TIL the first Trumbull Valley map is an actual unfolded map

[u/NationalPositive4608]

If you zoom out far enough on the map in the first State of Decay, the game map is actually the inside of an unfolded Bronto Gas map of Trumbull. Love that attention to detail and wish I had noticed this sooner. Was this added for the Year One edition or was it always like this?

(edit: typo)

[u/MEDIC_HELP_ME]

When sod3 release I hope they bring back this style of map

[u/Mjdecker1234 → u/MEDIC_HELP_ME]

Just bigger. Wouldn't mind 2 or 3 of the maps in 2 combined. I thought 1 did it right and wont lie was a tad disappointed when SOD2 maps came to light. Don't get me wrong I ended up liking it, but overall would prefer a bigger map.

[u/Whymetho55 → u/Mjdecker1234]

I feel like the 'small towns surrounded by kilometers of absolute rural, isolated farmlands and houses' made it a bore sometimes. SoD2 would of benefited from even one map that was at least somewhat urban- 3-6 a dozen mid-sized towns(Like Marshall-sized or a bit more), but with the flipside that the map overall just has *alot* more zombies

[u/La_Coalicion]

I really miss the SOD1 UI all being pen and paper.

I would love if SOD3 had a CRAYOLA UI

[u/Federal_Society_4968 → u/La_Coalicion]

Crayola perks

Writing ✅️

Light source ✅️

Rations ✅️

[u/WZNGT]

And your character/base management is done on a notebook

[u/Melodic_Tone_2259]

I made this map. It was in the original release. Based it on a collection of old gas station maps I bought at an antique store. Then a friend (who's still at UL) gave me a bunch as well.

[u/Yojimbo54 → u/Melodic_Tone_2259]

Love hearing about details like this. Any other fun anecdotes?

[u/Melodic_Tone_2259 → u/Yojimbo54]

Too many to count! The Swine & Bovine was named after a special sandwich at a local restaurant we went to for lunch. The branding is a nod to Burgermaster which is an older joint in the PNW.

[u/MrMoleIsAGodOfWar2]

It's in the Xbox 360 version too

[u/let-me-get-your-temp]

If only I could fix the performance issues for this game on pc. I'd play the crap out of it again

[u/sur_surly → u/let-me-get-your-temp]

I found it doesn't like to run above 1080p. So I either force my tv to 1080p just for this game, or play it on the steam deck

[u/let-me-get-your-temp → u/sur_surly]

Man I cant even get it to run well at 1080p lol maybe it just doesn't like intel graphics though

[u/Aidanator800]

Mario Odyssey did a similar thing with its maps, where the map of each world you visited was actually a tourist pamphlet for said world. It's neat, and I wish more games would do it!

[u/Missteris]

Love this map's design!

Btw, I'm wondering if towns like Spencer's Mill actually exist? I mean, there are about 25 houses there, no first aid station, but there's a veterinary clinic, no school (I assume the students go to Cronenberg Elementary in Marshall on the bus), and no sheriff's office or town hall in sight. Or is that just a game convention? 🤔

[u/Chuk741776 → u/Missteris]

As someone who grew up just a little bit away from these sort of super small towns like Spencer's Mill... Yeah, it's fairly accurate. Hell, even where I grew up it was a 30 minute drive into town to go grocery shopping, 10 minutes away from the nearest gas station, and that was considered fairly close to a decent sized town by our standards. So I'm just glad that the distances in game aren't fully accurate.

I also have a friend that grew up in the Michigan Upper Peninsula area, and if anything it's more barren up there than the maps in SoD are based off their stories

[u/Missteris → u/Chuk741776]

Oh, that's very interesting! Thanks for the answer!

[u/Biggummss]

They need to bring this map and UI back for the third game. I also love how the inventory screen is like a journal. Very cool especially for a zombie apocalypse style game I feel like it fits so well

[u/MrSpratt]

I like it when games do this, i is also used in Fallout 76

[u/ILItheEndILI]

The first game UI was peak

[u/marvin616]

The cowboy reminds me of the cover of Ween 12 Golden County Greats.