Chernobylite Complete Edition News

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Since the beginning of our adventure with Chernobylite, we have been providing you with glimpses from behind the scenes of our game development process. The Early Access phase was particularly interesting. Back then, almost every report included photos and videos showing the slow process of creating even the smallest elements in the game. Including:

Character models…



…and items…



…rooms…



...and also animations.



It's time to piece together all the scattered components, incorporating materials you probably haven't seen before, and assembling them like a puzzle. In this way, we want to show you exactly the differences (or maybe similarities?) between Chernobylite, the game, and Chernobylite in reality.

We'll start with something lighter and less overt. As you well know, our trips to Chernobyl allowed us to scan this place and transfer it almost unchanged to the game. We say "almost" because some locations in the game were our own creation, and the recorded materials served as references in this case.

One of the most notable places crafted from scratch is our base. In the gifs below you can see that we walked around closed rooms made of iron and concrete, where we discovered an abundance of junk and machine parts scattered on the floor. The perfect place to hide from danger.



With a touch of dedication and hard work, you can transform it into a nice place to live. At least for a while.



We also managed to find the perfect place with a view of the Zone. We couldn't refuse to use it in Chernobylite.



The subsequent GIFs perfectly illustrate what we mentioned at the beginning - how the video materials collected on site were employed to create similar locations in the spirit of the atmosphere we wanted to achieve in Chernobylite.



Though we must confess, there were locations where we couldn’t bring ourselves to make any substantial changes. At most, just decorative ones.



Consider this report as a sneak peek. In upcoming updates we will show you, among others: the Chernobyl scanning process - from the smallest objects to the largest ones - and their visualization on a computer. Get ready, because we have some exciting content to show you.

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We devoted a lot of space in the reports to the characters appearing in Chernobylite: from the most important ones to ordinary NPCs. However, looking into our box of surprises, we noticed that we hadn’t told you about one more, probably the most important hero of Chernobylite - chernobylite crystals itself. And in this case there is an interesting fact worth mentioning.

Did you know that in the original plans, chernobylite crystals were to be available in the game in two colors?



According to the original plans, we were planning to implement good (green) and bad (red) chernobylite crystals. According to a rather sophisticated gameplay concept we developed, the use or presence of appropriate crystals in specific places would have an impact on the environment and, of course, the course of the plot, either positively or negatively.



Today, only a few people who worked on Chernobylite remember this feature. So we are dealing with one of the first gameplay elements to be released in the game.

However, as is often the case with initial ideas, this one did not stand the test of time. Although the theme of good and bad crystals looked good on paper, the project was still evolving, with new and - in our opinion - much better ideas that would make the gameplay more attractive. Maybe we will come back to this theme in the future. It would be a pity to let it go to waste.

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Creating costumes for characters is more than draping a shirt over a back, putting on tattered pants, and affixing anything you can get your hands on to a jacket and calling them "decorations." Sometimes there is a whole philosophy behind such actions!

Take Sashko for example. In one of the previous reports we described his outfit: the sporty appearance of a parkour competitor, which consists of a light, airy shirt and a light mask suitable for free breathing, Cossack-patriotic elements (hairstyle, embroidered coat of arms of Ukraine on t-shirt) and ropes used for swinging in the Zone. It took us a lot of time to select clothes and accessories, not to mention finding the right materials and scanning them into the game. All this to emphasize his nature as a freelancer.



However, the real challenge was the Black Stalker. It's not visible at first glance, but if you look closely, you can see how many elements his outfit consists of.

The basic outfit of the Black Stalker mostly consists of the simplest elements that we had in our resources, such as a camouflage jacket and trousers and trekking shoes. The mask, on the other hand, was our own creation. We didn't want to give Stalker a regular gas mask because he would lose that dark vibe. That's why we decided to create our own version of the Black Stalker mask. We used a hockey mask with attached elements of an old gas mask and... washing machine parts.



The effect exceeded our wildest expectations. The design of the costume was so good that we used it many times during the photo session in the Zone.



But that's not the end of the work. Thanks to our graphic designer's concept sketches, we were able to plan further elements of the Black Stalker's outfit and even slightly modify it. For example, the hood has been extended to cover most of the Stalker's head; the mask itself looks more realistic and coherent, unlike its actual DIY model, and its colors refer to chernobylite crystals. Numerous patches, scarves, stitches, dirt and scratches have been added to the jacket and trousers, giving a heavily worn effect, and the shoes have been replaced with a more military model. We also added some other pieces of equipment, such as a knife sheath attached to the backpack strap and an additional bag attached on the right leg. We also took care of a small detail: instead of regular gloves, the Black Stalker has gloves with cut off fingers. Stalker's fingers themselves are black, indicating frostbite.



Someone might say that it was enough to just scan the model in the Black Stalker outfit. However, only thanks to the computer refinement of this character, we managed to achieve the desired effect, which is realism - here is a man who has been living in the Zone for years, so he cannot look as if he just came out of a clothes store.

Anyway, it's not our place to judge. We'll ask you what you think about it: do you like the character of Black Stalker as we presented him in the game? Let us know in the comments!



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[h2]From today until September 19, Chernobylite: Enhanced Edition and all DLC released so far will be available at a discounted price of -55%.[/h2]

The promotional price will include:

• Chernobylite: Enhanced Edition
• Autumn Dread DLC
• Blue Flames DLC
• Deadly Frost DLC
• Red Trees DLC
• White Rose DLC
• Zone Bard DLC
• Bundle Charity Pack
• Soundtrack
• The Art of Chernobylite
• Chernobyl VR Project

Join us and have fun!

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We understand that it's not always possible for you to stay up-to-date with everything happening around Chernobylite. Social media does not always help with this due to its dynamic nature. In short: information appears quickly and just as swiftly disappears in the depths of the Internet. That's why we decided to revisit an old idea and re-launched the Chernobylite newsletter, with aim to provide you with all the news related to the game and... other things that we can't tell you yet. But most importantly, we want to be in constant contact with you!



Every month, you can expect our original newsletter delivered to your inbox. In it you will find a subjective review of reports, both from the past month and previous years (this is for people who haven’t had the opportunity to see previous materials about the creation of Chernobylite), a review of videos from our YouTube channel and any announcements and information about what we do and what we're going to do in the future.



The initial tests of the newsletter were successful. So if you haven't had a chance yet, we encourage you to subscribe. There is already a lot going on, but in the very near future we intend to provide you with more and more exclusive content, not available anywhere else, via the newsletter.



Let us know what you think about it. Maybe you have ideas about what else you would like to receive in the newsletter?

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