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| Aquaria Free Game |
Aquaria is a 2D sidescrolling action-adventure computer game designed by Alec Holowka and Derek Yu, who together form theindependent game company Bit Blot, which developed and
originally published the game. After more than two years of development, the
game was released in 2007 for Windows. A Macintosh port
was released in 2008 by Ambrosia Software, and an updated version of the game was
released on Steam that same
year. A Linux version of the game was released as
part of the Humble Indie Bundlecollection
in 2010, and a version for the iPad was released on November 2, 2011. More
recently, an Android port of the game was released as part of the Humble Bundle with Android 6 collection in June 2013. In 2009, the Aquaria soundtrack album was made available
for sale. It includes all of the music in the game as well as a new nine-minute
vocal track and a few remixes.
The game
follows Naija, a mermaid-like woman, as she explores the underwater world of
Aquaria. Along her journey, she learns about both the history of the world and
her own past. The gameplay focuses on a combination of swimming, singing and
combat, through which Naija can interact with the world. Naija's songs can move
items, affect plants and animals, and change her physical appearance into other
forms. These forms have different abilities, such as firing projectiles at
hostile creatures or passing through barriers inaccessible to her in her
natural form.
Reviews
of the game were generally positive. Critics focused primarily on the visuals,
music and atmosphere as particularly praiseworthy. Additional positive comments
were made about the controls and gameplay, while critiques centered on the map
system and a limited variety of objectives. The game won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize from the Independent Games Festival in March 2007.
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