Hi Aurochnauts!
It's the March Mission Briefing: Developer Update for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life.
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???????????? What have the devs been working on recently? ????????????
A bunch of work has been done on the game since we last updated you. To bring you up to speed, Matthew Holmes (He/Him), Producer on the game, provides us with the latest:
"It's been a few months since we last updated you on what we've been working on behind the scenes. Recently, we have implemented several features which impact your agency's effectiveness when combing planets for sources of life. One of these features will allow you to extend the use of a payload, should you choose to. This will just be one decision of many you’ll have to make as you search for that monumental discovery.
“As was shown in the most recent trailer, we have been working on various visual improvements, including new cinematics when you land on a planet/moon for the first time. Even comparing this footage to what was shown previously, you can see the difference on the surface of Mars.
"In addition to this, we have also implemented various updates to UI legibility and the overall appearance of it. We can't wait to show you how that's looking once finalised!
“We’ll have more to share with you on the game in the near future!”
???? Our visit to the University of Edinburgh ????
We recently shared a blog reflecting on a trip members of the Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life development team took to the University of Edinburgh last year.
Read the blog to see how we're using what we learned to make the game more authentic. We've also shared some videos from our trip on TikTok, so check those out, too. Thanks again to the team at the University of Edinburgh for making it happen! ????
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???? February's trailer & screenshot recap ????
ICYMI: We released a new gameplay trailer for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life last month in partnership with Charlie Pryor! ???????? In addition to this, we also uploaded some new screenshots to the game's Steam Store page.
We can't wait to share more content with you as development progresses.
???? Latest space-related news ????
There's been a variety of exciting space news recently and here's a round-up of them to keep you up to date!
✨ Euclid's first deep dive into the Universe - ESA recently shared the first catalogue of astronomical data from the Euclid space telescope. The video above includes three new enormous image mosaics with zoom-ins.
???? Webb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy - The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop
???????????? What nine months in space does to the human body - NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore recently returned to Earth after nine months in space. The BBC shares what happens to the body in that time in space.
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Don't miss out on the cool content we'll have to share throughout the development journey and some behind the scenes looks at what we get up to: ????
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