Zombies, Run!
Zombies, Run! is a 2012 mobile fitness game co-developed and published by British studio Six to Start and Naomi Alderman for iOS and Android platforms. Set around Abel Township, a small outpost trying to survive the zombie apocalypse, players act as the character "Runner 5" through a series of missions during which they run, collect items to help the town survive and listen to various audio narrations to uncover mysteries.
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| Developer(s) | Six to Start |
| Publisher(s) | Six to Start |
| Producer(s) | Adrian Hon |
| Artist(s) | Kas Sweeney |
| Writer(s) | Naomi Alderman Rebecca Levene |
| Composer(s) | Mark Pittam |
| Platform(s) | iOS, Android, Apple Watch |
| Release | iOS
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| Genre(s) | Location-based game, Fitness Game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
The storyline of the game is written primarily by Naomi Alderman and a team of writers, with guest contributions by notable science fiction authors such as Margaret Atwood and Andrea Phillips. The game was funded by a Kickstarter campaign which raised more than five times what was expected, a total of $72,627 from 3,464 backers. Additional season expansions have been released annually. In October 2012, Zombies, Run! 5k Training, a spin-off app designed as a "couch to 5k" training program, was released.
Zombies, Run! became the highest-grossing Health & Fitness app on Apple's App Store within two weeks of its initial release, and has drawn praise for the way its immersive storyline makes running more fun and academic attention for its genre and mHealth applications.