Icarus Week 113 Update | Two new rugs and the calming of the Bees

Welcome to Week 113.

After the bee-pocalypse of last week, we imagine some of you will be happy to hear that this week brings some adjustments and balances to our fuzzy new friends.

We’ve also got two new rugs for you, in Buffalo and Woven variants, and some QoL improvements, including the ability to now share couches with your pals.

Jump in, have a read, and then enjoy some slightly less terrifying cave adventures.

Notable Improvements:

• Fixed several bugs with the Stockpile mission type where missions would get stuck or auto complete when not intended
• Added the ability for Prospectors to sit with their friends on the same seat / couch
• Added the Suit Slot UI to most inventories and processors so players can access anything slotted in the food / water / oxygen slots when interacting with devices
• Curtains and windows can now both be placed on window frames and can no longer infinitely stack
• Fixed a bug where the hiding of backpacks/shields would stop working on occasion, no more shields appearing on your back and in your hand
• The reinforced wood tier, has been reduced down to T2 and is now craftable on the carpentry bench

Last Week: The Bee-pocalypse

Last week's update introduced wild beehives, domestic beehives, and their fuzzy inhabitants, bees.

We hear you love all the extra recipes you can make with bee products, but In response to some feedback provided and further discussions with the community, we’ve decided to make some adjustments to fighting swarms.

Bees no longer have ‘knockback’ on their attacks and will always disperse after one swipe, making them easier to navigate past. On top of this, we’ve also given them a far larger collider so they’re easier to hit.

We have also adjusted the frequency that bees will spawn in caves, as many players were reporting an encounter almost every time they entered one.

This week: Buffalo Rug & Thin Weave Rug

This week we’ve added two new rugs to Icarus, the Buffalo Rug and the Thin Woven Rug.

The Buffalo Rug is craftable at the advanced or electric textiles bench. This requires a buffalo vestige, 30x fur, 10x cured leather, and 5x platinum weave.

The Thin Woven Rug is also craftable at the advanced or electric textiles bench and requires 10x cured leather, 10x platinum weave and 60x fiber.

This week: Sit Down & Take a Break

It’s time to get cozy.

Couches, sofas and seats can now support multiple people sitting down simultaneously (if they have room), so you’ll no longer have to awkwardly stare at your friends across the room while hogging all the sitting room.

Coming Soon: Batteries & Networks

We’ve reached the point of the Batteries and Networks project where we’re seeking feedback from our players, so we can iron out any remaining bugs, flaws, inconsistencies and balance issues.

This will be available as a new branch on Steam that can be accessed with the password ‘IAcceptThereWillBeBugs’. (Excluding apostrophes).

We suggest backing up your data if you wish to play in this stream as prospect saves between the two different streams may not always be compatible. Alternatively, you can also start a new prospect so as to not cause issues with your existing ones.

There will be bugs and crashes as this is an unstable branch, we are still working through the bugs as well as a QoL and Balance pass which your feedback will help with, but you are free to jump in and play with the system in its current state. This branch may be updated frequently so also be prepared to patch when it does.

For any feedback please use the #experimental-branch on our discord.

A big thank you to all the veteran prospectors who have helped in the early testing phase.

Next Week: Ion Backpack

Next week we’ll be adding a new tech-focused backpack - the Ion Backpack. This will have buffs and benefits for ore mining yield and adding a 15% electroshock chance to enemies you melee in combat.

If you like what we’re doing with Icarus, and want to support our continued development, consider purchasing one of our DLCs for a few dollars, it would mean a lot to us.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/36462/Icarus_Architecture_Bundle/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/34141/Icarus_Outposts_Bundle/

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