A downloadable game

Raven Ikeda, the main character, and Elias Stone III are on board Phoenix 2, on its way to the Ares base on Mars. But en route to Ares, where the crew of the Phoenix 1 await its arrival, Phoenix 2 encounters technical problems, causing communications to go dark and preventing Ikeda and Stone from receiving information from Earth.

Without comms and guidance from TCSA mission control, and amid a massive electrical storm, Ikeda is determined to find answers. 

Ares 2036 is a visual novel prototype exploring the circumstances, factors and  biases that come into play in the process of forming opinions.

We want to let players  experience a situation in which communication is unclear and various factors and motives influence the quality of available information.

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Ares-0.9-mac.zip 72 MB
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Ares-0.9-pc.zip 88 MB

Install instructions

The game should work out of the box by starting the executable. 

If you are on a Mac, you might encounter a security box not letting you download or start the game, check this instruction then: 
https://www.howtogeek.com/205393/gatekeeper-101-why-your-mac-only-allows-apple-a...

"Warning: Gatekeeper is a security feature, and it’s on by default for a reason. Only run apps you trust.

To open an unsigned app, you need to right-click or Control-click the app and select “Open”.  This works on macOS Sierra as well as previous versions of macOS.

You’ll be warned that the app is from an unidentified developer–in other words, it isn’t signed with a valid developer signature. If you trust the app, click “Open” to run it."

Development log

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mandelforce4 years ago (1 edit) (-1)

Thanks for playing! We are curious to hear your thoughts as part of our play testing: https://forms.gle/qHnN3ZTuETaZwX7m8

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