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For the past few weeks, we’ve been searching for Korean, Turkish, Italian and Polish translators to come work with us and make Kenshi 2 an immersive experience for the players of those languages (and the previously confirmed ones of course).

We received an overwhelming number of applications, and are grateful for everyone who retweeted, re-posted and informed friends about the roles. Thanks for helping us spread the word and, for those who applied, for sending your applications!

We are now in the final stretch of the selection process with the three (four for Polish) finalists for each language who demonstrated their skills in translating excerpts from Kenshi and Kenshi 2 in their tests.

Let us know which translator you’d like to see as Kenshi 2’s translator and the reasons why!

You can find their translations and links to the feedback forms by changing Steam’s language settings into respective languages.

Applying for any role is stressful, even more so for the applicants who must undergo this process, so we appreciate your respectful and constructive feedback.

Finally, we will carefully consider everyone’s feedback, but please be aware we will not disclose our decision-making process or the reasons for the final selection.

Thanks in advance for your feedback!

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Hi Kenshi crew, we’re back!

The spooky month is now over and we hope Kenshi's tricks were but a whisper, and its treats a haunting delight!

Today we’re sharing a shiny new Community Spotlight video and announcing the Discord Halloween screenshot winners.

[h3]Discord Spooky Screenshot Competition Winners[/h3]
Big thanks to everyone who submitted a spooky screenshot to our competition in the Official Kenshi Discord. So many of you shared some fantastic shots and it was great to see them all come in!

The winner for our unmodded category is Dr.PyroBlazer with this shot of their crew taking on maybe one too many Fogmen. Do you think they’re walking away from this?



The winner for the modded category is Alexrrazabal with this shot of their character in some pretty rad armour, we wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of this guy.



Not forgetting our runner-up, Slowline! They submitted this brilliant capture of a creature lurking in the fog. We certainly wouldn’t want to be in their situation!



T-shirts will be on their way to the winners very soon! We’d also like to say a big welcome to all our new Discord members, do make yourselves at home!

If you’re not yet in the official Discord server, come join the community for Kenshi chats plus the chance to take part in future competitions and be in with more chances to win Kenshi goodies!

[h3]Grazie Survival Games Italia, for translating Kenshi into Italian!
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We’d like to bring your attention to a newly released Italian full-game fan translation from the dedicated team over at Survival Games Italia.

This mod of the week selection from last week is now available over on Steam Workshop!

A massive thank you to everyone at Survival Games Italia for making Kenshi accessible to all Italian players. Special shout-outs to Ruiner and Aeneas Romae who contributed many hours alongside Wandering, Giumaho, wolvesimon, Freakkina, Godran65, ELE from Streets and ruttalisk87.

Check it out here. Grazie mille!

[h3]Community Spotlight
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You folks shared great community-created content with us throughout October, whether it was fanart, screenshots or mods, we loved each and every one of them! Take a look at who’s featured in our latest video and let us know your favourites!

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Content included in this video:

Mods

• Gastronome mod
• Baap
• No Hope No Escape BeakThing
• Illumination and Hologram Statues

Screenshots

• Red sky at night.
• March of the Beak Things.
• "My small WIP self-sufficient colony for early-mid game"
• "Some moments along the journey."
• Enjoying the view.
• "Just a few more hours of this shift"
• Better run!
• "How does this happen???"

Fan Art

• "The Horned Devil possessed a sinful mind..."
• "Second time making beak thing from clay and he’s so handsome"
• "Wandering, never wondering"
• "We Die We Hate We Truth"
• "Honored Champion of the Crab Lands!"
• "Feel the warmth of Ells"
• "Pondering shek anatomy"
• "Hiver in the Ash"

[h3]Get your festive content featured in our next Community Spotlight
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The festive season is slowly making itself known again, and we wouldn’t mind seeing some festive mods, fanart and screenshots a little early this year! You’ll also have a chance to feature in our next Community Spotlight if you tag us on our social media channels and Discord server!

Safe travels, Kenshi crew!

Hey there Kenshi fans!

As September bids adieu, we’re back with a fresh Community Spotlight, a Halloween-themed competition and a superb new knitted sweater available for pre-order!

[h2]It’s a Discord Spooky Screenshot Competition[/h2]



Kenshi can be a creepy game at points, so we thought it’d be fun to challenge you folks to send us your best spooky screenshots. Perhaps you’ll snap the shrouded Fog Islands, some blood spiders coming out of nowhere, or simply the terrifying Lord Phoenix himself. Whatever you choose, a little exploration of the map should give you plenty of subjects to select to be in with a chance of winning a Kenshi t-shirt of your choice, and the glory of being declared as the top spooky virtual photographer!

To participate, all you have to do is upload your screenshot to our Official Discord server under the channel named "🖥screenshots🖥"!

There will be two winners plus a bonus runner-up (so three in total) across two categories: modded and unmodded, so please specify what category your screenshot is under when you share it, or it won’t be counted.

To vote for your favourite screenshot, react to it with the “: Fogchamp :” emote and the top three screenshots with the most amount of votes from the community by October 31st will win! (don’t vote for your own, we’ll send Fog Men after you.)

We look forward to seeing all of your submissions over the next few weeks!

All submissions must adhere to the competition terms and conditions and the Official Kenshi Discord Server rules found in the “📏rules-and-faq📏” channel.




[h2]Knitted Kenshi Sweater Pre-Orders - grab one at a discounted price before 30th October![/h2]


We are thrilled to announce the arrival of this beautifully designed cosy Kenshi sweater just in time for the holiday period! Featuring a cornucopia of creatures and races from the cataclysmic chronicles of Kenshi, this comfortable light-knit sweater is (much like a Bonedog) not just for Christmas.

Pre-order before 30th October and you can snag this snuggly sweater at a slashed price of $59.99 and guarantee a pre-Christmas Day delivery if you’re based in the US. Please refer to RobaRoba for non-US delivery times and any other shipping information.

Orders made after 30th October will be individually manufactured and priced at $69.99, and unfortunately aren’t guaranteed to arrive before Christmas Day. Please be mindful of those shipping dates if you’re planning on surprising a loved one with some Kenshi knitwear for the festive season.




[h2]Community Spotlight[/h2]
This September saw no slow-down to the huge array of community content creation: we had some great fun coming across some fantastic screenshots, fanart submissions and mods in the Steam Workshop. Feel free to leave a comment below with your favourite picks or your suggestions and submissions for next month’s Community Spotlight.

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Content included in this video:

Mods

• Ghillie Suits
• Holy Lord Phoenix
• OraOraOraOraOra (Rush Beatdown Attack Animation)
• Riceweed grows in green biomes.

Screenshots

• "Me and the Boys."
• "Martial Village"
• Ominous premonition.
• "A base built in the crater"
• "Taking this crew to The Ashlands, whether they're ready or not"
• "Pup squad"
• "Trio"
• "Eyegore KILL KILL KILL"
• "So pretty"
• "Meet my new friend, Kesha. He likes to snack on raiders ^_^"

Fan Art

• "sculpted and painted a skin spider"
• “encampment”
• "Beak Things and Beep"
• “Beep, Ray, and pets.”
• "Skeleton Man"
• "Defender WIP 2/3"
• "The Strongest Kenshi"
• "Shek fighter sketch"
• "Kenshi-inspired illustration"

With October upon us, we’d love to see you folks share some spooky fanart, mods or screenshots on our social media channels and, don’t forget about our screenshot competition in our Discord server.
Catch you next time!

Hello there, Kenshi folks!

Can you believe it’s been one whole year since we started doing our Community Spotlights?

Thank you to everyone who shares their creations with us, it’s been our pleasure to put these together every month and we hope you’ve enjoyed them too. We can’t wait to see what the community shares in the future!

Here’s a look back at what was shared throughout August:

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[h3]Content included in this video:[/h3]
Mods

• Ex-Slaver Plus!
• BURY THE DEAD - Corpse Burials and Caskets
• Towns Expansion
• Minor Faction Overhaul - Crab Raiders
• Industrial Expansion [Beta]

Screenshots

• Four in the wilderness
• Hilltop Base
• "I still feel like taking normal screenshots from time to time"
• What are they talking about?
• Should their name be changed to Pinhead or Hedgehog or Boromir?
• Using walls to make a path in acid water...
• Fighting in a sandstorm
• "The vibes of my cactus farm in The Great Desert..."

Fan Art

• He that talks much, lies much
• Unforgotable
• P1MkII - Tinfist.
• Headshot!
• Look closely at the details
• Hiver minis for 3d printing
• Beep Doesn't Give Up
• "He doesn't care" (He’s just KENshi)

[h2]Now Hiring: Korean, Turkish, Polish, and Italian translators to localise Kenshi 2[/h2]



As some of you may have noticed in our posts, we are currently looking for Korean, Turkish, Polish, and Italian translators to localise Kenshi 2. They will join a team of translators who have started to localise the game into Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil) and Chinese (simplified) last year.

The closing date is 1st October 2023, so if you are an experienced games translator who loves to translate dialogue, please apply at lofigames.com/jobs.

We’ve found some fantastic translators by involving the community in the final selection process last year, and we are repeating the same this time around. Please stay tuned as we finalise the selections, and help us choose the best translators for your languages!

For those of you who are interested in Lo-Fi Games’s unique localisation process, check out our blog from last June.

[h2]Kenshi is 55% off on Steam![/h2]

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

That’s right, Kenshi is currently 55% off on Steam until September 18th, the perfect time to pick it up for yourself or your friend who keeps it on their wishlist!

Thank you all for taking the time to read our blog post today!

If you would like the chance to have your screenshots, fanart or mods to be featured in one of our community spotlights, please do share your work with us by tagging us on our social media channels or in our Discord server (which is currently boasting some fun new features).


Speak to you in the next one!

Welcome back to another community spotlight for the month of July!

We’re never short of fantastic work to include in each of these spotlights, and we hope you enjoy going through them every month too!

Grab a bottle of grog (please drink responsibly), sit back and enjoy this July’s mods, fan art and screenshots.

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Content included in this video:

Mods

• Fishwich
• Cat Tower
• Blue Nebulosity
• Minor Faction Overhaul - Scavengers

Screenshots

• A natural fortress.
• "Look at that sunset"
• "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!"
• A new adventure awaits
• Morro do Corco Waldo
• Twilight swamp
• Pretty cool base you got there
• Taking in the view before taking someone’s limb
• Whoops
• "Lord Beep, Protector of Squin"

Fan Art

• "A little mixed media mess for one of my hivers, hope this hurts your eyes"
  
• "Dangerous wanted criminals, Agnu and Beep"
• "Our courage is our best God"
• "The One and Only"
• Plotting their next move
• "Hiveless"
• "No smile"

We appreciate you all joining us for another community spotlight, and you know the drill by now, but for a chance to be featured next time, make sure you’re sharing those awesome creations by tagging us on our social media channels and in the Discord server.

Until next time!