Mars After Midnight
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| Developer(s) | Lucas Pope |
| Platform(s) | Playdate |
| Release | March 12, 2024 |
| Genre(s) | Simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Mars After Midnight is a 2024 management video game developed and published by Lucas Pope.[1] The player controls an alien running late-night community support groups on off-colony Mars. The game launched in March 2024 as a Playdate exclusive.[2]
Each day the player needs to pick what kind of support group they will run the following night, such as Cyclops Anger Management. Then, they are given a choice of different locations on colony to put up flyers. Finally, they choose a snack that will appeal to the people in the group. After sleeping, the player works as a doorman, opening the peephole to check if the alien at the door was invited. They can discern this based on audio cues and visual signs that serve as clues. The player can buy new recipes for food from a traveling salesman occasionally during sessions.[3] A tool named the Blab-o-Dex is later given to the player to help them understand Martian speech.[4]