What would you like to know about Mars Horizon?👨🚀
Jem and Allie are going to be answering your questions about Mars Horizon as they carry on the Auroch Space Agency (ASA) playthrough. We've got the dev team on hand in mission control too ready to answer your questions.
Are there any hints or tips you'd like to know? Questions about the development or working with space agencies? Drop by and get your questions answered.
📆 Friday 27th November ⏰ 3.00 - 4.30pm GMT / 6.00 - 7.30pm CET / 9.00 - 10.30 am PT 🔗 twitch - irregularcorp
We have pushed a new patch live for Mars Horizon! It covers adjustments to the AI in the Hard and Very Hard modes, as well as improvements elsewhere in the game, especially in the styling of the auto-resolve feature.
Additionally, there are a myriad of fixes throughout the game included in this patch - all of which you can find detailed below!
We had this patch live on the experimental branch over the weekend and have now set it live for all to play, we do hope you enjoy the changes!
Improvements
Adjusted the difficulty of “Hard” and “Very Hard” modes - these changes are as follows:
Modified AI behaviour so that they’re less aggressive in Eras 1 and 2 on Hard/Very Hard
Increased AI research costs on Hard / Very Hard
Reduced AI mission rewards on Hard / Very Hard
Reduced AI funding on Hard / Very Hard
Increased Player funding on Hard / Very Hard
Decreased the build cost of the Medium and Large launchpads.
Restyled the “Auto-resolve” button so that it is more clearly interactable.
Added background music to the Moon Landing cinematic.
Optimisations to the Base Scene cursor performance.
Improvements to the Pluto textures.
Increased weighting for Modular Space Station request missions so they appear more frequently.
Fixes
Fixed an issue where the Vehicle construction approval popup would display the wrong completion times for a reusable Vehicle.
Fixes for Mission Gameplay tooltips not displaying correctly in languages other than English.
Fix for a “Modular Space Station” event spawning too early.
Fixed issues that prevented some achievements from being unlockable.
Fixed an issue that could prevent AI difficulty from changing mid-game.
Fix for Venus Orbit rule variations.
Some minor fixes to the Mission Payload reliability rolls.
Several fixes for German, French, Spanish localisations.
Fix for a typo in Spacepedia.
Fix for the “Milestone Challenge” displaying broken text.
Fixed an issue where an empty notification popup could block your progress.
Fix for the “new” icon remaining after viewing request missions.
Fixed an issue where Crew could get stuck in a “cannot be assigned” state.
Fixed an issue where the Moon was referred to as a planet in a narrative event.
Fixes to Building removal validations.
Fixed an issue where certain Vehicle combinations would not find the correct Vehicle preview texture.
Fixed an issue where the game some devices would conflict with game input.
Fix for rotating Buildings not correctly updating the UI.
Fixed an issue that could prevent localisations from loading correctly.
Fixes for keybindings.
Happy Launching!
Mars Horizon FAQ
Hi everyone, thanks so much for playing Mars Horizon - it's awesome to see so many people enjoying our game and running their agencies.
Good news, we've updated our FAQ to answer some of your most asked question in the last 24 hours.
Head on over if there's something you're stuck on. We've also got some links and info on how we created the game you might like to read too!
We're very busy behind the scenes sorting issues for people, chatting on social, dropping into streams, and trying to make sure everyone has the best Mars Horizon experience possible.
Once again, a huge thanks from the Mars Horizon team.
Good luck with your mission to the red planet Commanders!
Mars Horizon is a strategy simulation game where you lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration.
Tim was the first British ESA astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS). His work during mission Principia captured the hearts and minds of millions. He has a background as a test pilot and a British Army Air Corps officer and he is also a STEM ambassador and best-selling author.
Visiting the European Space Agency Hear about Auroch Digital's visit to ESA to show off Mars Horizon to ACTUAL rocket engineers and scientists
Why we must work together to land on Mars Dr Alice Bunn, International Director at at UK Space Agency. explains how space agencies co-operate and collaborate, why this is so important, and how this collaboration will help us get to Mars.
During the stream, as well as playing the game, the XboxOn team and Tim will be trying astronaut ice-cream, astronaut fruit snacks, and doing a giveaway where you can win awesome Mars Horizon prizes including:
A code for Mars Horizon on Xbox One (when the game is out) 🎮
Join us in our Discord during the stream and geek out with us over how awesome it is that a real astronaut is playing our game! 🤩
Tim Peake became the first official British astronaut to walk in space while on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2016. He spent six years training for the mission, beating 8,000 other applicants who responded to an ad from the ESA entitled, ‘Do you want to be an astronaut?’. Tim worked on every one of his 186 days in space with the majority of his experiments focussing on what space does to human physiology.
He also, with help from celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal, enjoyed the first bacon sandwich to ever be consumed in space! 🥪
Friday the 13th CURSED STREAM 🎃
ASA are back for a very unlucky livestream 👨🚀
ASA have decided to launch a new branch of their space agency on Friday the 13th. They will be selecting the unluckiest traits for their agency to see what mayhem they can create. 😱 What could go wrong? Don't worry, the Jemkin will be there for luck🎃
📆 Friday 13th November ⏰ 4.00 - 5.000pm GMT / 5.00 - 6.00pm CET / 8.00 - 9.00 am PT 🔗 twitch - irregularcorp
You’ll also be able to get your hands on a Mars Horizon Steam key so you can play the game for free, a Mars Horizon mission patch that you can put on your favourite jacket or bag to show the world how much you love space (and specifically Mars Horizon), and a selection of various space foods including a Neapolitan ice cream sandwich.
Imagine eating all that space food in your space suit whilst playing Mars Horizon on Steam? Well, maybe you don’t just have to imagine it…
Mars Horizon livestream with Allie and Jem's Space Agency 👨🚀
Join this Mars Horizon livestream for more adventures from ASA 👨🚀
The disastrous duo carry on with the Auroch Space Agency (ASA) as it went so well last time. Tune in to see them blow up rockets and to hear about our giveaway going live today! (A giveaway announcement post will follow shortly!)
📆 Tuesday 3rd November ⏰ 3 - 4.30pm GMT / 4 - 5.30pm CET / 7 - 8.30 am PT 🔗 twitch - irregularcorp
We have lift off! Mars Horizon release date announcement 👨🚀
5, 4, 3, 2, 1... LIFT OFF!🚀
Mars Horizon is launching 17th November 2020!⭐
We're super excited to announce that Mars Horizon will be coming to PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch on November 17th 2020! The Auroch Digital team, along with our publisher The Irregular Corporation, have been working hard on the game and we can’t wait to share it with you.
The game was created with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK Space Agency. Both organisations have been integral to making Mars Horizon the game we wanted it to be so we'd like to say an extra big thank you to them!
Very soon you will be able to run your own space agency and get humanity to the red planet. In the meantime, we've got a demo of the game for you to try on our Steam page, make sure to check it out!
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About Mars Horizon 🚀
Mars Horizon is a strategy simulation game in which you lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of space exploration. Created with support from the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency. Check out the announcement trailer to see the game in action.
Join us in our Discord and come chat to us and the Aurochnauts and lets get hyped together! 🤩
Astronaut Tim Peake is going to play Mars Horizon! 👩🚀🤩
THIS STREAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED, WE WILL UPDATE YOU WITH THE NEW TIME AND DATE
We’ve got an awesome event coming up for Mars Horizon - a real life astronaut is going to stream our game next week!!!
During the stream, as well as playing the game, the XboxOn team and Tim will be trying astronaut ice-cream, astronaut fruit snacks, and doing a giveaway where you can win awesome Mars Horizon prizes including:
A code for Mars Horizon on Xbox One (when the game is out) 🎮
Join us in our Discord during the stream and geek out with us over how awesome it is that a real astronaut is playing our game! 🤩
Tim Peake became the first official British astronaut to walk in space while on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2016. He spent six years training for the mission, beating 8,000 other applicants who responded to an ad from the ESA entitled, ‘Do you want to be an astronaut?’. Tim worked on every one of his 186 days in space with the majority of his experiments focussing on what space does to human physiology.
He also, with help from celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal, enjoyed the first bacon sandwich to ever be consumed in space! 🥪
