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Three chibi heroes on a small orange-and-violet stone island in a turquoise lagoon: a pirate, a kid in a fox hood and blue overalls, and a girl in yellow and black. Behind them stand two goofy green cartoon zombies, a clerk in glasses and a tie and a chef in a tall white hat.

Undying Arena

SURVIVE THE INVASION!

A 3D survivor-like for iPhone and iPad. Your weapons fire on their own, the cartoon zombies keep coming, and every one you beat goes home cured.

  • Coming to iPhone and iPad
  • For players 13 and up
  • Free to download. Purchases buy looks only.

Explore the four lands Meet the cast

The story so far

Somebody stole the sun

King Fangs, a vampire king, has taken the sun’s nine sun sparks and cast a moon spell. Under it, people turn into sleepy zombies and creatures follow his summons.

Every zombie you beat is cured: POOF, back home. Win back a land’s spark and the whole land is free. With Ada Brass, her lantern and Mittens the cat, you chase the King land by land.

The story plays out in short talk scenes with voiced characters, and you can skip any of them.

Ada Brass, head-and-shoulders portrait

Ada Brass I call your weapons spellbreakers. Everyone beaten goes home cured.

Mittens the cat, sitting

Mittens (translated) Finally, a qualified opinion.

Mittens only meows. A dry subtitle translates.

The world map

Four lands to win back

Play them in story order. Beat a land’s last level on NORMAL and the next one opens. Every level comes in NORMAL, HARD and NIGHTMARE, and the loot gets better the deeper you go.

The illustrated world map: an island of ten lands joined by sandy paths and ringed by sea. The four lands of version 1.0 are bright on the west side; the rest lie under fog.
  1. Land 1 Dark Valley AN INCONVENIENT NIGHT
  2. Land 2 Temple OUT OF OFFICE
  3. Land 3 Adventure Land VOLUNTEERS ONLY
  4. Land 4 Western TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The other lands on the map stay under fog. MORE ADVENTURES AHEAD.

Version 1.0

Dark Valley, Temple, Adventure Land, Western

Each land has its own light, its own weapons, two elites and a line of bosses, ending with whoever guards its sun spark.

Character select

Meet the cast

Allies, a freed neighbour, and the King with his two officers. The lieutenants and bosses wait in their own lands.

You

You play your own chibi hero, with no fixed name, gender or outfit. Outfits, hats and pets are looks only: they never change how strong you are.

Three heroes and three pets, left to right: the skater costume, the Dino Lab pet, a chicken dress-up hood, the Sweater Kitty pet, a royal crown and the Pink Fluffy pet.
Looks and pets: skater costume, Dino Lab, chicken dress-up hood, Sweater Kitty, royal crown, Pink Fluffy.
Ada Brass, head-and-shoulders portrait

Ada Brass

Ally

The inventor and your guide: competent, brisk and proud. Her inventions work, with one embarrassing side effect.

Mittens the cat, sitting

Mittens

Ally

Ada’s cat and detective partner. Only meows; a dry subtitle translates.

Mayor Bellweather, head-and-shoulders portrait

Mayor Bellweather

Freed neighbour · Dark Valley

Dark Valley’s mayor and the first neighbour you free. Civic pride, and paperwork.

The Clucks together: Buck on the left, Betty in the centre, Kit on the right

The Clucks

Allies · Western

A three-chicken chorus that joins the crew in Western.

King Fangs, head-and-shoulders portrait

King Fangs

Villain

The vampire king who stole the sun sparks and cast the moon spell. He keeps Dark Valley’s spark himself, and escapes as a bat.

Captain Rattles, head-and-shoulders portrait

Captain Rattles

The King’s officer

An anxious, polite skeleton messenger with harmless loose parts. Not spellbound: he simply retreats.

General Clank, head-and-shoulders portrait

General Clank

The King’s officer

A formal, noisy knight general convinced he is subtle. His arrival announces itself before he does.

See every character

The bestiary

Who guards each spark

In every land the horde is cartoon zombies. Each land adds two elites and its own bosses, and the last boss is the land’s lieutenant, who guards its sun spark. In Dark Valley, the King keeps the spark himself. Lieutenants are freed, not blamed: the spell made them do it.

  • A cartoon zombie from the horde, full figure
  • A cartoon zombie from the horde, full figure
  • A cartoon zombie from the horde, full figure
  • A cartoon zombie from the horde, full figure
  • A cartoon zombie from the horde, full figure
  • A cartoon zombie from the horde, full figure
The horde. Sleepy, goofy and full size, in every land. Beat one and it goes home cured.

These are the planned rosters for version 1.0: built and reviewed, and still being tuned.

How it plays

One run, start to recap

  1. Pack for the trip

    Pick a map, a weapon, your armor, one item and a run length: QUICK, REGULAR or LONG, about 6, 8 or 12 minutes.

  2. Hold your ground

    The waves keep coming and your weapon fires by itself. Level up during the run and choose 1 of 3 upgrade cards.

  3. Answer the map

    Map events pop up: rescue a stranded critter, grab a supply drop, defend a friend, collect glowing gems. Elite fights land mid-run; the boss comes at the end.

  4. Read the recap

    Nothing drops on the ground. The recap at the end pays out GOLD, WEAPON PARTS, ARMOR PARTS and any drops you won.

A run in Dark Valley, seen from behind the heroes: a party of chibi heroes holds its ground against the zombie horde and King Fangs.
Dark Valley: the horde, the moonlight and King Fangs himself.

Getting stronger, between runs

  • FORGE Upgrade weapons and armor with parts and GOLD, or forge three copies into one with a higher star.
  • ATTACHMENTS Snap them into your weapon.
  • ARMORY Buy one weapon a day with GOLD you earned.
  • HERO LEVEL Grows from every run.
  • DROPS Equip a better one, or upgrade what you already have.

Armor gives stats only and never changes your look. Looks are a separate thing: outfits, hats and pets from the Dresser and the Cosmetics shop, for GOLD earned in play or for CRYSTALS.

Eight weapon families

All ranged, all firing automatically.

  • Pistols
  • Rifles
  • SMGs
  • Shotguns
  • Blasters
  • Cannons
  • Snipers
  • Heavy weapons

Play together

You, plus four friends

Co-op for up to five players, with people you already know.

  • Invite your Game Center friends, or play with someone in the same room. The game never matches you with strangers.
  • Everyone gets their own loot, on their own save. No loot stealing.
  • The zombies get tougher as the party grows.
  • No chat, no voice, no typed messages between players.
  • Your crystals follow your Apple Account through iCloud.

Fair-play promises

Power is earned. Never sold.

These are permanent rules for Undying Arena, not this month’s offer.

  • No energy timers.
  • No paid revives.
  • No loot boxes and no paid random items.
  • No pay-to-win. Power comes only from playing: swap to a better drop, or upgrade what you have.
  • No adverts and no chat of any kind.
  • The odds are always shown on the map screen, including the “sure drop” bad-luck floors.
  • One quiet store. No banners, no pop-ups, no countdown timers.

Money can buy

Looks

Outfits, hats and pets.

Never for sale

Weapons, armor, attachments, items, parts, levels, stars, loot, skips, revives and energy.

Questions

Help for players and parents

Purchases, refunds, parental controls, new devices and Game Center are all answered on the FAQ. Anything else, write to us.

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