Interview with Mark Davidson, GM for Nether
We managed to ask General Manager at Phosphor Games Studio, Mark Davidson, some questions about the upcoming survival shooter, Nether.
Based in Chicago, Phosphor Games Studio is a top-tier development studio comprised of experienced video game designers with a track record of producing financially successful and critically acclaimed titles across a variety of genres – including the Game of the Year nominees 'The Dark Meadow' and 'Horn', and the highly anticipated PC online survival shooter Nether.
Nether is a fast paced, first person survival game. Players need to scavenge and craft their way through each day, while avoiding the constant peril of demons that inhabit the urban environment.
Nether are demons born from the depths of our subconscious
The game has been in development for around a year - we wanted to get it in the public's hands as soon as it was playable!
We have a very talented team, with a very dark soul.
Yes. Our next update (live now) will have an off-road multi-passenger buggy.
We want to experiment with many different server types including more players, fewer players and different server options for game rules.
The dev team is about 25 people counting our QA dept, who playtest the game daily.
Does espresso count? Lots and lots of coffee drinks
Our newest update has a new creature. We plan to constantly add to, and improve the demons.
The new update has a winged Nether that flies above the city.
None are planned. We only did the first (and only) wipe to rebalance the game, due to exploits that had emerged due to bugs in our early access that have now been fixed.
Our target is sometime in Spring.
Our map will become twice as large very soon. We will be constantly growing the game.
Tribes, part of our newest update, is our main focus right now and many new features will be coming on line to support this concept.
Yes, you will see a change in the newest update. We have added some persistence and rewards. We also look to our community for feedback and improvements and try to accommodate this in our development cycle.
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