2024 - Year in Review
2024 sucked.
As we mentioned in our announcement earlier this year, this year has been an unprecedentedly difficult one for our team. We’ve been struck with many unexpected hardships that have hindered our ability to progress with development. This has been a disappointing year for our development team, and we understand that it’s been a disappointing one for our fans as well.
In spite of this, we wanted to take some time to reflect on everything that we were able to accomplish in 2024. In spite of everything we faced this year, we put out a lot of content that we’re very proud of. We also have a lot of other news related to BIONICLE: Masks of Power that you may have missed over the past year. We’ve compiled all of these accomplishments and announcements into one place so that you can see everything that Team Kanohi was able to achieve in 2024.
Up first are our soundtrack releases. We began sharing some music from BIONICLE: Masks of Power late last year, and this continued into 2024! Some of these songs are ones that you can expect to hear in the FREE THE BAND demo, while others have been made for areas that will be in the full game! We released 7 songs in total, all of which can be found on our YouTube channel!
Alongside these soundtrack releases, we also released a video recapping the world and story of Bionicle. “The Story so Far” Is meant to bring everyone who’s interested in BIONICLE: Masks of Power up to speed on what the world of Bionicle has to offer, be they hardcore fans of the series or just people who thought the toys looked cool as a kid. This video brings the world of Bionicle to life with beautiful illustrations, all of which can be found on the media page of our website!
Something else we’d like to highlight in this post are interviews that some of our team members were able to be a part of this year! We had the chance to give two different interviews about the game on the shows Mind Goblins and DEV. LIFE! We loved these chances to talk more about the game and share some behind-the-scenes secrets at what the game’s development has looked like. You can find the VODs from both of these live-streamed interviews above!
Lastly, we’ve also begun the process of translating the Legacy version of Masks of Power into other languages! For those of you who may not be familiar, Masks of Power: Legacy is the original iteration of BIONICLE: Masks of Power, which was released in 2021. And this year, we’ve begun a community-driven effort to translate the game. While our team has been focusing on development of the FREE THE BAND demo, we’ve organized a way for you, the fans, to help translate Masks of Power: Legacy into as many different languages as possible! If you want to help in our translation efforts, then you can join our Discord server, where you can find more information in the #legacy_translation channel.
That covers all of our major announcements from 2024. As we move into 2025, we understand that after everything that our team has been through in the past year, many of our fans have been feeling uncertain about the game’s future. But rest assured, the FREE THE BAND demo will be released. The question of when it will be released is ultimately determined by real-life issues that are completely outside of our control. To try and predict a release window at this time would be disingenuous, which is why we do not currently have a planned release window for the demo.
We would like to extend a huge thank you to all of our fans who have supported us this year. Truly, we would not be able to continue developing this game were it not for your heartfelt support and kind words. You’ve helped encourage us to continue pushing through development in spite of all of the misfortune we’ve faced this year, and we hope that you’ll continue to encourage and support us as we head into 2025.
Thank you for reading, and may the Great Spirit guide you.