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🚀Mission Briefing 👩‍🚀Mars Horizon 2 Developer Update #12


[h2]Hi Aurochnauts![/h2]

It's the March Mission Briefing: Developer Update for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life.

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[h2] 👨🏻‍🚀 What have the devs been working on recently? 👨🏻‍🚀 [/h2]
A bunch of work has been done on the game since we last updated you. To bring you up to speed, Matthew Holmes (He/Him), Producer on the game, provides us with the latest:

"It's been a few months since we last updated you on what we've been working on behind the scenes. Recently, we have implemented several features which impact your agency's effectiveness when combing planets for sources of life. One of these features will allow you to extend the use of a payload, should you choose to. This will just be one decision of many you’ll have to make as you search for that monumental discovery.

“As was shown in the most recent trailer, we have been working on various visual improvements, including new cinematics when you land on a planet/moon for the first time. Even comparing this footage to what was shown previously, you can see the difference on the surface of Mars.

"In addition to this, we have also implemented various updates to UI legibility and the overall appearance of it. We can't wait to show you how that's looking once finalised!

“We’ll have more to share with you on the game in the near future!”



[h2]🧪 Our visit to the University of Edinburgh 🧪[/h2]
We recently shared a blog reflecting on a trip members of the Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life development team took to the University of Edinburgh last year. 

Read the blog to see how we're using what we learned to make the game more authentic. We've also shared some videos from our trip on TikTok, so check those out, too. Thanks again to the team at the University of Edinburgh for making it happen! 💛

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[h2]😎 February's trailer & screenshot recap 😎[/h2]
ICYMI: We released a new gameplay trailer for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life last month in partnership with Charlie Pryor! 🙌🏻 In addition to this, we also uploaded some new screenshots to the game's Steam Store page.

We can't wait to share more content with you as development progresses.


[h2]📰 Latest space-related news 📰[/h2]
There's been a variety of exciting space news recently and here's a round-up of them to keep you up to date! 
Euclid's first deep dive into the Universe - ESA recently shared the first catalogue of astronomical data from the Euclid space telescope. The video above includes three new enormous image mosaics with zoom-ins.
🔭 Webb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy - The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop
👩🏻‍🚀 What nine months in space does to the human body - NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore recently returned to Earth after nine months in space. The BBC shares what happens to the body in that time in space.

[h2]🛰 Follow Mars Horizon 2 on Socials 🛰[/h2]
Don't miss out on the cool content we'll have to share throughout the development journey and some behind the scenes looks at what we get up to: 👀

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Mars Horizon 2 Team’s Trip to the University of Edinburgh



Hi Aurochnauts 👩🏻‍🚀,

We have just published a blog on the Auroch Digital website looking at our work with the University of Edinburgh and how they've influenced development on Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life. Check it out here!

As mentioned last year, we visited the University of Edinburgh to meet up with the Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences department, who have been helping us to make Mars Horizon 2 as authentic as possible. This blog shines a light on the experiments we conducted during our visit and how the department's knowledge is influencing our development of the game.

Thanks to everyone at the University for their insight. 💛 We'll be back at the end of March to with a monthly update, so stay tuned for that! ✨

Mars Horizon 2 is in the GamesAid Steam Event! 💚

We are thrilled to have Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life participating in the GamesAid Steam sale! The sale is currently live and runs through to the 3rd of March.



Money raised from the event will go towards GamesAid and the fantastic work they do for other charities based in the United Kingdom.

Mars Horizon is also part of the sale and has a 75% discount, so be sure to pick it up if you haven’t already!

Thanks to GamesAid for including us in the event, it’s greatly appreciated. 💚

Link to the GamesAid Steam Sale

👀 Watch the brand-new gameplay trailer of Mars Horizon 2

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[h3]Hi Aurochnauts! 🚀[/h3]

We’re delighted to bring you a brand-new trailer for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life, containing a wide variety of the latest in-game shots and a taste of what you can expect from the game.

We've teamed up with Charlie Pryor, who is a big fan of Mars Horizon, as shown in his wonderful playthrough of it. He has shared our latest Mars Horizon 2 trailer on his channel. Go check it out!
Thanks for all the support Charlie, we're thrilled about how much you enjoyed the original and are looking forward to the sequel!

New to Mars Horizon 2: the Search for Life?
In Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life, you decide where in the Solar System to investigate, and the approach you’ll take to make a ground-breaking discovery before your rivals do. Explore the surface of planets/moons, overcome hazards, and investigate the curiosities of the Solar System.

We’ll have more news soon but, until then, keep watching the skies! ✨

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Mars Horizon 2 is Part of the GOSH Charity Event! 💜

We are delighted to have Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life participating in the Great Ormond Street Hospital and Team 17 Steam sale! 🚀 The sale runs from the 17th through to the 24th of February.



Money raised from the event will go towards helping Great Ormond Street Hospital and all the terrific work they do. 🙌🏻

In addition to Mars Horizon 2 taking part, Mars Horizon is also part of the event and has a 75% discount, so be sure to pick it up if you haven’t already!

Thanks to both Great Ormond Street Hospital and Team 17 for including us in the event. 💜

Check out the event!