August 15th, 2024
Officer roles, Twitch Drops, Robot outfits and more!
New Features:
- Officer Roles
- Captains can assign crew into four new officer roles to help run the ship
- First Mate: Granted full access to the helm. Help out or run the ship alone if the captain is AFK
- Chief Engineer: Can purchase Tech upgrades
- Supply Runner: Granted one extra gem slot
- Intern: Granted 5% bonus XP
- First Mate: Granted full access to the helm. Help out or run the ship alone if the captain is AFK
- One crew member at a time can occupy each role (e.g. only one First Mate)
- But, the same crew member can hold multiple roles (e.g. you can assign someone to be both Chief Engineer and Supply Runner)
- Roles can be assigned and revoked at any time while aboard the ship; only the captain can manage roles
- Crew will receive notifications in game when their roles change
- Note: the First Mate role will only be available on desktop for now. Adapting the Helm interface to mobile devices is a major project that we couldn't tackle for this update.
- Captains can assign crew into four new officer roles to help run the ship
- Twitch Drops Support!
- Watch any Twitch streamer in the Slipstream category to earn free rewards as follows:
- 20 minutes: 5 Data Keys
- 1 hour: 5 Data Keys
- 2 hours: 5 Data Keys
- 3 hours: 2 Respec Tokens
- 4 hours: 2 Respec Tokens
- 5 hours: “Sir Purrsalot” exclusive Cat outfit
- 20 minutes: 5 Data Keys
- Once rewards are claimed in Twitch, they will automatically be awarded in Slipstream
- The first campaign will run for two weeks. More campaigns planned for the future.
- Watch any Twitch streamer in the Slipstream category to earn free rewards as follows:
Enhancements:
- Ship Preview - when selecting a captain in the Space Dock, you will now see a preview of the ship that includes:
- Link to the Captain’s Twitch stream (if available)
- Ship type (e.g. Firecrest, Hedgehog, or Sparrow)
- Current run, and whether it’s a Bonus (e.g. “Charon Bonus”)
- Time of current run (e.g. “20m 13s”)
- Crew count and distribution of classes (e.g. 3 Bears, 2 Cats, 1 Turtle)
- Link to the Captain’s Twitch stream (if available)
- Tech Upgrade Highlights - in the Engineering Hub, Techs available to upgrade are now clearly highlighted so you know what you can afford at a glance.
- Seat Priority - crew in the 3rd seat on a station are now automatically moved to the 2nd seat if it is vacated. This updated logic prevents a player in the 3rd seat being “cut in line” to operate a station.
- In the Proteus Challenge run, maxed Techs now provide a much larger bonus to score (boosted from 20 -> 100 points per max Tech)
- Removed captain restrictions: all desktop players can now be captains after completing the tutorial
- We removed the “reach level 3” requirement to allow more players to experience the game when captains are not available
- Dates in the Proteus leaderboard now display in localized format for clarity
Content:
- Drops exclusive outfit: Sir Purrsalot, a cat in knight’s helm. Earned with 5 hours watch time.
- Bot Crew activate! Six new premium outfits available in the Slip Shop, with each crew class in shiny robotic form.
Bug Fixes:
- Player names with unsupported characters should now display an alternate or default name; there should be no more empty entries for players in the crew list
- Fixed typo in the Proteus scorecard (“Dificulty”)
- Various error fixes and optimizations
See you aboard!
