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Interstellar Marines

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Genre: Action, RPG, Simulation

Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux

Languages: English

Players: Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op

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Sep 3, 2012 @ 4:02am

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Recent Announcements View All (5)

Deadlock 0.4.11 - We need your feedback

April 9th, 2013 - ZPS.Bozar

Deadlock version 0.4.11 is online and available to all Spearheads, Frontliners and Vanguards. This version continues our commitment to Open Door Development which provides access to Deadlock, while it's being developed. Remember that you can get access to Deadlock and help speed-up the development of Interstellar Marines by upgrading to Spearhead, Frontliner or Vanguard in our store:
http://www.interstellarmarines.com/store/

Click here to access Deadlock 0.4.11

Mission summary
In light of last weekend's successful community event we decided to make a small update that addressed some of all the feedback we received.
The main highlight is the ability to switch teams during a short countdown on each map, just before the round begins. This makes it easier to setup the desired teams before a round commences.
The teams will be remembered from map to map. We also made some improvements to the spawning on each map and fixed the collision problems with the marine on steps and objects on Arch. Other improvements include better names over head, skippable ODD warning and squashing of old weapon/ammo bugs.
As always, please give us your unfiltered feedback and suggestions in the
Click here to access the official forum thread

New features

- Team Deathmatch: Added team switching in a countdown period before the map begins (press [X] to switch team)

Improvements:

- TDM: Updated the team assignment on map start so the teams from previous map are remembered

- TDM: Updated the team deathmatch points on all maps

- TDM: Updated sorting of names on scoreboards so they are now ordered by kills and then names (if equal kills)

- Audio: Added a minimum time the smg firing sound will play before stopping

- Graphics: Disabled all decals until we get a proper decal system running

- ODD: Updated the ODD warning so it's now skippable by pressing any key

- UI: Updated names over teammates to use the team color and hide when 25m away (no fading)

- UI: Added icon over head on teammates

- UI: Added drop shadows on names and icons over teammates (makes them stand out a bit more on non-contrast backgrounds)

Fixes:
- Map: Added collisions to trees on Arch

- Weapon: Fixed "you can fire into negative ammo on playground"

- Weapon: Fixed "triple-clicking the fire button will trick the server into firing all your bullets"

- Marine: Fixed the marine step collision problems by temporarily reverting the marine back to the old scale

- UI: Fixed "the Chat and Names UI will fade weirdly when taking damage"

- UI: Fixed "you can see your own name over head"

- Memory: Fixed material memory leak that caused the game to expand in memory when running for long periods

- Server: Fixed various issues in the server code that caused it to take longer to deploy/start new servers

Known Issues

- The round timer gets out of synchronization when a client experience local OS "lag"

- Sometimes the shootable lights are not synchronized properly for newly connected clients

Key bindings:
- [TAB] or [P]: Settings
- [W]: Run forward
- [S]: Run backward
- [A]: Strafe left
- [D]: Strafe right
- [LMB]: Fire!
- [RMB]: Aim (hold)
- [R]: Reload
- [F]: Flashlight
- [G]: Laser
- [N]: Show names
- [K]: Suicide
- [X]: Switch team (before round begins)
- [U]: UI help
- [T]: Open chat window (press [RETURN] to exit)
- [1-6]: Image effects (on/off is visualized by small dots at the bottom center of the screen)

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME,
Maria, Kim, Mikael & Carsten

Deadlock 0.4.10 - We need your feedback

April 9th, 2013 - ZPS.Bozar

Deadlock version 0.4.10 is online and available to all Spearheads, Frontliners and Vanguards. Remember that you can get access to Deadlock and help speed-up the development of Interstellar Marines by upgrading your profile in our store: http://www.interstellarmarines.com/store/

Click here to access Deadlock 0.4.10

Summary
Since last week’s update we’ve been working on finishing the first iteration of a basic team deathmatch game mode that aims to add a bit more purpose to the (still) crude gameplay. This has helped us flesh out some of the systems that we will need, for when we start developing on the more innovative game ideas that we have.

On top of that we’ve made a bunch of fixes all around, including a new playground scene sporting the OPD-3A Megalodon dropship inside Hangar A. The map is setup to simulate a power sequence ranging from normal operation to alarm and (of course) with fully destructible lighting.

We have also tweaked the size of the Marine and the 3p flashlight and laser effects, as well as a general update to the UI, intro cinematic and the different maps.

As always, please give us your unfiltered feedback and suggestions below. :)

Changelog

New Features:

- Team Deathmatch: Added a basic Team Deathmatch game mode that auto-assigns players to one of two teams (Delta or Gamma) upon connection

- Megalodon Playground: Added a new playground scene sporting the Megalodon dropship and with a dynamic power sequence and a fully destructible light setup

- Open Door Development: Added a new Open Door Development warning at game startup

Improvements:

- Marine: Increased the marine height to approximately 2 meter (was 1.8m)

- Marine: Removed the light cone from 3p flashlights

- Marine: Updated the 3p laser line to be more transparent

- Audio: Added support for global reverb zones (active when no local zones are triggered)

- Audio: Updated all maps with global reverb zones

- UI: Updated so the “press space” text is displayed automatically at end of intro cinematic

- UI: Removed watermark overlay from intro cinematic

- UI: Updated so [U], only toggles help text on/off in-game

- UI: Updated so [LMB] / [SPACE] can be used interchangeably where “press SPACE” is used

- UI: Updated “names” UI with team styling

- UI: Updated menu thumbnails

- UI: Removed obsolete “Toggle” text from all keys in UI help

- TDM: Added support for team-based spawn points

- TDM: Added auto-assignment of players to team on connection

- Graphics: Added camera surveillance overlay to intro cameras in “Dreamland”

- Engine: Updated the project to Unity 4.1

Fixes:

- Marine: Fixed marine possession bug when connecting to a server where the round had ended

Known issues:

- The Chat and Names UI will fade weirdly when taking damage

- You can see your own name over your head

- The round timer gets out of synchronization when a client experience local OS “lag”

- Sometimes the shootable lights are not synchronized properly for newly connected clients

- Triple-clicking the fire button will trick the server into firing all your bullets (thanks Leowolf)

Key bindings:
- [TAB] or [P]: Settings
- [W]: Run forward
- [S]: Run backward
- [A]: Strafe left
- [D]: Strafe right
- [LMB]: Fire!
- [RMB]: Aim (hold)
- [R]: Reload
- [F]: Flashlight
- [G]: Laser
- [N]: Show names
- [K]: Suicide
- [U]: UI help
- [T]: Open chat window (press [RETURN] to exit)
- [1-6]: Image effects (on/off is visualized by small dots at the bottom center of the screen)

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME,
Maria, Kim, Mikael & Carsten

Description

Release date: Late 2013

Jack-in with your friends in this cooperative First Person Simulator and experience a believable future where first contact with another sentient species is imminent.

Play our demos and join our awesome community at www.InterstellarMarines.com!

Updates

26th October 2012: We've launched our project on Kickstarter to fund the remaining development, so we can finally beat those darned shark creatures. Now, let's make the dream happen!

15th October 2012: We've been greenlit! - thanks to all of you who helped us spread the word to the masses and up-voted our game – we couldn't have done it without you!

Game Overview

Interstellar Marines is a sci-fi FPS action and adventure game with an original and unpredictable storyline featuring single and cooperative gameplay, with heavy focus on realism.

Set in a believable future, you play as a newly enlisted special forces soldier, equipped with the latest in weaponry, armor and gadgets that will embark on a breathtaking adventure. A world filled with challenging scenarios and heart pounding situations that in time draws you deeper into an ongoing plot centered around first contact with another sentient species.

Key Features

Heavy focus on creating an immersive First Person Simulator through graphics, sound and game play.
Entire experience designed from the ground up to support up to four players in coop.
Persistent character development and skill system.
Non-linear gameplay and open ended level design.
Customizable weapons and equipment simulation.
Realistic and interactive sci-fi environments, ranging from claustrophobic space stations to large outdoor worlds.
A believable narrative centered around first contact with another sentient species.

Our Vision

Interstellar Marines is all about evolving the FPS recipe with all the inspirations we've assimilated since the birth of the genre. The goal is a progressive step forward driven by our compulsive interest in science fiction, role-playing, military realism, and respect for first person immersion.

The core DNA of Interstellar Marines is inspired by three very specific first person experiences, which have all significantly helped evolve Interstellar Marines into the game concept it is today.

Half-life (1998 / Valve Software)
System Shock 2 (1999 / Irrational Games)
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (2003 / Ubisoft)

Open Door Development

We're developing Interstellar Marines with our doors wide open, inviting everybody to get a taste of our vision through small prototypes of our game. You can try out all our proof of concept demos for free and support our development by pre-ordering the game at www.InterstellarMarines.com.

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME
Your team at Zero Point Software

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Facebook: facebook.com/InterstellarMarines
YouTube: youtube.com/ZeroPointSoftware
Twitter: twitter.com/ZeroPointSoft

Popular Discussions View All (28)

Jun 12, 2013 @ 3:38am

Playable?

zepoxi

Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:47am

Hard Copy?

NearlyDedicated

May 12, 2013 @ 7:50pm

Bulleye Breach Easy winners

ZPS.Bozar

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tiepae ygt 3 hours ago

i am ready i have been waiting since i was 6 to play a game like this

MarkTheShark 14 hours ago

Omfg, this looks FUCKING AWESOME! Can't wait for information regarding this game!!!

Trackah123 23 hours ago

I can't wait until it gets released on Steam!

Keavon Jun 17, 2013 @ 10:48am

Everyone, be sure to favorite and follow this on Greenlight, and join the official Interstellar Marines group http://steamcommunity.com/groups/interstellarmarines and check your activity feed for updates!

Keavon Jun 17, 2013 @ 10:46am

DeathtoNWO: Reported.