Aquaria from Derek Yu

Written by Ben on September 14th, 2006 and posted in Game News
Tags : Indie, pc

Derek Yu has been secretly working on a new game project titled Aquaria.

The first most people knew about the game was when they saw it hidden away amongst the other IGF contest entries. As with all of Dereks games it looks gorgeous (he is an artist after all) and the concept sounds intriguing.

Aquaria is an action-oriented, non-linear 2D side-scrolling game. Using an intuitive and fluid mouse control system, Naija can deftly swim through and explore a massive, handcrafted world that is teeming with undersea life. Along the way, she will encounter literally hundreds of different types of plants and animals and explore many ingame miles of hidden caves, lost ruins, and other strange places.

It sounds a bit like a 2d side scrolling Zelda. And I LOVE Zelda!

I will be reviewing this as soon as I can get my grubby little hands on a copy.

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