
Attack of the Sunday School Zombies
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Zombie Game Tips: 1. Yes, Pastor Bob is
supposed to be floating off the floor in the sanctuary! Zombies Tech Support: If suggestions on this page don't work, please email me with DETAILS of the problem and your computer. neil@sundaysoftware.com If you encounter a problem, please check your system specs and minimums to make sure your hardware is up to snuff. You can do this by clicking START, then RUN, and typing "DXDIAG" to open Windows' DirectX Diagnostics. Click the 'save as text' option and email me that information, or, click the DISPLAY tab and write down the videochip brand/model, videodriver date, and amount of videoram and send it to me. I'll need complete details. Make sure your video chip is good enough. Some Windows Me -era computers may have inferior video/3d capabilities. See my notes above about DXDIAG to learn more about your system. You can also learn more about videochips/ram at www.sundaysoftware.com/videocard.htm Make sure your video chip's DRIVER is the latest version from the manufacturer. They update video drivers to solve problems. If your computer is more than 6 months old, odds are they have improved the driver. Go to the computer manufacturer's website and look up your computer in their drivers/download area. This is true EVEN FOR NEW COMPUTERS. It's not uncommon to receive a brand new computer which the manufacturer has ALREADY released a video driver update. Happened to me twice! Reported Problems and their solutions: After installation, the game engine ("acknex") crashes or stops working at the opening...
When opening the game, it won't open and it gives you an error message...
Other things you can do to workaround start up problems:
Pastor Bob is floating 6 feet above the pews in the Sanctuary:
Windows Vista Notes for Zombies: If you let the Zombies installer run in Vista -without reading our readme-vista.txt file as instructed- odds are the game won't work in Vista. Zombies requires several possible Vista tweaks to get it to run in Vista. They are fully documented in the Readme-Vista.txt file located on the Zombies CD. Read and follow those instructions! I have added more notes here.... To find the Readme-Vista.txt file on the CD:
Other Tweaks to get Zombies running in Vista...
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The Story Behind the Zombies CD
I've been teaching Sunday School and
youth groups for nearly three decades. And in nearly every class or
group, I've found it important to ANSWER "WHY"
kids should want to come to church and Sunday School. ...Because
let's face it: worship and lessons aren't exactly fun things to do in
the minds of our kids.
Our kids (and some adults) have a lot of complaints. They say "it's
boring" or "I
don't need to come in order to be a Christian."
(see the list of zombie complaints above) The typical answer
of "because it's important" or "because I said so" isn't good enough. The answer needs to be
grounded
in scripture and delivered with creative
insight. The answer also needs to come with
suggestions kids can implement to make their experience come
alive. Zombies CD does this.
I hope this game will begin to answer their complaints and give you plenty of opportunity to discuss "answers" to their important questions. See my Zombies Study Guide for a list of all the verses and narrations used in the game. It will help you carry on the discussion after the game is over. Why "Zombies" ? First... they're fun and make the game exciting. Second... they are a metaphor for the way people sometimes mindlessly and boringly GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS at church and Sunday School. They also give Super Kenz the Bible Kid something to FLING AT. Kids love to shoot stuff in video games. In our Zombies CD, our hero flings donuts to get the Zombies to pay attention, and in doing so, your kids pay more attention too. <>< Neil MacQueen, Sunday SoftwarePictures from the Game...
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