Life on Mars?

A game written by Hugo Labrande for the 21st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition.

1 January 2014

Adventure Puzzle Science fiction

Life on Mars? is an adventure developed by Hugo Labrande, released 1 January 2014 on PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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What Life on Mars? is

Life on Mars? is an adventure game developed by Hugo Labrande and released in 2014. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Inform.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Life on Mars?" is the story of an astronaut whose shuttle crashed upon landing on Mars; she is the sole survivor, alone in a base built by robots... alone? Really?

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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Life on Mars? launched on 1 January 2014, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster and The Banner Saga.

Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster, The Banner Saga.

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