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{{Infobox video game
| title = Corpse Craft: Incident at Weardd Academy
| collapsible = 
| state = 
| image = Corpse Craft loading screen.jpg
| caption = 
| developer = Grey Havens
| publisher = 
| series = 
| engine = 
| released = '''Adobe Flash'''<br />2008<br />'''iOS'''<br />December 1, 2010
| genre = [[Real-time strategy]], [[Puzzle video game|Puzzle]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Adobe Flash]], [[iOS (Apple)|iOS]]
}}

'''''Corpse Craft: Incident at Weardd Academy''''' is a [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] and [[Browser game|web browser game]] developed by Grey Havens and released on their game portal [[Whirled]] in 2008. A version for the [[iPad]] was released on December 1, 2010.<ref name="ta">{{cite web | url = https://toucharcade.com/2010/12/03/corpse-craft-review/ | title = 'Corpse Craft' for iPad Review – Delivering On A Promising Name | author = Nicholson, Brad | date = 2010-12-03 | website = [[TouchArcade]] | publisher = TouchArcade.com, LLC | accessdate = 2023-08-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101206030234/https://toucharcade.com/2010/12/03/corpse-craft-review/ | archivedate = 2010-12-06 | url-status = live}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
The game is a combination of basic [[real-time strategy]] and [[Puzzle video game|puzzle game]] elements which takes place on single-screen levels. Players must gather resources from an area located along the bottom of the playing screen, which is filled with squares in four different colors. These resources are used to create different types of zombies to attack the enemy's base of operations, a [[shed]]. Once the opponents' sheds has been demolished, the story is advanced and play proceeds to the next level. Unlike typical real-time strategy games there is no infrastructure to be built and units cannot be upgraded or directly controlled.<ref name="gamezebo">{{cite web | url = https://www.gamezebo.com/reviews/corpse-craft-review/ | title = Corpse Craft Review (Flash) | author = Squires, Jim | date = 2010-03-04 | website = [[Gamezebo]] | accessdate = 2023-08-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100310140422/http://www.gamezebo.com/online-games/corpse-craft/review | archivedate = 2010-03-10 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/casual-connect-how-i-corpse-craft-i-turned-real-time-strategy-casual | title = Casual Connect: How Corpse Craft Turned Real-Time Strategy Casual | author = Bell, Erin | date = 2009-07-23 | website = [[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]] | publisher = [[Informa]] | accessdate = 2023-08-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200812040509/https://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24562 | archivedate = 2020-08-12 | url-status = live}}</ref> The first eight levels of the game can be played for free using the Flash version of the game, further advancement in the game requires one [[United States dollar]] to be paid (as of 2012 update, every part of the game is now free).<ref name="gamezebo"/><ref name="escapist">{{cite web | url = https://www.escapistmagazine.com/altescape-corpse-craft/ | title = Alt+Escape - Corpse Craft | author = Funk, John | date = 2009-07-31 | website = [[The Escapist (magazine)|The Escapist]] | publisher = [[Gamurs]] | accessdate = 2023-08-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090907064037/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/alt-escape/6327-Alt-Escape-Corpse-Craft | archivedate = 2009-09-07 | url-status = live}}</ref>

The four different colors of square within the resource gathering area represent flesh, blood, energy and scrap. These must be collected in order to create zombies, the volume of each needed varies according to the type of zombie the player wishes to reanimate. Resources can be collected by clicking on any square which is horizontally or vertically connected to at least two more squares of the same type, without breaks in the chain. The player cannot move resource squares around the grid, only select which square to remove, along with any others if it forms part of a chain.<ref name="gamezebo"/><ref name="escapist"/> The larger the number of resource squares in a chain, the more of that type of resource will be allocated to the player's reserves.<ref name="gamezebo"/>

During play both sides of the conflict are beholden to the day and night cycle present in the game. All zombies in play are destroyed at daybreak, further combatants cannot be created until nightfall. The daytime is an opportunity to collect resources without fear of attack.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://jayisgames.com/review/corpse-craft.php | title = Corpse Craft | author = StaceyG | date = 2008-07-31 | website = [[Jay is Games]] | accessdate = 2023-08-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080805131313/http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/07/corpse_craft.php | archivedate = 2008-08-05 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.wired.com/2008/07/browser-game-pe/ | title = Browser Game: Pee Wee Necromancers Are Revolting | author = Ralph, Nate | date = 2008-07-31 | magazine = [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] | publisher = [[Condé Nast]] | accessdate = 2023-08-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305145216/https://www.wired.com/2008/07/browser-game-pe/ | archivedate = 2016-03-05 | url-status = live}}</ref>

==Plot==
The game is set within a gothic version of [[London]] city, the style of which has been likened to the work of artist [[Edward Gorey]] and film director [[Tim Burton]].<ref name="gamezebo"/><ref name="escapist"/> The game's plot is advanced through [[Limerick (poetry)|limerick]]s displayed before each level of play. The game is primarily located at the Eygor Weardd's School for Responsible Reanimation, an academy where students learn to reanimate corpses under the tutelage of Weardd. When the school burns down, killing the headmaster, a bright student named Ralph suspects his rival Jack of involvement. This results in the school courtyard becoming a battleground, with both students sending their undead creations into the fray.<ref name="escapist"/>

==Critical reception==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 86/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web | url = https://www.metacritic.com/game/corpse-craft/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad | title = Corpse Craft for iPhone/iPad Reviews | website = [[Metacritic]] | publisher = [[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] | accessdate = 2023-08-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190521010618/https://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/corpse-craft | archivedate = 2019-05-21 | url-status = live}}</ref>
| AVC = B<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.avclub.com/january-10-2011-1798224888 | title = January 10, 2011 | author1 = Mastrapa, Gus | author2 = Heisler, Steve | author3 = Agnello, Anthony John | author4 = Kaiser, Rowan | author5 = Robinson, Tasha | author6 = Teti, John | date = 2011-01-10 | website = [[The A.V. Club]] | publisher = [[G/O Media]] | accessdate = 2023-08-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121101235910/http://www.avclub.com/articles/january-10-2011,49740/ | archivedate = 2012-11-01 | url-status = live}}</ref>
| EuroG = 8/10<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.eurogamer.net/mobile-games-roundup-review-23?page=2 | title = Mobile Games Roundup (Page 2) | author = Reed, Kristan | date = 2010-12-13 | website = [[Eurogamer]] | publisher = [[Gamer Network]] | accessdate = 2023-08-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140703190500/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-13-mobile-games-roundup-review?page=2 | archivedate = 2014-07-03 | url-status = live}}</ref>
| Gamezebo = (Flash) 80/100<ref name="gamezebo"/>
| TA = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="ta"/>
}}

The iOS version received "favorable" reviews according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name="mc"/>

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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101206002757/http://www.corpsecraft.com/ Official Website]

[[Category:2008 video games]]
[[Category:Flash games]]
[[Category:IOS games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:Real-time strategy video games]]
[[Category:Video games about zombies]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]

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