Disc version/Future Retail plans

[Derek]

Holy mother...!!!

I think we'll still put out some images that you can print out to make your own jewel cases and CD labels.  But hot damn, that looks amazing, redstar!

[the_redstar_swl]

Sounds kewl. And the box looks awesome! But if you say 7+ you haven't played the game to the end, have you? It's creeping me.

I've only played the demo, Going to be getting it after Christmas.

the_redstar_swl, do you think you can upload the original image somewhere?  It would be much easier to give this game as a gift if I could go to Kinkos and print out a nice box insert, rather than just giving someone a CDR

Sure, 1.7mb.
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/the_redstar_swl/aqudvdcoverJPG.jpg

White/Clear DVD cases can be had for about 3 bucks online.

Edit:


Chances are if you've got a CD burner, It has label maker software, These should be suitable for making a regular jewel case with a bit of resizing in said software.
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/the_redstar_swl/AquCDcovFrontJPG.jpg
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/the_redstar_swl/AquCDcovJPG.jpg
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/the_redstar_swl/AquCDsideJPG.jpg

[durrem]

That's great.  Thank you very much.

[Quemaqua]

Nice upload, thanks!  I think I may try my hand at making my own this weekend.  If I can stop playing the game.  I keep saying I want to try my hand at doing a guitar version of the Forest God song, too, but I'll be damned if I have the time to do it.

[Crizzle]

Great work redstar! It all looks awesome!

[Two Jacks]

Sounds kewl. And the box looks awesome! But if you say 7+ you haven't played the game to the end, have you? It's creeping me.

I've only played the demo, Going to be getting it after Christmas.

the_redstar_swl, do you think you can upload the original image somewhere?  It would be much easier to give this game as a gift if I could go to Kinkos and print out a nice box insert, rather than just giving someone a CDR

Sure, 1.7mb.
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/the_redstar_swl/aqudvdcoverJPG.jpg

White/Clear DVD cases can be had for about 3 bucks online.

Edit:


Chances are if you've got a CD burner, It has label maker software, These should be suitable for making a regular jewel case with a bit of resizing in said software.
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/the_redstar_swl/AquCDcovFrontJPG.jpg
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/the_redstar_swl/AquCDcovJPG.jpg
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/the_redstar_swl/AquCDsideJPG.jpg

I like the CD box but the DVD box's cover... Both great, you've got tallent. 

[Hiro]

Man, I hadn't even thought of making a box myself...

I'll just wait with my virtual file untill the physical pack comes out.

[RL_Nice]

Nice box.

One thing that I would love to see in a Collector's Edition would be developer commentary.

[Alphasoldier]

I still hope there's coming a official box, even though this already looks pretty awesome and official.

[IceD]

I have to say one thing: this is freaking awesome! now everyone can make it's own physical version of Aquaria  Great job, Redstar. I especially like the back cover, it looks great. You must have some good skills at dtp

[Tolkienfanatic]

I must say I fall into the category of people who would buy Aquaria if it was available on Steam.  I have never had any problems with it and have no idea why earlier posters express such aversion to it.  Introversion was able to enlarge the amount of people who played Darwinia and Defcon through Steam, I am sure it would do the same for Aquaria.

[KingAl]

Yep, there's a rather large discussion of it over here. Don't let the fact that it's not on Steam at the moment hold you back, though: all the payment methods Steam offers - including PayPal - are available through Plimus, and it's secure.

Bit Blot are (is?) considering their (its?) options, no doubt. The key difference with IV's position in '05 with Darwinia, and even late '06 with Defcon, was that the number of products on Steam were significantly lower, so while it's definitely a great option, there's no guaranteeing as great a response as IV had - I doubt that the number of users has grown as significantly as the number of products.

[Tolkienfanatic]

For me it is not really a question of the method of payment, more of a matter of having the majority of my games condensed in the same place.

[Alec]

Yeah, I don't know if Valve is interested anymore. They used to be talking to us, but now they haven't responded in a looong time.

[Tolkienfanatic]

That really is a shame.  As I said before, I think Aquaria is exactly the type of game that would prosper from being placed on that distribution platform.