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We’re partnering with the European Space Agency for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life!



Hey everyone, we hope you’re having a great August so far!

For those of you who are interested in all things space, you might have seen our upcoming game Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life where you’ll be leading your space agency to investigate the solar system and collect evidence of life. Earlier this year we announced our partnership with Professor Konstantin Batygin, and now we have another exciting partnership to share with you!

If you're one of those space lovers, you might have seen that the European Space Agency (ESA) are at Gamescom this year, which seems like a fitting time to let you all know that we are partnering with them once more for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life!

The European Space Agency is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.

We are going to be working with the folks at ESA to make sure we can bring authenticity and real-world science into our sequel to Mars Horizon. As the sequel focuses on The Search for Life, we are excited to talk to them about biosignature detection, sample return, and much more. Their partnership ensures that we can create an authentic game in Mars Horizon 2, as we did with the first!

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Read more about our partnership on our blog!

WDC World Oceans Day Charity Sale 🐬



We are excited to announce that we are supporting WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation for World Oceans Day!


[h3]The WDC World Oceans Day Sale starts today and runs until 15th June, 10am PDT 2023, and you can save a fin-tastic 50% off Mars Horizon 1! We will also donate 20% of our net profits to WDC to support their conservation work.* [/h3]

Photo credit: Christopher Swann
[h2]WDC, Whale and Dolphin conservation is the leading global charity dedicated to the protection and conservation of whales and dolphins.[/h2]

Their expert-led teams in the UK, Europe, the Americas, and Australasia work across the whole spectrum of threats, from climate breakdown to accidental entanglements in fishing gear. They bring together, and work hand-in-hand with, businesses, philanthropists, scientists, NGOs, governments and grassroots communities to find solutions to the problems faced by whales and dolphins.

Their aim is to reverse the global decline in whale and dolphin populations by:


  • Stopping cruelty from deliberate harms such as whaling and captivity.
  • Creating safe seas, free from the threat of pollution, collisions with vessels and accidental entanglement in fishing gear.
  • Winning recognition of whales and dolphins as sentient, socially complex beings, and our allies in the fight against climate and nature breakdown.
  • Whales and dolphins are awe-inspiring. They are intelligent beings, vital for the health of the ocean and planet. They have suffered from terrible harm - deliberate and accidental - and their homes and populations are under threat. But it's not too late.
  • Together we can still help them recover and flourish and they can help us reconnect with the wild, and repair the damage we have caused.

If you want to read more about WDC, you can do so here: https://whales.org/

You can find many other amazing games in the sale here: https://bit.ly/OceansDaySteamSale23

[h3]Thank you for joining us and for supporting WDC! 🐳[/h3]

*20% of our net developer revenue from this sale will support WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation. Whale and Dolphin Conservation is a UK registered charity (no. 1014705)

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

Help shape the sequel to Mars Horizon 🚀



[h3]In case you missed it: we at Auroch Digital announced the sequel to Mars Horizon last month!
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You, our community, are the driving force behind Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life. Without you, there would be no sequel to the first Mars Horizon. You all gave us such good feedback on our first game - from the alpha to the full release, and all the surveys in between.

So that's why we'd like to ask for your input once more. We're currently running a survey where we’re looking for answers on what you would like to see in our new game Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life. We will also be asking about your gaming habits, and what you thought about Mars Horizon 1.

This survey will only take around 5 minutes of your time, maybe less, and they help us so much! To say thank you for your time, one lucky entrant will be selected to win a £25 Steam voucher, make sure you give us your email to be able to be entered!

Entries will close Monday 15th May 2023 at 11.59pm BST.

[h2]Fill in the survey here!
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Help shape the sequel to Mars Horizon 🚀



[h3]In case you missed it: we at Auroch Digital announced the sequel to Mars Horizon last month!
[/h3]

You, our community, are the driving force behind Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life. Without you, there would be no sequel to the first Mars Horizon. You all gave us such good feedback on our first game - from the alpha to the full release, and all the surveys in between.

So that's why we'd like to ask for your input once more. We're currently running a survey where we’re looking for answers on what you would like to see in our new game Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life. We will also be asking about your gaming habits, and what you thought about Mars Horizon 1.

This survey will only take around 5 minutes of your time, maybe less, and they help us so much! To say thank you for your time, one lucky entrant will be selected to win a £25 Steam voucher, make sure you give us your email to be able to be entered!

Entries will close Monday 15th May 2023 at 11.59pm BST.

[h2]Fill in the survey here!
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🔴 STREAM: Mars Horizon 2 - Learn more about Mars Horizon’s sequel in our stream

Join Alice, Tess, and John from Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life as they play Mars Horizon and chat about all the ways the sequel is going to build upon the first game.

Learn more about what Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life is going to be about, what the “search for life” means, how it will differ from the first Mars Horizon, what’s going to be bigger and better, and listen as the devs explain what they are most excited about.

📆 Date: Sunday 26th March
⏰ Time: 6.15pm GMT, 8.15pm GMT, 10.15pm GMT

Tess and John have so much more that they can’t wait to share with you, but for now you can listen to this more-in-depth discussion on what’s already been announced 🚀
[h3]Important links:[/h3]

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

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

Make sure to check out the rest of Digital Tabletop Fest: Blood and Dice - there's other great let's plays as well as some brilliant panels. Alongside this you can get great deals on a whole host of games.