<s>
Maia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
sci-fi	O
strategy	B-Application
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Simon	O
Roth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Keeper	I-Application
meets	O
Dwarf	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
on	O
a	O
primordial	O
alien	O
world	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roth	O
also	O
cites	O
Theme	B-Application
Hospital	I-Application
,	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
,	O
Black	B-Application
&	I-Application
White	I-Application
and	O
Space	O
Station	O
13	O
amongst	O
its	O
influences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
take	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
first	O
human	O
colony	O
on	O
the	O
fictional	O
planet	O
of	O
Maia	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Tau	B-Application
Ceti	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
colony	O
will	O
face	O
dangers	O
including	O
earthquakes	O
,	O
solar	O
flares	O
,	O
meteor	B-Language
strikes	O
,	O
and	O
hostile	O
indigenous	O
wildlife	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Including	O
funds	O
raised	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
's	O
Early	O
Access	O
programme	O
,	O
Roth	O
stated	O
the	O
project	O
had	O
"	O
grossed	O
over	O
half	O
a	O
million	O
dollars	O
in	O
backer	O
funding	O
"	O
by	O
December	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
Early	O
Access	O
in	O
December	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
