Factsheet
Mars Vice
- Developed by Rho Labyrinths
- Funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Platform
Languages
- English.
- German.
Genre
- First-person narrative adventure.
- Cyberpunk comedy drama.
Contact
A queer biopunk narrative adventure game set on Mars.
Description
Mars Vice is a queer biopunk narrative adventure game. It follows two investigators, Dax and Anaya, as they hunt down corruption in the Martian city of Pavonis. Explore several of the city's districts, talking to the diverse and modified population in this Biopunk setting, seek out clues to an ongoing conspiracy throughout each corner of it's government.
Background
Developed by Rho Labyrinths, Mars Vice became a project to tell a story through Queer and marginalised developers from throughout the games industry. Seeking funding, Mars Vice has been awarded all three funding stages by the Film und Medienstiftung NRW having been granted €350,000 putting the project into the top 6 most publicly funded game projects in Germany.
Features
- Combination of Visual Novel & 3D Adventure Game mechanics.
- Branching, non-linear dialogue with keyword-based exploration.
- Explore interesting and diverse locations that you can revisit for new stories and secrets.
- Queer protagonist and cast. Play as Dax, an openly trans masc lion man and interact with a diverse supporting cast.
- Take Selfies with and finger-gun hundreds of NPCs.
Images
Logo & Icon
Selected Articles
--Credits
Prototype: 4 - Dev Team:
Ruairí Rodinson
Project Lead, Creative Director
Géry Oei
Executive Producer
Maxi Molina
Creative Director, Art Director
Casilda de Zulueta
3D Lead, Shaders
Zaire Lanier
Narrative Design
Oliver Brandt
3D Artist
Miriam Grutzka
3D Artist
Felipe Nascimento
Character Art
Markus Gansel
Concept Art
Emmanuel Ayala
GUI Art
Bogdan Borovlov
Programmer
Andrej Preradovic
German Translation / QA
Rebekka Niederländer
LGBTQ+ Consultancy
Anjali Kunapaneni
Sensitivity Consultancy