Concepts

Throughout the *Alternate UniverZ* development, zombie concepts have been shown off. That can be through tournaments, art contests, or just from people on the dev team showing off. This article will show off those cut or changed content.

## Summer Championships

Summer Championships is the first tournament to feature brand new zombies picked by the community. It was made to choose one new special that would be featured in the Summer Splashdown.

16 zombies appeared in the event ranging from Ancient Egypt to Lost City. During the first round 8 zombies were eliminated. Most of these summer variants were not expanded upon and do not have names, what they were planned to do, or art made for them.

#### **Round 1 Losers**

* Summer Seagull Zombie
* Summer Prospector Zombie
* Summer Zombie Bull
* Summer Turquoise Skull Zombie
* Summer Imp Cannon
* Summer Pharaoh Zombie
* Summer Pirate Captain
* Summer Robo-Cone Zombie

#### **Round 2 Loser Zombies:**

##### **Summer Disco-Tron 3000**

Summer Disco-Tron 3000 is the first eliminated zombie in Round 2. It lost by a landslide by the Summer Ra Zombie.

According to the Summer Championship Quarter-Finals, it would have been a much weaker and much more vulnerable variant of the Disco-tron 3000[1], being able to be spawned earlier into the level and summoning unchanged variants of Disco Jetpack Zombies.

Summer Disco-Tron Concept Design
##### **Summer Excavator Zombie**

Summer Excavator Zombie is the second eliminated zombie of Round 2. It lost to the Summer Barrel Roller Zombie.

Summer Excavator Zombie is said to be pretty similar to the Ladder Zombie from Plants vs. Zombies in the Summer Championship Quarter-Finals. He would have only shovelled up defensive plants and hit other plants with his shovel. He would have also thrown defensive plants farther then usual. You would also be able to take his shovel with Magnet-shroom.

Summer Excavator Zombie would later be reused for Lawn of Doom as Possessed Excavator.

Summer Excavator Concept Design
##### **Summer Shield Zombie**

Summer Shield Zombie is the third zombie to be eliminated in Round 2. It lost by over 110 votes to the Summer Chicken Wrangler Zombie.

Summer Shield Zombie's shield would be considerably weaker compared to its normal variant according to the PvZ2: AltverZ Mod - Summer Championship Quarter-Finals. However, it would appear and reactivate faster.

Summer Shield Zombie Concept Design
##### **Summer Explorer Zombie**

Summer Explorer Zombie is the fourth eliminated zombie that lost by a huge margin by the Summer Reanimator Zombie.

According to the Summer Championship Quarter-Finals, Summer Explorer Zombie would be a somewhat faster and tougher version of the Explorer Zombie. He would also not be able to be frozen. The video does not showcase if he can be chilled, however.

#### **Round 3 Loser Zombies**

##### **Summer Chicken Wrangler**

Summer Chicken Wrangler is the first zombie to be eliminated in Round 3. It lost by a considerable amount by the Summer Ra Zombie.

According to the Summer Championship Quarter-Finals, it would have spawned 4 Hot Dog Imps, but with no other notable changes.

Summer Chicken Wrangler Concept Design
##### **Summer Barrel Roller Zombie**

Summer Barrel Roller Zombie is the the second zombie to be eliminated in Round 3. It lost heavily to Summer Reanimator Zombie.

According to PvZ2: AltverZ Mod - Summer Championship Quarter-Finals, Summer Barrel Roller Zombie would be tougher then a Basic Zombie. When his barrel was destroyed, it would have released Super-Fan Imps. This would have added Super-Fan Imp earlier to the Alternate UniverZ.

Summer Barrel Roller Concept Design
#### **Final Round**

##### **Summer Reanimator Zombie / Plagued Pizza Imp**

Summer Reanimator Zombie Lost to Summer Ra Zombie in the final round of the Summer Championship. He was labeled as Pizza Employee Zombie during the final drawing by Bucky.

According to Summer Championship Quarter-Finals, he would have been a slower and tougher version of Reanimator Zombie. Upon death, after just a few seconds, his tomb would explode into Plagued Pizza Imps. However, in the video, it was shown as Plagued Peasants.

The concept is somewhat similar to the Replicator Reanimator. However, the similarities end at the instant explosion after an amount of time.

Summer Reanimator Concept DesignSummer Reanimator in the finalePlagued Pizza Imp
##### **Summer Ra**

Summer Ra is the winner of the Summer Championships. She is labeled as the Stupefy Zombie. However, she is officially known as the Sunshine Charmer.

She behaves identical as her in-game version.

Summer Ra concept DesignSummer Ra Finale Image
## Birthdayz Art Contest WIP

The Birthdayz Art Contest decided the new Zombie for the Birthday Bashers holiday event. Members of the discord server created and designed many different Zombies. This Article will only talk about the Zombies from Round 2+.

(WIP)

## Bucky's Hoaxes and Fake Zombie Event (WIP)

Bucky, one of the artists of the *Alternate UniverZ*, is known to actively lie about zombies throughout the *Alternate UniverZ* Development. Before the release of Dark Ages, Bucky made a semi-official event that revealed Plagued Peasant as one of the new Dark Ages Zombies.

### **Dead Crow Hoarder**

Dead Crow Hoarder is a fake zombie made up by Bucky. He is brought up multiple times by him of being a real zombie. He would have worked identically as Reanimator Zombie and had many doodles and sketches of him shown off. He was made and shown before Dark Ages was officially showcased.

### **Veteran Reanimator Zombie**

A concept for a Veteran Reanimator Zombie made by Bucky for no reason.

Concept for a Veteran Reanimator
## Concept arts

### **Spring Mech**

Spring Mech is the early name of Egg-o-Matic 2K21 used to be shown in concept arts. There is no gameplay difference between the two.

Spring Mech Concept DesignEgg o matic 202X with a Blue Brim
### **Valentines Conehead Armor**

Valentines Conehead armor was changed before the release.

Screenshot of the old cone designSketch of the Valentines ConeSketch of the Valentines Armor rework that was never made
### **Valentines Buckethead Armor**

Valentines Buckethead armor was changed before the release.

Release Trailer showing a clean Valentines Bucket
### **Reanimator Zombie**

Reanimator Zombie is the first new zombie to be featured in the *Alternate UniverZ*. Due to that, he has featured a ton of concept art for him, either through redesigns or his original design.

##### **PeakedComedy's Original Design**

The original design for reanimator. The design was rejected due to it not looking like a Dark Ages Zombie.

Original design for Reanimator by Peaked Comedy
##### **Bucky's 2021 design**

Here is a gallery of designs featured in the original release of Dark Ages.

Reanimator beak with a crude smile faceReanimator original color palletReanimator gravestone without its brim on the bottomReanimator meme where he has a different outfit designA screenshot of Reanimator in progressImage with a bottom brimless Conehead spawning GravestoneReanimator Zombie with Dark Stones. He is referred to as Crow Hoarder in his file nameReanimator without the sunflowerReanimator in the Altvorz car about to hit a endangered PuffshroomReanimator Degrade that never got used
### **Neon Mixtape Tour Note**

Due to the original Neon Mixtape Tour not having a note design, Neon Mixtape Tour's note undergone redesigns by the *Alternate UniverZ* artists. As such, it used to feature a different design.

A Note design for Neon Mixtape Tour and Modern Day by Bucky in 2021Here’s the concept of pvz battle for neighbour oc