I’ve been working on a zombie survival game with shooting, enemy waves, exploration, and a mostly complete survival loop. I used SeeleAgent to build the current playable version, but testing it has made one problem pretty obvious: most of the zombies behave exactly the same.

They chase the player, get close, and attack. Different appearances help visually, but after a few waves they all feel like the same enemy.

I could add the usual fast zombie, armored zombie, crawler, and screamer, but simply changing health and speed doesn’t seem like enough. I’d rather have enemies that change how the player uses the environment.

Maybe some zombies can climb over obstacles, knock down barricades, crawl through gaps, pull the player off high ground, or force other zombies through blocked paths. That could also make the terrain more useful instead of just being something the player occasionally gets stuck on.

How many distinct zombie types does a survival game actually need? Do you prefer lots of small variations, or a few enemies with clearly different behaviors?

If you could add one zombie type that changes how the player moves or fights, what would it do?

Right now my zombie game has one zombie wearing a hundred different faces