Mars Horizon has launched! Some links, podcasts and resources.
So proud & pleased to say that Mars Horizon has finally launched. The game is now out on PC, PS4, Xbox & Switch. You can grab it here. Here’s a quote from me:
“I’m extremely proud of all the team at Auroch Digital – from development right through to marketing – for the resoundingly successful launch of Mars Horizon.
I’m also extremely grateful to all of our partners in the project without whom it would not be the success it is; our publisher, The Irregular Corporation, who have been steadfast in their support for the project and brought considerable marketing and production resources and expertise into the mix.
Also the European Space Agency – ESA and the UK Space Agency who have been able to give us a level of expert input that completely lifted the authenticity of the game, and in the process have engaged so many more people with the actual work of space exploration.
This project hit on two key pillars of the work we do at Auroch Digital; it showed our commitment to connecting gaming to real world events and also the simultaneous cross-platform release demonstrated our development capacity to bring games to console as well as PC. We hope you all enjoy our game!”
If you want to know more, here’s the trailer:
The game’s FAQ page is here. If you’re enjoying the game, always great to get a review!
Over the years of development, we’ve put out a number of podcasts on the game, listed here in chronological order, newest to oldest:
- Why we must work together to land on Mars | S6 E4 (Nov 2020)
- What is it really like in Mission Control? | S6 E3 (May 2020)
- A brief history of Space games | S5 E7 (May 2020)
- The Mars Horizon update | S5 E6 (April 2020)
- Space is hard… | S4 E4 (Sept 2019)
- Visiting the European Space Agency (ESA) | S4 E3 (Sept 2019)
- Mars Horizon: Blast Off! Special | S2 E2 (Feb 2019)
- Andrew Kuh of the UK Space Agency chats Mars and the inner workings of an agency | S0 E3 (June 2018)
- Drama / Challenge, In-depth look at Mission Control & Meta Management Gameplay, UI design, and Meta Management playthrough | S0 E2 (May 2018)
- Mars Horizon Mission Control Gameplay Explained & Translating Space Engineering to Games | S0 E1 (May 2018)
(There is an index of other podcast episodes, indexed, that we’ve done before, here)
A Great Becoming... 