<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>King Island Studio · Blog</title><description>Official announcements, devlogs and news on Mentium and the rest of the studio&apos;s projects.</description><link>https://kingislandstudio.com/</link><language>en-US</language><item><title>10 languages with cultural anchoring: the Daily Challenge problem</title><link>https://kingislandstudio.com/en/blog/10-languages-cultural-anchoring/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kingislandstudio.com/en/blog/10-languages-cultural-anchoring/</guid><description>Why translating the same Daily Challenge into 10 languages doesn&apos;t work, and how Mentium generates 10 distinct daily challenges, culturally anchored to each locale.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>devlog</category><category>i18n</category><category>culture</category><category>daily-challenge</category><author>Valentín Stancu</author></item><item><title>How to build a rival with persistent memory using Gemini</title><link>https://kingislandstudio.com/en/blog/rival-with-memory-gemini/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kingislandstudio.com/en/blog/rival-with-memory-gemini/</guid><description>Technical devlog on how Mentium stores and uses player history so your rival actually remembers. Architecture, prompts, costs and trade-offs.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>devlog</category><category>ai</category><category>gemini</category><category>technical</category><author>Valentín Stancu</author></item><item><title>Mentium 1.0 “Curie” is now on Google Play (early access)</title><link>https://kingislandstudio.com/en/blog/mentium-curie-1-0-early-access/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kingislandstudio.com/en/blog/mentium-curie-1-0-early-access/</guid><description>We just published Mentium 1.0 “Curie” in early access on Google Play. How to download it, what it includes, and why everyone playing right now gets the Pioneer Pack.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>mentium</category><category>launch</category><category>android</category><category>google play</category><category>early access</category><author>Valentín Stancu</author></item><item><title>Mentium 4.2 enters closed beta</title><link>https://kingislandstudio.com/en/blog/mentium-closed-beta-4-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kingislandstudio.com/en/blog/mentium-closed-beta-4-2/</guid><description>Today we&apos;re opening the closed beta of Mentium 4.2 — an AI-powered trivia game for Android. How to join, what&apos;s new, what&apos;s next.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>mentium</category><category>beta</category><category>android</category><category>announcement</category><author>Valentín Stancu</author></item></channel></rss>