Even a character's selected age has an impact: younger participants are more agile, with better dexterity, while older characters have intelligence bonuses.Īnd a lot of the other stuff has been talked about prior to release too - all sounding very exciting, even if it's kind of hard to picture it as a unified whole. An undernourished player might find that their hands start to shake (not ideal when holding a gun), while a toothless player will struggle to eat solid foods. Previously, for instance, the developer has said that an overweight character might have reduced stamina, but their increased body fat means they won't have to eat so often - at least until it starts to ebb away, replaced by muscle. That translates to an experience that simulates and tracks a huge amount of detail concerning each player, including digestion speed, calorie and vitamin intake, body mass, temperature, number of teeth, and more - all affecting each connected element.

However, SCUM is described as having 'unprecedented levels of character customization, control and progression, where knowledge and skills are the ultimate weapons for long-term survival'.

Publisher Devolver Digital has announced that SCUM, its insanely detailed multiplayer survival game, will be available in Steam early access from August 29th.ĭeveloped by Gamempires and Croteam, SCUM is a ridiculously ambitious, although still somewhat evasive, mix of open-world survival simulation and more traditional game-like multiplayer murder-shenanigans.īroadly though, the idea is that 64 players are dropped onto the prison island of Bagne de Cayenne, with an immediate goal of survival (by staying sufficiently nourished and suitably alive), and a secondary objective of eventual escape.

Scum early access