Mars Horizon News

Hi Aurochnauts! 👩‍🚀

TactiCon 2024 celebrates the incredible world of strategy games with discounted titles, exclusive demos, plus panels and talks with strategy developers!

As part of this digital convention we've done a talk on Space Exploration in Strategy games with a guest from one of our partners for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life. This is the sequel to Mars Horizon, any fans of our original game will not want to miss this!



Our talk is led by our Lead Marketing Manager Will Flanagan with guests Claudia Thomas, Game Designer, and Freddie Jones, Associate Programmer, on Mars Horizon 2.

Our Special guest is Dr Sean McMahon, senior academic and researcher in astrobiology from the University of Edinburgh.

During the development of Mars Horizon 2, we've been working closely with Sean and his team who have been advising us on a number of subjects as we look to incorporate realistic aspects of astrobiology into the game to maintain its authenticity. This talk will cover the challenges and solutions we've come up with during development.

You can find the panel on the main TactiCon page:

• 📆 20th July
  
• ⏰ 6:00 PM BST
  
• 📺 TactiCon Steam page

Make sure to check out the rest of TactiCon 2024 on steam for amazing deals and loads of great talks and panels

• Learn more about the talk on the official event announcement page
• Check out the full festival line up of talks and panels

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2281620/Mars_Horizon_2_The_Search_for_Life/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/765810/Mars_Horizon/

After a long and prosperous voyage originally pioneered by Auroch Digital and The Irregular Corporation, Secret Mode is excited to announce that the original Mars Horizon is returning home to roost, with the publishing rights for the hit space management game transferring over to Secret Mode on all platforms.

For those of you looking for more updates about Auroch Digital and Secret Mode’s next venture – Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life, work on the much-anticipated sequel is progressing along at faster-than-light speeds, with new info expected to drop soon™. In fact, eagle-eyed astronomer types may have noticed that there’s been a few new tidbits to pore over on the game’s official Steam page. Check out the latest developer update for more and stay tuned for further updates in the very near future.

Mars Horizon is available on PC (Steam, GOG, EGS), PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch

Wishlist Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2281620/Mars_Horizon_2_The_Search_for_Life/

Hello Aurochnauts,

Delayed in orbit? Rest assured, the latest transmission from Digital Tabletop Fest 4: Roll of the Dice has arrived to keep you entertained! During the recent Steam festival we had a panel to discuss Mars Horizon 1 and Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life with ESA!

Tess and John from Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life were joined by European Space Agency experts, Alexia Mallet, Modelling and Simulation Engineer, and Pantelis Poulakis, Mission Project Manager discussing the risks and challenges with missions to Mars and how this real science translates to Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life.

• [h3]📺 Watch the panel on our YouTube channel now! 📺 [/h3]
• [h3]🚀 Learn more about our partnership with the ESA. [/h3]

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2281620/Mars_Horizon_2_The_Search_for_Life/

[h2]The European Space Agency Panel - It’s Just Rocket Science – Risk in Real Life and in Games 🚀👨🏻‍🚀[/h2]

As part of Digital Tabletop Fest 4: Roll of the Dice, Tess and John from Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life are joined in an exclusive panel by Alexia Mallet, Modelling and Simulation Engineer, and Pantelis Poulakis, Mission Project Manager, from the European Space Agency (ESA).

Our guests will discuss a range of topics from the on-going mission to find life on Mars, and how real-life rocket science (and its challenges) play a part in the game design of Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life. Mark your calendars - this is one you don’t want to miss!

• 📆 Date: Sunday 10th March
  
• ⏰ Time: 7:00am PT | 10:00am PT | 1:00pm PT
  

[h3]Panelists[/h3] Moderators

• John O'Donnell - Lead Designer at Auroch Digital - He/Him
  
• Tess Cartwright - Producer at Auroch Digital - She/Her
  Both working on Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life

ESA Representatives

• Alexia Mallet - Modelling and Simulation Manager - She/Her
  
• Pantelis Poulakis - Mission Project Manager - He/Him
  

[h3]Important Links[/h3] https://www.esa.int/



https://store.steampowered.com/app/2281620/Mars_Horizon_2_The_Search_for_Life/

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

[h2]Enter the Auroch Digital 13th Birthday giveaway 🎂[/h2]
It’s Auroch Digital’s 13th birthday! 🎂 It’s been a wild and wonderful 13 years, we grown loads in that time, learned a lot, and released a load of great games. Check out our recent Birthday Blog Post to learn more about the history of our studio and what we’ve been up to over the years. 🎉

To celebrate the fact that our studio is now old enough to have it’s own Steam account, we are doing a giveaway to our loyal Aurochnauts. Enter our giveaway and you could win a digital bundle of a bunch of Auroch Digital games from over the years.

The Auroch Digital Birthday Bundle prize includes:

• Mars Horizon (Steam Key)
  
• Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator (Steam Key)
  
• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (Steam or PlayStation or Xbox key)
  
• Megaquarium: Console Edition (PlayStation or Xbox key)
  
• The Colonists: Console edition (PlayStation or Xbox key)
  
• Ogre (Steam Key)
  
• Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics (Steam Key)
  
• Dark Future: Blood Red States (Steam Key)
  

[h3]How to enter
[/h3]But how do you enter this awesome Auroch Digital birthday giveaway? 🥳 All you need to do is sign up to our official Auroch Digital newsletter. We will be randomly selecting one lucky person, who is signed up to receive our monthly Auroch Digital newsletter, to win the Auroch Digital Birthday Bundle prize as a thank you for supporting us.

• > > > SIGN UP TO THE NEWSLETTER AND ENTER THE GIVEAWAY HERE 📝 < < <
  

[h3]What is the Auroch Digital Newsletter about? [/h3]
The Auroch Digital Newsletter comes out around the end of each month and is full of all the latest news about our studio including new game announcements, launches, beta and alpha invites, giveaways, jobs at the studio, as well as loads more exciting news. So by signing up you’ll get to stay up to date with all of our great goings, as well as be in with a chance to win the Auroch Digital Birthday Bundle prize.
[h3]Ts and Cs [/h3]
The giveaway closes on 26th October at Midnight so make sure to sign up before then to be in with a chance to win. Please see here the giveaway terms and conditions. You can see the Auroch Digital Privacy Policy here for more info: Auroch Digital Privacy Policy