The United Nations Mars Initiative now declares the Red Planet open to colonization. It's time for you to start terraforming against 3 levels of AI and/or human players in single player, local hotseat or online. Veteran players can also test their skill with the Solo challenge variant, the Corporate Era variant and dozens of Steam Achievements to unlock.
Today is also the first step of a long and beautiful journey. With the support of Jacob Fryxelius and the feedback of our beta-testers, we're already working on the next step: the Draft Update! It will include:
The official Draft variant
An improvement to the Awards and Milestones panels to track the progression of all players
An improvement to the standard project Sell Patents (select -> confirm/cancel)
The Draft Update is planned for early December.
Happy Terraforming and see you on Mars!
Save the date! Terraforming Mars will launch on the 17th of October
Dear Terraformers,
We have begun our final approach of the Red Planet: the game will release on the 17th of October on Steam. Please keep your seat belt on and prepare for landing. Your portable electronic devices must be set to ‘spaceship’ mode until our arrival.
In the meantime, we're implementing the last tweaks to the game based on the feedback of the beta-testers. For instance, the use of Event cards by all levels of AI has been improved, and the Milestones claimed and Awards funded are now tracked on the main screen:
Gardener Milestone claimed + Thermalist and Scientist Awards funded
Add the game to your wishlist to be notified of the release:
Thank you very much for participating in the second and final beta test! It will end tomorrow morning (10 am CET).
In the next weeks we're going to use your feedback to fix outstanding issues and add quality of life features, such as progression trackers for Milestones and Awards.
Add the game to your wishlist to be notified when it's released!
Thanks a lot for sharing your feedback! Today's patch adds a new language and solves several issues identified in the previous build.
Patch notes:
New language: Swedish, the mother language of the creators of the board game, the Fryxelius family
Bugfix: the settings stay as defined when closing and re-launching the game.
Bugfix: the end game plants-to-greeneries conversion now grants all placement bonuses.
Bugfix: it's no longer possible to stack the resource production of starting Corps.
Bugfix: completing the Tutorials no longer shows a placeholder card instead of Mars in the main menu's background.
Bugfix: the progression blocker in Tutorial 5 is cleared.
Bugfix: Optimal Aerobraking, Decomposers, Ecological Zone and possibly other similar project cards that add resources to themselves when you play certain tags now correctly count the resources that were added to them when resuming a game where they were played.
Bugfix: resource values will now be displayed correctly to all players.
Bugfix: resources are no longer tracked negatively when resuming an online game.
After a busy summer working ceaselessly on your space shuttles, we'd like to invite you again to visit Mars! Today starts our second beta test, which will allow you to test all game modes: solo challenge, local games and online games. There are 1.500 beta keys available. Tell your friends!
What's new?
We've made multiple changes to Terraforming Mars since the first beta test. We're very interested in your feedback on the following topics:
- The five new tutorial missions (available from the Options)
- The new game settings: remove all confirmations, end turn automatically after 2 actions, disable planet moves, select AI playing speed
- The new window listing the Played Cards
- Your feedback on any other element, feature or game mode!
How can I participate?
1) Log in or create a free account on asmodee.net
2) Visit the Beta Test page and join Terraforming Mars - PC Beta Test (September) to receive your beta key: https://account.asmodee.net/betatests
3) Redeem your beta key on Steam by clicking on + ADD A GAME in the bottom left corner of the Steam client.
Known issues
The following bugs are being investigated and will be addressed during or after the beta test.
- The end game plant conversion doesn't grant all benefits.
- Several corps may display incorrect resources values for other players.
- Keyboard shortcut: the 'Enter' key triggers multiple effects at once when more than one option is available to the shortcut.
Thanks for participating so massively and enthusiastically in this beta test!
Your feedback will be very useful to improve the tutorial and other features. Since the objective of this beta beta has been completed, it will end in a couple of hours.
It's time for your first trip to the Red Planet. You're invited to the Tutorial Beta Test!
How can I participate?
Log in or create your account on asmodee.net
Visit the Beta Test page and join Terraforming Mars - tutorial beta to receive your Steam beta key: https://account.asmodee.net/profile/betatests
Redeem your key by clicking on + ADD A GAME in the bottom left corner of the Steam client.
How can I help you?
We're very interested in your feedback on the following topics:
- Do you enjoy the art style?
- If you're a newcomer to Terraforming Mars: is the current tutorial easy to follow?
- If you're a veteran of Terraforming Mars: what do you think could be changed or added to the tutorial?
Are there any bugs on Mars?
We're aware of several issues in the current build:
- It’s very challenging, though possible, to win the tutorial.
- Some tutorial arrows may not be aligned with their targets.
- Some duplicate cards may appear during the game.
All of these issues will be addressed after the beta test.
Now fasten your seat belt and prepare for take-off. Your portable electronic devices must be set to ‘spaceship’ mode until your arrival.
See you on the Red Planet!
FAQ
This FAQ answers most common questions about Terraforming Mars.
If you cannot find an answer to your question here, you can submit your questions to https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/asmodee-net/
Is it the same gameplay than the tabletop game? Yes of course! All game rules remain exactly the same. The video game lets you enjoy the award-winning Terraforming Mars you know and love outside of your board game nights.
How long does a TFM session take compared to a typical board game playthrough? A TFM session will take between 1 and 2 hours
What platforms are you planning on bringing TFM to? The game will be available on Steam PC + iOS and Android.
Is it a multiplayer game? Yes! up to 5 players
Can we play solo? Yes. Including the original Solo variant from the board game.
Can you tell us about the AI developed for TFM? 3 levels of difficulties
Will there be leaderboards and achievements within the game? Yes!
How did the collaboration between Fryxgames and Asmodee Digital come from? The game has been faithfully developed alongside the game’s original creator, Jacob Fryxelius,
Will there be any promo content or expansions released for the game? Hopefully... but nothing sure for the moment
Will chat be integrated into the game? Yes of course
Can you discuss how player matching and synchronous /asynchronous play will be set up? We won't have an automatic match making system because it does not allow players to have a fine control on the games that they join and on the other players they play with. Instead, we'll have the simple and proven system that you can find in many other Asmodee Digital games that provide a multiplayer mode, like Ticket to Ride: a full lobby where our players see the open games they can join, and chat with other waiting players to set up new games if they want to. You can check the other players' ELO ranking against your own to select an easy or more challenging experience.
Online games created in Terraforming Mars are all asynchronous games and use a Player Clock. When a player runs out of Player Clock time, a Bot Hot-Swap will happen, and the game will continue for the other players.
What about localization to another language? EFGIS + Swedish
Can I get an invite to the beta test? Yes, you can apply directly thanks to your Asmodee Account > https://account.asmodee.net/fr/profile/betatests
Do you know if the online multiplayer is asynchronous? Yes, it is asynchronous
For iOS and Android, on what device can we play? Both tablets and smartphones
TERRAFORMING MARS | Pre-Alpha Preview on Twitch
You couldn't be there for our Terraforming Mars stream?
No worries, you can still watch it on replay!
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/246558769
(The video start at 00:09:30)
