Thank You
Wow what a day!
I want to thank everyone for their support over the last few weeks. Without you all, this could have never happened.
The live stream was really great. My apologies for not getting the link out via email, we had a few last minute technical problems. I'll look in to making the streams a regular event, as it's an interesting interactive way to keep you all up to speed with Maia's development.
We didn't quite make it to the robot editor goal, but as I said before, we'll count the Indiegogo donations towards them too. Looking at the current rate, we could have it as soon as next week. I'll put some time aside to spruce up the page and see if we can catch a little more interest.
We probably won't hit the "Telluric Variation" goal of three new planets. I'm going to keep them in mind for a free expansion once we get version 1.0 out the door.
A few people have had problems with their US based banks. If you can't get it sorted, you can use PayPal. If you were a higher tier, drop me an email too, so I can make a note of it.
So what next?
We are going to regroup, sort out the backlog created during the Kickstarter, and ease back into development next week.
We are already working on a revamp for the site that will give everyone an account, allowing them to redeem their keys and downloads for the Indie Hug Bundle. Due to the bundle coming out of the blue it may take us a week or so to get that all in place.
I'll be sorting out the poster printing soon. We'll try to get some more big concept illustrations done so you can have a wider choice of pretty pictures!
Again, thank you to everyone who backed us. You are all fantastic, awesome people with excellent taste!
-Simon
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Funding period
Oct 31, 2012 -
Nov 28, 2012
(28 days)
- First created · 10 backed
- Has not connected Facebook
- Website: machinestudios.co.uk
Pledge £5 or more
42 backers All gone!
I.M.P tier: Alpha access, digital download of game on completion.
Estimated delivery: Jun 2013Pledge £7 or more
500 backers All gone!
Huey, Dewie, Lewie tier: Alpha access, digital download of game on completion.
Estimated delivery: Jun 2013Pledge £10 or more
4954 backers
Daneel Olivaw tier: Alpha access, digital download of game on completion.
Estimated delivery: Jun 2013Pledge £15 or more
973 backers
Polokov tier: High res digital wallpapers, a thank you in the credits and on MaiaGame.com (+all previous tiers)
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Pledge £20 or more
258 backers
A digital book following the development of the game: Full of concepts, 3D art and behind the scenes development screen shots and photos. (+all previous tiers)
Estimated delivery: Jun 2013Pledge £25 or more
675 backers
Ash tier: Full game soundtrack in mp3 and Flac. (+all previous tiers)
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Pledge £42 or more
332 backers
Rachel Rosen tier: Your name added to the character generation list. (+all previous tiers)
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Pledge £56 or more
100 backers All gone!
GLaDOS Tier: (The Indie Hug Bundle). The amazing indie games: Death Ray Manta, Project Zomboid, VVVVVV, Revenge of the Titans and Battle Cave! Plus an extra copy of Maia! (+all previous tiers)
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Pledge £58 or more
17 backers Limited (73 of 90 left)
AL-76: Printed sci-fi poster art, invite to the UK launch party. (+all previous tiers *excluding* the bundle tier below. We ran out of keys!)
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Add £4 to ship outside the UKPledge £60 or more
106 backers Limited (4 of 110 left)
Hal 9000 tier: Printed sci-fi poster art, invite to the UK launch party. (+all previous tiers)
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Add £4 to ship outside the UKPledge £80 or more
27 backers Limited (23 of 50 left)
SHODAN tier: Have your poster from #7 signed. (+all previous tiers)
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Pledge £100 or more
7 backers Limited (18 of 25 left)
Helios tier: A second poster print. Signed. (+all previous tiers)
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Pledge £150 or more
34 backers
Bomb #20 tier: A credit in the games opening, a signed boxed dvd copy. (+all previous tiers)
Estimated delivery: Aug 2013Pledge £200 or more
22 backers All gone!
Marvin tier: Our art team will accurately digitise your face and add you as 3d character in the game. (+all previous tiers)
Estimated delivery: Feb 2013Pledge £303 or more
6 backers Limited (3 of 9 left)
Preston tier: Our art team will digitise your cat or dog and add them as 3d character in the game. (+all previous tiers)
Estimated delivery: Jun 2014Pledge £420 or more
1 backer Limited (9 of 10 left)
Deep thought tier: 10 copies of the game to share with your friends, five signed posters and two digitised faces on characters in the game.
Estimated delivery: Jun 2013Ships within the UK onlyPledge £750 or more
2 backers Limited (6 of 8 left)
StarGlider tier: A limited edition 3d printed figurine of the IMP bot. (+all previous tiers up to Marvin)
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Add £6 to ship outside the UKPledge £1,000 or more
1 backer
Multivac tier: A pint with Simon in your local pub. (+all previous tiers up to Marvin)
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013Ships within the UK onlyPledge £5,000 or more
1 backer
MULTIPASS tier: A pint with Simon in your local pub anywhere in Europe! (+all previous tiers up to Marvin)
Estimated delivery: Jan 2013
Comments
Creator CabbageFoot on December 3
The market for single player only games has been shrinking quickly over the years, but there are a great many single player only games that i have played in the past which i have enjoyed immensely. Games such as Keeper 2. I was saddened to learn that it was never going to have a proper successor. Dungeons, its supposed spiritual successor was a flop in my opinion, and then i saw this and I HAD TO SUPPORT IT! I am also thankful for TotalBiscuit for bringing my attention to this kick-starter ;b
Creator Brotacon on November 30
I closed my eyes and it was Brian Cox and Douglas Adams selling me a game, how could I say no?
Creator Greenfr0G on November 30
Congratulations, Simon! I am happy to see Maia got funded :)
Creator Saad Ibrahim Rasheed on November 29
Its always a pleasure to support a dev who is willing to take the risks the large developers won't and who will carry forward the spirit of some of my favorite kinds of games which are sadly being sidelined these days.
Good luck with your work!
Creator Roland on November 29
Sorry I couldn't contribute more, StarCitizen had left me such a dent in the wallet, but good luck
Creator MadJackMcJack on November 29
I threw money at the screen and it worked. Huzzah!
Creator Lord Herman on November 29
Congratulations on getting funded! Good thing TotalBiscuit told me (and, it seems, a few others) about this project. Really excited to see how this'll turn out! =)
I was wondering, though. Will the robot editor be a purely cosmetic thing, or will the design of a robot have an effect on what it does in the game? Either way, I'm really hoping the Indiegogo donations make the robot editor possible.
Creator Daniel on November 29
Looking forward to this so much. It was definitely shaky there but I am so glad it eventually surpassed the goal. Can't wait until release!
Creator Andrew Shaw on November 28
Congratulations Simon!!! So happy for the success of the kickstarter and I'm so excited for the first alpha release!!
Creator Hardeep Singh on November 28
Can't wait to see this come through :) Ended up installing Evil Genius the other day...and then it was night :/ *sigh*
Creator Sam Porter on November 28
Congratulations, this is well deserved. :D