Ebbtide Reaches 100,000 Steam Wishlists Three Days After Store Page Goes Live
A small developer that leaned on AI for assets it could not produce alone converted a single trailer into 100,000 wishlists in three days, and the disclosure did not slow the run.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
ProjectAlive's zombie survival RTS Ebbtide passed 100,000 Steam wishlist registrations three days after its store page opened, up from 15,000 on day one. The game puts players in command of a carrier strike group in a zombie-overrun Los Angeles, rescuing survivors who then become starting forces for a world campaign. The October 21 trailer has over 1.18 million YouTube views. The developer also disclosed its use of AI in asset production, voice, sound, and translation.
The wishlist count climbed from 15,000 on October 21, the day the store page was published, to 100,000 by October 23. The game asks players to hold a Los Angeles overrun by zombies with tanks, attack helicopters, naval gunfire, and airstrikes, while zombies stack on each other to scale walls and cling to low-hovering helicopters. Rescued survivors become the opening force for a world campaign, and Chapter 1 covers Los Angeles ahead of a planned world-map sandbox.
In a Steam news post, the developer said AI was used for the soundtrack, some recorded voice lines, sound effects and ambient sounds, event illustrations, some 3D models, and in-game text translation, with all generated content reviewed and edited before inclusion. Collaborators who offered help on Discord will first review voice recording and localization together with the developer.
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