ST Good to have positive feedback from the devs. I once got an Email from Endnight Games though – they think the Map is pretty cool. JT No, the project is run completely independently. ST Is there a collaboration with Endnight Games? Starting a fire – it all began as a steam guide. A lot of players rely on my map, and it even pops up in postings about The Forest today. In the beginning I made a guide on steam and linked the map in it. Soon afterwards the first version of my Website went live. When I saw a map for The Forest on Reddit, I had the idea to create an interactive one with customiseable markers. I started playing the game in an early alpha stage. JT I’ve been a programmer for many years. ST Tell our readers, how your project has begun. Interactive The Forest-Map: Interview with Jonas Terhaar We have talked to the 23 year old from Wismar, Germany. Jonas Terhaar is looking forward to working alongside players to create a brilliant interactive map. Or conversely, add the information one deems valuable to share. Players are now able to easily attain the exact information that is needed, when it’s needed. Then everything changed, when a Reddit-posting inspired him to use his talents as a web developer to create an interactive map for the horror-survival title by Endnight Games. When Jonas Terhaar started playing The Forest around V 0.10, he, along with many other players, struggled with map orientation.
