Starting out, the gas station may seem completely abandoned. This is bound to change very soon though, so use the time you have to prepare for what's to come.

Mechanic Mike is working to fix the bus, but he will need some time. You have to buy him that time, by keeping the undead from getting to him until he's done. Next to Mike's picture in the player panel on your left, you will see a countdown indicating the time remaining until the bus is ready to depart.

When Mike has completed his repairs, he will board the bus and start the engine. As that happens, a green light will appear on the ground next to the passenger door and you will have one minute to get all of your survivors there. As the countdown reaches zero, or when everybody is onboard, Mike will get the hell out of Dodge - regardless of any group members still left outside.

You will need to watch the ammo count and health of eventry group member. If ammo levels drops to low, they can replenish from the munitions supply box just outside the bus. To do so, you can either move the character to the box or press the Get Ammo-button on the player's panel.

When a character's ammo has been replenished, the character will automatically return to the position he or she occupied when ordered to move to the supply box.

There are several healthpacks distributed throughout the map. Moving a character to a healthpack will retore the character's health to a maximum and conume the healthpack. The exact locations of these healthpacks are your's to discover.

Your characters all have different weapons and stats, making them useful for different tasks as described in the center panel of this guide. Samu Jin stands out a bit from the rest of the group. He is not carrying a firearm and as such he has no need for ammo. Instead he uses a sword to fend of the hordes at point blank range. He also carries three home made remotely detonated explosive charges, which you can place by pressing the bomb symbol buttons on Samu Jin's panel. After a bomb has been placed, it can be detonated by pressing the same button again. These explosives cannot be replenished, however, so don't spend them on small groups of enemies. If you know anything about bombs, they don't discriminate, so keep your distance when detonating!

Selecting a character is done by either clicking (LMB) on the actual character or on the caracter's picture in the character panel. The selected player will be highlighted in the panel.

Moving a player is done by right clicking (RMB) on the position you want him or her to move. Double right-clicking (2RMB) will make them run, which is often a good idea.

You move the camera by standard WSAD controls. Q and E will rotate the camera left or right respectively. The camera is unable to move outside of the immediate area of the gas station.

You can zoom in or out with the mouse scroll wheel, within certain limits. Holding the scroll wheel (MMB) will activate freelook on the camera.

Pressing H will show/hide the player panel and allow for a better screenshot view.