ICARUS.1 News

Hi there!

Here's the latest development progress. Been adding some effects like this cracked visor and something that’s not very visible in this grab, is new atmosphere fog that’s lingering in the air. Its very subtle but effective when it’s all moving. It's not like standard distance fog but a more physical one.

I've been looking into and addressing the controller scripts as some players aren't keen on it’s immediate movement when you press a direction. Working on a subtle ease effect which will hopefully help with these issues. I’ll make this tog-gable in a setting as I’ve got quite used to the direct motion. Adding more settings for players, screen resolution, invert Y mouse, etc.

Oh and Chapter 2 is finished! Moving onto Chapter 3 …

Hi,

The Demo is now available for download. Grab it here on Steam, it consists of the first Chapter - which is the shortest of the 5 in the final game. As explained in the demo, it may not be feature complete but it's intended as a slice of the full release.

You can keep up with it's progress here on Steam. Also feel free to send me you feedback using the forums provided.

Happy exploring!

Hi,

The Demo is now available for download. Grab it here on Steam, it consists of the first Chapter - which is the shortest of the 5 in the final game. As explained in the demo, it may not be feature complete but it's intended as a slice of the full release.

You can keep up with it's progress here on Steam. Also feel free to send me you feedback using the forums provided.

Happy exploring!

Hi there,

With the demo launch happening tomorrow, I thought I'd post a quick update on how the rest of the game is coming along. All 5 chapters are now blocked out, chapter 2 is just having it's last finishing touches added and is shaping up nicely. Above is a shot from a lounge in the Habitation area, a section that is unlocked at the end of chapter 1 where the demo ends. It's worth saying that chapter 1 is by far the smallest Chapter in the game.

Chapters 3 & 4 have their main puzzles completed and built, their satellite puzzles are just being polished. Chapter 4 expands the story quite a lot so there's plenty of lines to be finished.

As the sole developer I'm looking forward to hearing what players think of the demo. It's been a real learning experience with this latest version of ICARUS.1 being developed for nearly 9 months. I say this 'latest version', ICARUS.1's origins started life as a game created for the Edge Magazine game contest. It's changed significantly in terms of it's pace and story.

If your interested in playing the Edge version of the game which was created over a few months, you can grab it over on itch for PC and Mac here
https://electrolyte.itch.io/icarus1

If you want to keep up to date with it's development progress or find out more about the ICARUS.1 project, please use
http://www.icarus1.com
https://twitter.com/16bitsperpx

Thanks for the support!
:D

Hi there,

With the demo launch happening tomorrow, I thought I'd post a quick update on how the rest of the game is coming along. All 5 chapters are now blocked out, chapter 2 is just having it's last finishing touches added and is shaping up nicely. Above is a shot from a lounge in the Habitation area, a section that is unlocked at the end of chapter 1 where the demo ends. It's worth saying that chapter 1 is by far the smallest Chapter in the game.

Chapters 3 & 4 have their main puzzles completed and built, their satellite puzzles are just being polished. Chapter 4 expands the story quite a lot so there's plenty of lines to be finished.

As the sole developer I'm looking forward to hearing what players think of the demo. It's been a real learning experience with this latest version of ICARUS.1 being developed for nearly 9 months. I say this 'latest version', ICARUS.1's origins started life as a game created for the Edge Magazine game contest. It's changed significantly in terms of it's pace and story.

If your interested in playing the Edge version of the game which was created over a few months, you can grab it over on itch for PC and Mac here
https://electrolyte.itch.io/icarus1

If you want to keep up to date with it's development progress or find out more about the ICARUS.1 project, please use
http://www.icarus1.com
https://twitter.com/16bitsperpx

Thanks for the support!
:D