Icarus

Icarus Dev Tracker




21 Nov

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    Lil Shammgod on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Hey! Thanks for bringing this to our attention - we're jumping on this with the team and will aim to find a solution as soon as possible. Apologies!
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    sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Gameplay-wise it means you have to manage oxygen levels as a resource in addition to water, food and stamina.
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    sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
There is a pinned post in the forum that explains that if you pre-ordered to play the Beta Weekend that you can refund at any time no matter how long you have played for.

We worked with Valve to implement this so it could be a no-risk pre-order.

20 Nov

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    sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Yeah those are the Recommended Specs, but the Minimum Specs are that you can play Icarus fine on a Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB.

Also we're running a giveaway for two 3080s this weekend - that should help at least two people out
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    sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
There was a character reset for Beta Weekend 6, but not this latest Beta Weekend.

Looks like you got hit by last weekend's reset. There will be a reset at our 1.0 launch on 4 December too.
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    sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Yes the game can be played completely single player. There is a 'Solo' talent tree just for single player that balances the progress differently than if you play in a group.

You can access all the Prospects ("mining licenses") in the game at launch with no extra purchase.

The story of the game is that you are a Prospector in an space-age "gold rush." The missions you go on are called "Prospects", which is the gold mining term for an area of land that you have the rights to for a period of time. These are awarded by the Government (in Icarus this is the United Development Agency) like "mining licenses". You don't have to pay to access new Prospects, you will unlock them as you go.

In future there will be DLC chapters (New Horizons and Dangerous Frontiers) that you can buy which will come with more maps, biomes and extra Prospects. But we'll also keep adding Prospects to the base game for free.

19 Nov

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    sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
See how far the rabbit hole goes: https://surviveicarus.com/lore/

17 Nov

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    sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Originally posted by Shadowman: so this weekend is open beta for all?
It's open for everyone who has pre-ordered the game ;-)
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    sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Originally posted by Öp Pôíñt Båkèr: Is LAN co-op possible or does all multiplayer require an online connection?

We use your Steam friends for multiplayer at the moment, which needs an online connection.
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Welcome back, Prospectors!
To celebrate the final Icarus Beta Weekend and your community creations and adventures we are running a series of competitions and giveaways.

They are the:
  • Best Photo Competition
  • Best Build Competition
  • NVIDIA 3080 graphics card giveaway

To help you enter we have added a new Photo Mode and added NVIDIA’s RTX Global Illumination tech to make Icarus even more beautiful but deadly.

Entries close 12 noon PST / 8pm UTC on Tuesday 23 November.



ICARUS is a big and beautiful (but dangerous) world. And we want you to document it. The most breathtaking environments. Those heart sto... Read more
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    /u/ on Steam - Thread - Direct
A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

16 Nov

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    /u/ on Steam - Thread - Direct
A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.
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Welcome back, Prospectors!

The final Icarus Beta Weekend is upon us and what a journey it has been! We're going to send you off towards Icarus v1.0 with a bang, and we'd like to thank you all for being such a fantastic team of beta testers.

This Beta Weekend we are adding a major new graphics feature - NVIDIA’s RTX Global Illumination. We have a strategic partnership with NVIDIA and our busy developers have been working closely with them for the last few months to optimize Icarus’ graphics and to apply Global Illumination in ways never done before in an open-world game.

To ensure the best possible experience, make sure you have your drivers updated to the latest version available on the NVIDIA website[www.nvidia.com]... Read more