Welcome to Mars Base, humanity’s foothold on the Red Planet! Join the expedition as an interstellar botanist and make history: turn barren soil into fertile farmland, grow food for colonists’ tables, and unearth the secrets of Mars! Are you ready to science the “crop” out of everything?
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Welcome to Mars, adventurer! You have been selected to join the latest Mars colonization mission, establishing a permanent human presence on the enigmatic Red Planet. Your assignment is at Mars Base, located in the scenic Erebus Montes region on the Amazonis Planitia. Your job? Make sure that our nascent colony can sustain itself through agriculture. Achieve the impossible and convert the harsh Martian soil into arable land, to grow everything the colonists need to survive. If successful, you'll mark the beginning of Human-Martian history.
However, never forget that you'll be working tens of millions of kilometers away from Earth. Resupply is not an option for the most dangerous gardening job ever.
The scenic Erebus Montes region is located in one of the most fascinating regions of Mars, with a rich geological history. Mars Base will be tasked with digging into this rich history and help humanity understand our next home a little better.
The base is a living organism, with dozens of facilities. You will have access to all the necessary essentials upon landing, including crafting facilities, research labs, solar power plants, and your trusty greenhouses.
Every colonist has something to share. Be sure to interact with your fellow expedition members to learn their stories and see if you can't help them with their tasks. Teamwork!
More colonists will join you at the base every two Earth years, bringing with them more job expertise and assisting in growing Mars Base. See it grow from an outpost to humanity's first extraterrestrial city!
As the expedition's main botanist, you'll be responsible for turning a dead planet into a living one, a planter at a time. The other colonists will certainly appreciate your tireless labor to keep them fed and alive.
Martian soil can be toxic and barren, so botanists have to get creative. Starting with raw resources supplied by fellow colonists on a daily basis, you'll be able to gradually turn this sterile land into something much more suited for life to thrive.
A colonist does not live on “poo-tatoes” alone. Expand agriculture endeavors to provide a variety of crops and provide them with all the necessary micronutrients. Scurvy is not fun - and positively lethal when in the red variety instead of yellow.
Utilize a broad range of tools to succeed, from modular planters that can be combined in an infinite variety of configurations to autonomous robots to automate much of the labor.
Mars is more than just humanity's first foothold in the stars. It is also endless wind-swept plains and cyclopean mountains above ground, gigantic pyroducts and vast caverns below, as well as the most hostile environment humanity has set foot upon. Grow your crops, pack them for the journey, and venture out beyond the safe perimeter of Mars Base to explore the Red Planet!
If you brave the dust storms on the surface and the undiscovered mysteries of the underground, you will gain access to valuable resources for crafting tools and supplies. You might even help further the mission's scientific research goals while you're at it.
Crafting is essential. Bring back those resources and see what can be made to help you survive the challenges of Mars - or grow your agricultural projects instead!
During down time, don your iconic chef hat and whip up Martian-cooked meals with freshly grown produce, race Mars rovers for research, or build rockets to explore other celestial bodies beyond the red horizon.
Settle into your assigned living space - a fully customizable home base - to catch up on sleep after a hard day’s work. We would like all colonists to remember that, on Mars, while sleep may be optional, work is not.
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I've been looking forward to this game and first things first, I absolutely love the graphics in this game. It kind of brings back Pokemon type/pixel art graphics but in an outta space setting. I've only put about 30 minutes into this game but I definitely see myself putting more into it. The music has also been a good choice, coming from someone who normally mutes the music in the games I play. I hope there's more different tracks as I progress! I've got a few game play improvement/suggestions which I will list in comments. Seems to be a very self-paced game so I'll definitely be putting hours into it from time to time :)
character walk slower than tortoise
Auweia, habe es für 4,62 € im Sale gekauft und muss leider sagen, dass es das für mich nicht wirklich wert war. Es ist sehr buggy und die komplette Steuerung fühlt sich pausenlos einfach unfertig an. Die Baumenüs sind wirklich eine Katastrophe und alles ist wirklich sehr umständlich gelöst. Potential wäre da gewesen, aber das Spiel ist leider nie in ein wirklich spielbares Stadium gekommen.
游戏指引做得太差劲了，三个机器人的位置太难找了，而且根本没介绍人类的排泄物怎么获得，我现在没法制作沃土，剧完全卡住了
操作比较僵硬，机器助手不是特别好用，现阶段原价不介意入手
This game is fun and I love the retro style graphic design. Been playing for couple of hours and still learning how to build in the game. Hopefully able to shoot some Aliens in Mars.
Mars Base es un juego que venía esperando hace bastante tiempo, me alegró mucho ver que está en español. Me recuerda mucho a Littlewood. Realmente Mars base no es nada del otro mundo, es divertido, no tiene una historia muy profunda y hay que entender que aún quedan cosas por corregir. Lo más flojo que puedo destacar es el viaje en el cohete, creo que podría aprovecharse mejor, como aterrizar en lunas y minar manualmente, pero eso de esquivar rocas y coger minerales es decepcionante. Hay muchas estructuras y el proceso de ir creando y realizar las misiones te da bastante entretenimiento. ACTUALIZACIÓN tras casi 9 horas de juego: Llega un momento en el que sientes que avanza muy lento y termina volviéndose monótono, cumpliendo las mismas tareas día tras día. Hace que te aburras al final, por lo que viendo que pasas unas 8 horas de disfrute para luego bajar lo divertido sigue valiendo la pena.
A rather unique take on the farming sim genre and reminds me of harvest moon, which is a game I truly love so that says something. Love the art style. Gameplay was also good, but would've loved to be able to change the key bindings as I'm used to the WASD+IJKL keyboard-only play for games like this. On my first run I managed to soft-lock myself by using up all the resources needed to move the game forward, but that was no big deal since I was only minutes in. I have not played long enough to comment on the storyline if there is any. I see this as the perfect game to be played on the Switch, so I'm really looking forward to that!
[h1]Unplayable mess[/h1] TLDR: unless they majorly fix it, don't bother with this one. I've had this one on the wishlist for a while and despite the mixed reviews decided to give it a shot. It's got the elements that tickle my fancy: sci-fi, farming, exploration and invention. But unfortunately, whomever coded this must have used their rear to do so. If you have used any other program on your computer? The game won't launch, just stick at 'running' on the in-library page. Restart the comp, launch Steam and the game? Kinda works. But then you come to the suit/character creation and it just freaking crashes to the desktop if you press the wrong button or spend too long in the character editor. Yes, it still has potential, but the technical maladies just tank this one. Refund requested and I urge you not to spend money on it unless it gets majorly fixed.
Its like Stardew Valley but in space. After about half an hour its gets more and more dull and boring because you do literally the same things all over again and again. I regret playing this longer than 2 hours and can't get refund
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