Day Six - Final Teaser
HQ Download (can use VLC to view)
A big “thank you” to all you folks who stuck with us through this week and an even bigger “thank you” to those who have been around since the beginning! This has been a crazy journey, and a huge chunk of our lives. I can’t accurately describe how I feel right now. Maybe excited, scared, proud, sad and happy all at the same time.
And also really, really tired. 
Tomorrow’s going to be a big day for us. Wish us luck! 
We’ll aim to get the game out by the evening in PST tomorrow.
A Q U A R I _
December 6th, 2007 at 11:33 am
W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L!
(first comment too ;))
December 6th, 2007 at 11:33 am
yay i gots first post! (I think)
i really want to know how the controls on this game are going to work, i know that they use the mouse, but are they hard or easy? who knows? well we’re all gonna find out soon enough
December 6th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Tentacles! I saw tentacles!
No, but I kid. This looks even more awesome, now! Are those alternate colored outfits? I think I saw her in both gold and red… And you’re making us wait another day for this?! Dx
Monsters.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:40 am
I believe the proper term is “Epic Beasts”.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:40 am
I kanna hold it much longer captain, the engines goin’ te burn up.
Anticipation can kill those who are not masters of patience, Unless one has heart disease or is at high risk for a stroke.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Ooo, I’m digging the disco ball enemy, and turning into a lil’ fish seems pretty fun also. Are the possibilities in this game truly endless?!
December 6th, 2007 at 11:46 am
There was definitely singing there
December 6th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Evening in PST? That is roundabout 4am in the morning on the 8th in Europe. *sobb* ;(
The jump out of the water is pretty cool.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:51 am
SO BADASSED.
WOOT WOOT WOOT
December 6th, 2007 at 11:54 am
*convulses* Awwwweeessoooommmmmmeeeee….
I cannot wait. This is looking to be so cool…
And yeah, that jump out of the water was very impressive. Nice addition.
December 6th, 2007 at 11:56 am
Fantastic footage. So many new things we didn’t know about so far, so many things making it even harder to wait in these last hours
Well, it’ll also be the early saturday morning for me, but at least I’ll go to bed with some nice thoughts tomorrow
December 6th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
SO AWESOME!!! /me explodes
December 6th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
I can’t wait until tomorrow.
We’ll finally find out what all those blanks spell.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
wow… this game looks really good!
December 6th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Good luck tomorrow! I can’t wait to try the game.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Lookin’ good, and nice trailer. I just really really hope that last shot isn’t from late in the game since it’s a pretty big spoiler. :
December 6th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
AWWWWWWWW, I didn’t even notice that!!! Everyone else, resist the temptation! Don’t look!
December 6th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Wow…looks really awesome. A pity the HQ download doesn’t work.
CHIBI NAIJA
December 6th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
I’m so exited that I don’t wanna watch the trailer to avoid any spoilers of the “greatnes” that’s maybe awaiting tomorrow ^^
December 6th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Huh. So is the dragon in the corner after the Bit Blot logo a secret clue of some sort? It seems to be paired with a couple of towers or little gnomes or something as well.
Maybe it’s the first screenshot of the next game!
December 6th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Apparently, if you keep trying, the d/l will work. That, or they just fixed it.
If I hadn’t already made up my mind to buy Aquaria the moment it came out, I’d have chosen to buy it just so I could ride a giant turtle.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
CONGRADS
December 6th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Oooh man. Ohmanohmanohmanohman.
Looking awesome. Really great job, guys, can’t wait to play it.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Absolutely Gorgeous!
December 6th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I’ve already said like a million times, but you guys deserve it. I wish you the best of luck. I hope it sells millions of copies.
The trailer was really awesome too. Jumping out of the water, riding giant turtles and fighting epic octopi were some of the many things I hoped to be included in this game. You guys sure know how not to let a guy down.
I’ll be buying it as soon as possible (if possible at all).
December 6th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
o my goodness. I really can’t wait. I’m going into the future right now, just to let everyone know.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
I’ve been waiting for a demo. I’ve been waiting ever since the little message on Ambrosiasw said that this was in development. Now tomorrow all I need to do is boot up my old xp computer and hope that it runs smooth on such an old thing, otherwise I guess I need to wait a month or so for the Mac on.
December 6th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
I am holding thumbs for you guys! Make indie proud.
December 6th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
So much polish… really, it looks so much improved from the IGF days and it looked good then!
December 6th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Fantastic new trailer. I expected to see some improvements, but that was just a whole new level of awesomeness. Hope its uploaded to gametrailers.com soon, thats a really good source of publicity.
P.S. - I’ve been trying all day to solve this >
A Q U A R I _ ?
December 6th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Wow.
I really, REALLY want to play the game now. I wonder how soon I can get my hands on something that runs Windows?
December 6th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
the Suspense is killing me! I must have it!!!! so many surprises so much to explore!! I’m counting the hours
December 6th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Ha… that boss was so Legion.
December 6th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
My only concern is that the 24 hour clock won’t have enough hours in a day for playing Aquaria!
(ie: I need to play it more than 24 hours each day! (Nevermind… stupid joke))
December 6th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Wow, can’t wait to finish finals and play the game! I will not be there to congratulate you guys tomorrow, but seriously, good job guys. Good luck on getting everything ready and prepare for some mass media coverage when the news of this game starts spreading! Trust me, I know a good game when I see it. I will need to play it first, but it will put a lot of big budget games to shame.
December 6th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Woohoo! This is going to be enormously awesome. And also Win. Now, if only i had a guaranteed windows computer to play this on… Ah well, i’ll find one.
December 6th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Btw guys, is it creepy if I after downloading the Hi-res version of the teaser and putting it fullscreen, after a while I unconsciously started moving my mouse around pretending I was moving Naija? lol
December 6th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Wow, other humanoid critters and something akin to a grim sea-reaper….now I’m definitely intrigued:)
December 6th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Wow I have not been this excited about a game release for some time. Amazing stuff… can’t wait to play.
December 6th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Hi Alec, Derek and everyone.
Just wanted to wish you all the best from Cuba in time for the release tomorrow! It has been a pleasure working with you on the game. I hope people appreciate the work that you two have put in and the drive and passion you have for Indie Games!
To everyone else, 1) buy the game 2) enjoy the game 3) tell other people to buy the game 4) continue to harass Alec about releasing a soundtrack 5) just harass Alec some more because it is fun.
Lots of love, Jenna
December 6th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
aww jeez derkie and alex— i’m so proud of you guys!! it’s been a long time since the post-IGF congratulations party
i’m cutting out of work early tomorrow to buy the game and play it allllll weekend !!!
December 6th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
I might just have to put that video on loop and watch it untill tomorrow XD .
Actually, today is the 7th in New Zealand. Can I have my copy early? ;D
December 6th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Egads! Tomorrow in the evening in Pacific time? I live in Eastern time; my tomorrow evening plans are ruined. RUINED! :-p
December 6th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Oh, btw, sweet trailer.
December 6th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Totally looking forward to it, guys.
You know I’ll be laying down $30 on day one and getting back to you with feedback, as well as trying to spread the word through my blogs.
December 7th, 2007 at 12:50 am
[...] Aquaria Trailer Written by Ben on December 7th, 2007 and posted in Game News Tags : Indie, pc, trailer, underwater, video In the last day before the release of the game Bit Blot have thrown out one final Aquaria trailer. [...]
December 7th, 2007 at 1:33 am
PST … mhm … just 9 hours a *lives in CET* so i’ll get it at saturday just when I went out of bed. =(
December 7th, 2007 at 1:38 am
She sings!
December 7th, 2007 at 4:35 am
Indeed, right at the end, we can hear a sample of singing!
December 7th, 2007 at 5:44 am
If you guys listened to the interview, Jenna said she did a spot of singing for the game.
Mere hours to go at this point…
December 7th, 2007 at 6:24 am
Oh, two things about the song:
Okay, well, I guess one just shouldn’t forget that she’s also a skilled singer, anyway 
1) The singing at the end of the trailer, just when the music fades out, makes the song seem a little unsuitable, as the singing is “cut off”. Just a minor thing I noticed
2) From what I could hear the song sounds absolutely professional. After what Jenna said about her singing it in the Skype-interview I thought it would be just nice, but that was actually great
December 7th, 2007 at 6:39 am
Alright, kings of hype (derek and alec) it’s friday morning.
after proclaiming this game as the single best thing to ever grace the medium of video games, how about you actually release the game? Wow, what a concept!!!
Pffft. All hype and no bite.
December 7th, 2007 at 6:42 am
@ Realist: You’ll note that they say “evening in PST,” which is, sadly, not now. Wait another eleven hours or so, i think. Then enjoy it.
*will enjoy the weekend*
December 7th, 2007 at 6:54 am
i cant wait
is there any countdown timer for release ?
December 7th, 2007 at 7:57 am
Tonight!!!
December 7th, 2007 at 8:10 am
After watching the latest video, I simply can’t wait to actually play Aquaria. Sure, videos are pretty, but you can’t judge a whole game with just some videos.
I hope that playing it will surpass all my expectations. Good luck with the release, been there and I know that not sleeping for a whole week is a killer
December 7th, 2007 at 8:18 am
Its awful that its 06:20PM here… Its tomorrow for me… But its all good and all right ^_^
December 7th, 2007 at 9:55 am
You guys have my money. It’s always amazing to see a group of people pull off something this fantastic.
Congrats, and I hope you have a great launch.
December 7th, 2007 at 10:00 am
Amazing work Bit-Blot. I really have nothing more to say.
December 7th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Noonish for me, but not much longer to wait for the release.
December 7th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Alec, I think I am scarred…
That video scarred me…I blame you.
Now heal my suffering this evening.
Also, @realist:
THESE guys haven’t been tooting their horns as much as you say they are, it’s US that have been doing that. =P
Your $30 from me is waiting, boys.
Hopefully it’ll be a reasonable hour where I live…
Either way, it IS Friday…;)
December 7th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
“realist” is a complete jerk. Derek and Alec have never said anything like that before.
December 7th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Hey all, I checked the FAQ but couldn’t find this asked or answered. What are the system requirements for this game? It looks really beautiful and smooth, which makes me fear that my relatively old PC won’t run it :P.
December 7th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Chuck : Derek told me about requirements… Sorry but dual core is a minimum.
Ok ok, just joking
December 7th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
From Chile, South America, best of wishes, every little thing in the games looks drop dead gorgeous.
Kudos to Derek and Alec, cant wait to play the demo.
December 7th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Contra 4, now Aquaria. What a year.
December 7th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
we are the 7 now!!! I can’t wait to play
December 7th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Chuck, no official system requirements yet…but Alec said it ran pretty smoothly on a system with
- 1.6 GHz CPU
- 512MB RAM
- Graphics card that compares to the old GeForce 4 MX 4000.
December 7th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
There is a minimum spec.s topic in the forum by the way.
And its 2pm pst… XD
December 7th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5
YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE GAME.
WHERE IS THE GAME EGGMAN?
December 7th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
So? What is considered the evening? 3pm?
Well I’ll be waiting to try the demo, I actually turned on my PC just for this! But I’ll try to (hopefully) get into Mac beta testing later this month or so. Can’t wait to play!
December 7th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Well, “morning” for Derek is roughly 2 PM, so “evening” must be…
I kid!
December 7th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
It is nearly midnight of seventh of september (07.12.2007) in my country,… I wanted to see the game released, but I realized time change. I am in GMT + 1 hour zone,… When it will be evening at the Vancouver BC??
Cheers from Czech Republic
December 7th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
seeing as there is an 8 hour difference between UTC (GMT+1) and PST and evening officialy ends at 0:00, i’d say us UTC people will get the game no later than 8:00 saturday morning… too bad i have to work.
December 7th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Thanks mvane, that sounds reasonable :o)
Guess we’ll have to be patient, or just go to sleep….
December 7th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
it’s 3:35 pm out in SF/BC right now… so, 4-5 more hours?
December 7th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Wow, guys, looks like you’ve got quite a rabid bunch here.
=P
I didn’t really think of this before, but my laptop better be able to run this…=P
I’ll check back in a few more hours and see just how many MORE comments have sprung up.
December 7th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
btw. september,… did I said september?? :o) I was thinking December of course :-p
Too much work next day, so I have to go to sleep, but tomorrow,…! I’ll be back :o)
good night to all from night time zones
December 7th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
hmmmm… its 7:30 right now, i think that is evening right? WHERES THE GAME?!?!
lol
December 7th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
ooops… it apears that i’m in a different timezone
December 7th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
I am writhing in anticipation. I need to play this game. And I need to pee. Staying up all night until launch!
Hope you guys sell a million!
December 7th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Right, well, it’s half past midnight here. I’m going to bed
Hope to play this tomorrow!
December 7th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
I can’t wait can’t wait can’t wait. God why make us beg. Release release release!
December 7th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
4:40 pm now…
Still waiting….
December 7th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
This is getting painful. I can only play so many games of freecell. please, hurry and be released
December 7th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5
… and then I realized I’m in the wrong timezone T_T. Good night and see you tomorrow ;).
December 7th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
whens it come out?
December 7th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
oh man this is making me so so moist.
December 7th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
NOOOO, it’s already 8:30 PM here, and the game is still not out. I am running out of time to play it; gotta study for finals all weekend. NOOOOOOO
December 7th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
You’re killing me on the inside.
December 7th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
X.x
December 7th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
5:36 PM here. I can wait a bit more, but I don’t want to.
December 7th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
I have 42 bucks in my bank account. I guess I’ll be spending most of it.
December 7th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
centithread !
i heard they wont put they game up until this post gets 1000 replies, OH SHIT
December 7th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
quuiiiiick update! I have a flight to attend at night I need to download it
December 7th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Christmas is coming early this year!
Congratulations, Bit-Blot!
December 7th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
7:48 here, I guess I’m two hours ahead. I need this game!
December 7th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Also, I want to be Mr. 100!
December 7th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Google PST people and you’ll see its 5:45 pm for Derek and Alec. The evening is usually 6:00pm…
Seriously though, most of us here have waited a long time for Aquaria…is a couple of hours more going to kill you?
December 7th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Yes, yes it will.
December 7th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
maybe in the time it takes to write this post it will be available for download?!?!!?!
December 7th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Dang, guess not.
December 7th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Oh btw, the trailers up on gametrailers.com now.
Very good reception, except quite a few people are comparing it to Ecco the Dolphin and some ugly looking anime game called “Odin Sphere”. Despite it not looking much like either game.
Still, I guess the Ecco parallel can be forgiven to some extent since most people like judging games through comparisons. Strange as it is, not many games cover the underwater realm. Of the few that have used underwater environments, Ecco seems to be the favourite -although I always preferred “EVO: Search for Eden” (SNES).
December 7th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
6:10…
Counting times…
December 7th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Well it’s already 12:14pm on Dec 8th here so hopefully soon.
Sometimes I hate living in GMT +10
December 7th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
it says its here!
December 7th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
It’s out!
December 7th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
pretty
December 7th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Odin Sphere is not ugly, braw. That’s one of the most highly detailed and well-animated 2D games out there. Now if you don’t like the ART STYLE, that’s one thing, but objectively speaking, it is still impressive 2D stuff.
December 9th, 2007 at 5:08 am
Maybe you’re right, I found the game ugly because it uses those generic anime characters.
December 9th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Get in touch with Nintendo IMMEDIATLY. This is needs to be on Wii ware.