Speaking with me at Midwinter's office located in Kirkland, Washington, Holmes bills Scavengers as a third-person “survival shooter co-opetition,” set in a near-future apocalypse in which a massive asteroid collides with the moon, shattering it and causing a new ice age. Years after the collision, you take control one of eight teenagers (across four classes, each with a male and female character to match), left to forage for weapons and resources.
This is where the “co-opetition” aspect comes in: As a match-based, multiplayer experience, Scavengers is about how you interact with fellow players, but Holmes says those interactions won’t always be hostile. When a team of players (Midwinter is currently toying with both two and four-person team setups) begins a match, they get dropped onto the same map as several other teams, but not every team receives the same objective.