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Aquaria - Bit Blot
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they spent 2-3 years on the whole thing and made all the art and sound and voice acting
2 coders!!!
won the INDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL GRAND PRIZE in 2006
2 coders!!!
won the INDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL GRAND PRIZE in 2006
neonart
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This game is Amazing!
It's so much like the great exploration 2D games of the 8-Bit era, like Metroid and Wonder Boy III with some of the flare of todays graphics. Played correctly this game could last you a very long time. I've played most of the demo, and have some 7+ hours in it, and I don't think I've found everything I can.
I can't wait for the Mac version. It plays ~ok in Parallels, but there are obvious slowdowns.
It's so much like the great exploration 2D games of the 8-Bit era, like Metroid and Wonder Boy III with some of the flare of todays graphics. Played correctly this game could last you a very long time. I've played most of the demo, and have some 7+ hours in it, and I don't think I've found everything I can.
I can't wait for the Mac version. It plays ~ok in Parallels, but there are obvious slowdowns.
It definitely does look good. I don't know anyone involved, so I have no idea who's trustworthy or not. Certainly some game devs are, um, "flattering" in their use of source material. The most blatant case I can remember was the screen you saw upon rescuing the princess in Cinemaware's 1980s game Lords of the Rising Sun. It bore an exceedingly close resemblance to Michael Whelan's cover of Daughter of Regals by Stephen R. Donaldson, from about a year earlier. At least they had the decency to flip it horizontally, and I think they changed the background a little. 🙄
--Eric
--Eric