Icarus

Icarus Dev Tracker




13 Dec

pvp

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    Rocket on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Originally we had a vision of doing a PVP mode as our third major expansion. But it is very expensive to do, because to do PVP properly you have to deal with antisocial behaviour such as hacking. That means rewriting a lot of systems to be server authoritative, and integrating a lot of checks and balances.

Icarus has built a great community and done well, but not sold enough for us to be able to invest in developing that without sacrificing on the work we want to do to improve the base game.

So we have focused our efforts on improving the base game, our PVP ambitions might have to wait for another game. We don’t want to do PVP survival unless we can deliver a really good experience.

12 Dec

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    Rocket on Steam - Thread - Direct
Bohemia Interactive selflessly proposed a bundle, you can get an excellent deal on ICARUS and DayZ now.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/37288/The_Day_After_Survival_Sale_Bundle/

Embark on a thrilling survival adventure with "The Day After Survival Sale," available exclusively until December 21st, 2023. This special bundle combines two of the most immersive survival games on Steam: DayZ, with its harrowing post-apocalyptic world, and Icarus, set in a treacherous alien wilderness. Perfect for survival game enthusiasts, this package challenges your ... 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.

08 Dec

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    Rocket on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
It is chosen to differentiate our significant content updates from hotfixes and other updates. This makes it easy for players to see what the actual content updates are for the game, versus the hotfixes.

This was the standard chosen during the beta weekends, when we had not planned the break-neck pace of weekly updates. The weekly update cadence would only be adopted later.

This is also standard for our other games at the studio, it is just only Icarus that currently does major updates every week.

07 Dec

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    Shamm on Steam - Thread - Direct
Week 105 is here, and with it, the start of our third year of Icarus.

This week we’re adding three new Rustic Sign variations in both ground and floor variations, with a more ‘raw’ design than the standard wood sign.

We’ve also got a ton of information on upcoming updates and features for all the new players who have joined us from our recent Free Weekend.

These are all scheduled for next year, as our team will be focusing on smaller updates over the Christmas break while spending time with their families. However, you can still expect some big features like our Batteries and Electrical Network soon, and our weekly updates will continue just like they have for the last two years.

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Notable Improvements:
  • Added Icons behind the armor slots, light slot and bulk slots
  • Fixed an issue with the hotbar hotkeys not showing correct keys when rebound
  • Fixed fur issues on...
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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.

30 Nov

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    Shamm on Steam - Thread - Direct
Icarus’s first-ever Free Weekend is here!

This has been in the works for some time, and we are excited to finally do one of these and give players who have been on the fence about Icarus the chance to try it out and see all the work that has gone into it over the last two years.

For those unfamiliar with what a Free Weekend is, this is a four-day period over the weekend when anyone can download Icarus and play without having to have purchased the game.

If you’ve got friends you’ve been trying to convince to get the game, this is a great time to get them to come join you with no strings attached.

All content in the Icarus base game will be playable, including Open World and Operations on Olympus. We’ve also put the game itself and a bunch of the DLC on discount so if you enjoy it, you can score a good deal to keep playing long after the Free Weekend finishes.

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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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    Shamm on Steam - Thread - Direct
Our Week 104 update is here. This week we’re adding Seed Pouches, a Tier 1 item that will store your seeds gathered while out exploring.

We’ve also got an update on Batteries and next week's update. You’ll also have probably noticed this update is a day early, which is intentional and will make sense tomorrow, so keep an eye out for some news.

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Notable Improvements:
  • Permit sprint cancels reload on magazine and round fed weapons, if enabled in the control settings
  • In the Kill List operation, creatures now also spawn outside of mission area
  • Added the building tier to building piece tooltips
  • Added a 'Z' collision offset so you can more freely place rugs on top of floors with beams beneath them


This week: Seed Pouches
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29 Nov

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    Rocket on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
We did look into what it would take to upgrade to UE5.

Unfortunately many of the things we are doing are custom additions we made to UE, and some of those would need to be redone. Additionally, a lot of our art work would need to be redone to make use of nanite, etc...

This would be very, very expensive - probably 25 to 50% of the cost it was for us to make the game.

24 Nov

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    Shamm on Steam - Thread - Direct
Week 103’s update brings two new rugs to Icarus, which require pelts and vestiges from two of the most fearsome foes - the Polar Bear and the Brown Bear.

These are craftable at Tier 3 on the Advanced Textile Bench, so get to gathering those materials and crafting.

In addition to cosmetic updates like these Rugs, we’re always working on new features and performance improvements and we have an update on big improvements coming to animals and taming, and batteries.

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Notable Improvements
  • Updated the Brutalist Wardrobe & Cabinet and Industrial Wardrobe & Cabinet to have 25 inventory slots as originally intended (rather than 10)
  • Updated recipes for cooking, Masonry Bench and Armor Bench to allow access to T2 recipes in both T3 and T4
  • Added recipe for Gold Partition for Art Deco set which was accidentally hidden
  • Fixed travel quest step detection for mounted p...
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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.

21 Nov

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    Rocket on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
I was sad to see it go to

But we have been thinking about improving the “hardcore” mode and I thinking bringing this back and making it even tougher for that could be in the cards

17 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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    Shamm on Steam - Thread - Direct
Week 102 is here and features new Deep Ore Veins of Titanium, Platinum, Salt, Clay, Scoria and Obsidian for you to drill.

We’ve also enabled Exotic voxels in Open World caves which will replenish using the Meteor Shower event we debuted last week.

This week we’ve also released two new architectural DLC, an Industrial Furniture Set with 36 pieces and an Art Deco Furniture Set with 26 pieces for you to purchase and adorn your base with. These support our ongoing development of Icarus and are some of the most detailed and unique pieces we’ve released to date.

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Notable Improvements
  • Exotic voxels will now spawn in Open World caves, these will replenish with Meteor Shower events
  • You can now place deployables on top of rugs which was previously blocked
  • Vapor Condenser rewards have been updated to include Enzymes in addition to Exotics when in its ‘active state’ which as of l...
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10 Nov

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    Shamm on Steam - Thread - Direct
Hypatia Part II is here.

You can now play 21 Operations that have been transitioned over from Missions in your Olympus Open Worlds. These Operations have been hand-selected with a range of challenges to choose from.

We’ve also added Exotic respawning in Open World, with the new Meteor Shower event occurring every 3 hours and spawning new nodes, veins, voxels and exotic plants.

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Notable Improvements
  • Open World Selection Screen now shows Operations for Olympus and exotics for all 3 maps
  • Fixing Desert Mammoth Trophy not being the Desert Mammoth Trophy when placed
  • Fixed Tusker Trophy deploying as Komodo Trophy
  • Fixed Viscid only granting Wolf kill experience by accident
  • Encroachment: Extermination - Fixed clients seeing incorrect kill requirements for The Great River, showing the objective as complete when it wasn’t
  • Meridian: ...
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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.

02 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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    Shamm on Steam - Thread - Direct
Welcome to week 100, a century of Icarus weekly updates! This week brings the XENON backpack, a new hunting backpack with unique buffs and perks such as skinning speed boosts and reductions to knife wear.

We’re also one week away from Hypatia Part II, which will add Operations and Exotic Spawns in Olympus Open World games.

Notable Improvements
  • Chamios & Tusker Vestiges now drop as intended, and the Wooly Zebra trophy now looks like a Wooly Zebra
  • The Decorations Bench received a visual upgrade to reflect that it will be used for decorations other than just the basic rustic set
  • Fixed an issue where respawns could be limited while doing Operations in open world, this was only supposed to be active during Missions
  • Removed the Biolab button in the Orbital Workshop menu. It wasn’t supposed to be there yet
  • Added UI on Drills and Extractors to display ore per minute
  • Fixed...
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26 Oct

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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.