Chernobylite Complete Edition News

DLC Announcement

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We know very well that you are waiting for the next, last DLC for Chernobylite - Black Smoke. Questions about new content for the game multiplied more and more and grew stronger the closer it got to the planned release. Unfortunately, our plans have changed a lot over the last few months, which made the development of the DLC longer. Plus, there are other issues related to… something we can't tell you about. Yet. But it'll probably be worth the wait.

Nevertheless, we are forced to postpone the release of the DLC. When will Black Smoke finally get to the game? The date has not yet been set by us, but trust us, you will find out about it in due time.

As for the owners of the game for consoles - don’t be afraid, we haven't abandoned you. We will also deliver the outstanding DLC as promised. In this case we will also inform you about the premiere in a separate message.

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Weekly Report #179

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In the process of sorting out materials from the early days of Chernobylite development, we came across some that we had almost forgotten about. They are fascinating, and they relate to a rather crucial moment of production: we were thinking about what the creatures scaring players in the Zone should look like. That's why today we're setting aside the main characters for a moment and focusing on those who attack players by surprise.

Only a year ago we mentioned that before Chernohosts, Borderers and Dusters were created, the first prototype of the monster was inspired by "shadows" drawn in the form of graffiti on the walls of buildings. These shadows were supposed to come to life, come out of the walls, and attack when the player didn't expect it. It was perfect and fit the vibe of the whole game.

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Initially, we wanted these apparitions to take human forms.

Over time, there were also ideas for the shadows to change their shapes, for example, into monsters with long and knife-sharp fingers.

But as we mentioned, the idea wasn’t working out from the start, mainly for technical reasons. However, instead of abandoning the idea entirely, we decided to evolve it. We wondered what would happen if instead of fighting an actual shadow, the player would fight a physical representation of it. The effect of these considerations was a complete change in the philosophy of the gameplay. The name “shadows” remains only as a common name for all monsters born as a result of chernobylite crystals.

One of its representatives is the Borderer - the first of the kind of a new group of monsters designed in the later phase of Chernobylite's development.

The shadows were just the outline of an idea that in the end didn't make it into the game. But who knows, maybe we'll come back to this concept in the future ;)

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Weekly Report #178

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Tatyana is not your typical damsel in distress. She is a fully independent character who haunts Igor in his dreams. But who she really is? An apparition? A hallucination? Igor's conscience? Or maybe a being from another dimension in human form? Whoever she is, we know one thing: she was one of the most fascinating characters we had to create.

Believe it or not, the concept of Tatyana as a mysterious ghost-lady in a red dress (colors changed over time) appeared in our heads much later than you might imagine. When we sat down to plan the game's plot and character development, we assumed at a very early stage that Tatyana had survived the Chernobyl disaster. Not only that, but she was also meant to establish cooperation with the NAR and conduct research for them on chernobylite and all phenomena produced after the explosion of the power plant. This was also intended to be the reason why Tatyana did not want to be found by Igor.

All of this, of course, had an impact on Tatyana's appearance. In the initial concept sketches, we depicted her as a woman in her 50s (assuming she survived the crash and was close in age to Igor) and dressed as a scientist.

The idea was... okay. Just okay. In the end, we gave up on it and decided to go in the direction of the concept of an apparition appearing in dreams. We found this idea much more enticing and appropriate for a horror game than any spy themes. There are also technical arguments: animating Tatyana's face during any dialogue would be more expensive than animating all the other characters and their animations combined. Not to mention that having her wear a face mask would completely undermine the emotional impact we wanted to deliver in the game.

Finally, one more curiosity. A demonic version of Tatyana, which was partly created by accident and partly by the graphic artist's creativity. It's a very cool effect that hasn't been used in the game. A real shame.

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