[2021] Community Update #3 - Prepare for Landing

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1149460/announcements/detail/3002196778025778419]here[/url].

Hello again, Prospectors!
Welcome back to another Community Update. It's been a great month as we continue to develop Icarus. Our private beta branch is up and running, we’ve had some guest streamers and journalists play it recently and we're busy making improvements around the clock.

We've reached over 5,000 members on our Discord! Our server is thriving and is a wonderful place to just hang out with friends, post memes, talk about our Twitch streams and YouTube videos. So here's to the next milestone of 10,000!

CREATOR SPOTLIGHT
Introducing Viktoriahhh!
Viktoriahhh is a content creator based in Australia growing her YouTube and social channels around horror and survival games, one being Icarus! She's charismatic and to the point, providing her community with "spicy" information found across our streams, YouTube development blogs and our once-in-a-while Discord leaks (thanks Dean!). We're excited to continue to support the women in our community and can’t wait to see more of their content!

https://youtu.be/-pagmGkpxXs
“I’ve always been passionate about survival games, but when I saw Icarus, I knew it was love. For me, the appeal of most survival games is choosing my own adventure, setting my own goals and figuring out what I can survive. Icarus adds a whole new dimension to the challenge by making your time planet-side limited and every drop is a fresh start on a new adventure with all of the perks you earned along the way. Usually the survival part is easy and it’s the enemies you have to look out for, so I’m looking forward to facing new challenges like insane weather and literally just breathing. In the end, the thing I am really most excited for is the very first time my house catches fire. It’s going to be lit.” - Viktoriahhh

Go subscribe to It's Viktoriahhh's YouTube! and follow her on Twitter

Notable Mentions
Earlier this month we collaborated with two content creators, Gladd and BigFry!


Gladd will go down in history as the very first content creator to get their hands on Icarus, while playing with the developers Dean and Lorii!
It was a fantastic stream filled with a lot of hype. Gladd didn't shy away from talking to us about Icarus' game development, took the time to learn the game and built a safe haven cabin. In the end he was mauled by bears. Thanks Gladd!



YouTuber BigFry sat down and played Icarus with Dean, although that day’s particular beta build became unstable as they played. BigFry dove into a no-holds-barred intricate, professional and sometimes personal interview around Dean’s career in video games before Icarus, and how the development is coming along with his fresh set of eyes. Thank you BigFry for a wholesome "Non-PR" themed chat.


While we love playing with raw beta builds, after the session with BigFry we took a step back and re-evaluated some of our processes to make sure we have a stable build ready to go when we play with guests. We’ll be reaching out to more content creators soon! We can't wait to host you and have you play Icarus.

Until next month!
Do you create content around Icarus? Be sure to tag us @SurviveIcarus or use our hashtag #surviveicarus so we can see your work!

Join our Discord server https://discord.gg/SurviveIcarus/ and follow us on Twitter! @SurviveIcarus

- Lorii

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