Icarus Dev Tracker

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22 Nov 03:41 sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct

Not in this chapter.

The corporate and governmental factions operating on icarus are rivals but are doing their best to avoid any diplomatic incidents for now.

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22 Nov 03:38 sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct

Yes!

But we have a 10% discount if you pre-order, but it will continue as a 10% discount for our entire launch week.

We've changed the name from Deluxe to Supporters Edition too, to better show that it's for people who want to support the long-term development of Icarus. We'll also add a few little things to it in future.

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22 Nov 03:34 sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct

Well, it is a video game.

There is more backstory on how Icarus came to be here.[surviveicarus.com]

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21 Nov 23:55 sknightly on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Würger GER: Seriously? He bought the deluxe-edition and refunded it, while Steam did only refund the cost of the base version to him and you really deleted his post (where he rightfully complained)? So, in other words, you stole around 70 bucks of him? And you delete his rightful complain?

I can't wait the game to get released, so I can give your game a negative review.

No, we did not delete that thread. The original poster did, after we answered his question ;-)

He had an issue with a refund, we replied, and suggested he contact Steam support directly.

There are many threads here that discuss both the pros and cons of how the Icarus Beta Weekends have gone. They're useful conversations for us developers to read and we don't censor them. We do censor (or move) posts which breach Steam's Rules and Guidelines for things like offensive language, abuse or insultin... Read more

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21 Nov 21:46 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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21 Nov 07:02 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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21 Nov 07:01 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.

21 Nov 00:00 SurviveIcarus on Twitter

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20 Nov 21:33 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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20 Nov 21:30 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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20 Nov 04:12 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.