Interstellar Marines — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Christmas Mini Update | 2019-12-22 | Hello Marines, and Merry Christmas! We've just released a small update that has added the following: XMAS MAYHEM Marines and CTRs now have reindeer antlers and santa hats. These changes affect the Xmas Mayhem gamemode, Wargames, and all missions/challenges. Marines and CTRs now explode in a colorful display of glowing confetti particles to the tune of Christmas music upon death. SANDBOX The Sandbox map has been updated with a moving turret that fires a projectile at each of the display surfaces to show the differences of each individual surface. Please keep in mind that the turret can damage players. The Recon Drone can now be killed, and wil |
| Masters of Halloween Wargames 2019 | 2019-10-28 | https://youtu.be/rcefnXSyVk0 Rundown: Welcome to the 2nd annual Masters of Halloween Wargames! You are invited once again into the eerie bowels of Hell with plenty of spooks and scares awaiting you. This year we’re bringing back the Hell Week game mode (no respawns after the grace period) and introducing some thematic changes to spice up the event! The event will take place on October 30 at 6:00 pm UTC. Join us on Discord to chat with other players and find teammates. Participants are welcome to record or live stream the event and share it afterwards using #interstellarmarines. Note: There is no sign-up. The server has room for 64 players tot |
| Update 29 And Beyond | 2019-05-29 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4647647/f371356a22e41ced8346525195086ed026c7e192.png Hi everyone, good news! We’re pleased to announce our new development roadmap for Interstellar Marines. We’ve decided on a 4 month development period, with a tentative deadline for each update and new priority system for WIP content/features. The priority system will sort tasks into “need, want, bonus” categories. The Game Director will designate what needs to be done, what he'd prefer volunteers do, and bonus items that can be chosen by the volunteers themselves. Anything that is not ready will be pushed to release in a lat |
| Update 28 - Engine Upgrade | 2019-05-21 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4647647/09d4b82af6e0ae5bd21d0e925362de309b88c8f5.jpg Update 28 - Engine Upgrade Hello Marines, we’re very excited to announce Update 28! First, we want to thank everyone who participated in ITO Testing - you’re the best! Update 28 has finally been wrapped up and released. In this update we’ve upgraded Interstellar Marines from Unity 5.1.3 (released August 2015) to 5.6.7 (released March 2019). This much needed upgrade allows us to utilize awesome new features and improvements, which includes increased performance/optimization, lighting improvements, shader upgrades, GPU instanc |
| When Will More COOP Content Release? | 2018-10-27 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4647647/4090c71119e63454eec433d05aa307e0d7d78d3e.jpg Hi everyone, we'd like to take a moment and answer one of the most frequently asked questions about Interstellar Marines: There really is nothing we'd rather make than COOP missions and especially unique and exciting ones; but without more advanced AI, options for scripting and more advanced gameplay setup towards tactical sandbox gameplay with a story, we can’t do that. We want the next COOP mission to feel more immersive and unique than the previous missions. The Cooperative mode was built for Interstellar Marines from the |
| Update 27 - To Hell and Back | 2018-01-20 | http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4647647/d783a2723b9967975804e73d7f0626a0b39d5cfa.jpg Update 27 - To Hell and Back Good news everyone! Thanks to our wonderful crew of community volunteer developers, Update 27 has been wrapped and released! Going into the volunteer program we weren’t sure what to expect, but we knew development was much too slow and something had to be done, and we sure are glad we took a chance and accepted some help. Now that we have a better idea what the volunteers are capable of and how to manage volunteers rather than regular employees, we plan on more frequent updates in the future. |
| Update 27 - To Hell and Back | 2018-01-20 | http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4647647/d783a2723b9967975804e73d7f0626a0b39d5cfa.jpg Update 27 - To Hell and Back Good news everyone! Thanks to our wonderful crew of community volunteer developers, Update 27 has been wrapped and released! Going into the volunteer program we weren’t sure what to expect, but we knew development was much too slow and something had to be done, and we sure are glad we took a chance and accepted some help. Now that we have a better idea what the volunteers are capable of and how to manage volunteers rather than regular employees, we plan on more frequent updates in the future. |
| FIVESTAR Championship Series | 2018-01-09 | https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26195835_10156007550068432_5754039377018620965_n.png?oh=14e76eeab326b95a215281362167917b&oe=5AE62E75 Are you a competitive Interstellar Marines player who’s found themselves hungering to return to the battlefields we all know and love? Or perhaps you’re a new player, ready to prove themselves among the elites? Whatever your motives are, long-time community member Five5staR is giving everyone the chance to compete in his standalone competitive league, the FIVESTAR Championship Series! Join the action at their discord; https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26169906_10156007682208432_23818645 |
| FIVESTAR Championship Series | 2018-01-09 | https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26195835_10156007550068432_5754039377018620965_n.png?oh=14e76eeab326b95a215281362167917b&oe=5AE62E75 Are you a competitive Interstellar Marines player who’s found themselves hungering to return to the battlefields we all know and love? Or perhaps you’re a new player, ready to prove themselves among the elites? Whatever your motives are, long-time community member Five5staR is giving everyone the chance to compete in his standalone competitive league, the FIVESTAR Championship Series! Join the action at their discord; https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26169906_10156007682208432_23818645 |
| Update 27 - ITO Test Build 4 Released | 2017-12-07 | We've been hard at work on Update 27 and have made significant progress. This includes tactical reload, a fix for falling through the map in need of testing, and weapon changes for you to provide feedback on. X-Mayhem Status Right now there is a bug which spawns the present over and over again in the same space up to millions of times in an attempt to maximize holiday cheer, making the game mode unplayable. One of our programmers is looking at it though, and with his help Santa might be able to save Christmas after all! Development Status Several of our volunteer programmers attend university; Understandably, they’re occupied with end of seme |
| Update 27 - ITO Test Build 4 Released | 2017-12-07 | We've been hard at work on Update 27 and have made significant progress. This includes tactical reload, a fix for falling through the map in need of testing, and weapon changes for you to provide feedback on. X-Mayhem Status Right now there is a bug which spawns the present over and over again in the same space up to millions of times in an attempt to maximize holiday cheer, making the game mode unplayable. One of our programmers is looking at it though, and with his help Santa might be able to save Christmas after all! Development Status Several of our volunteer programmers attend university; Understandably, they’re occupied with end of seme |
| ITO Player Testing Has Begun For U27 | 2017-10-02 | Thank You! First off we'd like to thank all our friends in the Interstellar Marines community who have given us your support and confidence! We are humbled by the overwhelmingly positive response and are very pleased to announce ITO Testing! Our ITO Testing program allows us to post game changes on a beta branch in Steam for ITO players to test, without breaking things for the casual player on the main build. Up until now it's been an exclusive group that requires a signed non-disclosure agreement on file at Zero Point Software to participate but NOT ANYMORE! We have opened enrollment to anyone who is interested, with no NDA required. Not onl |
| ITO Player Testing Has Begun For U27 | 2017-10-02 | Thank You! First off we'd like to thank all our friends in the Interstellar Marines community who have given us your support and confidence! We are humbled by the overwhelmingly positive response and are very pleased to announce ITO Testing! Our ITO Testing program allows us to post game changes on a beta branch in Steam for ITO players to test, without breaking things for the casual player on the main build. Up until now it's been an exclusive group that requires a signed non-disclosure agreement on file at Zero Point Software to participate but NOT ANYMORE! We have opened enrollment to anyone who is interested, with no NDA required. Not onl |
| Interstellar Marines is NOT Dead; Working on Update 27! | 2017-09-22 | Community members close to me on our official Discord server, Steam Friends or Skype, should be fairly up-to-date on the details below. Lone Survivor I, Kim Haar Jørgensen (the primary creative force behind Interstellar Marines), am currently the only official developer working on the game. I can do almost everything, except programming, which I'm learning. To be able to pay the bills at home, I'm currently working a full time job as "Respiratory Handicap Helper", which is both day and night shifts, allowing a fair amount of "free" time to work on Interstellar Marines. At the moment there is not a lot of light at the end of the tunnel for Int |
| Interstellar Marines is NOT Dead; Working on Update 27! | 2017-09-22 | Community members close to me on our official Discord server, Steam Friends or Skype, should be fairly up-to-date on the details below. Lone Survivor I, Kim Haar Jørgensen (the primary creative force behind Interstellar Marines), am currently the only official developer working on the game. I can do almost everything, except programming, which I'm learning. To be able to pay the bills at home, I'm currently working a full time job as "Respiratory Handicap Helper", which is both day and night shifts, allowing a fair amount of "free" time to work on Interstellar Marines. At the moment there is not a lot of light at the end of the tunnel for Int |
| Update 26 - Breach Operations | 2016-12-22 | http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4647647/e71b5b92895944fefceca00d5c4cbace3f539d71.jpg Good Morning/Afternoon Dear Community, This is the first update in quite some time, and we've all been waiting for it! Update 26 introduce the first mission instance inside Wargames. A mission which takes place in the treacherous corridors of Operations in full lockdown. Hordes of defective and patrols of submachine gun wielding CTRs is all that stands in the way of you (or your team) and the loot filled treasures enclosed beneath ... oh yeah, and 5 power relays at random locations! Update 26 also features a few minor bu |
| Update 26 - Breach Operations | 2016-12-22 | http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4647647/e71b5b92895944fefceca00d5c4cbace3f539d71.jpg Good Morning/Afternoon Dear Community, This is the first update in quite some time, and we've all been waiting for it! Update 26 introduce the first mission instance inside Wargames. A mission which takes place in the treacherous corridors of Operations in full lockdown. Hordes of defective and patrols of submachine gun wielding CTRs is all that stands in the way of you (or your team) and the loot filled treasures enclosed beneath ... oh yeah, and 5 power relays at random locations! Update 26 also features a few minor bu |
| Interstellar Aspirations: Time for a Dimensional Shift | 2016-05-25 | http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4647647/a731c5d68d96adea8b84f320f0001e50783dbb64.jpg We've just released an exciting new video detailing our plans and opportunities. Watch the video on YouTube. Dear Marines, friends, and family, Interstellar Marines has come a long way since we launched on Steam Early Access. Every penny earned has been spent on development of Interstellar Marines and we’re finally ready to secure a completion deal with a publisher or other knowledgeable investor to wrap up the game, release out of Early Access, and expand onto PS4 and Xbox One. We have made a new video to present our game |
| Interstellar Aspirations: Time for a Dimensional Shift | 2016-05-25 | http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4647647/a731c5d68d96adea8b84f320f0001e50783dbb64.jpg We've just released an exciting new video detailing our plans and opportunities. Watch the video on YouTube. Dear Marines, friends, and family, Interstellar Marines has come a long way since we launched on Steam Early Access. Every penny earned has been spent on development of Interstellar Marines and we’re finally ready to secure a completion deal with a publisher or other knowledgeable investor to wrap up the game, release out of Early Access, and expand onto PS4 and Xbox One. We have made a new video to present our game |
| Update 25: Chameleon | 2016-03-21 | http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4647647/6405e69b25ad48ec353b9572b89269160f30c38e.jpg Good Morning/Afternoon Marines! This latest update to Interstellar Marines increases the value of your Combat Points (CP) by offering unlockable skins allowing you to blend in, or stick out, as much as you’d like. Update 25 also adds a shining new menu interface and we've revamped the Introduction mission to include some of our new features. https://youtu.be/XREtCFZq7OE http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4647647/f1396a49be8b3d99a064a1b2500afa69c0acc405.jpg We’ve added a new menu interf |