Dear Astronauts,

Thank you for your continuous support of Deliver Us Mars. It has been wonderful to see how well-received the Major Update has been, and of course, the screenshots you have taken with the photo mode provide us with a stunning new perspective on our game.

Yet, it is important to say, that your Martian experience would not be the same without the deeply emotional, atmospheric soundtrack composed by award-winning composer Sander van Zanten. To honor his absolute genius, we kindly ask you to nominate Deliver Us Mars in the "BEST SOUNDTRACK" category at Steam Awards 2023.

To infinity and beyond!

- KeokeN Interactive team

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Dear Astronauts,

A new update is landing on the red planet, to help improve Kathy's journey and your experience further.

You can find the change log here:

Primary fixes to existing features

• Turned off DLSS FG during ASE control transitions to combat artefacts;
  
• Edited Reflex UI text labels;
  
• Correctly set Reflex UI and functionality on startup;
  
• Automatically turn on Nvidia Reflex when toggling DLSS FG on;
  
• Slightly adjust the FSR to DLSS switch delay to prevent crashes.

Notable BUG fixes

• Fixed a collision issue in Chapter 8;
  
• Fixed a number of display issues related to Frame Generation and Reflex.

Dear Astronauts,

Today we present to you with great pride our Deliver Us Mars 2.0 update that has improved a wealth of issues and addressed feedback from our players in the PC, PlayStation® 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of the game. In secret, through the challenging waves of being an independent studio, we’ve been focused on making sure this update is the greatest we’ve done so far. We want to make it clear that we've heard you in the tweaks we’ve made, and we also have some exciting new features as a way to celebrate this huge milestone. We are very thankful for all your comments and the amount of heartwarming messages you send us every day. This update is for you, the players, as you are more important to us than anyone else, and we hope you enjoy what we’ve accomplished here.

Here’s a snippet of the long list of prominent issues and fixes delivered:

• Cinematic pause functionality;
  
• Enhanced lighting passes throughout the entire game (levels and cinematics);
  
• The climbing system now shows a deflect reaction when hitting an unclimbable surface, additionally, it will not allow the player to slam into the air;
  
• Improved virtual texture loading times on landscapes and other assets;
  
• Q and E to roll rebind and WASD individual keys rebind instead of presets;
  
• HDR Support;
  
• A broad wealth of improvements across textures, animations and general quality of life.

For a full list of the patch notes click here[www.deliverusmars.com]

As a gift, we want to introduce you to some really cool features and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do:

• Raytracing Translucency is now available throughout the game;
  
• A very exciting Photo Mode has been added!

Besides broadly improving on Deliver Us Mars, our team has spent countless hours making the coolest shots throughout the game, and we are very interested in seeing what you will make of this! Seeing the player’s perspective through this lens is very exciting to us, and it makes you re-discover the game in a whole new way. Definitely send us all your shots, pictures and messages, we would love to hear everything you have to say as we will finally be more active on our forums and other channels to talk more directly to you.

All that’s left to say is, enjoy your flight to the stars!

Koen Deetman CEO, Game Director
And from everyone in the KeokeN Interactive team

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Crew Alert!

Delivering the most optimal experience possible during your mission in 'Deliver Us Mars' has been ever vital to us, and we have continued to be so grateful of your feedback.

Thank you again for being so engaged with us and passionate about the game!

With that being said, please find below supporting notes for Deliver Us Mars quality update: 1.0.2.

NEW FEATURES.

• 3 rotating save files are now saved, use the Load Game screen to load into a previous auto-save.
  
• Subtitle character names can now be toggled in the accessibility options.
  
• Subtitle colour per character can now be toggled in the accessibility options.
  
• Water visual effects have been added for Kathy and AYLA when interacting with water.
  
• Hair simulation has been added to Young Claire for both hair cards and grooms.
  
• The overall brightness can now be adjusted in the display options.
  
• AMD FSR2.1 is now an available upscale option in the graphics options.
  
• Ray Tracing Ambient Occlusion toggle has been added to graphics options.
  
• Ultrawide support in-game by enabling higher FOV multiplier on ultra-wide aspect ratio’s.

PRIMARY FIXES TO EXISTING FEATURES.

• Additional graphic options for PC are now available (foliage, shader and effects quality).
  
• Keybindings are now available in the options.
  
• WASD keys can now be changed in the keybindings options.

NOTABLE BUG FIXES.

• Added New Game confirmation pop-up window.
  
• Character texture quality balance has been improved significantly.
  
• Childhood Kathy general face animation improvements.
  
• Characters no longer clip through belts during cinematics.
  
• Ray Tracing shadow optimizations have been made for foliage.
  
• Fixed the EULA scrolling blocker while holding the accept button.
  
• Fixed Ayla control range noise bug; UI screen fade and the distance meter now work accurately.
  
• MPT beams now create a zapping sound again when you cross them as Kathy.
  
• Update the UI Sliders to have a little light outline around the text to improve visibility.
  
• Rollercoaster and other instances of NPC camera control now use inverted options setting if selected in gameplay options.
  
• Improved the scrolling astrochat bit by pumping the contrast, colours, and overflow effect.
  
• Hide the DX12 option entirely if not on windows 10.
  
• Groom hick-ups are now minimized during cinematics.
  
• Performance optimizations for all cinematics when using Ray Traced shadows or when in Quality mode on 9th Gen consoles.
  
• Ryan will now no longer T-pose in the distance when you skip the cutting tutorial in Chapter 1.
  
• Sarah's face animation when walking in the hallway in Chapter 1 is fixed.
  
• Kathy can no longer clip through the road of the Astrovan parking area in Chapter 1.
  
• Fixed first-person camera during astrovan ride, inverted input now works.
  
• Launch sequence clouds have been made more realistic in Chapter 1.
  
• Fixed interior mesh clipping through exterior of the Zephyr ship in Chapter 2.
  
• Isaac and Claire no longer moonwalk towards the climbing wall in Chapter 2.
  
• Several death loop fixes in Chapter 4.
  
• Muted beam SFX during cinematics in Chapter 5.
  
• Many minor collision fixes in Chapter 5.
  
• Ray Tracing shadow optimizations in Chapter 7 hologram cinematics.
  
• Fixed semi-blocker when climbing where mantling at the top of a climbing section was difficult in Chapter 8.
  
• Collision fixes in Chapter 8 to prevent clipping.
  
• A fail state has been made more realistic in Chapter 9.
  
• Minor framerate optimizations in Chapter 9.
  
• Vine close-up popping reduced in Chapter 9.
  
• Fixed "Kat-like reflexes" achievement exploit in Chapter 9.

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Travel safely on your onward journey, Crew!

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It's been an incredible journey so far for all, since the exciting launch[www.deliverusmars.com] of Deliver Us Mars back in February 2023.

We've enjoyed seeing so very many of you share your adventures with Kathy and crew to the Red Planet, uncovering the hidden mysteries and forging forever strong bonds and memories within the story.

We are excited to share with you our most gratefully received accolades that recognize how 'Deliver Us Mars' truly has made an impact, out across the player galaxy.

For our players, community and everyone involved in this momentous journey, we thank you for your support, appreciation, thoughts and feedback. It has greatly contributed to the passion that all behind the scenes have for 'Deliver Us Mars'.

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Please continue to keep a close watch on our social channels (Twitter | Facebook[www.facebook.com]) and news feeds over the forthcoming days as we look to share exciting information on a special update coming soon for 'Deliver Us Mars', which will introduce some quality of life improvements to the game, with thanks once again for your valuable feedback contributions.

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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Deliver Us Mars is OUT NOW.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1345890/Deliver_Us_Mars/

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Hello Crew!

We hope you're having a fulfilling week so far on your mission.

As we've mentioned before, your best experience in 'Deliver Us Mars' is vitally important to us and we are grateful for your continued feedback on both your good experiences and also where improvements could be made.

We'll continue to listen and report back on any quality improvements we can provide, moving forward.

With that being said, please find below the supporting notes for our first quality and performance improvement update today, for Deliver Us Mars in the form of 1.0.1.

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• VSync is now turned off when DLSS Frame Generation is on.
  
• Improved performance in cutscenes when using the Hair Groom setting.
  
• Improved loading performance when going through airlocks and cave areas.
  
• Fixed some performance stuttering caused by triggering a checkpoint while climbing.
  
• Performance of hologram cutscenes whilst Ray Tracing is turned on has been greatly improved.

• In order to prevent players from overwriting save data by accident, the ‘New Game’ button on the Main Menu now needs to be held for 1.7 seconds to start the game.
  
• Added a prompt for when you need to backwards jump in the Odum caves that explains the necessary controls.
  
• Camera tweaks while in Zero gravity to help prevent motion sickness.
  
• Improved targeting of buttons when Kathy is stood closer to them.
  
• The game will now display an icon whilst an autosave is being created.
  
• Fixed MPT Resistors falling out of the world when AYLA carried them out of range.
  
• Many fixes to improve Kathy’s ability to clamber up objects across the game.
  
• Added some blocking volumes to prevent players getting stuck in various areas.
  
• Fixed a blocker in the Prologue relating to Kathy being crouched when triggering certain elements.
  
• Claire’s height changed in the prologue to match her appearance for this chapter.
  
• Fixed collision in a few areas of the Prologue so that players can no longer get stuck in a falling animation.
  
• Increased the size of the blocking volume above the puzzle building in Chapter 1 to prevent players from getting out of the play area.
  
• Fixed a duplicated helmet during the launch sequence of Chapter 1.
  
• Fixed Young Kathy missing her hands in a scene in Chapter 2.
  
• Added underwater ambience during the appropriate sections of Chapter 2.
  
• Prevented being able to trigger one of the detective sequences in Chapter 2 a second time after completing the puzzle and reloading the game.
  
• Adjusted the position of a target point for an objective marker in Chapter 3.
  
• Placed a blocking volume in a Puzzle during Chapter 3 that only blocks the MPT beam so you can't block yourself.
  
• Moved a light in chapter 5 that caused Kathy's head to get a bright glow.
  
• Kathy should no longer snap into place during a scene in Chapter 5.
  
• Removed extremely unfortunately placed save point Chapter 6, which fixes a death loop.
  
• Fixed McArthur’s hologram going missing during a cutscene in Chapter 7.
  
• Reduced the camera shake in certain moments during chapter 8.
  
• Prevented Isaac from getting himself stuck in certain sections of Chapter 9.
  
• Texture improvements for vegetation in Chapter 9.
  
• Fixed NPCs disappearing after reloading some checkpoints in Chapter 9.
  
• Swapped some climbing panels around so you can get back up more easily when you fall in the climbing puzzle during Chapter 9.
  
• Fixed Isaac's position at the door of the control room in Chapter 9.
  
• Removed an errant floating seatbelt in Chapter 9.

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We will remain attentive to your ongoing feedback and experiences following this update, so do keep sharing these with us.

Travel safely on your onward journey, Crew!

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Alert, all Crew!

As previously mentioned, your best experience in 'Deliver Us Mars' is vitally important to us and we are grateful for your continued feedback on both your good experiences and also where improvements could be made.

UPDATE 1.0.1 INCOMING.

With this being said, tomorrow, February 16 at approximately 10AM UTC, we will be deploying update 1.0.1 for 'Deliver Us Mars', to apply a number of performance and quality fixes.

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We'll be in touch with detailed information in the form of update notes, shortly ahead of release.

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To all crew, we hope you're having a wonderful week so far.

Since the memorable launch of 'Deliver Us Mars' this month[www.deliverusmars.com], we remain ever grateful for your warm thoughts and feedback, as many of you embark and continue onward with your epic mission to the Red Planet with us.

Many of you have even completed your mission and to those of you who have celebrated your eventful discoveries with us, we value you so much! Thank you!

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Whilst we appreciate reports of success in your journey so far, we also value your feedback in relation to any issues you may have experienced along the way so far.

This supports our development team at 'Mission Control' to further refine elements of 'Deliver Us Mars' which may require some additional support, in the form of an update, coming soon.

We'd like to reassure you that issues in relation to performance drops are heard loud and clear and the team are working hard behind the scenes to carry out investigations into these issues, as well as noting additional concerns raised outside of performance types.

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We'll remain monitoring your feedback and will be sure to communicate as soon as possible with you on further progress, in regards to known issues.

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[Image Credit: @Nick_Baker777 | Twitter]

As previously mentioned, we are grateful for those of you who are continuing to share your experiences with us in 'Deliver Us Mars' and love to join in with your celebrations and discussions across our social channels.

Do continue to share your favourite screenshots and memories by using #DeliverUsMars on Twitter, for example.

We'll be in touch.



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Great news!

'Deliver Us Mars' is officially Steam Deck Verified!

Now you can embark on your mission of discovery, wherever you may be!

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Following the launch of Deliver Us Mars last week[www.deliverusmars.com], we would like to continue to share all of our thanks for your support and feedback during this monumental mission to the red planet.

We read all of your thoughts and wishes and will remain vigilant to respond to as many of them as possible.

Journey safe.

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Deliver Us Mar is OUT NOW!
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1345890/Deliver_Us_Mars/