upcoming, extremely awesome, soundtrack album.
4. Use that track as the soundtrack to the documentary of your hometown, on the day before the zombie outbreak hits. What’s worth remembering? What would you miss? What are you just as glad to lose?
5. Upload the video to YouTube, title it “Last Day on Earth in XXX (State of Decay)” (replace XXX with your hometown’s name) and email me the link by Monday at 7 AM PDT/10 AM EDT/3 PM GMT/1600 CEST. EDIT TO ADD: THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. FURTHER VIDEOS ARE JUST FOR FUN AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE VOTING.
6. We will post the links on Monday. Up to fifty participants will get a free copy of the soundtrack. The ten videos with the most votes on Tuesday, June 4 by noon PDT will get a free copy of the game. Edit to add: Change of plans. Voting will be on the forum, not YouTube.
That’s it. Document the last day on earth, and you could be playing on the first day of State of Decay. Hit me in the forum with questions by clicking the green tape down and to the right!