{"id":947,"date":"2015-08-19T11:54:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T11:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.electrolyte.co.uk\/?p=947"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:33:21","slug":"icarus-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electrolyte.co.uk\/blog_electrolyte_co_uk\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"ICARUS.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier in the year I decided to take part in the Edge Magazine, Get into Games contest 2015. With the brief of ‘Loot’, 2 months and using Unity3D<\/a>, I ended up producing ICARUS.1, a FPA (First Person Adventure) game. The game won the contest<\/a> and has been shown at the Dare Protoplay Games Festival, Dundee.<\/p>\n

Abandoned for decades, crew MIA, the ICARUS.1’s job was to store mined Ore from the systems outlying planets. It orbits the local sun to maintain it’s solar energy and proved a lucrative business for JME corp.<\/p>\n

After contact was lost, no attempt was ever made to make contact with the stricken station, instead the project was mothballed – a cover up some may say.<\/p>\n

Many stories about what happened have become lore but Sam isn’t focusing on these ‘stories’, the goal is the cargo and the wealth it will bring.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I turned the lights down for a really immersive experience, and the ore collection mechanic was so much fun and perfectly fed my obsessive compulsive near-disorder.”<\/i>
\nDavid Helgason – Unity Technologies founder<\/p>\n

“The game brings back feelings of first playing System Shock or Half-Life. I love creepy, empty space ships with history, and the sound design on this was especially great.”<\/i>
\nRobin Hunicke – Funomena CEO<\/p>\n

Demo now available on Steam<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"ICARUS.1-001\"<\/p>\n

\"ICARUS.1-005\"<\/p>\n

\"ICARUS.1-006\"<\/p>\n

\"ICARUS.1-003\"<\/p>\n

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