Agreed. Thank you for the helpful comment!
I had debated spending more time on the zombie movement but given it's a jam game it felt nice to allow the players to use their kiting tactics if they preferred instead of forcing a certain playstyle - it's certainly requires a bit more patience! Given more time however we absolutely would have added more to their movement (and have different types of zombies for more variation again) to absolve that issue and encourage use of the main rope fun