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Workshop Update: Kaidan Revoiced - Community Expansion 1.0 Launch!

After two years of development, the Kaidan Workshop Staff is proud to present Kaidan Revoiced - Community Expansion (KRCE)!

First and foremost, none of this would be possible without livtempleton graciously giving us permission for our project! Throughout the years, the assets she's allowed the Skyrim modding community to build upon has kept Kaidan alive in thousands of modlists, providing the opportunity for even more players to enjoy her original creations; we're very honored to be added to the list of modders whose creations are inspired by her work. When we started the Workshop, we had no idea if anyone would even notice our project; a new voice actor, a new iteration of an already established character, and no product to show for it in advance. The only thing we could offer the general public at the time was the promise of transparency and community cooperation throughout the process. So we created a budget for revoicing Kaidan, a plan for community involvement, and hit the ground running. We added new staff, taught ourselves new skills as the scope of the project evolved, and leaned on the advice, ideas, and encouragement from our community. Alongside the (mostly) monthly updates on our Tumblr and taking suggestions from our 'I Had An Idea!' Discord channel, our methods for ensuring transparency during development evolved; our Community Team began hosting public meetings via our Discord to discuss our current workflow, answer questions, and conduct live script readings of our original scripts, to ensure that our Writing Team was matching the original tone set by livtempleton. We also streamed our beta footage on Twitch, trying our best to stress test the new framework built by our Creation Kit Team while also taking more suggestions from our audience for future content. Finally, we were incredibly pleased to be able to host an Open Beta for KRCE this past October & November for our Discord community, as a special thank you for their support. We were able to get some excellent feedback on some of our new follower features, as well as hunt down any missed audio or errors our internal testing missed. All in all, it took many, many people to bring this mod to life, and our Staff is incredibly humbled and grateful for the support of everyone involved. While this 1.0 version will be available indefinitely for those who prefer it, the Workshop Staff is very excited to begin creating more original content moving forward into 2025! One of our original scripts for the Daedric quest "Pieces of the Past" is in the 1.0, so you can check it out to get a sense of the tone our writers are going for! You can read about what content is present in our mod, as well as find the answers to commonly asked questions in the KRCE Mod FAQ. Keep up with the project via our updates on Tumblr, or join our Discord server!

The Kaidan Workshop is a community-led, non-profit project that aims to build upon the original LivTempleton Kaidan 2 mod. Our project is strictly non-profit; all funds raised are to commission Mr. Warren for his services. You can read more about what the Kaidan Workshop is here.

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Workshop Update: November 2024

The Kaidan Revoiced: Community Expansion Open Beta has officially concluded! From the entire Workshop staff, thank you to all of the participants!

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Hi there!! I hope you're all well. I was a member of the discord server a while back and recently noticed that I was just... not in the server anymore? I'm not a big discord user, but I joined again, and it says I cannot see the chat history in many of the chats. Is there something I need to do to see the chat? Should I send staff a message? I didn't want to bother anyone with this, but I just want to make sure I didn't do anything wrong haha. Thank you and take care!

Howdy! Check out this ask.

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Workshop Update: Open Beta Is Live!

It's finally here Spectators! Our Open Beta is officially live! You can find out all the details (as well as the download links) on our Discord server. We can't thank all of you enough for believing in our vision for Kaidan and helping us see it through. With your help, we can chase down any last minute bugs before we release on Nexus!

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Hey it’s Uh Time?

It is.

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Hey all! I hope you're all doing well, thanks so much for all the hard work you've done. I jumped on the bandwagon late, I actually only dove back into Skyrim after a lengthy break and stumbled upon Kaidan a few weeks ago. I've been reading up on everything you all have done and it's amazing. I did try to jump in on Discord to join in on Friday but I didn't have permission to attend. All this to ask, will the beta be available to all or is it exclusive to specific discord members? I'm happy to wait for a finalized product! Just thought it might be fun to help out in the only way I could.

Howdy! If you didn't have access to our Discord, your name probably appears in white -- you still need to read and agree to the rules by hitting the dragon emoji in the #rules section (your name should turn red or orange!) As per rule nine in our server ("This project retains the rights to its scripts and its previewed content") and out of an abundance of concern for our content in development, we've decided to host the open beta through our Discord server. It allows us to centralize our debugging efforts and feedback we receive from our testers. Feel free to message us privately if you still need assistance getting access to the rest of the server! And thank you for the kind words!

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is the open beta going to be on nexus mods? Or is there somewhere else we have to go to access it?

Please refer to our most recent post!

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According to the results of the poll so far most people are wanting to wait for the completion of new lines before release. Was curious if you all had considered a public beta for those of us who are impatient and want to play workshop Kaidan now or as soon as possible completed or not. I just really miss having Kaidan in my game ok. 😂

We've been sitting on this ask for MONTHS because we wanted to do a surprise open beta. Super duper sorry about that, but hey, surprise! Sincerely, The Workshop Staff

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Workshop Update: Open Beta Announcement!

Happy Spooky Month Spectators! We've got important information to cover, so let's jump right into it.

During our [REDACTED] event on Friday, we announced our upcoming Open Beta! Open to members of our Discord server, we will be shadow dropping a link to the beta version of KR:CE sometime in the next two weeks. We are seeking the help of the community to track down any mod incompatibilities or bugs, so we can get them ironed out before our release on Nexus.

To prepare yourself and your mod lists, you can refer to our updated KR:CE Mod FAQ, as well as our new Beta Tester Guide.

Next, we are recruiting new staff members for our CK & Assets Team and our Community Team!

As our community continues to grow, having more staff will help us better meet the needs of the Spectators, as well as help speed up production times for KR:CE post-launch. You can apply here.

Finally, we have commissioned two Spectator artists to help create material for the KR:CE Nexus mod page, but we are also seeking a graphic artist with experience in web page design. We will be posting an official commission request for our Art Volunteer community later this week.

We thank you so much for your continued patience and cooperation. With your help, we can make the public launch of Kaidan Revoiced: Community Expansion a smooth success!

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More info coming soon...

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Me rn waiting for tomorrow

Can’t wait to see all the hard work you’ve guys have been doing!

We're thrilled to finally be able to tell you what we've been doing! Keeping our lips shut has been so hard over the last few months, but we promise the wait will be worth it!

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We'll see y'all tomorrow!

[REDACTED] Announcement!

You're going to want to sit down for this one. See you on the 4th!

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y'all I've been so excited about this mod since I heard about it in May, I'm vibrating. I love what yall are doing with Kaidan and I'm so excited to play it!! pace yourself, take good breaks, don't rush anything- your wellness is more important than getting a mod out. HOWEVER. i am also chomping at the bit and chewing glass about it. I want my boyyyyyy

Thank you for the rabid kind words! Your wellness matters as well! Glass is not a snack!

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when I say I've been vibrating with gay excitement ever since I've heard about this wonderful project!! I'm an actor in training and it's absolutely enchanting listening to the range Paul Warren has (I might've snooped his portfolio haha) as an actor. truly inspiring. thank you all for working on this mod, I can only imagine the time and love that has gone into this.

Thank you so much for the kind words! Paul's range as a voice actor is a force to be reckoned with; oftentimes, he provides 4 - 6 versions of the same line, making audio work interesting at times:

We can't wait for all of you to get your hands on it!

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Not an ask, moreso just a compliment. I had just found out about your mod and as someone who has not played modded skyrim in a year and just came back to all this mess, it's so nice to see the passion and transparency your team has for this project. It's very refreshing to see how your team is planning out this project and I am very excited about the initial release!!!!

Thank you so much for the kind words! We're thrilled to be able to get this project into your hands and hear everyone's thoughts on Kaidan Revoiced: Community Expansion.

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Will the mod be released on Xbox as well? Or just PC for now and Xbox later?

Either way, congrats!

It will be! We plan on releasing the Xbox version of KR:CE after our initial launch on Nexus, to have a chance to handle any bugs before porting. Thanks for asking!

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Hallo~

Just wanted to let you know that this project is probably the nicest thing happening in the current Skyrim modding landscape. You picked a lovely voice actor too! I remember playing "the other" remaster and ended up trashing that 50h save due to frustration. I just want Kaidan to be Kaidan. So thank you for clarifying your goals.

Transparency is very important to us at the Workshop; after all, without the generous donations from the community, this project would be dead in the water! Our goal is to create content that seamlessly matches up with LivTempleton's original work. As we transition to creating more Workshop content, our live script reading sessions via our Discord will continue to be a sounding board to ensure that our new additions stay in line with his original depiction. Thank you again for your kind words!