A group of enthusiasts from the south of Poland are launching a fundraiser on Kickstarter. The aim is to raise funds for the creation of a game for which they have been collecting materials for many months. However, it wasn't the usual research involving scouring the internet for reference material. In order to lay the foundations for their latest creation, the team traveled more than 1,000 kilometers east. To Ukraine. To Chernobyl.

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An experiment was carried out in the renovated power unit No. 4, the purpose of which was to show how long (after a possible failure) the power plant would be able to produce energy for its own operation. The duration of the experiment was planned only for a minute.

Tests started at 01:23. Almost a minute later, the pressure of steam led to the first explosion - the anti-radiation dome was blown up, and the building of block four was demolished. The second explosion took place at 01:24. Only a crater remains from what once was the fourth reactor.

The fire brigade arrived shortly after the fire broke out. The firefighters were convinced they were dealing with an ordinary situation, a fire on the roof of the power plant. Units from Chernobyl and Pripyat arrived there and the fight with fire lasted several hours, until the very morning. They were extinguished by dozens of units, well over a hundred firefighters in total.

The entire local population was evacuated - first within a radius of 10 km from the crash site, then it was extended to 30 km in the following days. Approximately 350,000 people were evacuated, including those from Pripyat, which is today known as a “ghost town”.

38 years later, the memory of the Chernobyl events is still alive. For many years the Chernobyl disaster has been the subject of many publications - historical and scientific articles, reports, analysis. Over time, the history of Chernobyl and the place itself began to be used in other media - movies, TV series. And also video games.

Just nine days after the launch of the Kickstarter campaign, we are informing everyone that the required minimum amount has been raised. Work on Chernobylite has officially kicked off. All sketches, plans and concepts are slowly coming to fruition. But this is not the end of the story. The ongoing fundraising is uncovering more milestones, and that means new content that needs to be created and added to the game. The project is growing.

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Chernobylite saw the light of day for the first time in early access. And while the game is still in its infancy at this stage, plenty of things will still be tweaked and changed in the coming months, it is being met with mostly positive feedback alone. Players have particularly praised Chernobylite for its detailed reproduction of Chernobyl in even the smallest detail. We are not resting on our laurels. There is still a long way to go.

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Big day for us - Chernobylite is officially leaving Early Access! The game almost entirely resembles what we showed just two years earlier. Improved graphics, a new story, additional characters, additional content, new and improved locations and a finished ending - this and more was already ready for release. Over the following months, we have been fixing bugs reported by players and delivering new content to the game. We are giving these major innovations to players in the form of DLC completely free of charge.

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You have been with us from the very beginning. You followed all the information about the game, which we passed on to you in the form of reports. In 199 posts on Steam, we showed you the entire creative process, the ins and outs of game development, behind the scenes and interesting facts. We also told you about everything related to the very place without which the game would not have been created - Chernobyl. About its history, the events of almost 40 years ago, and our memories of traveling to the site. You read and commented on all the entries with equal enthusiasm.

Today's 200th report is somewhat symbolic. First of all because we are publishing it on the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. This event not only had an impact on the modern world, but also on pop culture as well. Without it, games like Chernobylite would never have existed.

The 200th report is also the last. It's been a fantastic journey and we hope it's also been very informative for all of you. We have to admit that, in preparing posts for you each week, it was not uncommon for us to learn something ourselves.

But it's not like we're abandoning Chernobylite! Keep following us on Steam and on our social media. We still have a few outstanding issues to resolve. And there are also brand new, exciting challenges ahead of us. And we sincerely hope you will join us on this new journey. Where to?


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The moment has finally arrived! Weeks of anticipation and your hard work have finally brought the harvest! Today, the winners of our art competition will be announced!

We admit that we were a bit apprehensive at the beginning. The entries did not come in as wide a stream as we had imagined. Also, some of them deviated from the established rules (what were those screenshots doing there?). But the closer we got to the deadline, the better images we received from you. In the end, we received a solid batch of works, from which we managed to select the final 10. It was a challenge for us, because each of these works charmed us in its own way.

D.E.S.T.R.O.Y.E.R.
Here you can see the huge amount of work that went into creating this image and the inspiration behind our concept material. The character has everything he or she needs: a name, his or her own historical background and is depicted in various costumes, along with the smallest details described. Heck, we even get to know the musical themes that fit this character! Hats off to you. An excellent job.

SIEGE (облога)
The character's name is Natalya. The traditional long coat in moro, glans and dreadlocks on her head perfectly match the look of a real stalker with Ukrainian roots. We appreciate the attention to detail of her silhouette and the look of her face.

FDE
Two pluses. The first for the richly detailed portrait drawn in pencil (that hair!). The second for the background and the clear definition of the character's purpose in the game itself. You can see that this is not a job done in three days.

Csenge Bíró
There is something charming about this image. Here we see a character created by Csenge (maybe even a self-portrait?) alongside Olivier. Extra points for the level of detail, including what is in the background.

Michael648
An interesting approach to the task. We're familiar with the stories of people who treated sneaking into the Zone and taking out fangs from there as a high school adventure. Therefore, we are all the more able to imagine that not every stalker has to wear a moro coat. One tip for the future: a bigger frame :P

Jarosław T. (MRAFpl)
An interesting concept. Partly cosplay, partly the product of a computer program. We ourselves have sometimes used such a method to help ourselves a little during the creation of concept graphics (this means that one of us had to dress up). Here, too, this method worked.

Dante
Making a cosplay is one thing. But to make a cosplay, throw in a cut-out silhouette against a screenshot from the game (or rather one of our graphics ;) and create a dialogue frame almost identical to the one from Chernobylite - that's a whole other, higher level.

Sigaev Taras
Sigaev tattooed himself with the figure of a stalker gawping at us from above the Devil's Mill in Pripyat and took a photo with this tattoo against the backdrop of the real Devil's Mill in Pripyat. That's called dedication to the cause.

Mico
A stalker in a mask dragging an oxygen bottle behind him was one of the funnier ideas we've seen. At least that's what we thought at first. Then we started to think that maybe it wasn't such a silly idea. While others walk around in just masks with filters, we came across one who thinks otherwise. Brave? Silly?

Koppany Szabo
The simplest and most old-school look. Reminds a bit of those who came to the power station after the explosion to investigate what happened and secure the place.

And that's it! As you can see, everyone had a different method, different skills and tools. But they managed it all the same and delivered some really cool images.

Congratulations to all the winners! Expect a message from us 🙂

Let us know in the comments which of those works you like!

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Prior to delving into the core content of the report, we would like to remind you:

1. The Spring Sale is underway! Chernobylite and all the DLCs released so far, as well as Chernobyl VR Project - the educational app where it all started - are available at reduced prices by 60%!

{LINK REMOVED}2. A contest is underway with many cool prizes to be won! You don't have to be graphically gifted or use advanced graphics programs. We will even accept graphics made in Paint :)

You will find the details below.

{LINK REMOVED}We had a lot of fun choosing the best photos from our outdoor photo shoots. Although we have to admit that it was not an easy job. It was quite a challenge to choose even a few from a really huge and hard-to-count collection. But it allowed us to dig into a lot of material that we ourselves had almost forgotten existed. It was worth sinking into the folders.

As we promised, there will be more moving pictures in this report. In addition to the pictures themselves, we also recorded short videos. Some of them you've probably seen on our social media, and some appeared in our Chernobylite promotional videos. Here, for example, footage from a photo shoot inside the building ruins. The light that day was perfect for taking outdoor photos.

Even when Tatyana (Joanna) is sitting in one place the pictures come out great!

This series was a special one. Here we tested the concept of showing Tatyana as a phantom straight out of the movie "Ring". We spent a lot of time styling our model. The hair caused some problems (it turns out that it is not enough to just flip the hair over the face). But the end result rewarded us for this effort. The photos came out fantastic.

There is an anecdote behind this session, which Joanna and Kasia talked about in one of our behind-the-scenes videos. A group of foreign tourists entered the building where the photo shoot took place. The girls decided to play a prank on them. Joanna appeared from behind a wineglass and... almost scared these poor tourists to death. They were quite frustrated 😀

And that's it for today. If you haven't had enough photos, go to our social media - there we upload and will continue to upload photos and other material that we have never published before. And in the next report we will see what you have drawn for us :)

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Before delving into the main section of the report, we would like to remind you that an exciting contest is currently in progress with lots of cool prizes to be won.

Details can be found below 👇

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A few months ago, we showed you what a photo shoot of Joanna, (you know her as Tatyana), looks like at the company's headquarters. You enjoyed all the behind-the-scenes photos and gifs very much.

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Hence, in this report and the subsequent one we will show you another batch of footage. This time they come from the outdoor photo shoots we organized both in Poland and in Chernobyl itself. Some of them you have seen as part of our promotional campaigns. But rest assured, our resources are much more extensive than you might imagine. And what you’ve seen so far represents maybe 2-3% of what we have on our disks.

By means of selection, we chose the best photos. We hope that you will like these as well 🙂

For a good start, photos from the nearby ruins.

Initially, this was supposed to be an overview session with our (then) new model. But the photos in this setting came out so well that we couldn't help but use them.

The next session already took place abroad. You probably associate those views from the projector in Igor's room, where you can see Tatyana in a light coat, walking down the sidewalk. It was in Slavutych that we recorded footage. And we also took some cool photos.

We probably spent the most time in Pripyat. Here on the outside of the Palace of Culture "Energetik"...

...and inside.

Of course, a visit to the closed amusement park was not to be missed.

And that's it for today. In the next report another portion of pictures. Also the moving ones ;)

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A few months ago we published a series of reports on conceptual graphics for Chernobylite. You liked the works very much. We can’t hide it, we also like them. 🙂 That’s why we decided that it would be worthwhile to continue this theme, and see new great works. However, this time YOU will be the authors of the new graphics.


What should you do?

Your task will be to create an image of your character that could appear in the game or a scenery from the game, similar to the ones we presented to you in earlier reports.

Is there a location that you think looks much better in your imaginations? Would it be better depicted in other colors? Or maybe this particular place is missing some elements that would be worth adding?
And what about your character? What outfit would fit best? We give you a free hand and count on your creative invention!

Rules:

• For images of locations you can use screenshots from the game, but also your own photos from Chernobyl, if you have any
  
• You can create an image by hand, on paper or canvas, or in a graphics program on your computer
  
• We accept only original works, made by yourself. Plagiarism and images made by AI will be automatically rejected
  
• Works must be submitted at this link[pollunit.com] by March 31, 2024
  
• Submitted artwork files must be signed (name or nickname), as well as the email address provided. Unsigned works will not be considered for judging
  
• Each participant can submit ONLY ONE artwork

Out of all the works, we will award the 10 best ones! The awarded participants will receive from us:

• official Chernobylite artbook
  
• a set of postcards
  
• map
  
• Chernobylite patch
  
• a Steam key to the Chernobylite Enhanced Edition

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We can't help but wish you good luck and break your brushes (including virtual ones)!

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Welcome to 2024! How about welcoming it with the first big sale?


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