The Art of Zombie Apocalypse Combat: A Behind-the-Scenes Look

In this thrilling behind-the-scenes look at the making of a zombie apocalypse video game, we get to experience the excitement and chaos firsthand. The scene begins with Evan and Katelyn, the game's protagonists, gearing up for battle against an onslaught of undead creatures. As they prepare, they can't help but crack jokes and make light of the situation, highlighting the camaraderie and banter that makes their characters so endearing.

The action quickly picks up as the two fighters engage with a horde of zombies, using an array of creative and humorous tactics to take them down. From slow-motion kills to devastating flail attacks, the pair's chemistry is on full display as they dance around each other, dodging and weaving through the zombie hordes. The sound design adds to the tension, with the zombies' groans and moans building in intensity as the fight reaches its climax.

One of the most memorable moments comes when Katelyn unleashes a devastating attack that leaves one zombie reeling. "I went a little bit too extra," she admits with a laugh, acknowledging her over-the-top style. This lighthearted moment is tempered by Evan's deadpan reaction, adding to the comedic tone of the exchange.

As the fight continues, Katelyn proves herself to be a force to be reckoned with, taking down zombies left and right with her trusty flail. "We've defeated the horde," she declares triumphantly, as Evan joins in on the celebration. The sound design swells in response, with the camera panning out to reveal the carnage and destruction caused by their rampage.

In a nod to the game's origins, the video team also provides a behind-the-scenes look at how they created Katelyn's zombie makeup for this particular scene. "Hey guys, I filmed an entire behind-the-scenes video of Evan doing my zombiemakeup," she reveals with a wink, inviting viewers to check it out on their second channel.

The article continues with the duo making light of their conquests, even joking about Evan's questionable aim and Katelyn's over-enthusiasm. The banter is infectious, leaving readers feeling as though they're part of the fun. The final section notes that the team made a point to emphasize the use of everyday items in combat, such as lettuce and cabbage, showcasing their creativity and resourcefulness.

As we conclude this behind-the-scenes look at the making of a zombie apocalypse video game, one thing is clear: Evan and Katelyn are a force to be reckoned with. Their chemistry, banter, and willingness to poke fun at themselves make them a joy to watch, even in the most intense situations. The sound design, visuals, and humor all come together to create an experience that's both thrilling and entertaining.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(groaning)(tense music)(pained groan)Brains.(screaming)Sir, you dropped your wallet.(upbeat piano tune)Brains.As adult humans, weoften have to think aboutthe future, like ourdiet and retirement.But have you stopped tothink about the possibleimpending zombie apocalypse?Cause we have.(laughing)So we are gonna make someweapons out of common,everyday hardware items.Stuff you can get in apinch if it goes down.Cause you don't knowwhen it's gonna happen.(growling)(laughing)Did I get you?(vintage music)All right, so what are thecommon reasons that people diein zombie movies?I think--They get bit.But I think they--Disemboweled.let zombies gettoo close to them.Yeah.So.I wanna like haveslightly ranged weapon.My first thoughtwas getting an axe,and attaching it to a pole.And I said that was lame.And you just havelike a long axe.Okay.So, so I like your ideaof having somethingthat is slightly ranged.Yeah.But I feel like we can takeit farther and do somethinga little bit more creative.I want to make a flail.Made out of nails.A nail flail.(laughing)It is really clever.It's really clever.I think it's a good ideaand I think it'sgoing to be effective.Okay.No, no the thing that sold meis like I think we'vecome up with a wayto make the nail flail,the flail part of itreally light weight.Cause that is oneof the challenges,you don't want too muchweight on your zombie weapon.Yeah, I mean we watcheda lot of zombie movies,we're pretty muchexperts at this point.By the way what's yourfavorite zombie movie?Shawn of the Dead.I'm not sure how muchwe can learn from that.I mean pool cues work.(laughing)Cricket bats.Okay.Okay what was your plan,sketch it out for us.Okay, so we're thinkingplumbing pipe for the polethat we're gonna hold onto.And then we'll weld a chainonto the end of that somehow.And the challengepart is the ball.My idea was just to sticka bunch of nails togetherand keep adding morenails on more nailsuntil it justbecame a giant ball.But like Evan said thatwould be super heavy.And we need space inbetween the spikesfor it to reallylike stab in there.My thought is just to geta whole bunch of washers,weld them all togetherin a ball shape.And then weld nails on to that.Try to find some foamthing, glue the washers on,then weld it, thenput the nails on.And then melt the foam?EVAN: With fire!(upbeat music)Ow!EVAN: Oh no!My nail.EVAN: The dangers ofmaking zombie weapons.Weapons effective.The breaker of chains.If we're using screws doesthat mean we can't call ita nail flail?There weren't anynails large enough.I'm sorry Katelynyour idea is screwed.KATELYN: Okay.You know.Biggest washers we could find.Did you find the pole?I'm doing pole dancing.Am I doing it right?KATELYN: Yeah I think so.Adding some specialeffects later.(retro cat music)I know we saidthis would be madefrom hardware store stuff but,we also need somecraft store stuff.Now I think I foundthe perfect balland a bonus, there'scaution, flammable.I think that that'llbe a good thing.I hope this doesn'tbite us in the butt.(crashing)Okay so we got home, wehave all of our supplies.And Evan tells me that he wantsto change the product ideain a fundamental way.So my main concern is thatwhen we start welding on this,even if we have everythingglued into place,this is just gonna melt.It's gonna catch on fireeven with just like the heatand sparks from the welding.So--Just like a little bit.Ow we're gonna wrap it.I Think if we wrap thiswith aluminum foil,and then we glue the washersonto the aluminum foil,then the aluminum foil willprotect this during welding.There's a fundamental flashhere, fundamental change.Burning it out will be hard.Yeah, how do we remove the foil.(dial up tone)(interlude music)Do we need to burn it out?It'll look cool if it's hollow.I don't know the whole point.But It'll still be light weight.Yeah it'll just becovered in foil.We'll just pretend like thefoil's an aesthetic choice.Yes, no, no, no, the wholething is like literally metal.It'll look solid.It'll look likeit's solid metal.It'll look likeit's solid metal.Yeah.(interlude music)Ow shit.(wasted theme)That wasn't--(laughing)All right after muchdebating we have decided--That we're just gonnasee what happenswithout wrapping it in foil.Cause it'd be supercool to burn this outfrom the center of our flail.I just wanna see that.I just wanna see it.And if it doesn't work,we'll figure it out then.We have enough time beforethe zombie apocalypse.We have like, you know,one more shoppingtrips worth of time.Yeah, yeah.Alright,Let's get our glue gun out.Okay.So I guess another questionwe didn't reallyask ourselves is,will the hot gluemelt the styrofoam?Yes.Will it set it on fire?No it won't, itwon't set it on fire.Okay.So I'm gonna apply it to here.Wait, wait, wait.I just had a thought.(inquisitive music)These are zinc plated.Are we going to have to grindthem before we weld them?If we glue them all down,we won't be able to...Grind it.(interlude music with static)♪ Science adjacent withEvan and Katelyn, yeah ♪All right let'sback up a second.So,going back to basics.The easiest seal to weldis just a mild seal.It's just low carbon steel.Sometimes it's hard toget different piecesin just that mild carbon seal.So these washers for example,they have a zinccoating on top of it.Which is like a reallythin layer of zincand that just protectsthe steel from rustingand everything like that.These guys right here,they're galvanized steel.So they have a coatingof zinc that's on it,that's 10 timesthicker than this.You can just seethat thicker coatingif you just look at it visually.So we can't weld the itemsthat are coated in zincbecause the off gasesare really bad for youto breath in.And we don't wanna have togrind off the coatings ofhowever many individualwashers we have.So we did some researchand there are other ways toget rid of that zinc coating.Mainly you canremove it chemically.(upbeat jazz music)you're tub is a disgrace.(laughing)Okay so the twoways we looked into.One you can use vinegarand that will eventuallydissolve it off.But, the downside is ittakes around three days.The other thing youcan do is citric acid.Which sounds kind of scarybecause it has theword acid in it,but it's basically like thepowder put on sour gummy bears,or like, remember war heads.Woo!My school like, everyone broughtthem and like traded themlike,Ow yeah.Like prison cigarettes.Was it watermelon?Ow yeah watermelon was so good.Anyways, citric acid willdissolve it off of the--Metal.Will dissolve it off themetal in about three hours.And you can get itat the grocery store.So we're gonna try that one.(upbeat music)Got some.Yep.So on all of theonline tutorialswe didn't see any measurementsof how much to do.So we are completelymaking this up.We'll let you knowif this too strong,or too little.We're gonna do halfa cup into 16 ounces.Because, why not.(laughing)Gonna start dropping them in?All right.This is the satisfying part.Ow they immediately react.Look at that.See the bubbles on them?No.Look at that one.Like on that one,you see there's bubblesdeveloping on one side of it.Ow yeah, ow yeah I see it.(clanking washers)it's not powdering anymore.Yeah, and this is what happens.So here's the before,here's the after.Basically it's less shiny.And that's all you can see.Yeah.(laughing)okay so, time to attachthese to a sphere of foam.(joyful music)Should I wear safetyprotection for this?Uh maybe.You know.We're wearing the same t-shirt.I mean I guess this makes sense.I wore this shirt first.No I was wearingthis shirt yesterday,so I wore the shirt first.(laughing)That's a lot of hot glue.I'm gonna put it on the washer.Because I worry if Iput it on the foam,it's gonna,melt it.Hey.That's great.There you go.What should we call it?Franky.(wind blowing)Okay well didn't melt it.It kind of feel likedoing arts and crafts,but like instead ofbeing fun and games,it's like--Life and death.Yeah that.Ow wow.That's like still quite weighty.Yeah.But I can't even imaginehow heavy this would beif it was solid metal.I'm glad we're going forthis hybrid approach.Plus it looks cool.Like this.Don't pay attention to the gaps.They'll be filled in soon.That brings us to the next step.Welding and--To make this whole processa little bit easierwe're actually goingto be welding onthis little stick right here,so that we can move it aroundand keep it all groundedwhile we weld.(funky music)It got too hot and melted off.Uh oh, I can glue it back on?Nah let's see if Ican keep on going.This video is literally madepossible by Lincoln electric,we're using their newly releasedpower mig 140 MP welder,plus all Lincoln gear,Lincoln fume extractor,Lincoln everything.KATELYN: We love Lincolnnot only because theywere cool with usmaking a zombie weapon,but also they make weldingway less intimidating.We're still pretty newwelders, but the power migis really easy to use,and the crazy thingis it's only $782.That's insane.EVAN: And we couldn'tthink of anyone betterto face the zombieapocalypse with.(laughing)So thank you again for makingsuch great products Lincoln.We'll link literally everythingwe're using down belowin the description.KATELYN: Thank you.He protec.He attac.But most of all,he knows how to tack.That was a good one.Thank you.It's like a evil cake pop.KATELYN: Oh my god.Oh it's like squishing through.I know I think the foamexpanded, because of the heat.And then some places it startedcatching fire and melting.But I think we should justlike set the rest of it on fireand burn it out.KATELYN: Yeah we should do that.Maybe not indoors.No, no, no.That looks so cool.Yes we're just gonna do it.We're gonna do it, yeah, ready.KATELYN: Yeah.(blowtorch firing)Ow yeah that's going.KATELYN: Just gonnahave a cozy fire pit.EVAN: That looksso freaking cool.We should make afire pit like that.I don't know how we'dget fire wood in there.But it looks awesome.KATELYN: You justdon't close it.You just leave the top openEVAN: Open yeah.KATELYN: Ow my godwe gotta do that.(blowtorch firing)(upbeat music)EVAN: This is goingto be so epic.KATELYN: That isnot a fire crackle,that is just so cozy.(blowtorch firing)This could be thethumbnail right here.Ow wait, there,there, there, there.KATELYN: Ow my god.What is happening?Now it really is acake pop of death.It's dripping.It's the plasticthat's inside of it.Man.KATELYN: Ow my god.Dang.Okay now to cool it off.(water splashing)Ow jeez.Next we get to add--The spikes!A mounting point,and then the spikes.Yes.We should probably likefirm up those tacks,because we're going to besmashing it into things.I think that's likesome what secured,but I think we should likego back and touch that up.And then spikes.yeah!(sparking)(upbeat music)Check this out.Not only does this look cool,but look at what I wasable to do with the welder.I was able to closethe holes completely.Kind of for strengthening it,but also just to see if I could.I was able to likeweld those shut.KATELYN: Ow that'sso much better.That's so crazy.But also.(banging metal)Like this right here.KATELYN: That's likea lolly pop of doom.That's already a zombie weapon.Okay, should we explainwhat we're gonna be doingfor the next step.Yeah, so, before weattach the spiky bits,which I'm really excited about.We need to figure out how toattach everything togetherin a way that makes sense.And key to all that isthis swivel right here.So we're gonna have swivelpoints mounted to the poleand to the ballconnected by the chain.That way when we're--♪ Swinging the chain ♪♪ Swinging the chain ♪♪ Swinging the chain ♪It's not like twisting up onitself and getting tangled.So it's a similarprocess to last time.We're gonna soak all thehardware in citric acid,dissolve all the zinc.Then we're actuallygonna cut off one end,so that we have abetter mounting point.Then we shall weldone to the pole.(sparking of welder)One to the ball of death.And then we'll have this.Huh hu!Look at that, it's beautiful.It spins withoutgetting tangled.♪ Wow ♪Let me see if I canjust do a little like(alerted ping)No, no, no, no, no,no, no, no, okay.(clapping)Well at least the spikesweren't on it yet.(laughing)Speaking of spikes.We probably could usethese screws as is.But we want them tobe even more deadly.Yeah, more stabby.Well also it's like,with these ridges,if you slammed theminto something,it might get stuck there.And you need to like--You need to retract it.You need to be highlyagile with this.So, I think it's time fora little bit of grinding.Yes a lot of grinding.There's a lot of screws.(electronic music)This is taking too long.KATELYN: I told you thatwould take a long time.And you were right.Science experiment time!All right so before wegrind the rest of these.Let's see how much ofa difference it makesbetween...yeah.The fully sharpened,halfway sharpened,and the nothingat all sharpened.Because if one of these two,the halfway orthe nothing works,we can save a lot of time.Not having to grindup all those threads.Yeah so I guess, let'seach do both tests,then we can getlike a feel for it.All right ready?Yeah.All right.KATELYN: That seemedto take some force.I'm gonna do one more.With like a little bit of a--Oh yeah.Oh yeah.That went in easy.So you just gotta like getsome momentum behind it.Yeah.Ready?Yeah this is the half.Oh it stopped it at the threads.Try again.(squelching of watermelon)okay you can't.It takes more force.It pulls out some guts.It breaks it, you seehow these are holes?KATELYN: Yeah.This is like more ofa shattering force,then a stab force.Feel like it might justknock the watermelon off,honestly like this isn'tgoing to do anything.(laughing)Yep.Look at the sizeof that hole too.It makes a huge difference.I feel like you haveexperience this too.I'm just curious.(laughing)yeah.Juicy.Try the worst one justas like a comparison.You just wanna laugh at me?No I just wanna see more data.More data is needed.I actually like did okay.Hey.You did okay.I had a feeling that itwas gonna be like this.Yeah me too.(laughing)Well we have several hoursof grinding ahead of us.So shall we slice up a snackand then go into montage mode.Montage mode.(electronic music)(screws grinding)(elevator music)(electronic music)(screws grinding)Steamy!Woo!Woo!Are these too big?(inquisitive music)If they're shorter like this,they do a lot of damage.They'd be easier to pull out.Because they're so longit's gonna get stuck more.What are you proposing?(electronic music)This is the part I'mvery excited about.We're gonna weld on the spikesand complete our weapon.EVAN: Is that supposed tobe like a dramatic scene?Yeah, but my hand was alreadylike kinda far in it so...EVAN: Do it again, do it again.(electronic music)Welder on.Fume extractor, on.How am I going to holdthese tiny spikes?EVAN: Carefully.(welder sparking)That's looking so cool.Yeah.Woo!Oh my gosh.Look at it.Look at what we have created.So wicked looking.(Evan laughs)Are you ready?EVAN: Time to smashthings with our...Flail.Are you ready todestroy some zombies?EVAN: Yes I am.(dark electronic music)Hopefully I don't miss.Count me, count meout, okay, wait.Let's not swing it when theother person's not ready yet.I'm just getting my swing right.Three, two, one.(flail crashes)Oh yes!KATELYN: Oh my gosh, whoa!(laughing)It's super effective.It's super effective,I'm wanna do one more.Oh, Katelyn look at this.Look at that.Ow my god.Oh my god.I know.I'm not sure if thetable's gonna survive this.(laughing)(Katelyn and Evan) ow!Direct hit.Oh my god.Yeah!Ow my god.Oh my god that was brutal.That was brutal.Oh man.EVAN: That was an explosion.KATELYN: The carnage.That was such a good hit.Jeez.Katelyn you got to try this.You got to try this.Choose your enemy.Yeah!(electronic music)I'm a little nervous aboutlike being able to swing itwith enough power, you know.EVAN: Better to err on theside of caution and safety,then power and destruction.You can always geta second chance.Yeah.(tense music)Okay.So let's see, howclose do I need to--I probably need tobe about this close.I wanna hit him with the ball.All right watch this.Let's be careful about this.Pull back.Okay, so we have my stance.(Evan laughs)Give me a count down.Okay.Three,two,one.(discovered tone)(Evan laughs)I saw that coming.Practice, I was scaredto hit the table,I aimed high.Okay.Now I'm nervous.Two,one.(flail crashes)Well...(comical music)You know acorn squash zombiesare immune to side swings.Don't mock me with it.(Evan roars)okay, okay let metry it over hand.Okay, okay.I'll try it.It's a much harder, like,food item to smash.You know the watermelonsare the easiest.I should have taken the banana.(Evan laughs)And you just like letit slam into the table?Yeah.(flail crashes)Alright see it was barely a hit.Look at all the--wait, this is sogood, this is good,like everything like flying.I have to redeem myself,I don't want to like thesquash to go on forever.(Evan laughs)♪ Here, far, mysquash will go on ♪Is that how the song goes?Yeah.(Evan laughs)This looks like a good position?(happy music)I don't know.Come on I had to have hit him.It was close again.Okay you know whathe's final boss,I'm gonna pick an easier one,and we'll come back to him.EVAN: Okay.I need a win.(Evan laughs)(electronic music)Who's next?Frigging bananas.(Evan laughs)EVAN: Frigging banana's man.Frigging banana's.Three,two,one.(flail crashes)Yeah!Yeah!Yeah!(roaring)Got them!See I can swing it.It's just squash man.(Evan laughs)EVAN: So let's lookat the slow-mo.KATELYN: Yeah.EVAN: Ow yeah!You did get him.KATELYN: I got him good.They're all separated.Ow my gosh.Choose your zombie.Melon.He's getting away.One.(Together) Ow!EVAN: Yeah.KATELYN: Right in the brain.(murmuring)EVAN: In the air, yes.Ow my gosh.This is a good weapon.This is very effective.The bolts holdingup really well.It's not deformed,we're not missing any spikes.Wanna do like the soda.Yeah.You only really get onechance with the soda.If you graze it, youdon't get a good hit.EVAN: That's that.You don't get the explosion,you don't get to try that again.I may or may notregret this later.Are you making him angry?Three, two,one.(flail crashes)At least you didn't graze it.(jolly music)I hit it.You hit it?Look at the slow-mo.Okay I didn't hit it.(Evan sniggering)Okay I hit it, but like Ididn't hit with the spike part.Okay, one more time.Yeah, yeah.Going down.(tense music)two,one,(explosion)Whoa!Whoa!It sounded like a gun shot.I'm infected.Oh my god, oh my god.Look at the slow-mo.I really feel like anepisode of slow-mo guys here.(Together) Yeah!EVAN: Ahhhhh!KATELYN: So good.EVAN: Oh it's so gory.KATELYN: Oh everything'scovered in big red now.EVAN: Oh my gosh those drops.Ow it looks so gory.KATELYN: It's likeraining blood soda.It just keeps going.It just keeps going.EVAN: There's so much.♪ It's raining red, hallelujah ♪I like how you canstill see his face.I'm defeated.I'm gonna getlettuce real quick.Before it's time for final boss.Okay mister cabbage,we're on to you andyour cabbagey games.It's like plants versezombies but opposite,where the plantsare the zombies.KATELYN: Yeah.And we're the farmers.Okay you ready?Ready.Two, one.(flail crashes)Woo!Woo he chopped.That's some coleslaw.Gonna make some salad.KATELYN: I like howwe had the same joke.Okay slow-mo.EVAN: Right in the head.KATELYN: In the face.Look at him go.Look at him flying,EVAN: It's beautiful.KATELYN: his wings are spread.His guts are leaving his body.Ow majestic.Katelyn your arch-nemesishas reappeared.To taunt you.KATELYN: I'm ready for you.Yes, lay down.(Evan laughs)Are you ready?EVAN: How can one be readyfor such a momentous battle?Three,two,one.(flail crashes)Did I do anything?EVAN: No.It did gouge him.Maybe he is likethe toughest one.He's the toughest, Itold you about squash.Okay I will not overshoot.I will hit the squash.Do it again, just do itagain, just do it again.Too far.KATELYN: Dang it okay,he's going in the back.EVAN: It's always too far.Too far again.He's also just really tough.EVAN: You missed.(Evan laughs)I mean, he's really tough.(flails crashes)I hit him.EVAN: You hit him dead on.He is tough.Look he bounced, he bounced.(dial up tone)Do you wanna try?EVAN: He just shrugged it off.Okay.KATELYN: Wanna try it?I'll try it.I'll give it like myfull strength attack.Avenge me.All right.You have softened him upfor me though, look at that.Lots of gouges.KATELYN: Yeah.Lots of damage done.KATELYN: Yeah.I mean he's probablyat 50% heath right now.KATELYN: Definitely.Make sure to putyour face mask down.Okay count me down.Three, two, one.(flail crashes)(Together) Ohhh!How do you like us now?How do you like us now?(joyous music)Katelyn look at this--I went a little bit too extra.KATELYN: Oh my god, oh my god.I think it's time for theend of life for this table.KATELYN: Yeah.It needs to go outin a blaze of guts...and gore!KATELYN: Yeah do it.Yeah.and destruction.Yeah dessstrucction.Chaos.Debauchery.Debauchery.Debauchery.Debauchery.Debauchery.Three, two, one.Yeah!Yeah.(triumphant music)KATELYN: We havedefeated the horde.(Evan roars, laughs)He, he, he, He,he, he, I got you.(high five)Well, I feel like we'veproven that you can makea pretty darn goodzombie apocalypse weaponfrom stuff at thehardware store.Heck yeah.Katelyn did you herethat, more zombies,let's get 'em, let's get 'em.Run, run.P.s. we filmed an entirebehind the scenes videoof Evan doing my zombiemakeup for this video.It's on the second channel, bye.(Evan laughs)Turn right, turnright, turn right.We're good.Act natural.normal.Hear that sound...It's the sound of yourbrethren's juice dripping.Are you ready?\n"