IRL Shooter has launched the ticket sales of its newest game, Lazarus, via crowdfunding site Pozible

Sales for the live, video-game-inspired experience began on April 3, and IRL Shooter has already sold over $100,000 worth of tickets - one third of its target. IRL Shooter is a production company that brings the team-based, first-person-shooter experience to real life. Gameplay elements of the FPS genre are combined with a theatrical influence, having players equipped with realistic infra-red guns explore physical locations and interact with NPCs and monsters played by actors.Lazarus is themed around a mutant zombie apocalypse. The IRL Shooter team says it has taken on board advice and suggestions from players of its first game, Patient 0, and as a result is introducing some new features. For instance, players will now need to escort a Communications Officer played by an actor, who will work with the team. An optional "pain belt" has also been added to the game, so players can now feel a physical sensation when their "health" is damaged inside the game arena.“The pain-belt creates real fear in the player and a visceral incentive to avoid the infected horde, further heightening the intensity of the immersive game experience,” IRL Shooter says.IRL Shooter's first experience, Patient 0, was Australia's most successful crowdfunding project, earning more than $243,000. It took place in Melbourne from late 2012 to early 2013, drawing over 6000 players. Tickets to IRL Shooter: Lazarus begin at $100 (or $90, if you have previously played Patient 0). Or, for $20, you can join the zombie horde. The dates of the game is to be decided, pending the outcome of the crowdfunding campaign.

Katie Williams is a freelance writer and games journalist. She tweets at @desensitisation and hopes that one day, a bird will tweet back.