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The Next Steps for Development (The "Micro-Roadmap")

Fellow space rogues,

Thank you for your continuous support! Below you'll find a summary of our development plans for the immediate future ("some of us enjoy calling it a micro-roadmap").
Keep in mind that in addition to the things mentioned here, there are literally hundreds of Shortest Trip things we want to work on.

The ones below are just those that we feel good about promising at this moment.

1. New easier & harder game modes
2. Material convertor modules update
3. Ship sensors update
4. Ship doors update
5. ... and we will release new plans as existing ones get completed :)

In addition, today we will be updating the game with several fixes. Read the changelog below to find out all the latest changes (including all updates active since the release of the DLC Shortest Trip to Earth: Supporters Pack)



Updated features
  • The most resource consuming crew will now be chosen first to be sent to cryosleep (crew panel cryo + button).
  • Module slot craftable module button hover now shows all the info about craftable module
  • Added shield highlight when aiming with a weapon that can do shield damage
  • Damage per minute (DPM) stats added to data shown in ingame ship info panel
  • Added new game over texts
  • Updated Nuke targeting. Missing nukes now attempt damaging new target (closest enemy module)
  • Nukes now self destruct when they reach target position, but nothing is there and no other targets are around

Balance & related
  • Numerous DIY and Decoy nukes now also cause light module damage on impact.
  • rebalanced some sos warplife encounters
  • replaced dangerous explosives smuggler in level 1, updated insectoid fast laser stats
  • Two ancient gatling guns now consume a bit more ammo
  • Spider bossfight now always happens from the front
  • Shops now sell more cheaper explosives
  • Material convertors that make explosives are now better
  • Made all cryosleep modules better at healing
  • Increased crew movement speed during accelerated time
  • Gave ship HP bonus to many containers
  • All playable ships now have at least 2 container-only slots
  • More modules will now give minor ship HP bonuses
  • Reduced evasion bonus for starting ships and some ECM modules
  • DIY dronebay repair price is now 15 instead of 20 synthethics
  • Made medbays a bit faster
  • Module crafting now takes more time
  • Greentail nukes now have more hitpoints
  • Reduced fire damage speed on mostly enemy ships
  • Slightly lowered playable ship HP's
  • Updated enemy boss ships
  • Rebalanced hostile ship nuke arsenal
  • Rebalanced sensors, bridges
  • Slightly increased accuracy of all enemy ships
  • Slightly reduced deflection of some enemy ships
  • Gave +1 point defence to 1 slaver ship
  • Changed 2 slots for Tigerfish, gave better starting point-defence turret
  • Removed fate bonus from some SOS events
  • Changed fleet of Sector 1 Style Guardians
  • Updated HP of squid ships
  • Red Ripper biotech war animal does not need extra time any more to wake up from cryosleep

Visuals
  • Container modules that have initial rotation 90 or 270 degrees will now also rotate upright
  • Science drone perk image updated
  • removed outdated chat sounds from fleet encounter dialogues


Fixes
  • Overhauled navmeshes on all modules, fixing some possible "getting-stuck" or navblocker issues.
  • Optimizations on lev4 boss weapon animations
  • "Fixed crew panel glitches"
  • Fixed an issue that starmap clickable area didn't cover the edges in larger sectors.
  • Re-aligned module slot angles in bluestar ship for better navigation.
  • Fixed crew permanent leave for all shops and now this action has a special cursor
  • Three buttons for selecting player crew now fixed
  • fixed firebomber cannon text
  • Some tweaks to fueltank artifact graphics.
  • Fixed weapon-swap exploitability that allowed installing weapons modules into less valuable slots
  • Fixed rat gatling gun description
  • Fixed some typos
  • Launched player nuke UI is now shown green
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The Supporters Pack DLC is here!

Hello to all space rogues,

Are you ready to get deeper into space? We sure are, as today we are launching our first DLC Shortest Trip to Earth: The Supporters Pack!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172130/Shortest_Trip_to_Earth__Supporters_Pack/
What’s the DLC about?

You can now board The Battle Tiger – a brand new playable ship with unique crew, drones, pets, perks and nukes.

For the fans of the base game, The Supporters Pack gives you a copy of the “Shortest Trip Sketchbook Scribbles” digital collection, as well as the game’s official soundtrack album with one extra hour of original music.

What else is included?
Ten new crew/ drones/ pets

The Battle Tiger starts with VIP crew who sometimes bring along their exotic pets and drones. The ship always starts with a cat and a dog.

Five new nukes and five new modules

Turn your ship into a real tiger by adding custom nukes and modules that not only look cool but will also make your trip to Earth feel like a walk in the park.

Much more exciting content scheduled to be added in 2020!
As we continue to support the base game, the Supporters Pack will receive further expansion with new ships, weapons, modules, and more to follow next year.

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New Games & Trailers on First Ever ‘Iceberg Ahead’ at Paris Games Week 2019!

Hello to our great community!

We are excited to share with you some big news - today we're publicly announcing a totally new initiative for us: Iceberg Ahead!



On October 29, we will make several major announcements and showcase an assortment of gameplay and trailers for our exciting 2019/2020 line up, via a live-broadcast during Paris Games Week 2019.

Hosted by industry veteran Dan Maher (@MrPointyHead - Inside Xbox), the very first Iceberg Ahead will air next Tuesday, October 29th at 7 PM GMT/3 PM EDT on YouTube and is set to feature more than 10 of our upcoming indie titles - including;

Make sure to subscribe on our YouTube channel so you won't miss the premiere!

During the presentation we’ll be tweeting announcements from @Iceberg_Int, and you can join in too via the official Iceberg Interactive Discord server - where the whole crew will be hanging out and answering your questions!

We hope you'll enjoy!

The Iceberg Interactive team



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Shortest Trip to Earth: The Supporters Pack DLC

Hello to all fellow space rogues,

After the overwhelmingly positive welcome of Shortest Trip to Earth's launch last August, we are excited to share with you our plans for the first DLC of the game. Shortest Trip to Earth: The Supporters Pack will arrive on October 23.

The Supporters Pack adds a new playable ship - The Battle Tiger - with unique crew, drones, pets, perks, and nukes. In the new DLC a copy of the "Shortest Trip Sketchbook Scribbles" digital collection will be included, for those of you who want to take a glimpse into the process of developing The Shortest Trip to Earth!



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172130/Shortest_Trip_to_Earth__Supporters_Pack/

Included in the DLC:
A new playable ship - The Battle Tiger

If you are familiar with the popular Tigerfish-series, you will probably recognize the Battle Tiger, a spaceship designed to transport VIP crew safely through hostile space.

Ten new crew/ drones/ pets

The Battle Tiger starts with VIP crew who sometimes bring along their exotic pets and drones. The ship always starts with a cat and a dog.

Five new nukes and five new modules

Turn your ship into a real tiger by adding custom nukes and modules that not only look cool but will also make your trip to Earth feel like a walk in the park.

"Shortest Trip Sketchbook Scribbles" PDF

Interested in getting to know how Shortest Trip to Earth came to be? Take a look into the development visualized as a collage of sketches and scribbles that span from 2010 to 2019.

Existing music as OST

Composed by four independent musicians, the 23 meditative tracks of Shortest Trip to Earth can be now added in your daily playlist. Keep the good vibes going!

Much more exciting content scheduled to be added in 2020!

As we continue to support the base game, the Supporters Pack will receive further expansion with new ships, weapons, modules, and more to follow next year.

Connect with us to stay up to date!


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