Arc Raiders' Beloved Rooster Is Based On A Real, Half-Blind Animal

"The real Scrappy is a rooster named Hakan who once crashed Johan's Zoom meeting while he was staying at his parents' house. Johan describes the rooster as, "Friendly, cuddly, and blind in one eye. He had a habit of stepping in his food and tripping over himself. I adored him." Scrappy the Rooster rocking a hat in Arc Raiders. Johan went on to explain that he photoscanned Haskan into the game "as a silly little Easter egg." He didn't plan for Haskan to become a resource provider in the game, but it was suggested by one of his teammates."

""That spark of inspiration turned into a phenomenon," recalled Johan. "Scrappy went from hidden Easter egg, to 'temporary mesh we'll definitely replace later,' to a beloved and irreplaceable part of the Arc Raiders universe. So next time you see Scrappy, tell him I say hello!" Earlier this month, Arc Raiders hit 480,000 active players on Steam, which was nearly four times as many players as Black Ops 7 had during its launch weekend."

Johan, a 3D artist who worked on Arc Raiders, photoscanned his parents' rooster Hakan into the game after the bird crashed a Zoom meeting. Hakan is described as friendly, cuddly, and blind in one eye, with a habit of stepping in his food and tripping over himself. The rooster was added initially as a silly little Easter egg and later became a resource provider after a teammate's suggestion. Scrappy evolved from a temporary mesh intended for replacement into a beloved, irreplaceable character. Arc Raiders reached 480,000 active Steam players recently, and a new patch was released last week.

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