It's the Holidays! Update 8 brings stats, achievements and a very special Holiday version of Mainline Winter. We have also released our first documentary on the creation of Interstellar Marines.

Posted by ZPSHicks on Dec 19th, 2013

Update 8: Merry Xmayhem & New Documentary

It's the Holiday Season! So fire up Interstellar Marines and dive into a very special, holiday-themed version of Mainline Winter with an all-new gamemode and some highly unusual Christmas surprises.

Update 8 also introduces our first version of stats and achievements. Kills now provide Training Points which build towards your Training Rank. Every 10th rank gives you a special Steam Achievement to wear proudly.

The Making of Interstellar Marines: Episode 1 - The First Update

This is the first documentary in a series our videographer, Jonas, will be making. It shows the good, and the bad, of working on a game such as Interstellar Marines. We hope you enjoy it.

Team Photo

A few days before Christmas and "most" of the team got together for a special celebration. 2013 has been nothing short of miraculous for us. It has been a wild, exhilarating and unforgettable ride, and none of it would have happened if it wasn't for you - the community.

Version: 0.5.8

Released: 18th of December 2013

New Features

ADDED: Support for tracking Stats and Achievements.

ADDED: Training Points (TP) gained for kills (other ways of gaining will be added later).

ADDED: Training Ranks based on TP that unlocks achievements.

ADDED: Merry Xmayhem surprise game mode (includes seasonal achievements - get them while you can!).

ADDED: Training Point info to in-game UI.

ADDED: SARA speak when Suit System is enabled/disabled.

ADDED: Kill message area (no more kill messages in the chat).

ADDED: Win/lose music to round end.

ADDED: Jump and Land sounds.

ADDED: Weapon aiming sounds.

ADDED: SMG Xmas decoration.

ADDED: T-IM101 gift/spawn/pain/idle/kill sounds.

ADDED: Christmas hat to T-IM101.

ADDED: T-IM101 (increased shoot damage and armor).

Improvements

UPDATED: Mainline Winter with xmas theme.

UPDATED: Profile page in main menu with Training Points/Rank.

UPDATED: Relevant UI with player Training Rank.

UPDATED: All SARA sounds.

UPDATED: Emissive strips always visible on teammates.

Fixes

FIXED: "Existing players won't be auto-assigned to teams on new rounds."

FIXED: "Profile button not selected after clicking it."

Known Issues

Names UI is capped at 8 players in Xmayhem game mode.

View jittering may occur when jumping on lossy networks.

Audio may cut off partially/completely on weapon/helmet sounds.

Other players will seem to float above or interpenetrate while standing on a moving dynamic platforms (network smoothing will exaggerate this effect).

Keep the great feedback coming!

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME,

Your team at Zero Point Software