Weekly Report #68
[h3]Hello Stalkers![/h3]
We are already in mid-April. It means May is nearly soon. And hence the straight path to the longed-for summer. A hot period is brewing. Literally. Especially when we finally release the last Mega Patch and most importantly - our game in version 1.0.
[h3]Chernobylite Lore[/h3]
We have another surprise for you. As you can see, we've livened up our YouTube channel a bit. A few weeks ago you could see "Chernobylite Monthly" - a video summary of last month, which will also include some behind the scenes materials.
Last weekend, we uploaded another material - "Chernobylite Lore". In this new series, we're going to take a closer look at Chernobylite's primary and secondary characters, their background and skills. We started with the man Igor spends most of his time with and who is a crowd favorite at the same time - Olivier.
Enjoy watching :)
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[h3]Show us what you got![/h3]
We started our competition for Community Art quite recently, but the first works are already being submitted to us. We can't reveal too much yet, but we can say one thing - the quality of your work is high. This shows that the willingness to win is very high.
But it's not like we're giving out prizes only to winners with the highest number of votes. In each category, we’ll also select people whose works have impressed the The Farm 51 crew. They’ll also receive nice gifts from us.
Works can be sent by the end of April 25. That's a lot of time to do something cool to show off to others. Therefore, do not hesitate!
[h3]Bugs extermination[/h3]
We focus all our strength on fixing various bugs, both in the game itself and in the last Mega Patch.
The first group includes, for example, a bug that caused the game to crash literally at the very beginning of the Enemy List. Another rather unusual bug touched… the staff of Tarakan. During the conversation with the character, the cane was able to bend strongly in all possible directions.
For the second group - bugs found in the Mega Patch - there was a whole lot of them and of various severity. Most often, there were minor bugs. Like the one that made some items found large.
TimTolle, who found the bug, swears he didn't kill the soldier by throwing that big metal plate at him.
But there were also larger ones that we had to think a little longer about. One of the bugs reported appeared in Ariadna. As you can see on the gif that something is obviously missing. Something big.
But we must admit that the effect itself looks quite impressive. Maybe we’ll use it in the next game ;)
[h3]What else?[/h3]
In addition, we are working on a lot of things that STILL not be seen. But they are also extremely important.
[h3]Heavy Armored Soldier[/h3]
Another portion of news that await you in the upcoming Mega Patch. Say hello to a new enemy in Chernobylite: Heavy Armored Soldier. His name is not a coincidence - he’s the strongest and most formidable NAR soldier. Armed from head to toe. It takes more than a gun and a ton of patience to defeat him.
In addition, he looks pretty good.
Although he has one undeniable disadvantage - he cannot do such good breakdances as his colleagues.
Now, for the sake of balance, a portion of facilitation. We decided to strongly rebuild all tutorials in the game. We are aware that Chernobylite is quite a unique game and many of its mechanics require more detailed explanation.
Therefore, we supplemented the tutorial screens with new and additional explanations and help icons.
[h3]That's it for today![/h3]
Take care, Stalkers!
We are already in mid-April. It means May is nearly soon. And hence the straight path to the longed-for summer. A hot period is brewing. Literally. Especially when we finally release the last Mega Patch and most importantly - our game in version 1.0.
[h3]Chernobylite Lore[/h3]
We have another surprise for you. As you can see, we've livened up our YouTube channel a bit. A few weeks ago you could see "Chernobylite Monthly" - a video summary of last month, which will also include some behind the scenes materials.
Last weekend, we uploaded another material - "Chernobylite Lore". In this new series, we're going to take a closer look at Chernobylite's primary and secondary characters, their background and skills. We started with the man Igor spends most of his time with and who is a crowd favorite at the same time - Olivier.
Enjoy watching :)
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[h3]Show us what you got![/h3]
We started our competition for Community Art quite recently, but the first works are already being submitted to us. We can't reveal too much yet, but we can say one thing - the quality of your work is high. This shows that the willingness to win is very high.
But it's not like we're giving out prizes only to winners with the highest number of votes. In each category, we’ll also select people whose works have impressed the The Farm 51 crew. They’ll also receive nice gifts from us.
Works can be sent by the end of April 25. That's a lot of time to do something cool to show off to others. Therefore, do not hesitate!
[h3]Bugs extermination[/h3]
We focus all our strength on fixing various bugs, both in the game itself and in the last Mega Patch.
The first group includes, for example, a bug that caused the game to crash literally at the very beginning of the Enemy List. Another rather unusual bug touched… the staff of Tarakan. During the conversation with the character, the cane was able to bend strongly in all possible directions.
For the second group - bugs found in the Mega Patch - there was a whole lot of them and of various severity. Most often, there were minor bugs. Like the one that made some items found large.
TimTolle, who found the bug, swears he didn't kill the soldier by throwing that big metal plate at him.
But there were also larger ones that we had to think a little longer about. One of the bugs reported appeared in Ariadna. As you can see on the gif that something is obviously missing. Something big.
But we must admit that the effect itself looks quite impressive. Maybe we’ll use it in the next game ;)
[h3]What else?[/h3]
In addition, we are working on a lot of things that STILL not be seen. But they are also extremely important.
- We are finishing language localizations. All the languages planned so far are now playable.
- We are finishing optimizing the game. Thanks to this, we are lowering the hardware requirements of the game - they will be different than you can read on the Steam website (which will soon change. Stay tuned). In addition, the game will look much better and run much smoother even at low settings. We have mentioned it many times, and we keep our word.
- We are preparing a new roadmap. It will contain information not only about the release date, but also about other updates that we also plan after the premiere.
- In the context of point 3 - We are working on new content for the Mega Patches and DLC coming post-launch.
[h3]Heavy Armored Soldier[/h3]
Another portion of news that await you in the upcoming Mega Patch. Say hello to a new enemy in Chernobylite: Heavy Armored Soldier. His name is not a coincidence - he’s the strongest and most formidable NAR soldier. Armed from head to toe. It takes more than a gun and a ton of patience to defeat him.
In addition, he looks pretty good.
Although he has one undeniable disadvantage - he cannot do such good breakdances as his colleagues.
Now, for the sake of balance, a portion of facilitation. We decided to strongly rebuild all tutorials in the game. We are aware that Chernobylite is quite a unique game and many of its mechanics require more detailed explanation.
Therefore, we supplemented the tutorial screens with new and additional explanations and help icons.
[h3]That's it for today![/h3]
Take care, Stalkers!