Chernobylite Complete Edition News

[h3]Hello Stalkers![/h3]
The day has finally come! After many months of hard, intensive work; after many trials and errors, we can finally reveal it: we’ve released a new, free DLC! Prepare some space on your hard drives, because there's a lot of new content waiting for you.

[h2]A crossbow with new powers[/h2]
If you remember, we recently announced that we will give you a crossbow - a light and silent weapon that allows you to take your opponent out of a distance without noise. In the new DLC, we've added a small tweak to it, making the crossbow a truly powerful weapon. From now on, there is only one rule: one hit = multi kill.



In addition, we gave the bolts reason, dignity and self-awareness. If any of them don’t feel like fighting, they can simply fly off into the sunset in search of new adventures.



[h2]Pistol = blaster + railgun[/h2]
The trusty handgun couldn’t escape improvements either. Perhaps you thought only a railgun and a blaster could be wreaking havoc? Then you thought wrong, fellow Stalkers. Thanks to new technology, this innocent looking pistol will be more powerful than the railgun and the blaster combined.



[h2]News for fans of agriculture[/h2]
We know perfectly well that you like to set up large gardens in the base. I mean really big ones. Like who wants to be a Stalker if becoming a farmer is so much fun?



That's why we’ll add the Farmer Mode to the game! You will get access to a wide range of agricultural products that will allow you to turn a gray base into a thriving farm. Weeding flower beds, watering, sowing, and also - drum rolls! - animal breeding!

Do you like games like Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley?



So you will be delighted! It's like playing these games, but with a Chernobylite twist!

[h2]New stuff in environment[/h2]
We have decided to beautify the places you love to stop by even more. Look around next time when visiting buildings or while taking walks in open spaces. You never know what you will discover. Here's an example: a brand new train has hit the railroad tracks in Red Forest.
I wonder what it used to carry?



[h2]New quest: "The Meaning of True Love"[/h2]
We also took care of new content in the storyline. You all know Mikhail - he's the hot-tempered guy with a lopsided sense of humor who has the NAR at stake. The new quest "The Meaning of True Love" is an attempt to show his sensitive nature. Will Mikhail finally meet his soul mate? Will this love stand the hardest test? Is it safe to perform the scene from "Titanic" on top of Duga? You have to find the answers to these questions yourself.



[h3]That's it for today![/h3]
Take care, Stalkers!

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Reminder: we have launched the Chernobylite Digital Charity Pack DLC. The total net proceeds of this package will be donated to The Pure Heart foundation - an Ukrainian organization focused on humanitarian and medical aid projects. This is a direct support to the victims of the war in Ukraine. More information can be found below:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1016800/view/3114808330563550066
We, both as a team and as a company, are determined to help the civilians who are suffering the consequences of this war. Many of them don’t have access to clean water, food or electricity, not to mention medical care. Those everyday services that we take for granted are beyond reach for those affected by war. Therefore, the aid we provide to Ukraine is humanitarian and medical in nature, aimed at these victims who need immediate help. We would like to thank everyone who already supported our initiative. Please don’t stop.

[h3]Hello Stalkers![/h3]
We’re leaving the Cafe "Pripyat" and heading west along Kurchatova Street. On the way, we’re walking past an estate of residential buildings and the "Prometheus" cinema. A bit further we’ll go to a place well known to all Chernobylite players. Welcome to Pripyat Central.

We begin our journey at the “white house” with a characteristic yellow telephone box. If you recall, we took some photos of our Tatyana in it.



From here you can see two equally characteristic places. One of them is the Polissya Hotel - a 6-storey building erected in the mid-1970s. It had 62 rooms with 108 beds, where delegations and guests visiting the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were hosted. The city hall building was located behind the hotel.



After the disaster at the power plant, the upper floors of the hotel along with the viewing platform were used by the government commission investigating the consequences of the accident. For some time, there was also a makeshift, temporary air traffic control used to direct helicopter flights over the reactor building of power unit IV.



Here we took the opportunity to do a photo session.



The hotel roof provides a great view of the square (filled with vegetation, and in the game - with NAR equipment) as well as the famous "Energetic" Palace of Culture. We use the word "famous" for a reason - it was one of the first in the city to meet the cultural needs of the inhabitants. It was their joy and pride.



The building was put into use in the mid-1970s. The complex had a large number of facilities, incl. a restaurant, a gym, telephone exchange, a swimming pool and even a boxing ring. Such a wide scope allowed for various activities: artistic gymnastics, dance teams, children's sports clubs, book clubs and literature evenings, theater performances and games, discos for young people, concerts and many others.



The Palace of Culture "Energetic" was a prime example of socialist realism, the common style of all art of the Soviet period. Although, it contained elements that differed slightly from this architectural trend. One of the best known is the signboard: the inscription "Palace of Culture" is highlighted in blue, and "Energetic" - in red. It looked impressive at night.

After the accident in 1986, the building's premises were used as service rooms for the maintenance of the power plant which was running in an emergency mode. When "Energetic" closed down, like many other places in Pripyat, it gradually began deteriorating. As you can see in the photo, the windows are broken, many plants have begun to grow in the gym and the moss is slowly covering the floor’s parquet.



Walking towards one of those huge broken windows, you can see a view of the last, but the probably the most iconic object in Pripyat: the amusement park.



The amusement park was supposed to have its grand opening on May 1, 1986, on the International Workers' Day. These plans were thwarted by the disaster at the power plant that had taken place just a few days earlier. There are unconfirmed testimonies of witnesses that the park was briefly opened on the morning of April 27, that is, before the evacuation of residents, in order to divert attention from the disaster.

The amusement park consisted of five attractions: the iconic 26-meter Ferris wheel, bumper cars arena, a carousel, swings and a shooting range. Even though the park was not ready yet (e.g. the carousel did not have decorative umbrellas), the excited residents were eager to visit the place before its official opening.



The park is deserted now. The cars are still standing where they have been abandoned, the carousel seats are rusted, and the yellow Ferris wheel cars are fading, rusting and slowly peeling off the paint.

We visited all these places, like other places in Chernobyl, many times. Recently at the end of last year. Thanks to the materials we have collected, you can visit them yourself in our game.

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[h3]That's it for today![/h3]
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[h3]Dear Stalkers,[/h3]
For the last three weeks the eyes of the whole world have been focused on Ukraine. The moment we heard about the outbreak of this war, our hearts got broken. For years we’ve been traveling to Ukraine and meeting a lot of amazing people there. During the development of our game, we became very close to Ukrainians, their history and culture. We couldn’t just stand aside and watch, leaving our friends all by themselves. So we decided to do something that matters. That is why we decided to donate our weekly income from the sales of Chernobylite on all platforms for humanitarian aid.

However, the dreadful events are still happening, Ukraine is being bombed every day and more civlian casualties and victims need help. Help which will be needed in the following weeks and months. For this reason, we and our publisher All in! Games will take long-term measures to meet the current needs and deliver resources necessary to rebuild the destroyed cities in Ukraine.



For this purpose, we created a special Charity Pack. The total net income of The Farm 51 and All in! Games from this Charity Pack will be donated to The Pure Heart Foundation [Фонд Чисті Серцем], a non-profit charitable organization which is working hard, distributing humanitarian and medical aid for communities and victims directly affected by the war in Ukraine.

[h3]What will you find inside?[/h3]
The Charity Pack contains specially prepared digital goods:

• 4 wallpapers in different resolutions
  
• 2 posters in .tiff format for self-printing (Yes! You can print your own Chernobylite posters)
  
• 1 thank-you card with signatures from the Farm 51 team
  

The digital charity pack is priced at $3.99 / 3.99 EUR / £2.89.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1935250/Chernobylite__Charity_Pack/

We promised that Kickstarter backers will have all DLCs for free. However, this particular one is different and we hope you understand that. We’re not gaining any profit from it, all we earn goes for charity.



The Chernobylite Digital Charity Pack will be available until 14th March 2023 on Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG. (For purchases made on Steam, the digital charity pack requires owning the full game of Chernobylite but not for other platforms).

We believe that wars belong in the realm of video games, not in real life. Nobody should be scared for their life, family or home. The situation is dramatic, and we can only hope that peace will come soon. Join us, help Ukraine now, and help them tomorrow to build a better future.

[h3]More about the foundation[/h3]



The Pure Heart Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization established in 2013 that works with underprivileged communities with a focus on humanitarian aid and youth projects, helping to promote initiatives such as the Children for Peace project, an initiative that saw 507 children from different parts of Ukraine travel to 35 countries as young ambassadors of peace and visit 30 parliaments. In recent years it has assisted international partners from Hungary, Estonia and Bulgaria where distribution of 5,800 tons of humanitarian and logistical assistance were sent to eastern Ukraine.

Pure Heart Foundation: http://www.chystisertsem.org.ua/ Pure Heart Foundation Facebook Page

[h3]Hello Stalkers![/h3]
We noticed that you liked our material about the Duga radar - not only the information about the facility itself turned out to be interesting, but also our photos from the trip there. We thought "why not go one step further?" We want to show you not only the places we visited during our trips to Chernobyl, but also how we managed to recreate them in the game itself. Cafe Pripyat goes first.

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Cafe Pripyat is located at the intersection of Igor Kurchatov, Friendship of Nations and Wharf Streets, on the shores of the Janowski Lagoon. It was one of the favorite places of the young people living in the city - they used to come here to meet friends or to admire the beautiful view. Here, in 1977, the commissioning of the first block of the Chernobyl power plant was celebrated.

The small but charming building is divided into two parts. The part on the side of the lagoon (and previously the bay) was intended for the sale of simple desserts and drinks. The second part, decorated with a unique stained glass window on the side of the city, was intended for a small restaurant. There are still remnants of vending machines in the cafe's courtyard.



By Soviet standards, the cafe was a quiet, and rather small place, but it used to be very attractive. Inside, a wonderful mosaic has been preserved - a stained glass window depicting girls, flowers, the sun, planets. Its author is probably Victor Aleksandrowich Blinow - born in 1946 in the Solovetsky Islands, an artist who graduated from the Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts.



Cafe Pripyat was a place that was teeming with life, and the buzzing from the square next to the place was heard in the nearby apartment blocks. It is now quiet and peaceful. The surroundings of the cafe is heavily overgrown and severely devastated. Inside the building, too, you can see damaged equipment, crumbling tiles and partially broken windows. The vast majority of the stained glass remains intact, as well as the nearby monuments.



The stairs right next to the café lead down to the shore of the Janowski Reservoir (known as Janowska Bay until 1988). There was a debarkarder moored there - a special vessel, through which you could go to ships and hydrofoils arriving in the city. Its passengers could have a good time in the cafe. Currently, the marina with the stairs leading to it has been almost completely flooded with water.



The Pripyat café is a special place also today, which can be seen from the numerous photos taken by tourists from this place. And despite his current state, it's still exuding a certain unforgettable charm.

Cafe Pripyat in Chernobylite Development

We visited the place several times during our development process.Not only to scan it but also to look for inspirations. We hope we will be able to come back there one day and see this Cafe more or less the same as we remember it.

For those who missed it, check out our video showing our team in this place and how it looks in the game.

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[h3]That's it for today![/h3]
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Before we start, we would like to wholeheartedly thank all of you, who took part in our campaign to support the victims of the conflict in Ukraine. Your help is invaluable! In the near future, we will run another campaign for everyone to participate. Stay tuned for more info soon!

[h3]Hello Stalkers![/h3]
The life of a developer is fun. At least when everything works. Game development is a long, complicated process, and full of pitfalls. Glitches, bugs, and unexpected errors popping up at the production stage are the bread and butter of every developer. And yes, they are annoying and need to be fixed as soon as possible. On the other hand, they can sometimes put a smile on your face. Especially now, when keeping up the spirit is more important than ever. That’s why we decided to share with you the "best" errors that we encountered during the production of Chernobylite.

To start with: a message from the editor informing about the ending of video memory while... creating a fragment of a playground fence. Let's be honest, even NASA equipment wouldn't be able to handle all that.



Right next to the playground, we tried to test something about Chernohosts (what made us do it in the dark?!). Accidentally recreated a scene from Silent Hill 2. How cool is that!



While we’re on the subject of monsters, it's worth mentioning that these graceful creatures are an integral part of our monthly fun entitled "Ragdoll of the month". For starters, Chernohost-ballerina.

- Mark, go home. You’re drunk.
- No! I must dance!



Shadow was also a part of our game, or at least its better half...



Hello there! How's it hanging?



Nobody said everything had to be perfect. Here is an example: by some strange twist of fate we somehow managed to shoot Ariadne with a crossbow. We fear this type of damage is not covered by any warranty.



Also, while testing the Photo Mode, you could have come across some really bizarre stuff…

…AND BE ABLE TO SEE FOREVER!



But what we’ll never forgive ourselves are typos and translation errors. Our translator's task was to perfectly translate the text from English into Polish. And he almost pulled it off. Only in one case he made a rather funny mistake: the word "light", which in the following context should be synonymous with a light source, was translated as "light" in the sense of "slight, gentle, weak, airy". Google Translate would be so proud.



Granted, some errors are indeed the result of chance and if we didn't notice them in time, it would be bad. Here is one example: while observing the NAR soldiers, our attention was caught by one of them, who apparently started doing squats. Sport is good for health, but maybe not when a pissed off scientist with a gun is hunting you.



Here is another example. This was definitely not the way we designed the revolver. On the other hand, the side effect of this error was quite interesting. Especially when aiming, it is easy to imagine that there is a character in front of us, whose hands consist of bullets and, instead of his head, he has a large crosshair. :D



A task for the perceptive people. Can you count all the characters in the picture?



Last but not least: something to feast your eyes on - Mikhail's iconic breakdance!



[h3]That's it for today![/h3]
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