Mars Horizon

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Mars Horizon - Video game vs. Board game
Thu, 22 October 2020

What's the best way to get to Mars?



Game Designer Tomas Rawlings talks to devs Jem and Allie about the creation of Mars Horizon the video game and Mars Horizon: Blast Off the board game!

Both games are about running your own space agency and landing the first crewed mission on Mars. Hear about the differences between the games and how they adapted the themes and gameplay for physical and digital. You can also learn how Auroch Digital worked with the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency to make both games accurate, accessible, and how they captured the excitement of mission control!

Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.

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The Mars Games Panel
Thu, 22 October 2020

Join a conversation among experts in game design and Mars exploration



Mars is often featured in both videogames and board games. But why are we fascinated with the red planet, and landing humans on it? How long until this is a reality and how do games represent the challenges of getting to, landing on, and living on Mars? Find out all about games and Mars with four incredible experts from different areas of gaming and space;

Sue Horne
Head of Space Exploration
UK Space Agency & ESA ExoMars Team

Dr. Jacob Fryxelius
Creator & Designer of Terraforming Mars https://store.steampowered.com/app/800270/Terraforming_Mars/
FryxGames

Dr. Sian Proctor
Professor at South Mountain Community College,
Geoscientist, Analog Astronaut

Mike Roush
Mike Roush, Co-Founder of Choice Provisions and Creator of Tharsis https://store.steampowered.com/app/323060/Tharsis/

Dr. Tomas Rawlings (Moderator)
CEO of Auroch Digital and developer on Mars Horizon and Mars Horizon: Blast Off!

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Astronaut Tim Peake is going to play Mars Horizon! 👩🚀🤩
16 Oct 2020



Plus, win your very own Official Mars Horizon Spacesuit and astronaut snacks!🍦




We’ve got an awesome event coming up for Mars Horizon - a real life astronaut is going to stream our game next week!!!

We are really happy to announce that European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Tim Peake will be streaming Mars Horizon live with Xbox over on Twitch!

Join the chat to ask Tim your questions and to win some awesome Mars Horizon prizes too! 👩🚀
•   📆 Tuesday 20th October
•   ⏰ 3.00pm - 4.30pm BST
•   WATCH THE LIVESTREAM ON TWITCH

Mars Horizon bundle giveaway

During the stream, as well as playing the game, the XboxOn team and Tim will be trying astronaut ice-cream, astronaut fruit snacks, and doing a giveaway where you can win awesome Mars Horizon prizes including:
•   Mars Horizon Space Suit with Official mission patch 👩🚀



•   Another Official Mars Horizon mission patch 🚀
•   Astronaut Ice-cream 🍦
•   Astronaut freeze-dried fruit snacks 🍎
•   A code for Mars Horizon on Xbox One (when the game is out) 🎮



Join us in our Discord during the stream and geek out with us over how awesome it is that a real astronaut is playing our game! 🤩

Tim Peake became the first official British astronaut to walk in space while on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2016. He spent six years training for the mission, beating 8,000 other applicants who responded to an ad from the ESA entitled, ‘Do you want to be an astronaut?’. Tim worked on every one of his 186 days in space with the majority of his experiments focussing on what space does to human physiology.

He also, with help from celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal, enjoyed the first bacon sandwich to ever be consumed in space! 🥪


Upcoming Event Starts Tue, 20 October 2020

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We have lift off! Mars Horizon release date announcement 👨‍🚀
Mon, 19 October 2020

Soon you'll be able to start your own Space Agency and head to Mars



5, 4, 3, 2, 1... LIFT OFF!🚀

Mars Horizon is launching 17th November 2020!⭐

We're super excited to announce that Mars Horizon will be coming to PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch on November 17th 2020! The Auroch Digital team, along with our publisher The Irregular Corporation, have been working hard on the game and we can’t wait to share it with you.

The game was created with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK Space Agency. Both organisations have been integral to making Mars Horizon the game we wanted it to be so we'd like to say an extra big thank you to them!

Very soon you will be able to run your own space agency and get humanity to the red planet. In the meantime, we've got a demo of the game for you to try on our Steam page, make sure to check it out!




About Mars Horizon 🚀
Mars Horizon is a strategy simulation game in which you lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of space exploration. Created with support from the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency. Check out the announcement trailer to see the game in action.

Join us in our Discord https://discord.com/invite/dQsdfvZ and come chat to us and the Aurochnauts and lets get hyped together! 🤩

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Mars Horizon livestream with Allie and Jem's Space Agency 👨🚀
Tue, 3 November 2020

Join this Mars Horizon livestream for more adventures from ASA 👨🚀

The disastrous duo carry on with the Auroch Space Agency (ASA) as it went so well last time. Tune in to see them blow up rockets and to hear about our giveaway going live today! (A giveaway announcement post will follow shortly!)

📆 Tuesday 3rd November
⏰ 3 - 4.30pm GMT / 4 - 5.30pm CET / 7 - 8.30 am PT
🔗 twitch - irregularcorp
•   WATCH THE LIVESTREAM🔴

Chat to the Aurochnauts and send us your questions in the Auroch Discord:
•   ASK YOUR QUESTIONS IN THE DISCORD

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Friday the 13th CURSED STREAM 🎃
10 Nov 2020



It's time to blow up some rockets 🎆🎇
ASA are back for a very unlucky livestream 👨🚀

ASA have decided to launch a new branch of their space agency on Friday the 13th. They will be selecting the unluckiest traits for their agency to see what mayhem they can create. 😱 What could go wrong? Don't worry, the Jemkin will be there for luck🎃

📆 Friday 13th November
⏰ 4.00 - 5.000pm GMT / 5.00 - 6.00pm CET / 8.00 - 9.00 am PT
🔗 twitch - irregularcorp
•   WATCH THE LIVESTREAM🔴

Chat to the Aurochnauts and send us your questions in the Auroch Discord:
•   CHAT TO US IN THE DISCORD
https://discord.com/invite/dQsdfvZ




Upcoming Event Starts Fri, 13 November 2020