Mars Horizon News

[h2]Ladell, Mike, and Andrea take on the Rosetta Mission 🚀[/h2]

[h3]In Mars Horizon's Daring Expeditions update, you will be able to undertake new risks which can reap high rewards when it lands in January 2022. Expect to see dangerous new missions, new flags and plenty of Spacepedia updates.
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The Auroch Digital team are joined by Andrea Accomazzo, who is the Head of Solar System and Exploration Missions Division at the European Space Agency, and who actually worked on the Rosetta mission back in 2014.

You'll be lightyears ahead by getting an early access if you watch today's stream!

[h3]Daring Expeditions Sneak Peek Livestream[/h3]

[h3]🔴 LIVE NOW! 🔴[/h3]


[h2]What to expect from Daring Expeditions update coming 2022! 🚀[/h2]

Another free new update to Mars Horizon coming in the new year to PC, Playstation, Xbox and Switch. This includes:

• 📝 New Mission - Research the Rosetta mission just like the ESA did to make out of this world discoveries.
  
• 🧳 Space Tourist Mission - Choose this high risk mission to send a billionaire or an educator into space. Will you wreck your reputation or reap the rewards?
  
• 🪂 Zhurong to Chinese Space Agency - For those playing the Chinese Space Agency; Chinese Rover Zhurong as a payload to send to Mars.
  
• 🏁 Loads of New Flags - We've added loads of new nation flags to select when you begin your own custom agency
  
• 📚 Spacepdia Updates- New spacepedia entries for space tourism, the Zhurong rover, and of course Rosetta and Philae
  
• 🐛 Bug fixes - We addressed the balance of some missions.
  
• Some Localisation Fixes
  

[h3]Try the update early in our Daring Expeditions playtest! 🚀[/h3]
We are running a playtest of the Daring Expeditions update from now until November 19th. If you own the game you are able to join the playtest on Steam, GOG or Epic. Please note the playtest is PC only.

Here's how to access the playtest for each platform 🛰

• ⚫ Steam: Select the "experimental" branch
  
• 🟢 GOG: Select the "daring expeditions beta" branch
  
• 🟣 Epic: This should appear as a new product in your account called Mars Horizon Beta

Be sure to let us know what you think or any issues you run into 👩‍🚀

[h3]Read more about the update here, and check out the sneak peek which is live now!
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Take new risks in Mars Horizon's Daring Expeditions update when it lands in January 2022. Expect new dangerous missions, new flags, and plenty of Spacepedia updates.

Get an early look at one of the new missions this November in our extra special stream. We'll be playing the Rosetta mission, which saw the Philae probe successfully land on a comet, as part of its 7th anniversary with one of the people who worked on the mission.

• Watch the stream 12th November on the Mars Horizon Steam page at 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm GMT.
  

Read on to find out what else is included in Mars Horizon's next update and get more details about this amazing stream 👩‍🚀

The Mars Horizon Daring Expeditions update is coming to PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch in January 2022!


November 12th, 2021 is the 7th anniversary of the landing of the Philae probe on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the crowning achievement of the Rosetta mission.

For this stream, the Auroch Digital team will be joined by Andrea Accomazzo, who is the Head of Solar System and Exploration Missions Division at the European Space Agency, and who actually worked on the Rosetta mission back in 2014.

He'll be talking about the challenges of the Rosetta mission and how they solved them as we try to land our own Philae probe during the stream. This will be your first look at Mars Horizon's next update so don't miss it as we'll be giving out some tips for your own playthrough!
The stream is happening on 12th November on the Mars Horizon Steam page 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm GMT.

[h2]Check out the update early![/h2]
For anyone who already owns Mars Horizon we will be running a playtest of the update straight after the stream. Jump onto the Mars Horizon test branch to try it out early and let us know if you run into any issues.



[h2]New Mission: Space Tourist[/h2]
We've added a space tourist mission where you can elect to send a billionaire or an educator into space on their request. This is a high risk mission for your agency, possibly wrecking your reputation or granting you huge rewards. We've also added new narrative events and cinematics for this mission.


[h2]New Mission: Chinese Rover Zhurong[/h2]
This adds a new mission for players who are playing the Chinese space agency in the game; Chinese Rover Zhurong as a payload to send to Mars! We took inspiration from this recent dramatic accomplishment by the CNSA and have put it into our game along with brand new cinematics which reflect the activity of the mission.


[h2]New Mission: Philae / Rosetta Mission[/h2]
This adds a playable new mission where the comet that the Rosetta mission targeted appears in the Solar System - and you're able to research a mission to land on it just like ESA did. There's new narrative events which explain the comet's formation and chart its relevance in science. We've also added a bunch of dramatic new cinematics as well as the new payloads.


[h2]New flags, Spacepedia Updates, and Bugfixes[/h2]
As well as these awesome new missions we've added loads of new nation flags to select when you begin your own custom agency. There are new spacepedia entries for space tourism, the zhurong rover, and of course Rosetta and Philae.
We’ve also implemented lots of bug fixes to address the balance of some missions and some localisation improvements.

[h2]Expanded Horizons Update Livestream[/h2]
This stream is part of Digital Tabletop Fest - Check the full line up of events here.

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.

Join Auroch Digital as we show off our Expanded Horizons update which came out earlier this year. Streamer eirawave, Principal Programmer, Stefan Richings, and Allie, our Community and Marketing Executive start their own agency. Chaos ensues.

Eirawave worked on designing our new logo, and is an art and variety streamer. They’re a big space fan and have appeared on our channels in the past, so you might recognise them! Stefan worked on Mars Horizon since before the alpha, some of his biggest work was coding the tooltips system, the tutorial system, the research tree, and the narrative events.

Please note, this stream is pre-recorded.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/765810/Mars_Horizon/

This stream is part of Digital Tabletop Fest - Check the full line up of events here.

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!

Please note this is a pre-recorded stream.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/765810/Mars_Horizon/

[speaker]Digital Tabletop Fest Founder[/speaker]

[speaker]Digital Tabletop Fest Team[/speaker]

[speaker]Broadcaster Extraordinaire![/speaker]

[h3]Hello Aurochnauts![/h3]

We've had some awesome stuff happen in the world of Mars Horizon lately and we can't wait to share it with you!


[h2]👀 Official Mars Horizon Patches now available! 👀
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Mars Horizon patches are now available! These are limited edition and won't be made again, so get them while you can. As you can see, they have been beautifully modelled by our own Jem, and some of our streamer communities cute little doggos.

If you want to join the Mars Horizon crew (officially), grab yourself a patch!

• ⭐Buy yourself a patch!⭐

[h2]🏆 We won two GEE! awards! 🏆[/h2]
We won both of the awards we were nominated for in the Gee Awards. Informal Learning and the People's Choice award which were voted for by you!

Thanks so much to all who voted for us! We are really proud of Mars Horizon, we're glad we could share the excitement and importance of space exploration with our game.

• 🏆 Find out more about the GEE! awards🏆

[h2]🚀 New Scientist featured Mars Horizon! 🚀[/h2]
We were recently featured in New Scientist, where they gave Mars Horizon a glowing review!

"Pretty much every mission in the history of space exploration is represented in the game – a recent update added NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover – and I had a lot of fun working through the greatest hits.

• ⭐Read the whole article here!⭐

[h2]🌌 Mars Horizon's biggest ever update! 🌌
[/h2]In case you missed it, Expanded Horizons, our huge new free update for Mars Horizon is available now on all platforms!

Bringing you a new mission, new payloads, a reusable vehicle, vehicle packs, Sandbox Mode, Iron Core Mode, and improvements to gameplay.

To read more about this update, check out our blog post about it here. And if you have any questions, we have collated a handy little FAQ for you!

⭐ Read all about the update ⭐ ⭐ Check out our Mars Horizon FAQ ⭐ ⭐Catch up on our Expanded Horizons Livestream ⭐