Hi Aurochnauts! 👨🏻🚀
It's the December Mission Briefing: Developer Update for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life with the latest update on what we've been up to. 🚀
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✨ Latest Update From The Developers ✨
We hope that everyone is looking forward to a festive break and what's coming up in 2025! Producer for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life, Matthew Holmes (He/Him), has reflected on the past 12 months and looks ahead to the upcoming year in his latest update:
"Seasons Greeting from the Mars Horizon 2 team!
"This year has been a stellar year for the development of Mars Horizon 2. As you’ve read in our previous updates, we’ve brought the game along leaps and bounds.
"The year ahead will be chocked full of more exciting updates as we draw closer to release and further refine our interplanetary exploration experience."
🎧 Sound Design in Mars Horizon 🎧
Have you ever thought about the sounds of space and what goes into making it so atmospheric and engrossing? 🤔 We recently sat down with Auroch Digital's Senior Audio Designer on Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life, Matthew Walker (He/Him), to discuss his work.
This fascinating insight delves into Matt's influences in sound design, what went into the original Mars Horizon, and what players can expect from Mars Horizon 2.
Read more on our previous Steam announcement!
😊 Mars Horizon 2 | Relaxing Music and Ambience 😊
To partner the Sounds of Space blog, we have also created an ambient Mars Horizon video, featuring the soundtrack from the original Mars Horizon and footage of the Solar System!
If you're looking to relax and unwind while getting lost in space, then this video is made for you! 🤗 A huge thanks to Matt Walker who also provided his work for this video.
📰 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!
🌌 James Webb Space Telescope detects galaxy - NASA/ESA/CSA telescope has detected and ‘weighed’ a galaxy, in the early Universe, that has a mass similar to what our Milky Way galaxy’s mass might have had.
🔍 Astronomers tell how they tracked mystery space radio bursts - Space radio sounds from 3 years ago have been tracked by astronomers to a star - not aliens.
📡 Japan to launch first eco-friendly satellite made of wood - World's first wood-panelled satellite has been launched into space to test the suitability of timber as a renewable building material.
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: 👀
Auroch Digital Bluesky
Auroch Digital TikTok
Auroch Digital Discord