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Desert StalkerNewsDesert Journal #5
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Desert Journal #5

Desert Stalker · published 3 Sep 2026, 18:12 UTC

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Hi everyone, we're back again with the monthly reports after a brief pause following our previous release.

During that period we have been planning and working on the next update, deciding on what content we want to tackle, and mainly focusing on smaller bits of content after the behemoth that Ivy's scene was.

That will give us the option to fill out some parts of the game that have not being touched for a while (for example Rabiah’s house) as well as other bits and pieces that won't lock us down to a single thing for the entire update.

Rendering is also progressing well, having already finished significant parts for a few scenes we have in mind and we are currently chugging along. A detailed breakdown of our current scene plan follows below.

  • It's finally time for the double date with Igor & Savana

  • Rabiah's household arc gets a continuation, and things will only get more spicy

  • Rami, the Stalker apprentice you met at the market visits you with a request.

  • More of Krait being Krait

  • If you haven't saved Slink during the market stroll at night early on in the game, you can now visit the guy's place and find out how she fares.

  • The Temple cast is expanding with Nezmira getting some content as well

The list above is potentially not exhaustive, it just reflects our current plan, and if we find we can squeeze in more stuff as development progresses we will update it. Also, here's some more previews.

In other news, the person that was handling our Traditional Chinese translation for the last couple of years (AHHCrazy) decided to step down for personal reasons.

He did a great job and was always keen on improving the translation, and the game overall as a result, and I thank him greatly for it.

That said, we need to figure out how to keep providing a translation to all our fans.

Machine translations are a thing obviously, but with the results being of dubious quality and us not being able to verify the results (as none of us speaks Chinese) is it our last resort.

So if anyone in the community feels they can help and are willing or knows someone that can, please feel free to reach out on Discord.

Until next month,

-Paz

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