Icarus Dev Tracker

Originally posted by Thompsin: Im happy to hear creative will be included. At the very least I'm hoping all extra content like DLC's will be sold separately. I know you said it may sound confusing, but I definitely think you should have called it the supporters edition and told people they get creative in the base game. Really would've made it less of a worry for people like myself just wanting the base game for now.

Agreed on both counts!

To be honest, when we set out to make this game we didn't plan on self publishing. While that means that we don't have to split the proceeds with a publisher, it means we have to figure out all this stuff ourselves. So it's a learning process for us.

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I have mostly been playing singleplayer during our development. Occasionally with friends. Even then, many of us have been building our own buildings in little villages.

The game is heavily focused around coop or singleplayer gameplay.

We are even adding an entire "solo" talent tree, for those who want to specialize their character for playing alone.

Note:
1. Standard will receive 1 x Outpost accessible
2. Deluxe will receive and *additional* 2 x Outposts to choose from.

We don't want to gate *functionality* behind the deluxe edition.

We originally had thought to have it in the marketing for the differences, but it got very cluttered.

Also; I think we might change the wording of Deluxe edition to *supporters* edition. As we plan to provide lots more to it over time, and it was designed for our super-fans in discord and such in mind.

Not right now but it is on our radar!

Originally posted by Nyrr0: As far as I could tell, if you miss the drop ship / die on the planet that character is dead unless something has changed...

What if when you get far enough along, when you have a decent amount of cash etc, you could put down Insurance? Bounty? Escrow? and if you miss your drop ship, that money gets put up as a mission, and a group of players can accept the mission and try to find your unconscious body and "Rescue" you and return you to that station, and if they do they would get that payout?

Seems like a cool thing to do with cash and give other players some optional end game content and interaction...obviously the mission would be hard, and they run the risk of dying themselves...but would probably be fun and rewarding.

This is a clever idea, thanks for bringing it forward!

Hello!
We are self publishing.
Microtransactions were among our concerns of Icarus being a F2P title. Monetizing a free game can be very tricky to get right, not to mention the amount of resources it takes from the dev team to constantly add new content and items.
This is just one of the many reasons we are glad that we became a premium purchase, so we can keep developing on Icarus' core gameplay experience and build upon that through our DLC's.

Hey all,

We aren't looking at our DLC's as a "paywall" but are adding them to compliment our base game. We want your journey to evolve over time, and keep you engaged and interested! :)

Originally posted by SmashT: If you want to upgrade now from Standard to Deluxe, you will need to go through the refund process (it's instant), they are working on the upgrade option though and it will become available shortly, ahead of launch according to FAQ on discord.

Thanks Smash!

Originally posted by flux.faraday: It will be fun to see how it evolves. I know I prefer a pause button on all single player games (it's usually not healthy for me to ignore my household :) ) and I'd prefer the pause to delay the session timer as well. That still allows the lore to work, time just isn't passing while the game is off.

You do have a fair argument! However, sometimes we can't have exactly what we want in the video games we play. I'm hoping that once you get your hands on the game that you'll be able to see how flexible and non-restricting the session timers can be!

Originally posted by Bee: Would you be able to purchase more "time" in the form of extra gas with more handfuls of exotics?

No, the session timers are set to tick down and run out :) that seems like an interesting idea, though.

Originally posted by J🅾JI: in the video Icarus: No Rescue - we don't really know what happens to her, we don't really know what native aliens are on this planet besides a few animal like ones we've seen in the videos.

We know going outside of the particular area has some humans freak out so I'm assuming the majority of them have never ventured to far out. We have forest/snow/desert biome are these done by humans?

I hope they do a lore documentary every major release (the doc was quite good) so it's like an on going thing with players discovering lore then we get the videos of new discoveries.

Also it seems you have the option to go back to earth if you get exotics? since you can become a billionaire (why would the human want to keep risking their life)


curious who is writing the lore of icarus and how everything works, breaths, lives...so it all makes more sense.

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Glad it makes more sense now! Once the game is out, I think that's when folks will truly understand and appreciate the mechanic!

Originally posted by onebit: Rocketwerkz deserves some credit for continuing to update Stationeers.

Stationeers is an underrated game! It's so good.

Dean and I are super transparent during our casual streams! You should come check it out, you may change your mind and come to appreciate the hard work everyone is doing at the studio!

https://twitch.tv/surviveicarus/

Originally posted by Tutuff: will co-op be official servers, player hosted, private servers?

Heya! Check our FAQ - it has been updated with some new info. But our servers are indeed player hosted.

Even a PVE game can be ruined by bad monetisation i think. Making a F2P means guessing exactly how big your market is, and pricing part of our game so that you can make enough from that market to cover your costs.

More and more we just felt like the F2P aspect was causing us issue and we didn’t feel comfortable with how we were looking to approach it.

We feel much more comfortable with a game priced at a modest price point which is where we are now.

GENERAL QUESTIONS

Q: When is Icarus’ launch date?
A: Icarus will launch this November.
You can play earlier by taking part in our Beta Weekends beginning from 28 August.
We will have a better idea of our launch date as we listen to your feedback during our series of Beta Weekends! (see more information below)

Q: With the launch date change, will the 10% Pre-order discount still be applied in the same way?
A: Yes.
Our 10% discount for Pre-orders still applies now and lasts up until one week after Icarus' full launch.

Q: Can I upgrade my Pre-order from the Standard Edition to the Deluxe Edition?
A: This will become available shortly. In the meantime our best solution is for you to refund the Standard Edition and purchase the Deluxe Edition. We apologize for the inconvenience around this.

Q: All Pre-orders receive an in game XP boost -- how does this work?
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Originally posted by Dozer: title

No support for Linux right now.

As far as lore is concerned, we have only made known a small portion of it so far. We're planning on releasing more world-building lore. We definitely want the community to make sense of what's going on. There is a balance to be found between game play oriented folk and lore oriented folk.

Think early gold-rush prospectors. In my mind sci-fi explorers are well-funded, heading out with plenty of supplies and some top-of-the-line gear. These people are almost considered expendable, a gamble even. Being sent at as little cost as possible but with the hope of large returns if they are successful.