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Hey everyone!

It’s that time again, another community spotlight! We can’t believe it’s already March, time seems to be flying by faster than a Beak Thing chasing you down for dinner. Before that happens, let’s take a look back at the fanart, screenshots and mods shared with us throughout the past month.

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[h2]Creator Spotlight[/h2]
We also wanted to take a moment to highlight some recent YouTubers and Twitch streamers who are currently sharing their Kenshi experience.


[h3]JUJALAG[/h3]
YouTube: youtube.com/jujalag
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/jujalag

JUJALAG is a Spanish variety streamer who has recently jumped back into the world of Kenshi. He has been part of the Kenshi community for a long time and we always enjoy seeing what trouble he gets himself in.


[h3]兄者 （Anijya）[/h3]
YouTube: youtube.com/@anijyagame

One brother from 2BRO has embarked on new adventures in Kenshi and has been sharing the experience over on YouTube.

It was his first time playing Kenshi, with his adventure starting as a 'Wanderer'.


[h3]関優太 （Stylish Noob）[/h3]
YouTube: youtube.com/@StylishNoob4
Twitch: twitch.tv/stylishnoob4

A renowned professional gamer, 関優太（Stylish Noob) is currently streaming Kenshi. With Rane the Giant as his battle partner, he is travelling far and wide in the Kenshi universe. We look forward to seeing where his adventure takes him.

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Let us know who some of your favourite Kenshi creators are or those who you think should take on the challenge!

Thank you for joining us again and keep an eye out for another community spotlight very soon. If you want a chance to be featured, feel free to share your creations with us on social media.

We appreciate the support you folks continue to show us. Make sure that you are following us on social media and our Discord server to keep up to date!

Catch you next time!

Hello there, folks!

We hope the new year has treated you well so far and that your time in Kenshi has been easygoing.

[h3]Community Spotlight #5[/h3]
We are kicking off our first blog post of the year with another community spotlight, showcasing the fantastic creations our community shared in January!

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[h3]Show us your #BrilliantBases[/h3]
Last week, we introduced #BrilliantBases. We would love for you to share screenshots of your bases on social media using the hashtag. We’ll be sharing some of our favourites.


[h3]We heard you wanted this back...[/h3]
By popular demand, the desk mat from RobaRoba is now up for pre-order once again, so grab yours while you can!




[h3]A bunch of Kenshi trivia[/h3]
In the run-up to Christmas 2022, we created an advent calendar on our social media, sharing facts and trivia about Lo-Fi and Kenshi.

There was a lot of interesting stuff in there that you might not have known about Kenshi and/or Lo-fi so we’ve compiled it all into one easy-to-digest blog for you to sink your teeth into.


[h3]Day 1[/h3]


Here’s a Desktop wallpaper which has been requested for a long time.
Download it here: lofigames.com/kenshi-desktop-wallpapers/


[h3]Day 2[/h3]


Kenshi is set on a tidal-locked moon.


[h3]Day 3[/h3]


There are 28 people in 12 countries across four continents working on Kenshi 2.


[h3]Day 4[/h3]


Catun was originally named Catan but the name was changed due to similarities with a certain board game.


[h3]Day 5[/h3]


Many of the bandit's mispronunciations of long words were inspired by my Nat's friend Will, who's long been mocked for saying 'confirmination' instead of 'confirmation'.


[h3]Day 6[/h3]


December 6th is the 4th anniversary of Kenshi’s official release!
What is your favourite memory of the game from the past four years?


[h3]Day 7[/h3]


Nat couldn't decide what to call the Holy Nation god for ages, then when she was on a bus in Gran Canaria she was thinking about okra vegetables.


[h3]Day 8[/h3]


Hivers come from the Queen's dispenser unit.


[h3]Day 9[/h3]


The KLR series limbs are named after Chris's favourite motorbike - the Kawasaki KLR650. Which character would be cool enough to ride this bike?


[h3]Day 10[/h3]


Kenshi was originally known as Forgotten, a name whose legacy lives on in the Forgotten Construction Set.

What would you have named it if you’d made the game?


[h3]Day 11[/h3]


One of the longest strings of Kenshi dialogues is when the player's character refuses to leave the shop at night. They were some of the first things Nat worked on as a writer and she just wrote too many out of sheer panic.


[h3]Day 12[/h3]


In Kenshi 1's development, getting dialogues and interactions to actually run in the game took at least 10 x longer than actually writing it. It was extremely frustrating before we got condition templates in Kenshi 2 - setting everything manually was tedious, temperamental, highly bug prone and a source of many a meltdown, particularly without having a QA.


[h3]Day 13[/h3]


Hivers choose their names based on the first thing they see when they are born. How Beep got his name is very questionable.


[h3]Day 14[/h3]


crab. We guarantee that you didn't know this one.


[h3]Day 15[/h3]


Here's another desktop wallpaper for you!
Download it here: lofigames.com/kenshi-desktop-wallpapers/


[h3]Day 16[/h3]


Just over 50,000 people have left reviews for Kenshi. Out of them:
95% left positive reviews
The average reviewer's playtime is 137 ½ hours
One reviewer has 17,000 hours on record
The top 10% most passionate reviewers played for more than 500 hours

How many hours have you clocked up?


[h3]Day 17[/h3]


Discover the origins of Agnu: The Agnorigins? EtymolAgnulogy? Eggnog?
Agnu was named after Chris' motorcycle, which was in turn named after the Headless body of Agnew from Futurama.


[h3]Day 18[/h3]


Although Kenshi is designed to supply the player with cruel antagonists to take down, we also like to keep the humans of the world morally grey and diverse as well. This is why you'll see Holy Nation or United Cities residents/guards occasionally showing kindness to the player, for example giving them food when starving. We like to also show that humans aren't just purely evil for the sake of evil.

Have you ever been blessed by Kenshi? Was there ever a time when you felt justly treated by its inhabitants?


[h3]Day 19[/h3]


Hobbs never actually wrestled a randy gorillo, he's a lying shit.


[h3]Day 20[/h3]


Kenshi could have gone in a very different direction because a long time ago, Kenshi was planned to be a gun-based title.


[h3]Day 21[/h3]


Scorchlanders were originally called Sun Demons and were concepted to have tails.

[h3]Day 22[/h3]


Red is a pickpocket, but also a unique recruit who will only join you if she thinks you're a pathetic underdog like her. She is very picky about who joins her.

[h3]Day 23[/h3]


A fourth big world faction was planned called the Republic of Tertius, its leader's name changing from Fark to Tertius to Tornado King to Mighty Patriarch...We later scrapped it because we decided it didn't add any value or contrast to the game and its existing societies. Plus it was a bit weird.

Which one of those names is your favourite?


[h3]Day 24[/h3]


Kenshi players have racked up a combined playtime of 140,278,740 hours.
Kenshi gained more new players in 2022 than it did in 2021 or 2020.
What year did you join the Kenshi hype train?

[h3]Day 25[/h3]


To wrap up the advent calendar, we created a range of lovely Kenshi phone wallpapers for you.
Download them here: https://lofigames.com/kenshi-phone-wallpapers/

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And there you go, you’re all caught up! Thanks for joining us with our first blog post of 2023.

We'll have another Community Spotlight blog at the end of this month, so do continue to tag us in all your screenshots, mods and fanart for a chance to make it in the spotlight.

As always, we thank you all for the continued support you show us. Make sure you're keeping up to date with us on our social media channels as well as our Discord server.

Take care!

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By the way, we're also on sale until February 6th if you or a friend were thinking of jumping into Kenshi!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/233860/Kenshi/

Happy New Year Kenshi fans! We hope those of you who celebrate Christmas or managed to have a bit of time off from work or studies had a lovely festive season! 

This is a quick update to show you fantastic folks all the amazing mods, fanart and screenshots we highlighted on our social media in December. 

[h2]Community Spotlight #4 [/h2]

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[h2]Last day of the Steam Winter Sale [/h2]



The Steam Winter Sale draws to a close on 5th January at 10:00AM PST, so if you’ve not yet grabbed yourself a bargain for yourself or a friend, you have a little time left to get Kenshi at 55% off!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/233860/Kenshi/

Hello there, Kenshi fans! We hope the holiday season has been treating you well so far! Temperatures over here in the UK have dropped faster than our health in acid rain, does anyone know how well crab shoes hold up in the snow?

Before this year comes to an end, we wanted to share another Community Spotlight video, and let you know about our advent calendar! 

[h2]Community Spotlight #3[/h2]
We are constantly blown away by the artists, modders and virtual photographers among the community and what they share with us. Here’s another round-up of what we’ve shared recently! 

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[h2]25 Days of Kenshi Facts and Trivia[/h2]

We’re a little way into our advent calendar of daily Kenshi trivia and wallpaper giveaways. If you’ve not had the chance to have a look then head over to one of our social media website profile type thingymawotsits. If you don’t have Myspace then I guess we might be able to compile them into a post in the new year, if you behave yourselves.

We have some pretty cool people working on Kenshi 2! 

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[h2]Kenshi turned 4 on Tuesday 6th December, 2022! [/h2]

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We know a lot of veterans of the game have been playing earlier incarnations of Kenshi for much longer than that, with March 20th 2013 being the first release of Kenshi on Steam Early Access. But the official Steam release wasn’t until 6th December 2018, so we’d like to raise a glass to commemorate Kenshi’s fourth real birthday, and to say thank you to all those that have been with us before and after Kenshi 1.0. 
We would love to hear in the comments what your favourite memories of Kenshi have been over the last 4 years.

Be sure you’re following us on our social media channels to see what we share over the next few weeks! That’s all from us for now folks! We wish everyone a wonderful holiday period and we look forward to seeing you all again in the new year! 

Hey folks, hope you're all well!

We’re very happy to welcome so many new Kenshi fans to the fold in this latest update. Would you believe, we’ve seen more new players discover Kenshi this year than we did in 2021 and 2020, so first of all - a massive thank you to all our players, new and old. 

[h2]New merch and a giveaway![/h2]

We were absolutely humbled and delighted with the response we’ve had to the previous shirts, and have frequently been asked if we’d be doing any more, so we are pleased to share three new designs, available in a range of colour options. 

Rep your favourite skelly recruitable, your appreciation for the landscape or simply look hella cool in our new death metal-style Kenshi logo shirt. As always, if you pick one up, please share it with us on the socials.



We’re also launching a new type of product - you can now protect your desk from the long hours of playing Kenshi, Foodcube crumbs and Grog spills with this new desk mat:



Have a gander at the new range, available now, over at our merch partner RobaRoba! If you’re thinking about picking up some gear in time for the holidays, make sure to check the individual item’s page on RobaRoba for details on shipping time estimates.


[h2]Enter our competition for a chance to win free merchandise[/h2]

To celebrate the release of the new merch we’re going to give away two new shirts and a desk mat to three randomly selected commenters across three different social media platforms.

There’ll be a shirt winner on Instagram, a shirt winner on Twitter, and desk mat winner on Facebook. For a chance to win all three, track us down and answer the questions there. 

One answer per platform only - each platform answer counts as an entry for that specific prize . The competition is open to any country RobaRoba currently ships to (which is most; contact them if you’re unsure).

The competition opens now and closes on Tuesday 22nd November at 6pm, GMT. 







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That’s all from us, for now! We’ll be back with another community spotlight blog at the end of the month, so keep tagging us in all your fanart pics and mods for the chance of a highlight.

Once again, we would like to thank each of you for your continued support. As always, be sure to check us out on social media and on our Discord server, and until next time, take care!