NMRiH Zombie Children Controversy
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Overview
The NMRiH (No More Room in Hell) Child Controversy event occurred on the Steam Discussion forums. NMRiH's project lead, Maxx, posted a response to reaction to the child zombies in the game. Maxx, states that child zombies are one of NMRiH's core component of its game design, and philosophy. The forum post was later posted on reddit. The poster approved the way the dev team handled to situation.
Background
The post originated on the Steam Discussion forums, on, November 1st, 2013.[1] A reddit post followed, gaining over 4,000+ overall upvotes.[2]
Notable Developments
A Kotaku article, published on the same day as the Steam Discussion forum, and reddit post, has also covered the controversy.[3] NMRiH's community moderator, Bubka3, updated the original post, on, December 19th, 2014, stating that zombified animals will not be put into the game.
Original Post
![No More Room in Hell All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Videos News Announcements No More Room in Hell> General Discussions>Topic Details IN MRiH Dev Maxx ▼ [developer] 55 minutes ago OFFICIAL: Children Zombies To officially address the topic of children zombies: We will not be removing them. They are a core component of our game design, our design philosophy, and our long-term vision for NMRiH. Part of our goal was to create a zombie game not based on killing and action, but on tension and fear and moral and ethical choice. We are attempting to simulate a real-world collapse of society as a result of a lethal epidemic. If you cannot handle it, do not play the game. We are sorry that some people seem to be offended for one reason or another but we are NOT going to Reading some posts by players off-put by the zombie children, being unable to shoot them on first encounter.. that is something that we set out to achieve. That reaction is actually intentional, that is what we wanted. This is a game about survival. Our game is free, and we developed it solely out of passion and fun to make the zombie game we always wanted. If you do not like it, we are sorry and it's unfortunate but this is a We appreciate any and all feedback on the game, as always.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/889/061/204.png "204.png")
Search Interest
External References
[1] Steam Community – OFFICIAL: Children Zombies :: No More Room in Hell General Discussions
[2] reddit – Found this in No More Room in Hell community hub. This is the correct way to deal with people being offended : gaming / Posted on 11-01-2013
[3] Kotaku – Zombie Game Creator Defends Allowing Players To Kill Undead Children / Posted 11-01-2013
![No More Room in Hell All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Videos News Announcements No More Room in Hell> General Discussions>Topic Details IN MRiH Dev Maxx ▼ [developer] 55 minutes ago OFFICIAL: Children Zombies To officially address the topic of children zombies: We will not be removing them. They are a core component of our game design, our design philosophy, and our long-term vision for NMRiH. Part of our goal was to create a zombie game not based on killing and action, but on tension and fear and moral and ethical choice. We are attempting to simulate a real-world collapse of society as a result of a lethal epidemic. If you cannot handle it, do not play the game. We are sorry that some people seem to be offended for one reason or another but we are NOT going to Reading some posts by players off-put by the zombie children, being unable to shoot them on first encounter.. that is something that we set out to achieve. That reaction is actually intentional, that is what we wanted. This is a game about survival. Our game is free, and we developed it solely out of passion and fun to make the zombie game we always wanted. If you do not like it, we are sorry and it's unfortunate but this is a We appreciate any and all feedback on the game, as always.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/889/061/204.png "204.png")
Top Comments
doonglerules
Dec 31, 2014 at 06:22PM EST
Vavian "Strongbrush" Free
Dec 31, 2014 at 08:48PM EST