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Developer(s) | Flying Bear Entertainment |
Publisher(s) | PopCap Games |
Designer(s) | George Fan[1] |
Engine | PopCap Games Framework |
Platform(s) | Java, Palm OS, Windows Mobile,[2]Windows |
Release | Original: 31 August 2001 Version 2: May 2, 2002[1] Deluxe: September 1, 2004 |
Genre(s) | Puzzle, virtual pets |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Presiding over a colorful aquarium with fantastic fish and colorful sea creatures, you'll need to play fast to keep your friendly fish fed and happy. And safe from all the alien intruders! As you feed your fish, collect the coins they drop to upgrade to better food, amazing new fish species and awesome weapons. Fish are the main component of Insaniquarium with the plot of the game being to keep them safe from aliens and well-fed. There are several types of fish with different rewards and dietary needs. Some fish even share symbiotic or predatory relationships with other fish. 1 Behaviors 2 Common Fish 2.1 Guppy 2.2 Carnivore 2.3 Starcatcher 2.4 Guppycruncher 2.5 Beetlemuncher 2.6 Breeder 2.7.
Insaniquarium is an insane fish and fish-tank simulator created by American studio Flying Bear Entertainment and published by PopCap Games.
Insaniquarium Deluxe features pets, various modes of gameplay, and a type of currency called 'shells'. Shells are collected as the game progresses, and they can be used to create a custom Insaniquariumscreen saver, to buy bonus pets or to increase the number of pets allowed in each tank.
Development[edit]
Flying Bear Entertainment first released Insaniquarium as a free, Java-based online game in August of 2001.[3] During development a member of the team purchased a goldfish and examined its movements and behaviour.[4] Development continued over the following year, with continual release of new content and features, culminating in PopCap Games' publication in July 2002 of the second online version.[5] In 2003, Astraware released a mobile adaptation for PDAs,[3] and in 2006 Glu Mobile released one for feature phones.[6]
The latest version, Insaniquarium Deluxe, was released on September 1, 2004 for PC.
Gameplay[edit]
Players must manage a tank of guppies and other aquatic creatures, and each stage begins with two guppies in the tank or one breeder which creates guppies.[7] Guppies and other fish drop money, which can be collected by the player and used to purchase fish food and upgrades, such as more aquatic creatures, more filling food, and powerful lasers to repel attackers.[8] Each creature must be kept alive by feeding, whether through fish food bought by the player or other species of fish in the tank. In addition to feeding fish, the player must protect the fish from aliens that periodically enter the tank and attempt to eat the fish. The aliens must be clicked on repeatedly with the mouse pointer in order to defeat them.[9] The deluxe version of Insaniquarium contains nine different aliens, but in the original Java version there are four.
Insaniquarium can be played in Adventure, Time Trial, Challenge Mode, or Virtual Tank. A secret sandbox mode can be accessed when the player wins a silver or a golden trophy, by entering the Konami Code at the main menu screen - it allows full access to unlimited amounts of fish, pets and aliens.
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In adventure mode, a player advances through five tanks. Tanks 1-4 have five levels but Tank 5 has only one level in which a player must beat Cyrax, the final boss in order to complete the game. In each level the player must earn enough money to buy 3 egg pieces to advance to the next level. For the first time playing the game, at the end of each level of a tank, the player receives a new pet from the egg. Initially, up to 3 pets could be brought to the tank to help the player, though the player could buy the privilege to bring more pets each level later on with more shells.
Time Trial mode restricts the player to completing the first tank in five minutes and in ten minutes for the three subsequent tanks. Egg pieces no longer count towards finishing a level, but instead add a random pet into the tank (always starting with three pets or four if the player buys the four pet limit). Each piece cost doubles the previous one, with the first shell starting at $100, until the shell value is maxed out at $99999 starting from the eleventh shell. The goal of the Time Trial mode is to make as much money as possible; a 5% of the total money earned will be transformed into shells.
Challenge mode is similar to Adventure mode, but the cost of each item on the board rises by 1% for every five seconds of game time. Buying an egg piece resets the cost of all of the items except for the other egg pieces (the current price will freeze), and several seconds afterwards the costs will start to rise again. The difficulty and number of aliens allowed in the tank also rise as time progresses. Unlike in the adventure mode, after five minutes all purchase options are open so that there is no need to purchase specific upgrades or special fish to be able to buy other items or egg pieces.
The virtual tank mode is where a player can use shells earned during the Adventure/Time Trial/Challenge modes to buy virtual fish in the tank. These fish also get hungry but they never die, and instead, they have mood levels in which they get depressed when neglected. All fish in virtual tanks lay shells instead of coins.
Reception[edit]
Insaniquarium has received generally positive reviews from critics. IGN gave heavy praise to Insaniquarium for being a puzzle game that uses resource management and gave it a score of 8.3/10.[10]
References[edit]
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Contents [] Insaniqualien/ Revenge of the fish Insaniqualien is the first complete mod of Insaniquarium. Most fish are replaced with aliens and vice versa.
A few examples are: Huge (replaces ) and the Shark (replaces ). The final boss is an evil alien mastermind riding a u.f.o. Ironically, it is an ALIEN.Your Objective it very similar feed Kill Fish! PvZQuarium Developed by the independent B2 Mods Team, this mod overhauls all of the pets into plants and aliens into zombies. Also from the Bejeweled 2 Mods Team, this is an overhaul of some game elements including the user interface and soundtrack. Zoom mod A mod by 1033Forest. It will be released on January 28, 2017.
Inspired by the 1999 PBS Kids show ZOOM. This is just a mod of backdrops and menus; none of the fish, pets or aliens will be modified. Insanicanine DELUXE A W.I.P. By Canine, possibly will not be finished, mostly an off project. Music will be changed, menus will be changed, cursor, sprites, and possibly modification of the script files (we have no way of opening these files yet, as they are.LUC (compiled lua) files. If you figure out how to modify these files, please let me know ASAP.) Resources [] [].
Insaniquarium Deluxe is a computer game, created by Flying Bear Entertainment, originally published by, later taken up by a number of other publishers and based on Insaniquarium, which is similar, albeit simpler. The basic idea: The player runs an aquarium and collects money from ◊ fish while preventing said fish from dying by aliens who randomly invade your tank.
There are a number of 'pets'; invincible creatures with a variety of functions that can be earned as the player progresses through the many levels in regular mode. In the Virtual Tank, an advanced version of the game, dollars have been replaced with shells, and more features are present: There are a few new pets, fish with different moods, new food items, and fish with special attributes. Note: The pets' and aliens' stories can be considered spoilers since they are accessed later in the game. This game provides examples of: •: Subversion: Aliens often pop into the tank and start destroying or eating the player's fish.
They don't seem to be in the mood for conquering. And according to their stories, some of the pets' have bad blood with the aliens such as,. •: Some of the pets have alliterative names, like Stinky the Snail, Meryl the Mermaid, Angie the Angelfish and Stanley the Startlingly Small Sea-Serpent.
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•: Downplayed, as while Gumbo the anglerfish attracts all the guppies with his lure, it is only to lead them away from their alien predators. •: Gumbo the anglerfish is described as 'he' despite having female-specific characteristics such as size and shape. •: Because all of the pets are roughly the same size, some pets can be really small compared to the animal they're based on, like Wadsworth the Whale and Brinkley the Elephant. Lampshaded with Stanley the Startlingly Small Sea-Serpent. • The hunger timer will pause during an alien attack, so you won't have to worry about fish starving while you can't feed them. • You have to click on Amp multiple times before he'll actually shock your fish. That way, if you accidentally click on him while feeding fish or collecting coins, you're not immediately screwed over.
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•: Gumbo is a deep-sea anglerfish (illuminated esca rather than one which looks like a worm) and could not survive anywhere near the surface, much less in an aquarium. Also, the bioluminescence of a deep-sea anglerfish's esca is due to bacteria; it cannot be switched on or off. •: The basis of Angie the Angelfish's powers. •: Cyrax •: Gumbo the anglerfish, or at any rate his — er, her esca. •: Stanley, one of the bonus pets, is afraid of nothing but badgers, aprons and badgers wearing aprons.