Developer Chat: Eugen (WARNO)

For episode three of our developer chat series, we meet with members of Eugen Systems, makers of Wargame, Steel Divison, and WARNO, to discuss sim game development and Cold War history. Buy WARNO on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1611600/ 0:00 Introduction 1:18 What is WARNO? 3:12 Research challenges: misinfo, obscurity, and internet rot 7:43 Pros and cons of late Cold War setting 13:28 Doubling down on historical accuracy 18:00 How Early Access affects the development process 26:32 Managing resources as a small team 34:08 Dev teams individually tackling similar problems 39:59 Achieving verisimilitude and feeling within the limits of a simulation 53:23 Conveying the weight of historical context 1:09:27 Everyone loses in a peer war 1:18:17 French MREs 1:19:39 Closing thoughts