Upcoming Game: Maia

Welcome to Maia.

Maia is an upcoming game by indie developer Simon Roth. Maia is a science fiction god game with citybuilding elements.

Not the Friendliest Neighborhood

Maia is humanity's first extra solar colony. Maia is not as comfortable for homo sapiens as Earth; your first order of business upon arriving on Maia will be to dig, because your colony starts out underground, where you are protected from the elements. When you start in Maia you will have to mine the necessary resources to construct a safe shelter for your colonists, to feed them, to power the technology you need to survive on an alien world. In addition, you will need to keep your colonists entertained so that they do not go insane and kill each other, while building defenses to protect yourself from hostile lifeforms.

Simon Roth's goal in making Maia is to resurrect the god-game genre and showcase the power of independent game developers. Many indie games have subpar graphics, so one of the areas that Simon Roth is focusing on is making Maia look great. Furthermore, Maia has a powerful and realistic physics engine, as well as cool touches like realtime daylight lighting.

There isn't a ton to write about on Maia but it is looking like it will be a lot of fun if you enjoy god-games or citybuilders, as it combines elements of both. Maia's alpha release is currently expected within the next month  or so, so if you are interested you will be able to try it out then. News on Maia can be found on the game's website.