IKAREE enters Early Access: version 0.9
The bridge, the crew and Season 1 are playable. Version 0.9 brings a living sky, a combat overhaul, recorded sound design and a new survey probe.
IKAREE is in Early Access. The bridge, the crew and Season 1 are playable now, and the game keeps growing with regular updates. Your feedback shapes what comes next.
What's new in 0.9
- A living sky. A layered Milky Way with real star positions, distant nebulae, drifting space dust and a soft lens flare. The background now moves with the ship instead of zooming.
- No more pop-in. Ships and stations appear in the distance as a faint point of light, then a soft glow, then sharpen into full detail as you close in.
- Combat overhaul. Phasers and photon torpedoes with trails, shield impacts, evasive manoeuvres that rock the viewscreen, power drops on heavy hits, emergency lighting, smoke, sparks and hissing steam from damaged consoles.
- Recorded sound design. New weapon, impact, alarm, console and ambience sounds that build tension in combat and quiet wonder in exploration.
- A new survey probe. Watch it launch from the ship and fly to its target before the feed switches to its camera.
- Ship trails behind moving vessels.
- Better Czech voice commands. Number words no longer confuse orders.
- A smoother start. The bridge fades in, and the first officer welcomes you aboard and introduces the senior staff.
Known issues
- Planet visuals and ship motion are still being upgraded and will improve in the next builds.
- Voice commands need an internet connection.
Thank you for testing.