PZ Blueprint

PZ BLUEPRINT

File

Open…A plan file (.pzplan.json) from PZ Blueprint

Tools

Game objects

Start a base

Lay a Floor (F), draw Walls (W) in wood, log, stone, brick or metal, then drop game objects from the list on the left. Name areas with Zones (Z) and Labels (T), add levels with +, plan upgrades as stages, check the walk with Route (P), and press ▶ Play to walk through it as a survivor. Tab switches between the in-game view and the top-down blueprint.

Open a plan file

Exploring WASD or arrows walk · Shift runs · Alt sprints · click to walk there · scroll zooms

Plan

Open file

Plot×tiles

Shape

Kept in this browser as you work. Save a plan file to back it up or share it: anyone with this studio can open it, and it draws with their own game's sprites.

Stage

Selection

Materials to build

From the game's build recipes, with 10% spare. Check them in your game's build menu.

Keyboard and mouse

V O F W: Select, Place, Floor, Wall
D N G L: Door, Window, Gate, Railing
U Z T P E: Upgrade (repaint materials), Zone, Label, Route, Erase
Tab: Switch between the angled game view and the top-down blueprint
\: Hide or show both side panels
Enter / ▶ Play: Walk the base as a survivor, at the game's speeds: WASD or arrows walk, Shift runs, Alt sprints, click to walk there, Esc stops
[ ] / PgDn PgUp: Level down / up
R: Turn the object being placed, or the selection
Del: Delete the selection
Arrow keys: Nudge selected objects
Ctrl+C / V / D: Copy, paste, duplicate
Ctrl+Z / Shift+Z: Undo, redo
Ctrl+S: Save the plan file
Alt-click / I: Pick the object type under the pointer
Space-drag / right-drag: Pan (right-click without dragging opens the menu)
Wheel / pinch, + −: Zoom
Esc: Cancel and clear the selection

Game textures

PZ Blueprint draws with Project Zomboid's own sprites, cars and survivor, read from your copy of the game. They are The Indie Stone's artwork, so the planner never ships or uploads them: it reads your game folder right here in the browser, once, and keeps the result in this browser.

In Steam, right-click Project Zomboid › Manage › Browse local files to see where the game is.
Click the button below and choose that ProjectZomboid folder (or its media folder). The planner finds what it needs inside.
Wait about half a minute while it builds the textures. Nothing leaves your computer, even if the browser's prompt says "upload".

Other ways

On a Mac, if the folder picker won't open the game, use Cmd+Shift+G and go to ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/ProjectZomboid.

Or build the textures with Python instead: download extract_game_textures.py, render_vehicles.py and render_character.py into one folder (Python 3 with Pillow and NumPy), run python3 extract_game_textures.py, then choose the atlas.png and atlas.json it writes:

Choose atlas.png + atlas.json

Build with AI

AI gives you a first draft, not a finished base: it gets the layout going fast, but expect to move furniture and fix details yourself in the editor. The planner checks the game's rules for you (plot, doors, stairs, reach), not taste.

Any AI assistant can design a base for you. It writes a short build script (rooms, walls, rows of crates) instead of the full plan file, and the planner turns it into the real thing with the game's objects and build costs.

Tell it what you want The more you say, the better it gets. Describe your plot in plain words: its size, and if it's more than one rectangle, where the parts touch (which sides, how many tiles, at which end). Also how many players, how many levels, what matters most and your server's rules. Stages Include my current plan, so it can change it
Paste it into your assistantChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other. It answers with a build script: copy that.
Paste the script here

PZ Blueprint

A free planner for Project Zomboid bases.

Found a bug or have an idea?

Tell me on Discord: bugs, ideas, and your bases to show off.

Join the Discord

Enjoying it?

PZ Blueprint is free with no ads or accounts. If it saved you a few in-game days, you can help keep it going.

♥ Buy me a coffee

Project Zomboid and its artwork belong to The Indie Stone. PZ Blueprint is an unofficial fan tool, not made or endorsed by them.