in The Forest, the player must survive on a forested island after a plane crash during which mutants are seen taking the player's son away. The player survives by creating shelter, weapons, and other survival tools. Inhabiting the island, along with various woodland creatures, are a tribe of nocturnal, cannibalistic mutants who dwell in deep caves beneath the island. While they are not necessarily always hostile to the player, their usual behavior is aggressive, especially during the night.[3] However, the developers want players to question whether the island's cannibalistic tribe is the enemy of the player, or vice versa.[3] For example, when first encountering the player, the cannibals may hesitate to attack and instead observe the player from a distance, attempt to communicate with the player through effigies, and send patrols around the player's base camp. In combat, they regularly attempt to protect one another from injury, remove torches, surround the player, hide behind cover, drag wounded tribesmen to safety, keep their distance, use tactical decisions, not overextend into unknown territory, and occasionally surrender out of fear. They are also afraid of fire, and will refrain from approaching the player if there is a campfire or torch nearby. Though there are no set missions, there will be an optional conclusion to the game.[4]
The game features a day/night cycle, with the player able to build a shelter and traps, hunt animals and collect supplies during the day, and defend themselves against the mutants by night.[5]
The Forest was inspired by cult films such as The Descent and Cannibal Holocaust and video games like Minecraft and Don't Starve,[5][6] and was accepted as part of Steam Greenlight in 2013.[7] Developers Endnight Games have said that Disney was an inspiration for the game, commenting that they do not want the whole game to be entirely "dark and depressing."[5] The game is being developed to be compatible with the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.[8] The development team is considering a multiplayer mode, and have said that a co-op mode could add to the sense of randomness in the game, though they wish to stay away from the massive multiplayer feel of DayZ or Rust.[4][5]
The development team has a background in film visual effects, having worked on films such as The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Tron: Legacy. The game has currently been developed using Unity 4[9] although on March 17, 2015 it was announced that the game would be moved to Unity 5 on the next release.[citation needed]
On November 10, 2014, a patch was released on Steam for The Forest that allowed multiplayer; however, the developers stated that this is their first pass at implementing multi-player into the game, so bugs and glitches are to be expected. As of the latest Alpha version, there is full integration of Steam to play online and online playing is continuously worked on by the developers. Multiplayer supports 2-8 players with an optional 128 player version, however, the number of players beyond 8 is considered unstable and may crash the game. On December 6, 2014, it has been announced that The Forest is coming to the PlayStation 4. There are unknown features of multi-player for the PlayStation 4, and has yet to be announced, but will most likely use PlayStation Network's services.[citation needed]
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