This new release introduces increased feedback for players including wall monitors, an improved room placement system, measured temperatures and colour pickers.

Maia will be 44% off on Steam from 6pm UTC tonight for 4 days!

Here's Simon showing off some of the latest changes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG1IjN3vuXE

Thermal energy is now fully simulated in the game. Every element of gameplay is now affected by temperature and it’s a critical factor in keeping your colonists alive and well. Hypothermia and hyperthermia can affect your colonists with lethal consequences.



The caves of Maia are cold and dark, players can create heat by placing the new wall mounted space heaters as well as the existing atmosphere generators. Various other items create heat too, for example smelters, computers, human bodies, chickens and lights.



Be careful not to make the rooms too hot as colonists will burn up, quite literally.

Colonists will also show signs that they are cold, you’ll notice their breath starts to show in cold areas of the base and them shivering as hypothermia takes its grip.



Several items can now be customised using the new colour picker. Choosing either warm or cool colours can affect the moods of your colonists.



Wall mounted screens have been added to give more feedback to the players. These monitors show atmosphere status, temperature status and aesthetic images to improve your colonists moods.



Another placeable wall item is the Circuit Breaker, you’ll be able to turn these off and on to control the power in rooms. This is useful if you need to conserve energy or to stop the colonists from using certain rooms.



Begin the geoengineering of Maia with the mining of sulphur in the shadow of an active volcano.

The latest standalone mission to be added Maia, Stratospheric Sulphates introduces several new challenges for experienced players. Rush to build a self sustaining base as hot volcanic ash and embers rain down on your demoralised colonists



We’ve worked to improve the overall feel of the game and provide the player with more feedback.

The room placement interface has been dramatically improved. It’s now easier to use and allows the player more creative control and feedback. You’re also able to flood fill areas by double clicking whilst in the room placement mode and delete whole rooms by double right clicking them.




Rotation for objects has also been added to make it easier to place objects.

Several new warning emails have been added. These include meteorite warnings, earthquake warnings, Weather warnings and new death alerts.



New announcements have been added to alert the players many new events including base power state problems, temperature changes, research alerts and the state of rations.

You can now follow Simon’s code changes for upcoming updates in real time at dev.maiagame.com.



Colonist Changes

• Automatic Smelting. When colonists need building materials they will turn the smelters on automatically, however this comes with a risk. Colonists that are unskilled in smelting may cause fires and could fatally hurt themselves.
  
• Colonists medical need balanced.
  
• Fix for colonists breathing through their suits.
  
• Suit will no longer be stuck venting after the colonist has died.
  
• Perspiration, skin temperature, ventilation and heart BPM are now saved.
  
• Colonists no longer get stuck on external objects when repairing them.
  
• The first task on load for colonists is no longer to be social.
  
• The base roof no longer appears when trying to process colonists inside.

IMP Changes

• IMP Digging AI changes including removing the digging marker when the rock wall has been removed.
  
• IMP will place minerals further away from food or water barrels.
  
• IMPs are more able to pick up body bags in weird places.
  
• Game no longer crashes if the player is possessing an object and it gets crushed in a cave in.
  
• IMP’s animation for pulling plants has been corrected.

Object Changes

• Maximum fuel in many objects has been reduced to shorten burn time.
  
• Toilet multiplication on load has been fixed.
  
• Doors can not be placed on top of each other any more.
  
• Issues when moving broccoli fixed.
  
• Balanced the creation of atmosphere.
  
• Use R and T to rotate objects
  
• Fixes for non-buildable items. Desk and medical scanners.
  
• Necropsy table keeps giblets after saving.
  
• Fix for radiation containment research lock.

Creature Changes

• Dead creatures have stopped walking around after they have died.
  
• Chickens should no longer cause a memory leak.
  
• Chickens should no longer walk off into the unknown.
  
• Molerats will now only consider eating plants and equipment that are less than 100m away from it.

Room/World Changes

• Missing Roof tiles have been fixed.
  
• Living area and livestock room tones fixed.
  
• Invalid L shaped rooms are now marked red.
  
• Broken rock walls roof graphics have been corrected
  
• Deleting rooms no longer deletes rock walls.
  
• Reduced the “absurd” resolution of the rain textures.

Mission Changes

• Several fixes and alterations to the tutorial.
  
• Crew selection added to custom missions.
  
• Initial trigger for missions not working has been fixed.
  
• 3x3 room objective in tutorial now completes correctly.

Settings Changes

• Text effect option issues have been fixed
  
• Changing textures no longer breaks visuals.

Other

• Edge scrolling has been reduced. This means hovering over the save button doesn’t scroll the screen.
  
• Capitalisation errors that were causing issues with Linux have been corrected.
  
• Starting a new game after sandbox failure no longer causes black screen issues.
  
• Research cheats have been moved to the console. Type “r” or “research” in the console to complete all research.
  
• Refractor of the game.
  
• Fix for black screen when calling down a lander.
  
• Several memory leak issues fixed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55lw9vfVpNY

Simon has been live streaming development every Friday over on Twitch.

We hope you enjoy Maia’s Update, give us your feedback on the Steam Forum, or by mentioning #MaiaGame on twitter.

This new release introduces increased feedback for players including wall monitors, an improved room placement system, measured temperatures and colour pickers.

Maia will be 44% off on Steam from 6pm UTC tonight for 4 days!

Here's Simon showing off some of the latest changes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG1IjN3vuXE

Thermal energy is now fully simulated in the game. Every element of gameplay is now affected by temperature and it’s a critical factor in keeping your colonists alive and well. Hypothermia and hyperthermia can affect your colonists with lethal consequences.



The caves of Maia are cold and dark, players can create heat by placing the new wall mounted space heaters as well as the existing atmosphere generators. Various other items create heat too, for example smelters, computers, human bodies, chickens and lights.



Be careful not to make the rooms too hot as colonists will burn up, quite literally.

Colonists will also show signs that they are cold, you’ll notice their breath starts to show in cold areas of the base and them shivering as hypothermia takes its grip.



Several items can now be customised using the new colour picker. Choosing either warm or cool colours can affect the moods of your colonists.



Wall mounted screens have been added to give more feedback to the players. These monitors show atmosphere status, temperature status and aesthetic images to improve your colonists moods.



Another placeable wall item is the Circuit Breaker, you’ll be able to turn these off and on to control the power in rooms. This is useful if you need to conserve energy or to stop the colonists from using certain rooms.



Begin the geoengineering of Maia with the mining of sulphur in the shadow of an active volcano.

The latest standalone mission to be added Maia, Stratospheric Sulphates introduces several new challenges for experienced players. Rush to build a self sustaining base as hot volcanic ash and embers rain down on your demoralised colonists



We’ve worked to improve the overall feel of the game and provide the player with more feedback.

The room placement interface has been dramatically improved. It’s now easier to use and allows the player more creative control and feedback. You’re also able to flood fill areas by double clicking whilst in the room placement mode and delete whole rooms by double right clicking them.




Rotation for objects has also been added to make it easier to place objects.

Several new warning emails have been added. These include meteorite warnings, earthquake warnings, Weather warnings and new death alerts.



New announcements have been added to alert the players many new events including base power state problems, temperature changes, research alerts and the state of rations.

You can now follow Simon’s code changes for upcoming updates in real time at dev.maiagame.com.



Colonist Changes

• Automatic Smelting. When colonists need building materials they will turn the smelters on automatically, however this comes with a risk. Colonists that are unskilled in smelting may cause fires and could fatally hurt themselves.
  
• Colonists medical need balanced.
  
• Fix for colonists breathing through their suits.
  
• Suit will no longer be stuck venting after the colonist has died.
  
• Perspiration, skin temperature, ventilation and heart BPM are now saved.
  
• Colonists no longer get stuck on external objects when repairing them.
  
• The first task on load for colonists is no longer to be social.
  
• The base roof no longer appears when trying to process colonists inside.

IMP Changes

• IMP Digging AI changes including removing the digging marker when the rock wall has been removed.
  
• IMP will place minerals further away from food or water barrels.
  
• IMPs are more able to pick up body bags in weird places.
  
• Game no longer crashes if the player is possessing an object and it gets crushed in a cave in.
  
• IMP’s animation for pulling plants has been corrected.

Object Changes

• Maximum fuel in many objects has been reduced to shorten burn time.
  
• Toilet multiplication on load has been fixed.
  
• Doors can not be placed on top of each other any more.
  
• Issues when moving broccoli fixed.
  
• Balanced the creation of atmosphere.
  
• Use R and T to rotate objects
  
• Fixes for non-buildable items. Desk and medical scanners.
  
• Necropsy table keeps giblets after saving.
  
• Fix for radiation containment research lock.

Creature Changes

• Dead creatures have stopped walking around after they have died.
  
• Chickens should no longer cause a memory leak.
  
• Chickens should no longer walk off into the unknown.
  
• Molerats will now only consider eating plants and equipment that are less than 100m away from it.

Room/World Changes

• Missing Roof tiles have been fixed.
  
• Living area and livestock room tones fixed.
  
• Invalid L shaped rooms are now marked red.
  
• Broken rock walls roof graphics have been corrected
  
• Deleting rooms no longer deletes rock walls.
  
• Reduced the “absurd” resolution of the rain textures.

Mission Changes

• Several fixes and alterations to the tutorial.
  
• Crew selection added to custom missions.
  
• Initial trigger for missions not working has been fixed.
  
• 3x3 room objective in tutorial now completes correctly.

Settings Changes

• Text effect option issues have been fixed
  
• Changing textures no longer breaks visuals.

Other

• Edge scrolling has been reduced. This means hovering over the save button doesn’t scroll the screen.
  
• Capitalisation errors that were causing issues with Linux have been corrected.
  
• Starting a new game after sandbox failure no longer causes black screen issues.
  
• Research cheats have been moved to the console. Type “r” or “research” in the console to complete all research.
  
• Refractor of the game.
  
• Fix for black screen when calling down a lander.
  
• Several memory leak issues fixed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55lw9vfVpNY

Simon has been live streaming development every Friday over on Twitch.

We hope you enjoy Maia’s Update, give us your feedback on the Steam Forum, or by mentioning #MaiaGame on twitter.

The first update of 2016 is now live! Welcome to the future!
This build has fixed all critical game play issues and also introduces colonist selection, mineral smelting, the manifest screen, as well as a selection of new items and features.

Here's Simon showing off some of the latest changes:
https://youtu.be/hx41qDylphw

When starting a game you will now get a detailed colonist selection screen. You'll be able to pick 4 out of the 6 people displayed. The Colonists have over 60 different expertise possibilities along with a psychological profile and fitness information. Using these attributes you'll be able to pick your perfect team. Each skill will have a subtle effect on game play. Choose wisely.


You'll be able to keep track of several things going on in your base through the addition of the manifest screen. Hover over the [?] button to receive a report of your colonists and robots as well as your minerals, materials and supplies.


Along with improvements in the simulation of atmosphere you can now place ventilation systems to pull air in or out of a room. This allows you to control the atmosphere's flow through your base. Create backup airflows, reroute air away from fires or leaks or turn your hydroponics room into a massive atmosphere generator.



In order to create objects colonists need to refine minerals for building materials using a smelting and extraction system. Minerals from the rock walls will be placed in the machine where they will be transformed in to building materials on your command. Colonists will then collect the finished materials for use in future construction.



Light up your colonist's world with new furniture items.
Placing aesthetic objects will improve the look of your base and make your colonists so much happier. Use their motion detection setting to conserve precious energy.



Colonists stuck far away from your base will now express their confusion and wander around until they get to the closest part of your base. This will help you find out why they are stuck and let you clear a away for them with your IMPs or explosives.



The tutorial has now been moved over to be part of the missions.

• Atmosphere simulation has been refined, bugs fixed.
  
• Utility bots no longer fix burning items.
  
• Sound for Utility bot is shorter to avoid sounds getting caught.
  
• Utility bot less likely to get stuck outside.
  
• Colonists needs rebalanced. Decreasing potential for starvation.
  
• Fix for cave in breaking camera.
  
• Fossil and fossil holder fixes.
  
• Plants no longer reduce atmosphere when respiring.
  
• Fixes for several rare interaction based crash bugs.
  
• Fixed several bugs that came from new features.
  
• It's not longer possible to possess a utility bot before it's been built.
  
• Turrets no longer spin uncontrollably after shooting a creature.
  
• Chicken fire sounds no longer loop on load.
  
• Several missing sounds added.
  
• Colonists will not run outside without a suit on to drink water.
  
• The colonist death stare has been eradicated. The humans will not stare at each other until they die anymore.
  
• Social needs for IMPs balanced.
  
• Accessibility of planters improved.
  
• Alerts during missions will now appear separately to avoid confusion from missing certain emails.
  
• No longer will chair blueprints grow plants if you delete the seats.
  
• Annoying continuous beeping after a colonist dies has been limited to one beep per death.
  
• The hand will now not disappear when pressing a key during the menu.
  
• Tape Storage Drives now keep their angle after saving and loading.
  
• First person camera jumps and glitches fixed.
  
• Room placement code more efficient.
  
• Path finding CPU optimisations.
  
• GUI and other sounds improved.
  
• Anti-Aliasing and lighting optimisations.
  
• Font data will not be reloaded for every piece of text.
  
• Menu crash bug fixed on OSX.
  
• Linux crash bugs fixed.
  
• All known crash bugs fixed.
  
• Extended scripting of missions added! Get modding!

https://youtu.be/08H6f1L-a-0
We hope you enjoy Maia’s Update, give us your feedback on the Steam Forum, or by mentioning #MaiaGame on twitter.

Simon is currently streaming live development right now! Come join us!

The first update of 2016 is now live! Welcome to the future!
This build has fixed all critical game play issues and also introduces colonist selection, mineral smelting, the manifest screen, as well as a selection of new items and features.

Here's Simon showing off some of the latest changes:
https://youtu.be/hx41qDylphw

When starting a game you will now get a detailed colonist selection screen. You'll be able to pick 4 out of the 6 people displayed. The Colonists have over 60 different expertise possibilities along with a psychological profile and fitness information. Using these attributes you'll be able to pick your perfect team. Each skill will have a subtle effect on game play. Choose wisely.


You'll be able to keep track of several things going on in your base through the addition of the manifest screen. Hover over the [?] button to receive a report of your colonists and robots as well as your minerals, materials and supplies.


Along with improvements in the simulation of atmosphere you can now place ventilation systems to pull air in or out of a room. This allows you to control the atmosphere's flow through your base. Create backup airflows, reroute air away from fires or leaks or turn your hydroponics room into a massive atmosphere generator.



In order to create objects colonists need to refine minerals for building materials using a smelting and extraction system. Minerals from the rock walls will be placed in the machine where they will be transformed in to building materials on your command. Colonists will then collect the finished materials for use in future construction.



Light up your colonist's world with new furniture items.
Placing aesthetic objects will improve the look of your base and make your colonists so much happier. Use their motion detection setting to conserve precious energy.



Colonists stuck far away from your base will now express their confusion and wander around until they get to the closest part of your base. This will help you find out why they are stuck and let you clear a away for them with your IMPs or explosives.



The tutorial has now been moved over to be part of the missions.

• Atmosphere simulation has been refined, bugs fixed.
  
• Utility bots no longer fix burning items.
  
• Sound for Utility bot is shorter to avoid sounds getting caught.
  
• Utility bot less likely to get stuck outside.
  
• Colonists needs rebalanced. Decreasing potential for starvation.
  
• Fix for cave in breaking camera.
  
• Fossil and fossil holder fixes.
  
• Plants no longer reduce atmosphere when respiring.
  
• Fixes for several rare interaction based crash bugs.
  
• Fixed several bugs that came from new features.
  
• It's not longer possible to possess a utility bot before it's been built.
  
• Turrets no longer spin uncontrollably after shooting a creature.
  
• Chicken fire sounds no longer loop on load.
  
• Several missing sounds added.
  
• Colonists will not run outside without a suit on to drink water.
  
• The colonist death stare has been eradicated. The humans will not stare at each other until they die anymore.
  
• Social needs for IMPs balanced.
  
• Accessibility of planters improved.
  
• Alerts during missions will now appear separately to avoid confusion from missing certain emails.
  
• No longer will chair blueprints grow plants if you delete the seats.
  
• Annoying continuous beeping after a colonist dies has been limited to one beep per death.
  
• The hand will now not disappear when pressing a key during the menu.
  
• Tape Storage Drives now keep their angle after saving and loading.
  
• First person camera jumps and glitches fixed.
  
• Room placement code more efficient.
  
• Path finding CPU optimisations.
  
• GUI and other sounds improved.
  
• Anti-Aliasing and lighting optimisations.
  
• Font data will not be reloaded for every piece of text.
  
• Menu crash bug fixed on OSX.
  
• Linux crash bugs fixed.
  
• All known crash bugs fixed.
  
• Extended scripting of missions added! Get modding!

https://youtu.be/08H6f1L-a-0
We hope you enjoy Maia’s Update, give us your feedback on the Steam Forum, or by mentioning #MaiaGame on twitter.

Simon is currently streaming live development right now! Come join us!

Maia 0.52 is now out. The main focus of this build has been bug eradication, AI improvements, and the long awaited first person "possession" modes.

Here's Simon showing off some of the latest changes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9FvTymEle0

Experience Maia through the eyes of the IMP Robot, walk around your base doing the tasks the IMPs usually do, explore outside, mine the rock walls for minerals and build Nanofibre Blocks. First person mode introduces a whole new way to observe and interact with the planet Maia. To enter this mode, click/track the object you want to possess and click the new icon that appears at the bottom of the screen.



In addition to the first person IMP Robots you can also view the world of Maia through Utility Robots. Using it's repair arm you will be able to repair objects and "accidentally" set colonists on fire.



Keep watch of your base by possessing the turrets. The turret view adds a unique way to view Maia.



Cameras have also been mounted in colonist suits so you can see what they colonists see when they are outside.



Take control of the doors around your base. Open and close to allow colonists, pets and robots entry to rooms. This is really great for annoying colonists.



Feed your colonists a varied diet with the addition of potatoes, carrots, kale and broccoli. Each of these plants take a different amount of time to grow, and produce different amounts of energy and micro-nutrients, allowing you to manage your colonies supplies more effectively.



Lens flares and reflections and general rendering have been improved and game performance has been enhanced by code clean ups and alterations.



Construction planning tweaked. Colonists are more aware of complex needs. For instance won't build more beds than people, prioritize atmosphere generation in rooms more likely to run out of air, and not build more beds than there are people.

• Colonist can now die from dehydration.
  
• IV drips now work to medicate colonists who are dehydrated or starving.
  
• A sparkle has been added to the cave system to create the feel of dust.
  
• A whole host of new sound work have been added to the game and UI such as footsteps, robot movements and other ambient noises.
  
• When a colonist claims ownership of a blueprint, it will brighten the hologram to show it.
  
• IMPs are now smarter about picking up minerals. Can carry two at once.
  
• Most IMP lockups fixed.
  
• Colonists no longer get enamoured with Voxnocturnus when they are set to interact with them.
  
• Gaps in some of the info tips on items have been fixed.
  
• Colonists should no longer risk running outside with their suits off to get minerals.
  
• Several colonist needs balanced. Socialising will take up less time, colonists are more likely to avoid it if they have an important task.
  
• Socialising colonists do a lot less spinning around to look at the person they are interacting with.
  
• Colonists will no longer stare each other to death.
  
• Balanced base spawning for sandbox missions.
  
• Screenshots are now working in Steam.
  
• Colonists path finding to research trees has been improved.
  
• Colonists empty barrels of water at the correct time.
  
• A lot of sounds have been added or corrected. This includes email and UI sound effects.
  
• Flags can now be deleted if you're not feeling very patriotic.
  
• Hydroponics priorities have been reduced to stop colonists becoming obsessed with them.
  
• Turret blueprints can now be removed fully.
  
• Animation system fixes to stop stuttering and repetition of actions.
  
• Fix to stop dead colonist's brains using up processing power.
  
• Various memory leaks fixed, specifically when repeatedly f9 quickloading.
  
• Sun no longer rises in The Twilight Zone.
  
• Plant growth is balanced and more realistic.
  
• Path finding overhaul, colonists less likely to attempt to build things that are potentially inaccessible.
  
• Code clean up and optimisation of several subsystems.
  
• All known game play crashes fixed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt_vpKcUPNA

We hope you enjoy Maia’s Update, give us your feedback on the Steam Forum, or by mentioning #MaiaGame on twitter.

Maia 0.52 is now out. The main focus of this build has been bug eradication, AI improvements, and the long awaited first person "possession" modes.

Here's Simon showing off some of the latest changes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9FvTymEle0

Experience Maia through the eyes of the IMP Robot, walk around your base doing the tasks the IMPs usually do, explore outside, mine the rock walls for minerals and build Nanofibre Blocks. First person mode introduces a whole new way to observe and interact with the planet Maia. To enter this mode, click/track the object you want to possess and click the new icon that appears at the bottom of the screen.



In addition to the first person IMP Robots you can also view the world of Maia through Utility Robots. Using it's repair arm you will be able to repair objects and "accidentally" set colonists on fire.



Keep watch of your base by possessing the turrets. The turret view adds a unique way to view Maia.



Cameras have also been mounted in colonist suits so you can see what they colonists see when they are outside.



Take control of the doors around your base. Open and close to allow colonists, pets and robots entry to rooms. This is really great for annoying colonists.



Feed your colonists a varied diet with the addition of potatoes, carrots, kale and broccoli. Each of these plants take a different amount of time to grow, and produce different amounts of energy and micro-nutrients, allowing you to manage your colonies supplies more effectively.



Lens flares and reflections and general rendering have been improved and game performance has been enhanced by code clean ups and alterations.



Construction planning tweaked. Colonists are more aware of complex needs. For instance won't build more beds than people, prioritize atmosphere generation in rooms more likely to run out of air, and not build more beds than there are people.

• Colonist can now die from dehydration.
  
• IV drips now work to medicate colonists who are dehydrated or starving.
  
• A sparkle has been added to the cave system to create the feel of dust.
  
• A whole host of new sound work have been added to the game and UI such as footsteps, robot movements and other ambient noises.
  
• When a colonist claims ownership of a blueprint, it will brighten the hologram to show it.
  
• IMPs are now smarter about picking up minerals. Can carry two at once.
  
• Most IMP lockups fixed.
  
• Colonists no longer get enamoured with Voxnocturnus when they are set to interact with them.
  
• Gaps in some of the info tips on items have been fixed.
  
• Colonists should no longer risk running outside with their suits off to get minerals.
  
• Several colonist needs balanced. Socialising will take up less time, colonists are more likely to avoid it if they have an important task.
  
• Socialising colonists do a lot less spinning around to look at the person they are interacting with.
  
• Colonists will no longer stare each other to death.
  
• Balanced base spawning for sandbox missions.
  
• Screenshots are now working in Steam.
  
• Colonists path finding to research trees has been improved.
  
• Colonists empty barrels of water at the correct time.
  
• A lot of sounds have been added or corrected. This includes email and UI sound effects.
  
• Flags can now be deleted if you're not feeling very patriotic.
  
• Hydroponics priorities have been reduced to stop colonists becoming obsessed with them.
  
• Turret blueprints can now be removed fully.
  
• Animation system fixes to stop stuttering and repetition of actions.
  
• Fix to stop dead colonist's brains using up processing power.
  
• Various memory leaks fixed, specifically when repeatedly f9 quickloading.
  
• Sun no longer rises in The Twilight Zone.
  
• Plant growth is balanced and more realistic.
  
• Path finding overhaul, colonists less likely to attempt to build things that are potentially inaccessible.
  
• Code clean up and optimisation of several subsystems.
  
• All known game play crashes fixed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt_vpKcUPNA

We hope you enjoy Maia’s Update, give us your feedback on the Steam Forum, or by mentioning #MaiaGame on twitter.

Maia 0.51 is live! Here's Simon playing the latest build:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zyq6S-uXGQ
Good news 64bit users! There’s been a change in how the game uses hardware. Maia now has both 32bit and 64bit versions, Steam will detect players hardware which means those using 64bit can get improved performance. Don’t worry, we’re still supporting and testing on 32bit and will be for the foreseeable future.

In addition to the existing sandbox, Maia now has 3 standalone scenario missions with directed gameplay. Fleshing out Maia's hard science fiction narrative and lore, players now have several hours worth of missions with many more hours to be added in the upcoming months.
The current missions included in update 0.51:

An orbital habitation module has taken a direct hit from a cloud of micrometeroids. Build a sustainable colony to house the influx of survivors.



Survive the arctic winter’s polar twilight in this remote research station. Battle with the cold and darkness to keep your colonists sane and alive




Study the complex local ecosystem of a rapidly encroaching equatorial jungle.




Along with the addition of Avian Feeders, Uberhuhns are now a lot more intelligent. Now with their own wants and needs, chickens will feed, socialise and lay Microuberhuhns to repopulate. Slight changes have also been made to how colonists choose which chickens to eat. The avian feeders slowly supply food to the chickens as well was attracting them to certain parts of your livestock containment room with warm lighting.


Aid your colonists expeditions across Maia’s surface with refill points. Colonists can replenish their vital needs at these stations so they can travel further out into the unknown landscape.



Solar events can cause your equipment to not work as intended. Players will now receive warning emails to alert them when a solar event is occuring.



Death, failure and mission emails now pop up as soon as you receive them to ensure players don’t miss important gameplay points.

To simplify item creation, when the player right clicks in object building mode it will revert the mode to selection mode. Right clicking will also delete blueprints or set build objects for destruction.
Left clicking on a blueprint in selection mode will “grab” the blueprint reattaching it to the cursor and put the player back in to object build mode.

When placing objects, some items information will now show power requirements as well as current grid demand.

Info tips have now been fixed for many items including fossils, bulkhead doors, beds and plant pots.



More colonists animations to show emotional states and needs! Hungry Colonists will now grasp their stomachs to let the player know they are hungry.



The order in which colonists will want to build atmosphere generators and doors has been changed to work smoother in emergencies, such as atmosphere loss. Research has also been broken up into over a dozen separate needs to allow the colonists to better prioritise data entry, collection and computation in the four research areas.

The robots will now delegate tasks if they come across other robots. Lights have also been added to help you find them in the dark.



We are now building and testing our OSX version of the game against El Capitan. We recommend Mac users make the free update to El Capitan for an optimum experience.

• Fix for missing research.
  
• Back buttons now go to menus a level above instead of the top level menu.
  
• New technology research perks added.
  
• All found start up and crash bugs fixed.
  
• Blocked interaction points will no longer be advertised to the AI. (Less getting stuck in walls)
  
• Small optimisations on world data, loading time.
  
• Optimisation of pathfinding to save memory.
  
• 64 and 32 bit save interopability.
  
• Tree research bugs fixed.
  
• IV drip now provides food and water to colonists.
  
• VO bug fixed. When stating the atmosphere is low, it’s now a lot more likely to say the room name rather than just “base”.
  
• Seems the colonists if you worked them hard enough would get incredibly hot. They’d then start sweating so hard that they’d get drenched and rapidly cool to a dangerously low temperature. Their bodies would then burn all their energy reserves thermoregulating back up to a better temperature. They’d then starve to death. This is now fixed.
  
• CPU optimisation for the colonists.
  
• Building materials/minerals pick up bug fixed.
  
• Fix to speed up AA a bit.
  
• Code cleanup reducing memory footprint.
  
• Cache optimisations.
  
• Texture loading fixed.
  
• Bugs removed from the email system.
  
• Important emails now pop up.
  
• Mission success and failure in sandbox.
  
• Wind variation reduced and balanced.
  
• Power usage and balancing tweaks.
  
• Bugs due to new missions fixed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsxfUqWWLv0

We hope you enjoyed Maia’s Update, give us your feedback on the Steam Forum, or by mentioning #MaiaGame on twitter.

Maia 0.51 is live! Here's Simon playing the latest build:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zyq6S-uXGQ
Good news 64bit users! There’s been a change in how the game uses hardware. Maia now has both 32bit and 64bit versions, Steam will detect players hardware which means those using 64bit can get improved performance. Don’t worry, we’re still supporting and testing on 32bit and will be for the foreseeable future.

In addition to the existing sandbox, Maia now has 3 standalone scenario missions with directed gameplay. Fleshing out Maia's hard science fiction narrative and lore, players now have several hours worth of missions with many more hours to be added in the upcoming months.
The current missions included in update 0.51:

An orbital habitation module has taken a direct hit from a cloud of micrometeroids. Build a sustainable colony to house the influx of survivors.



Survive the arctic winter’s polar twilight in this remote research station. Battle with the cold and darkness to keep your colonists sane and alive




Study the complex local ecosystem of a rapidly encroaching equatorial jungle.




Along with the addition of Avian Feeders, Uberhuhns are now a lot more intelligent. Now with their own wants and needs, chickens will feed, socialise and lay Microuberhuhns to repopulate. Slight changes have also been made to how colonists choose which chickens to eat. The avian feeders slowly supply food to the chickens as well was attracting them to certain parts of your livestock containment room with warm lighting.


Aid your colonists expeditions across Maia’s surface with refill points. Colonists can replenish their vital needs at these stations so they can travel further out into the unknown landscape.



Solar events can cause your equipment to not work as intended. Players will now receive warning emails to alert them when a solar event is occuring.



Death, failure and mission emails now pop up as soon as you receive them to ensure players don’t miss important gameplay points.

To simplify item creation, when the player right clicks in object building mode it will revert the mode to selection mode. Right clicking will also delete blueprints or set build objects for destruction.
Left clicking on a blueprint in selection mode will “grab” the blueprint reattaching it to the cursor and put the player back in to object build mode.

When placing objects, some items information will now show power requirements as well as current grid demand.

Info tips have now been fixed for many items including fossils, bulkhead doors, beds and plant pots.



More colonists animations to show emotional states and needs! Hungry Colonists will now grasp their stomachs to let the player know they are hungry.



The order in which colonists will want to build atmosphere generators and doors has been changed to work smoother in emergencies, such as atmosphere loss. Research has also been broken up into over a dozen separate needs to allow the colonists to better prioritise data entry, collection and computation in the four research areas.

The robots will now delegate tasks if they come across other robots. Lights have also been added to help you find them in the dark.



We are now building and testing our OSX version of the game against El Capitan. We recommend Mac users make the free update to El Capitan for an optimum experience.

• Fix for missing research.
  
• Back buttons now go to menus a level above instead of the top level menu.
  
• New technology research perks added.
  
• All found start up and crash bugs fixed.
  
• Blocked interaction points will no longer be advertised to the AI. (Less getting stuck in walls)
  
• Small optimisations on world data, loading time.
  
• Optimisation of pathfinding to save memory.
  
• 64 and 32 bit save interopability.
  
• Tree research bugs fixed.
  
• IV drip now provides food and water to colonists.
  
• VO bug fixed. When stating the atmosphere is low, it’s now a lot more likely to say the room name rather than just “base”.
  
• Seems the colonists if you worked them hard enough would get incredibly hot. They’d then start sweating so hard that they’d get drenched and rapidly cool to a dangerously low temperature. Their bodies would then burn all their energy reserves thermoregulating back up to a better temperature. They’d then starve to death. This is now fixed.
  
• CPU optimisation for the colonists.
  
• Building materials/minerals pick up bug fixed.
  
• Fix to speed up AA a bit.
  
• Code cleanup reducing memory footprint.
  
• Cache optimisations.
  
• Texture loading fixed.
  
• Bugs removed from the email system.
  
• Important emails now pop up.
  
• Mission success and failure in sandbox.
  
• Wind variation reduced and balanced.
  
• Power usage and balancing tweaks.
  
• Bugs due to new missions fixed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsxfUqWWLv0

We hope you enjoyed Maia’s Update, give us your feedback on the Steam Forum, or by mentioning #MaiaGame on twitter.

We've hit 0.50! Maia's latest update brings stability and some serious bug fixes! We've been working hard to eradicate as many issues as possible. We've also managed to squeeze in new features that improve gameplay such as custom maps, expanded research and a brand new robot.

Update Trailer: https://youtu.be/b6rICbIjW2E
Gameplay from Simon: https://youtu.be/RqYIkiqNiXo

The option to change the climate of your map has been added. Players can choose from Megathermal, Mesothermal and Polar as well as choosing map sizes, flora and fauna population sizes, and whether the map is on an earthquake hotspot. With these new climates, come the introduction of new trees.


Mesothermal


Megathermal


Polar

The utility robot has been added! At the moment this robot is equipped with a repair arm. This arm allows the robot to travel around the base repairing items. This frees up colonists to get on with other tasks like staying alive.


Once researched, players can now add lithium to the colonist’s water if they choose to. This stabilizes colonist's moods, however, it may cause... unwanted side effects. There is also the ability to research the new trees.


The Necropsy Table in the Research Lab can now be used to gain research data. Once the colonists have killed the Megacephalalgia creature they can study a sample they collect.


Mail can now be scrolled through using arrows that appear after you receive 6 emails. This means players can control which emails they keep. There are also new email icons to more easily show whether the email has been read.





The largest part of this update is the amount of bugs that have been fixed. Here's an extensive list of fixes and changes we have made to existing features in Maia.

• IMP Robots now remember their correct orders when the game has been saved and loaded.
  
• Robots will not become fixated on tasks that can not be completed.
  
• Dig orders that were removed will no longer revert on loading.
  
• Removing the last IMP Robot and using the IMP search button will no longer cause a crash.
  
• Removed IMP Robot's ghosts no longer count towards the robot safety limit.
  
• IMP Robots will now take body bags to storage meaning a less cluttered base.
  
• Thankfully, IMP Robots no longer deposit dead colonists (or building materials) in the rubble hopper.
  
• IMP Robots now have an idle wander behaviour, They will not wait around to get encased in walls.
  
• IMP Robots will store water barrels in more sensible positions.
  
• IMP Robot turn speed has been slightly increased to speed up their productivity.
  
• IMP Robot self awareness added.
  
• Although quite rare, colonists and IMP robots may have conversations.

• Flywheel and Super conductors now accurately display the amount of energy stored instead of defaulting to yellow.
  
• Power capacity is also now tracked and sent in power report emails.
  
• It will no longer be possible for underpowered objects to burst into flames. Items will also turn off if they are on fire.

Maia had a few bugs caused by saving and loading the game. A lot of these bugs have been solved. These include:

• Meteorites are now loading correctly and maintain their fossil type.
  
• 3D Nanoprinters now remember that they are printing on loading.
  
• Hydroponic trees now maintain how much they have grown rather than resetting to their mid point.
  
• Water Barrel's now maintain their count on loading.
  
• Locked doors save on load and doors will no longer appear inside the walls.
  
• Fossils retain type on load and will be placed in stands correctly.
  
• Plant sample containers now save the transferred KB.
  
• Turrets save number of rounds remaining.

• Limping colonists will not get stuck in a looping animation when they are dead. (No more zombies.)
  
• Food energy intake has been rebalanced due to the colonists often starving to death.
  
• Colonists are no longer standing inside each other.
  
• If there are less than 3 available living people in the base, colonists will not wait in the airlock for a guard.
  
• Colonists will now take care not to let the chickens go extinct.
  
• More death reports have been added to inform the player of death from cave ins and explosives.
  
• The hygiene need has been turned on and colonists will use toilets. Toilets animations have been synced up.
  
• Colonists can now destroy unwanted glow sticks.
  
• Medical beds are now much more effective at healing colonists.

• AI will now go towards the nearest interaction point on an object rather than a random one.
  
• Creatures no longer stand in the same place as others.
  
• Pets and Uberhuhns will no longer go outside into the dangerous atmopshere.

• The bug that causes Maia's UI to become warped and disappear has been worked on.
  
• The lander and save buttons should now appear for all players.
  
• Buttons no longer flash when they are not meant to.

• Screen effect for open mail has been corrected.
  
• Players will now receive the correct failure message when all their colonists are dead.
  
• Players should no longer receive mail spam for building materials.
  
• Read emails now show a different icon to make it clearer for players.
  
• New email system! Scroll buttons will appear after 6 emails making it easier for players to open and keep important emails.

• The engine's screen light tiles can now render up to 32 lights. This will reduce visual glitches and improve performance.
  
• Light distance tweaked to fix hard edges.

• Many texture assets in Maia have been optimised, which as lead to a large reduction of GPU memory usage.

Oh no! The Steam Announcement page can't handle all the news! Head over to our site to read the rest of the update announcement.

We've hit 0.50! Maia's latest update brings stability and some serious bug fixes! We've been working hard to eradicate as many issues as possible. We've also managed to squeeze in new features that improve gameplay such as custom maps, expanded research and a brand new robot.

Update Trailer: https://youtu.be/b6rICbIjW2E
Gameplay from Simon: https://youtu.be/RqYIkiqNiXo

The option to change the climate of your map has been added. Players can choose from Megathermal, Mesothermal and Polar as well as choosing map sizes, flora and fauna population sizes, and whether the map is on an earthquake hotspot. With these new climates, come the introduction of new trees.


Mesothermal


Megathermal


Polar

The utility robot has been added! At the moment this robot is equipped with a repair arm. This arm allows the robot to travel around the base repairing items. This frees up colonists to get on with other tasks like staying alive.


Once researched, players can now add lithium to the colonist’s water if they choose to. This stabilizes colonist's moods, however, it may cause... unwanted side effects. There is also the ability to research the new trees.


The Necropsy Table in the Research Lab can now be used to gain research data. Once the colonists have killed the Megacephalalgia creature they can study a sample they collect.


Mail can now be scrolled through using arrows that appear after you receive 6 emails. This means players can control which emails they keep. There are also new email icons to more easily show whether the email has been read.





The largest part of this update is the amount of bugs that have been fixed. Here's an extensive list of fixes and changes we have made to existing features in Maia.

• IMP Robots now remember their correct orders when the game has been saved and loaded.
  
• Robots will not become fixated on tasks that can not be completed.
  
• Dig orders that were removed will no longer revert on loading.
  
• Removing the last IMP Robot and using the IMP search button will no longer cause a crash.
  
• Removed IMP Robot's ghosts no longer count towards the robot safety limit.
  
• IMP Robots will now take body bags to storage meaning a less cluttered base.
  
• Thankfully, IMP Robots no longer deposit dead colonists (or building materials) in the rubble hopper.
  
• IMP Robots now have an idle wander behaviour, They will not wait around to get encased in walls.
  
• IMP Robots will store water barrels in more sensible positions.
  
• IMP Robot turn speed has been slightly increased to speed up their productivity.
  
• IMP Robot self awareness added.
  
• Although quite rare, colonists and IMP robots may have conversations.

• Flywheel and Super conductors now accurately display the amount of energy stored instead of defaulting to yellow.
  
• Power capacity is also now tracked and sent in power report emails.
  
• It will no longer be possible for underpowered objects to burst into flames. Items will also turn off if they are on fire.

Maia had a few bugs caused by saving and loading the game. A lot of these bugs have been solved. These include:

• Meteorites are now loading correctly and maintain their fossil type.
  
• 3D Nanoprinters now remember that they are printing on loading.
  
• Hydroponic trees now maintain how much they have grown rather than resetting to their mid point.
  
• Water Barrel's now maintain their count on loading.
  
• Locked doors save on load and doors will no longer appear inside the walls.
  
• Fossils retain type on load and will be placed in stands correctly.
  
• Plant sample containers now save the transferred KB.
  
• Turrets save number of rounds remaining.

• Limping colonists will not get stuck in a looping animation when they are dead. (No more zombies.)
  
• Food energy intake has been rebalanced due to the colonists often starving to death.
  
• Colonists are no longer standing inside each other.
  
• If there are less than 3 available living people in the base, colonists will not wait in the airlock for a guard.
  
• Colonists will now take care not to let the chickens go extinct.
  
• More death reports have been added to inform the player of death from cave ins and explosives.
  
• The hygiene need has been turned on and colonists will use toilets. Toilets animations have been synced up.
  
• Colonists can now destroy unwanted glow sticks.
  
• Medical beds are now much more effective at healing colonists.

• AI will now go towards the nearest interaction point on an object rather than a random one.
  
• Creatures no longer stand in the same place as others.
  
• Pets and Uberhuhns will no longer go outside into the dangerous atmopshere.

• The bug that causes Maia's UI to become warped and disappear has been worked on.
  
• The lander and save buttons should now appear for all players.
  
• Buttons no longer flash when they are not meant to.

• Screen effect for open mail has been corrected.
  
• Players will now receive the correct failure message when all their colonists are dead.
  
• Players should no longer receive mail spam for building materials.
  
• Read emails now show a different icon to make it clearer for players.
  
• New email system! Scroll buttons will appear after 6 emails making it easier for players to open and keep important emails.

• The engine's screen light tiles can now render up to 32 lights. This will reduce visual glitches and improve performance.
  
• Light distance tweaked to fix hard edges.

• Many texture assets in Maia have been optimised, which as lead to a large reduction of GPU memory usage.

Oh no! The Steam Announcement page can't handle all the news! Head over to our site to read the rest of the update announcement.