Icarus is being developed in the Unreal Engine and the planet's terrain, according to Hall, is all hand-crafted-Icarus is not relying on procedural generation. (Image credit: RocketWerkz) What are Icarus's maps and biomes like?
Each new level grants you skill points and blueprint points to unlock new crafting recipes and passive abilities that you keep between sessions.
To make progress, you'll level up when crafting, mining, or fighting on Icarus. In total, there are 35 prospects of various durations at launch. Think of it a bit like Escape From Tarkov, where you need to get in to a dangerous area, do your job, and get back out, only some of these prospects can last much longer than the ones in Tarkov. These surface prospects can be short or long, and last for hours, days, or weeks. At the end, you'll need to return to your drop ship to complete the prospect. You might be asked to kill a particularly dangerous animal or take survey equipment to certain locations. Each mission has an objective and a time limit. Early on, you start most prospects fresh, creating new tools, structures, and gear each time you land. You'll take on missions called prospects which ask you to complete certain goals before returning to the station.Īs a player, that means picking out a prospects and being dropped on a particular game map and biome. In the fiction of the game, you're a prospector on a space station orbiting the alien planet Icarus. Unlike many other survival games, Icarus operates on missions. So how does Icarus's session-based survival work? There's good news if you would rather play alone, though: Hall says the game will be tougher, but it'll still be possible to play solo. You can have up to eight players in a session together.
Wild animals like wolves are a constant danger as well. Extreme temperatures will also aversely affect your stamina. Storms can damage or destroy your structures and will reduce your stamina if you're caught out in them. Pretty quickly, you'll be able to unlock an Oxidizer which turns Oxite into a breathable source of oxygen at a more efficient rate.Īside from your three survival meters, you'll also contend with weather events, wild animals, and the temperature. As for oxygen, you'll initially collect the bluish ores called Oxite and put them directly into your suit. You'll want to be mindful of lakes and rivers where you can drink and will likely want to build your bases near a water source. Sources of water aren't always plentiful, and you won't initially have access to devices that can collect water. Early sources of food include picking berries and hunting small game like rabbits. In Icarus, you have three main survival requirements: food, water, and oxygen. (Image credit: RocketWerkz) The basics of Icarus: how survival works
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