Maia - colony management simulator with 70s sci-fi aesthetic

[Burning Bridges]

Wow 32,000 in one day. This sounds almost like a miracle.

 

[Hellraiser]

It's even made one of the tiers. Will have dogs and cats in it.

But will they breed to infinity, thus increasing the colony's temperature with their body heat, until it explodes in a thermal fireball of death?

 

[tuluse]

Wow 32,000 in one day. This sounds almost like a miracle.

Is it bad that this seems more suspicious than miraculous to me?

 

[skuphundaku]

Wow 32,000 in one day. This sounds almost like a miracle.

Is it bad that this seems more suspicious than miraculous to me?

There was nothing suspicious, just a demonstration of Total Biscuit's influence: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1438429768/maia/posts/356271

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Wow 32,000 in one day. This sounds almost like a miracle.

Is it bad that this seems more suspicious than miraculous to me?

There was nothing suspicious, just a demonstration of Total Biscuit's influence: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1438429768/maia/posts/356271

Precisely, it's not the first time he pulled such stunt.

 

[General Maxson]

Too high system requirements for me. Won't pledge (and I don't have the money too ). Otherwise looks great, and I'm glad it's getting funded, I miss GOOD Dungeon Keeper style games. We need more of them, and this looks great. Maybe in a few years when I upgrade my computer, and if this turns out to be great I will buy it.

 

[Infinitron]

Greenlit: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=157399596

 

[Infinitron]

 

[tuluse]

Game's looking good. It's a lot more detailed than I was expecting.

 

[JudasIscariot]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn that looks like fun.

 

[felipepepe]

The setting is cool, but doesn't blend well... one thing is to collect rocks & minerals to make a sword or a brick wall, but a supercomputer or a solar panel?

 

[JudasIscariot]

The setting is cool, but doesn't blend well... one thing is to collect rocks & minerals to make a sword or a brick wall, but a supercomputer or a solar panel?

Perhaps that will change before the game is released? It is rather odd that colonists with the bare minimum to survive should be able to just whip up advanced technology.

 

[tuluse]

The setting is cool, but doesn't blend well... one thing is to collect rocks & minerals to make a sword or a brick wall, but a supercomputer or a solar panel?

And what do you think supercomputers are made out of, the air? As long as there is an immediate step, it's fine for an abstraction. So turn sand into silicon into computer chips instead of sand right into chips.

Perhaps that will change before the game is released? It is rather odd that colonists with the bare minimum to survive should be able to just whip up advanced technology.

Why is that odd? They have the technology to travel to other planets, but they don't plan on using it once they get there?

 

[JudasIscariot]

The setting is cool, but doesn't blend well... one thing is to collect rocks & minerals to make a sword or a brick wall, but a supercomputer or a solar panel?

And what do you think supercomputers are made out of, the air? As long as there is an immediate step, it's fine for an abstraction. So turn sand into silicon into computer chips instead of sand right into chips.

Perhaps that will change before the game is released? It is rather odd that colonists with the bare minimum to survive should be able to just whip up advanced technology.

Why is that odd? They have the technology to travel to other planets, but they don't plan on using it once they get there?

Was there anything other than a workshop presented as far as buildings used for manufacture?

 

[Infinitron]

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Standard_Template_Construct

:commissardraco:

 

[tuluse]

Was there anything other than a workshop presented as far as buildings used for manufacture?

There were other workshops listed when he was cycling through the buildings. Remember, the game is still in alpha.

 

[Hellraiser]

Or you can look at real life developments like fab labs, 3D printing and nanotechnology. Small scale manufacturing of hi-tech components is mostly an economic issue rather than a technological one due to economics of scale. It's not as unrealistic as you think @felipepepe.

 

[felipepepe]

The setting is cool, but doesn't blend well... one thing is to collect rocks & minerals to make a sword or a brick wall, but a supercomputer or a solar panel?

And what do you think supercomputers are made out of, the air? As long as there is an immediate step, it's fine for an abstraction. So turn sand into silicon into computer chips instead of sand right into chips..

Obviously things are made of other things, but that doesn't change the fact that it looks weird, at least in the way it's presented now. They should add some techno-stuffie for you to insert resources, and then make them visible and stockable, like in Gnomoria.

 

[Borelli]

Gives me a Startopia vibe and that can't be a bad thing.

 

[Infinitron]

Coming to Early Access in December: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/simonroth/maia/posts/605837

 

[Infinitron]

Now on Steam Early Access: http://store.steampowered.com/app/252250

Whisky

 

[Volrath]

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

I came, I saw, and I almost Day 1 purchased.

Nah. Gonna have to wait for the full release. This or Spacebase DF-9. Both look promising, but I like Maia's less silly presentation more.

 

[Infinitron]

MaskedMan Yaar Podshipnik Any impressions?

 

[MaskedMan]

I haven't tried it yet, I'm not all that into alphas.