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Posted August 04, 2015
Underwater wonders to wander on your own terms.

<span class="bold">Aquaria</span>, a metroidvania underwater adventure, is available now on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, DRM-free on GOG.com with a 50% launch discount.

We hardly think about it daily, but the mysteries of the deep sea right beneath our feet remain just as alien to us as the farthest reaches of our solar system. And where the unknown begins, our imagination starts to wander, and the world of Aquaria begin to fascinate.
Aquaria is a game about exploring both the deepest, darkest recesses of the sea and the sunlit expanses of underwater havens. Equal parts game and audio-visual experience, it's a critically acclaimed adventure that's out to challenge, delight you with a beautiful wide world to explore, and treat you with respect by letting you do so on your own terms. Aside from gamers' hearts, Aquaria stole the show during the prestigious 2007 Independent Games Festival where it was awarded first place for Excellence in Audio, Excellence in Visual Art, Design Innovation as well as the big grand prize as best of show. As one most acclaimed indie productions in recent years, there's no better place for Aquaria than a digital shelf on GOG.com.

Experience an underwater metroidvania with <span class="bold">Aquaria</span>, available now, DRM-free on GOG.com. You can take advantage of the 50% launch discount for the first week, until Tuesday, August 11, 12:59 PM GMT.
Posted August 05, 2015
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shmerl: Good to see a Linux release on GOG from day one. That's the way to do it. Kudos to developers.
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Redfern: Well...it was WITH linux version back then..in Humble Indie Bundle 1 or 2. So, basically, its not new port.
Yeah, it was ported a long time ago, but many such games came out on GOG but without Linux versions. Bastion for example?
Post edited August 05, 2015 by shmerl
Posted August 05, 2015
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shmerl: Good to see a Linux release on GOG from day one. That's the way to do it. Kudos to developers.
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Redfern: Well...it was WITH linux version back then..in Humble Indie Bundle 1 or 2. So, basically, its not new port.
True, they could have at least upgraded to SDL2 for this release.
Posted August 05, 2015
Well this game looks interesting.
Posted August 05, 2015
ok, this is interesting. Last I heard I could have sworn there was only one of the developers left with any interest in the game, so he turned it into Open Sauce. The official forums were full of nerds dissecting it to improve it in various ways. Modding it with total conversions. All that cool awesome stuff.

Was that pulled? Is it no longer Free direct from the developers? Seems likely, as I can't seem to find the official forums anymore. Looks like they were closed, may be?

I know say this fairly often, but still... I'm confused.
Posted August 05, 2015
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HeDanny: ok, this is interesting. Last I heard I could have sworn there was only one of the developers left with any interest in the game, so he turned it into Open Sauce. The official forums were full of nerds dissecting it to improve it in various ways. Modding it with total conversions. All that cool awesome stuff.

Was that pulled? Is it no longer Free direct from the developers? Seems likely, as I can't seem to find the official forums anymore. Looks like they were closed, may be?

I know say this fairly often, but still... I'm confused.
"OpenSource" does not mean "Freeware".
There are OpenSource Freeware games like "The Battle for Wesnoth" (highly recommended)
and there are commercial games with OpenSource like "Aquaria", "Doom" and many others for which you need to buy the game files but are able to use all kinds of optimizations and ports on other systems if someone has written this, which is of course way easier with the source code freely available.
Posted August 05, 2015
Yep. You will have to forgive my memory. This was around five years ago, and I'm no spring chicken.

If anyone is interested, the official forums are still available, and active (if rather quiet these days). If you are the codey sort of nerd, it might be worth a look.
Posted August 05, 2015
I placed a thread in GOG's Aquaria forum about the unofficial update, but here is a link to the patch creator's thread for your convenience.

- SDL2 is now used on all platforms! This adds rumble support for controllers that support it.
- Fixed rotating oil drops (I messed this up in the last update, oops)
- Better stereo separation and distance attenuation for all sounds effects
- The mod downloader is even more shiny thanks to new icons made by FrancesF
- Do not allow rolling while riding
- Better/Faster pathfinding for entities (this has no influence on combat behavior)
- Slightly faster startup
- AnimationEditor: Fix possible out-of-memory crash
- AnimationEditor/SceneEditor: Warn if saving map/animation/... failed
- SceneEditor: Fixed some crashes and quirks
- Fixed memory leak when singing
- Fixed problems and weird behavior with mods/patches, in package files and on the filesystem. Too complicated to explain.
- Fixed possible crash related to missing textures
- Fixed lost health refill at save points (instead, the game would restore the health as it was before saving when loading the savefile)
- No more separate developer build -- this is now a setting in usersettings.xml
- Windows build: Fixed possible crash on exit (windowed mode + close window with [X])
- Many many more things, mostly relevant for our in-progress sequel mod and modding in general

Aquaria - Unofficial Update v1.001
Post edited August 05, 2015 by Sabin_Stargem
Posted August 05, 2015
Great release GOG; like many others I already own the game, but at that price I picked it up again anyway. Great to have in my GOG account.
Posted August 05, 2015
Nice release. Will wishlist for now. Hope to see <span class="bold">Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet</span> on gog soon.

Some gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T0BJvir_XI
Post edited August 05, 2015 by Matruchus
Posted August 05, 2015
Strange that it took so long. Already have it from the very first Humble Indie Bundle though.
Posted August 05, 2015
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Posted August 05, 2015
Does anyone play with Aquaria Open Source Edition? Is it worth it, and what does it change (besides including the unofficial patch changes mentioned above)
Posted August 05, 2015
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NoxTM: A bit of a shame the soundtrack isn't included as an extra (see: Humble); seems they missed a trick there.
I have it from a Humble bundle, but I don't have the soundtrack. I think it was included for only one of the bundles that it made an appearance. Hell, the soundtrack isn't even sold on Steam.
Posted August 05, 2015
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Post edited October 22, 2018 by Fairfox
Posted August 05, 2015
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NoxTM: I received the game in the Humble Introversion Bundle. If I go to that specific key page Aquaria isn't listed in the Music tab, but if I go to my main Humble library and click the game it's listed in mp3 and flac. I've no idea if I actually bought the game again in a different bundle and that's why it's there, all present and correct, or it's just an odd quirk for the Introversion one, but there you go. Downloading the tracks now!
I have the game from the original Humble Bundle and it didn't come with a soundtrack. At any rate, being featured in a limited-time bundle isn't the same as being sold in a store.
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