Just in case you've, like, forgotten.

Nice!! can't wait. So many other people are excited over this aswell :D

Think ill bump it on my place too , cheers Terry

Goodness but I'm sick of this damn game. It's the Halo 3 of the Indy games community.

I Agree with the person above me.

I disagree.

Christ, it's a promising indie game that's been in development for two year, that won the IGF, and is coming out in a couple of days time. Naturally enough people are talking about it. And not nearly as much as you imply.

Seems like there's always someone who's sick of hearing about something :) I've done it myself in the past! Best thing if you are sick of hearing about it is to ignore it. In my experience.

i don't know. it doesn't seem to capture the true indy spirit.

i agree with the halo 3 comment

"i don't know. it doesn't seem to capture the true indy spirit."

Indeed, if the indie spirit is to have unpolished and/or unfinished game that never release. Then Aquaria is definitively not very indie spirit ;)

"it doesn't seem to capture the true indy spirit."

I don't get this attitude. Why doesn't it capture the indie spirit? Because it's for sale? Because it's polished? Because it's being hyped?

The indie spirit is making the game you want to make, the way you want to make it, without having any of your ideals raped along the way. The scale of this game and the period over which it was made clearly shows that it encapsulates the indie spirit. It takes quite an effort to get a team to work effectively for that long on something, especially remotely. From what I've read (which is little) there's been a lot of personal investment in this title, and that is as indie as it gets.

I caught the true indie spirit once. But then I got help.

I'm much better now.

Some people seem to think the indie spirit has a set amount of rules. That is more like the opposite of it.

If you aren't signed to a publisher, you're an indy game designer, even if you decide to sell your game for money independently. I'm not sure what this "spirit" of indy games is you refer to. Indy isn't a spirit, it's a definition. This game fits that definition.

And I quite frankly wouldn't care even if it didn't. It's a gorgeous game that I am totally looking forward to playing :).

wow, even a joke is defended to death.
i think the guy was joking about the indy spirit thing, guys.
after all derek's speeches about indie games.
lighten up.

Well, personally nothing I've seen of the game appeals to me at all so I won't be buying it, but I hope it does well anyways.

It's a magnificient game...

The freedom of Ecco the Dolphin mixed with the 2D quality that was CrackDotCom's Abuse, with a little underwater Solar Jetman going on.

It will be a grand game! Hopefully it won't end up as an "unrecognized gems" or "more sought after game" like all those games were.

This game better be the second coming of christ. i'm also pretty damn sick of the endless hype.
just friggin release it already!!

If nothing else, the game is pretty much hand painted, which is extremely unique for a video game. and derek's paint work is beyond fantastic.

but we'll see how it plays and feels overall.
we'll see if the demo will worth 30 bucks.

Indeed, if the indie spirit is to have unpolished and/or unfinished game that never release.

Hahaha, but isn't it?

Shit, indie just means you're not under direction from some uppity so and so's who control all the money. These guys made a huge game the way they wanted it to be made and not with the suits telling them to "Um.. make the girl's bikini smaller so she can make our 10-15 year old male demographic jump drool and purchase it by the score... BUT at the same time, make her overly smart so that our 14-22 year old female demographic will have someone to look up to.. a.. a ROLE MODEL! Ok, now have it done by 9am Thursday. Oh, and Alec go and grab me a coffee will ya? Black with 3 Splendas."

How unappealing can a game feel?

Like this.