Difference between revisions of "Aquaria"

Revision as of 17:25, 7 May 2021

Key points

Game features modding support and source code is available.^[1]

General information

Official Forum

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Modding Wiki

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Demo available for Windows.
GOG.com
Steam		To disable Steam, use Open Source Edition.

Essential improvements

Open Source Edition

Has many enhancements compared to the official version (gameplay and stability fixes, better controller and resolution support, positional sound, online mod downloader, etc.).

Unofficial update packs are available on the game's forum. Works with every sold version of the game, however with the Steam version, Steamworks is completely disabled.

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\usersettings.xml^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Defaults are stored in default-1.xml and if config file is removed, user is prompted with configuration utility when starting the game.

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Aquaria/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

$External options menu. Launched if configuration file is missing or corrupted or directly opened from <path-to-game>\AQConfig.exe.$

External options menu. Launched if configuration file is missing or corrupted or directly opened from <path-to-game>\AQConfig.exe.

In-game options menu.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian				Retail «1С/Snowball Studios»
Russian				Fan translation download
Spanish				Fan translation download 1 or 2.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
OpenGL

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux					64-bit, ARM and PowerPC support requires Open Source Edition.^[2]

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Input	SDL2	Officially Linux only. Also Open source edition.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	225 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL compatible

System requirements do have slight differences: Official FAQ (Windows, OS X), Steam (Windows), GOG.com (Windows, OS X, Linux).

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.3.9
Processor (CPU)	1.42 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	225 MB
Video card (GPU)	G4

System requirements do have slight differences: Official FAQ (Windows, OS X), Steam (Windows), GOG.com (Windows, OS X, Linux).

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	225 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL compatible
Other	libc6:i386, libasound2:i386, libasound2-data:i386, libasound2-plugins:i386 and dependencies.

System requirements do have slight differences: Official FAQ (Windows, OS X), Steam (Windows), GOG.com (Windows, OS X, Linux).

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ AquariaOSE/Aquaria: Aquaria open source, forked from icculus.org due to inactivity. Has many enhancements compared to the official repo. - last accessed on 2017-02-01
↑ freshports -- games/aquaria - last accessed on 2020-12-12

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] AquariaOSE/Aquaria: Aquaria open source, forked from icculus.org due to inactivity. Has many enhancements compared to the official repo. - last accessed on 2017-02-01

[3] reshports -- games/aquaria - last accessed on 2020-12-12

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

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+{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|aquaria|75}}
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-{{ii}} Unofficial update packs are available on the [http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=4313.0 game's forum]. Works with every sold version of the game, however with the Steam version, Steamworks is completely disabled.
+{{ii}} Unofficial update packs are available on the [https://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=4313.0 game's forum]. Works with every sold version of the game, however with the Steam version, Steamworks is completely disabled.
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+ |fan       = true
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Spanish
+ |interface = hackable
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = hackable
+ |notes     = Fan translation [http://traducciones.clandlan.net/index.php?page=download&file=AS/traduccion_beta1_Aquaria_archivos_originales_by_VX.rar download 1] or [https://mega.nz/file/ATJyjTCR#GCGIAEJKm5hegWoX-1IDBEUfGT8mbTGdhFpv_COUmZU 2].
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+|windows 64-bit exe     = false
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+|mac os x powerpc app   = true
+|macos intel 32-bit app = true
+|macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
+|macos arm app          = unknown
+|macos app notes        =
+|linux 32-bit executable= true
+|linux 64-bit executable= hackable
+|linux powerpc app      = hackable
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 {{References}}

Developers

	Bit Blot
macOS (OS X)	Ryan C. Gordon
macOS (OS X)	Ambrosia Software
Linux	Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
	Bit Blot
OS X	Ambrosia Software
Release dates
Windows	December 7, 2007
macOS (OS X)	November 13, 2008
Linux	May 4, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	82
IGDB	75