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Evolving Aquaria: From Bloody Shooter To Indie Exploration

Indie darling Aquaria may be best known for its serene underwater setting and gorgeous hand-painted artwork, but its genesis lies in one of the most twisted, most violent video games ever created, I'm O.K. That game, designed in part by "attorney" Jack Thompson, was part of the self-described school shooting expert's "A Modest Proposal" an ultra-violent game concept that was supposed to elicit a $10,000 pay out from Thompson, should someone be bold enough to make it. Jack, as expected, welshed on the promised charitable donation when I'm O.K. hit the web, but the freeware shooter garnered the attention of Aquaria co-creator Alec Holowka. More »

4:00 PM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Michael McWhertor
5,541 views, 27 comments

Latest by Morberis: @Molbork: Actually the controller option works quite well, and I've used both the ps3 and the 260 controller on it. My only issue is is that you can't move when casting spells which would be quite easy to solve using the 2 more »

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IGF Award Winner Aquaria Released Today

I first got a glimpse of Bit Blot's PC game Aquaria at last year's Independent Games Festival Awards at GDC, where creator Derek Yu hopped on stage to accept the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize. From just the tiny clips they showed during the reading of the nominees I was completely charmed by the concept and the art style of the game. Now 9 months later their baby is coming out. For the past six days they've been teasing us at the Bit Blot blog with concept art, selections from the game's soundtrack, and stories about the development of Aquaria. Yesterday they released the final teaser, seen above, and soon the game will be available for purchase and demo. This game is truly a testament to what independent developers can accomplish - a true work of art. You owe it to yourself to check it out.

Official Aquaria Web Site [Bit Blot - Thanks Kyle!]

8:40 AM on Fri Dec 7 2007
By Mike Fahey
3,825 views, 40 comments

Latest by n/a: It's important to note that it looks like an Ecco the Dolphin THAT DOESN'T suck, and by that I mean WHERE YOU DO STUFF. I do feel a bit uneasy about controlling some kind of singing fish-girl. It sounds like a more »