Patch Notes for August Release v1.80.0

v1.80.0 Patch Notes

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

  • 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

    • AddedNotethe 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.

• 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

  • 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.

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)

• 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!