Mar 6, 2014
0.40.1 patch released.
Maia - simon
Update 0.40.1 has gone live. This release adds some new features to the game and fixes a fair number of issues.

Changes:

  • Fixes for Windows XP support.
  • Large address aware memory fixes.
  • Fixes to reduce GPU memory fragmentation (performance win)
  • Shader tweaks for better performance.

  • Door locking and unlocking added. (click on doors)
  • Turning objects on and off. (click on lights, atmosphere gens etc)
  • Colonist needs, such as hunger, are now better weighted.
  • Microwave communications tower added.
  • A multitude of gameplay related crash fixes.
  • Fixed GUI crash when placing things on the edge of the world.
  • New animations and rig for the space suit.
  • Lots of new Infotip text and corrections.
  • Save game optimisation and crash fixes.

Some save games may break.

0.40 update info

Mar 6, 2014
0.40.1 patch released.
Maia - simon
Update 0.40.1 has gone live. This release adds some new features to the game and fixes a fair number of issues.

Changes:

  • Fixes for Windows XP support.
  • Large address aware memory fixes.
  • Fixes to reduce GPU memory fragmentation (performance win)
  • Shader tweaks for better performance.

  • Door locking and unlocking added. (click on doors)
  • Turning objects on and off. (click on lights, atmosphere gens etc)
  • Colonist needs, such as hunger, are now better weighted.
  • Microwave communications tower added.
  • A multitude of gameplay related crash fixes.
  • Fixed GUI crash when placing things on the edge of the world.
  • New animations and rig for the space suit.
  • Lots of new Infotip text and corrections.
  • Save game optimisation and crash fixes.

Some save games may break.

0.40 update info

Dec 4, 2013
Give It A Trya: Maia Lands On Steam Early Access
Maia - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Nathan Grayson)

The Maian Prophecy came true after all! Just as was foretold by a news post I wrote a couple months ago, so shall it be. Maia is now available on Steam Early Access, and I’m aching to worm my futuristically gloved hands into its steaming, ropey gut pile of systems and AIs. The Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress-inspired colony sim is, however, currently not working for me, as it launches at a weird, choppy resolution and I can’t find any way to fix it. Boo. Maybe you’ll have better luck, though?

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Dec 3, 2013
Now Available on Steam Early Access - Maia, 25% off!
Maia - Valve
Maia is Now Available on Steam Early Access and is 25% off!*
Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.

Twelve light years from earth, the planet 3452C[Maia] circles Tau Ceti. Its atmosphere is toxic, its surface is ravaged by solar flares and meteor blasts and its unstable crust is constantly shifted by earthquakes. Nevertheless, it is habitable and your task is to gain a foothold on this strange alien world, building facilities where your colonists can live and work, as well as researching the secrets that this planet holds.

Taking inspiration from games as diverse as Dungeon Keeper, Theme Hospital and The Sims, Maia also draws from 1970s sci fi aesthetic and features a healthy dose of dry, dark humour. It's a mix of strategy, management, construction and terrible deaths on a distant world. Not everyone is up to the task of off-world colony command. Are you?
*Offer ends December 10 at 9:40AM Pacific Time
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