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BIONICLE: Masks of Power is a fan-made open-world adventure set in the BIONICLE universe, reliving the legend of the mighty Toa and their perilous quest to collect the kanohi masks of power, free the islanders of Mata Nui, and defeat the evil Makuta!

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FREE THE BAND Demo development update

3 Oct

Earlier this year, we committed to releasing the much-anticipated FREE THE BAND Demo for BIONICLE: Masks of Power.

We’re writing today to announce a shift in paradigm. Up to this point, we’ve been upholding the veneer of a full-time professional development team. Although this project is unpaid, many among us do this for a living, and we believe that professionalism shows in the results you’ve seen and have yet to see.

Ultimately, however, this project is not keeping our lights on, and we’re shifting gears a little in order to be more transparent about our situation. We’ve said before that 2024 has been a difficult year; but this doesn’t really capture the sheer magnitude of ill fortune that’s befallen our team.

Many of our core staff have been near homelessness this year; several have been impacted by deaths; medical issues have arisen for some, severely impacting their productivity; and just about everyone working full-time in game development has been laid off.

None of these misfortunes are related; it’s truly just been a cacophony of awful luck. We cannot release a polished product in 2024 and stay sane. It’s not fair to our team, but it’s also not fair to our fans to not communicate the reality of where we’re at.

Thus, we’re taking a step back. It is unlikely that we will release the FREE THE BAND demo in 2024, but more broadly, we aren’t going to commit to any release period at this time.

We'd also like to share a short, unedited clip of gameplay from the FREE THE BAND demo. As the game is still in development, everything shown in this video is still very WIP, with a number of visible bugs.

We understand that this is disappointing news, but please bear with us; we all want to put BMOP in your hands as soon as we can. Great Spirit willing, that will happen!

Kind regards,
The Team Kanohi development team

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Scary find regarding the devs...

I can't believe a bionicle game has staff this psychologically unwell https://twitter.com/DomainDead

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BIONICLE: Masks of Power - The Story So Far

10 Aug

Want a quick refresher on what the world of Bionicle has to offer? Our latest video recounts the Legend of the mighty Toa in preparation for legends yet to be told in BIONICLE: Masks of Power!

With BIONICLE: Masks of Power reaching both hardcore fans of the theme and casual fans who may be rediscovering Bionicle for the first time since childhood, we wanted to make sure that our entire audience was up-to-speed with what you can expect to find on the shores of Mata Nui. This video was created to help bridge that gap in preparation for the FREE THE BAND Demo, which is set to launch later this year! If you’re interested in downloading high-quality versions of the illustrations featured in this video, you can find all of them on the media[masksofpower.com] page of our website.

We hope you’re continuing to look forward to the FREE THE BAND Demo, and thank you for your continued support and understanding as we progress with development.

Thank you for reading, and may the Great Spirit guide you.

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FREE THE BAND Demo Update

4 Apr

The FREE THE BAND demo for BIONICLE: Masks of Power will now be released on Steam in Late 2024.

We understand that this isn't fun news, but the nature of fan projects such as this make release dates incredibly difficult to predict. BIONICLE: Masks of Power is being made by an entirely volunteer team of developers in our spare time, which unfortunately means that development must take a backseat to our actual lives.

This delay is not due to any kind of major problems or issues arising during development, but rather unpredictable life events outside of the project which unfolded for key team members. We humbly ask for your understanding in these matters.

We look forward to sharing more about BIONICLE: Masks of Power as soon as we can. In the meantime, we thank you for your continued patience, and especially the generous feedback we've received throughout this entire process. It genuinely makes a difference to us!

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Cancelled?

Really hope that it's not cancelled, but the lack of updates is concerning