[2021] Beginning game loop pretty boring. Hope it gets better.

Originally posted by Chief Bigum Dikum: Look for oxidite > chop a tree > look for oxidite > pic up rocks > look for oxidite > Kill and animal for food > look for oxidite > Drink water > look for oxidite > cook food > look for oxidite > fight off wolf > Look for oxidite > skin wolf > look for oxidite > build a small shack so your oxidite makers have protection > look for oxidite > Stab a fish > look for oxidite > cook a fish > look for oxidite > hide from a light rain so you don't die > look for oxidite > die from suffocation because you couldn't make enough oxygen out of oxidite.

*Sigh*

Thanks for your feedback here. Some survival game systems and mechanics can seem pretty mundane due to there being linear human needs of surviving. However, if you stick around for our next beta weekend - storms will be at full functionality and will add a different dynamic to your current playstyle. You will need to stay on your toes and think ahead.

In future weekends, you will get to experience new biomes, and faction missions! Icarus is an evolving world, and gradually over time will become more and more exciting / frightening.

Originally posted by Chief Bigum Dikum:

Originally posted by loriipops: Thanks for your feedback here. Some survival game systems and mechanics can seem pretty mundane due to there being linear human needs of surviving. However, if you stick around for our next beta weekend - storms will be at full functionality and will add a different dynamic to your current playstyle. You will need to stay on your toes and think ahead.

In future weekends, you will get to experience new biomes, and faction missions! Icarus is an evolving world, and gradually over time will become more and more exciting / frightening.

I hope it's awesome! However, the constantly running out of oxygen is frustrating and kinda ruining the experience. It feels like the main factor in playing the game for me... everything else is secondary to trying not to suffocate. Would appreciate a way to help alleviate the constant need for oxygen. Or maybe fix the oxygen producing items if they are bugged. I heard a couple people say they don't work unless you put 50 oxidite in and let it reach 0 before using it. That might explain why everything seemed O2-centric.

I'll admit when I first started playing Icarus (as many of you are) there is a bit of a learning curve with all the things you need to pay attention to. What I usually do is mine a bunch of oxite straight away, so I've got a nice stack when I need it. Then I can concentrate on other things like getting food and building shelter. Solo play is punishing in this regard, so if you have been playing alone - I feel you! However, playing with friends you can issue out different "roles" or "responsibilities" like getting someone to mine oxite for everyone, and someone else to go hunting, or make a cabin.

There is a lot to take in, especially before storms next weekend.

I've taken on your feedback, and will pass it onto the team :)

Originally posted by Chief Bigum Dikum: Look for oxidite > chop a tree > look for oxidite > pic up rocks > look for oxidite > Kill and animal for food > look for oxidite > Drink water > look for oxidite > cook food > look for oxidite > fight off wolf > Look for oxidite > skin wolf > look for oxidite > build a small shack so your oxidite makers have protection > look for oxidite > Stab a fish > look for oxidite > cook a fish > look for oxidite > hide from a light rain so you don't die > look for oxidite > die from suffocation because you couldn't make enough oxygen out of oxidite.

*Sigh*

Build an oxidizer! FREE OXYGEN