A developer studio with former employees of Riot Games has announced a new survival MMO where you can play cooperatively with up to 16 friends.
Treehouse Games is a relatively young development studio that, according to its own statements, consists of veterans from various indie and AAA studios. Michael Chu, co-founder and CEO of Treehouse Games, explains that half of the team consists of former employees from companies like Microsoft and Riot Games.
Michael Chu himself was also Product Lead at Riot Games for seven years and worked, among other things, on League of Legends.
What kind of game is this? Currently, the game is still in development and carries the working title “Codename: Islands.” However, not much is known yet about the title – it is currently unknown on which platforms the title will be released or the release date.
In Codename: Islands, you will cooperatively embark on a magical, vibrant island with up to 16 players and attempt to awaken an island spirit on your journey, as well as explore the magical underwater world surrounding the island.
In an interview with the online magazine PC Gamer, Treehouse Games added that players can build a “constantly evolving home,” craft equipment, and fight monsters – all gameplay elements typical for survival games.
Furthermore, Treehouse Games’ Andrea Sepenzis explained that they want to create a game where everyone plays an important role in their group – whether you enjoy building bases, exploring the world, or fighting bosses.
Overall, Codename: Islands is inspired by other cooperative survival games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Valheim. Studio co-founder Michael Chu emphasized to PC Gamer that the studio prefers games where players can have a “good time with others.”
According to Chu, too many multiplayer games are designed for competitions and shooting at each other, even though people just want to have fun with friends.
The nearly direct opposite of Codename: Islands and the ideas of Treehouse Games is survival classic DayZ, where PvP is the order of the day:
Survival hit DayZ was considered broken on Steam, but has suddenly become very popular
