Ares 2036

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.