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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

Gameplay-wise it means you have to manage oxygen levels as a resource in addition to water, food and stamina.

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.

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

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.

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.

See how far the rabbit hole goes: https://surviveicarus.com/lore/

Originally posted by Shadowman: so this weekend is open beta for all?

It's open for everyone who has pre-ordered the game ;-)

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.

Yep - that "Offline" mode button will be available at launch.

And the Solo talent tree is built with players like you in mind ;-)

Here's the details about the extra Beta Weekend and launch date. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1149460/view/2903123926607532621

Yes

There is a #screenshots channel on our Discord if you'd like to share with the rest of the community. There's some impressive shots there.

https://discord.com/invite/surviveicarus

No it won't. But the 10% pre-order discount will be extended to a 10% launch discount for the first week when we launch.

Hi Jayson! I'll ask our friends at NVIDIA, not sure why it disappeared from the list. But yes, the plan is for Icarus to be fully supported on GFN for the Beta Weekends and from launch and beyond.

The Beta Weekend is live now!

It's version: 0.10.3.83870-rel-BetaWeekend6, which you can check on the title menu screen.

Try GF Now now.

It appears once our Beta Weekend officially begins (5pm Fri PST). The experimental build which some people accessed early isn't on GFN. You were just too keen ;-)

Sorry, we won't have Italian ready at launch but we might add it next year. We've had a few community members offer to help us out with translation too, so wait and see!

We are planning to have some other European and Asian languages available for launch though.

Yes we are planning to add some other European and Asian languages for our launch.

Unfortunately we won't have Italian at launch but we might add it next year. We've had a few community members offer to help us out with translation too, so wait and see!

The game is loading while the video is playing.

People's PCs load at different speeds, so some people can skip after a few seconds and some people have to wait longer. It's intended to be less annoying that a blank loading screen.