In the end, it was 16, this is still a very small number. And it took us around three years to finish some basic model, a game is ready to be released early access, and we started with six people. To everybody else, it was a crazy idea that only six people can make some kind of survival game, you need to start with something. Because when we started SCUM, it was only six guys, we wanted to make something new. How has that experience been for the company?Īndrej Levenski: Yeah, it was fantastic. When SCUM first launched on Steam it was a massive success.

I'd like to hear a little bit about your experience at Gamepires and SCUM. For more on SCUM, Gamepires and everything else you could possibly want to know, keep reading Wccftech. You can check out the patch notes right here.Read our full interview with Andrej Levenski below, and if you're interested in a games industry job, perhaps reach out to Gamepires, they seem keen to hire programmers and make the game as good as it possibly can be. SCUM is currently in Early Access on Steam, and has already had its first update. Unlike battle royale games, the map doesn't shrink, so you could be wandering around looking for your next victim for a good chunk of time. SCUM is a survival game first and foremost, and it heads into simulation territory with players having to take into account factors like metabolism, body temperature, and so on, while battling 63 other players in a Running Man-esque scenario that pits criminals against one another for the amusement of an audience. It's highest peak was yesterday, with over 56,000 concurrents, while over on Twitch, the game had a peak of over 158,000 viewers on launch day. Developer Gamepires tweeted that sales of the title surpassed 250,000 within the first 24 hours, while Devolver tweeted that the game was its 'biggest launch ever.' What's more, SCUM's concurrent player count peaked at 50,000 on launch day. SCUM has launched on PC, selling over 250,000 copies in its first 24 hours, and clocking up over 50,000 players at its peak.ĭevolver Digital's survival title with granular a twist launched earlier this week, and is the biggest launch for the publisher to date.

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