"I think it's cool to see survival crafting having a moment," says Aaryn Flynn. For the former BioWare chief, who left his mark on everything from Baldur's Gate 2 and Neverwinter Nights to Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and even Anthem, that "moment" is certainly good news – as Flynn and I speak, his upcoming survival game, Nightingale, has been through stress tests, press demos, and is now only days away from launch after more than five years of work.
That launch is coming into the midst of a seriously busy period for the genre. 2024 has already seen the release of two hit early access survival games in Palworld and Enshrouded, and this week alone will see the release of three more, as Pacific Drive and Nightingale launch. Meanwhile, Sons of the Forest, a sequel to one of the most successful examples of the genre ever made, is hitting its 1.0 release. But Flynn is far from phased by that busy release calendar – in fact, he seems actively energized by it.
