The human race has begun its first extra-solar colonization program. A target of this endeavor is Maia, twelve light years away in the Tau Ceti system. It’s a world in flux.

In a  brief study, the planet’s surface had been found to be “mostly harmless.”

Mostly.

The Maia expedition is being conducted by a select group of scientists, engineers, biologists and other such specialists. Their mission is to make the planet suitable for habitation.

A blackout has occurred and has been blamed on Maia‘s sudden environmental shifts. There have also been reports of ferocious indigenous creatures and probes being knocked out by solar storms.

Inspired heavily by ’70s sci-fi aesthetic, Maia is a colony management simulator in which you must keep your colonists safe, fed and happy.

Features:

• Up to 2km x 2km x 2km of procedural world
• Complex colonist AI
• Dark humour
• A unique aesthetic
• Water and Lava simulation
• A dark ambient soundtrack
• Cellular Atmosphere
• A simple minimalist UI
• Inspired by 1970s hard sci-fi
• Intricate defense systems
• Bi-polar androids
• First person mode
  Open data for modders.

Also includes:

• A grim vision of a low-tech future.
• Bipolar androids.
• Fairly reliable technology.
• Spaniels.
• Unfriendly life forms.
• Occasionally sassy computers.
• Cats with bee suits.

Maia has been Kickstarted and Greenlit. All that’s left to do now is wait.