moebial

International artist collective working on Aquamarine, a quiet survival adventure of discovery in a hand-drawn alien ocean.

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👁WELCOME SEEKER👁

🌊 Are you ready to explore the strange natural world of an unknown alien ocean?

🔍 Can you uncover its secrets and decipher its environmental patterns?

🧭 Will you survive long enough to find a way home?

This week only you can play the Aquamarine’s brand-new demo for free. Jump into these mysterious waters, and carve out your own place in a weird, wonderful world.

Download the AQUAMARINE demo on Steam!

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So much has been happening in the world of Aquamarine we’ve barely had time to post about it! Lately, that has involved completing the content for all three of the game's unique areas, as well as polishing up our demo for this summer's string of game festivals. Keep your eyes peeled for those announcements very soon.

In the meantime, have you wishlisted Aquamarine on Steam yet? Our page just got a big update, with brand-new screenshots, colorful GIFs, and a more in-depth description of what the game is all about. Now's the best time to take a look and even share our quiet sci-fi survival adventure with friends.

Wishlist Aquamarine on Steam!

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We've had to keep quiet for way too long about this, but now we can finally tell everyone about the coolest things to happen to Aquamarine since our Kickstarter was successfully funded nearly a year ago. Drum roll... 🥁 🥁 🥁

🥳AQUAMARINE HAS A PUBLISHER!!!🥳

It finally happened! After failed negotiations, changed plans, and various other let downs, we've found our perfect publisher match with the awesome crew over at Hitcents. Everyone at Team Moebial has always known we wanted to work with a publisher to take Aquamarine to the next level, as long as they respected our vision and agreed to let us guide the game’s direction. We’ve found that and so much more with Hitcents, and our partnership has quickly elevated our development.

It has also resulted in us being a part of a really cool Steam event that starts tomorrow! The Big Adventure Event is a five-day celebration of one of our favorite genres: Adventure games, of course. Over 80 games will be featured throughout the event, including more than 40 free demos. And you guessed it, Aquamarine will be one of those demos. Even if you've checked out one of our demo weekends before, there's a whole lot of new stuff to see and do in this latest version.

We'll also be doing a big stream as part of the event on Saturday, Jan 23, at 1:00PM PST. The stream will include new gameplay from the demo, behind-the-scenes development footage, and commentary from Team Moebial. You can check out more details over on our Steam page.

For those who are keeping track, you'll notice our release date now says Summer 2021. Signing a publishing deal with Hitcents re-opened the conversation about when Aquamarine should be released, and we realized it was a good chance for us to maximize the additional funding and development support that this partnership brought to the table. As always, our goal is first and foremost to release the absolute best version of Aquamarine we can make. Our second goal is to release it in a timely fashion. So thanks for sticking with us throughout all these changes. We'll have loads more to share very soon. :)

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- Team Moebial

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Hey everyone! Been a while, huh? Maybe you thought our lil sci-fi survival adventure was dead in the water, or that Team Moebial fell victim to one of 2020's many terrible events? Nope. We've just been busy, like CRAZY busy, developing the living heck out of Aquamarine. Yes, so busy we couldn't even find time to show off what we’ve been busy with. But seeing as how 2021 is just around the corner, we figured it was time to take a break and send out a big year-end update.

So much has happened this year. We've designed the entirety of Aquamarine's gameplay experience, including three unique biomes, a full story arc with multiple endings, a slew of upgrades for your underwater pod & island home base, and plenty of special secrets to uncover throughout your time in the world. We're also deep into the production of all three main areas in the game, complete with their own creatures and ecosystems, as well as the systems for how we handle the generative story events, exploration mechanics, and dynamic environments.

With the ground work for Aquamarine well under way, we've more recently gone back to the beginning to start revamping our old art, music, and animation assets in the game's first area. We're keeping our designs and mechanics for beloved creatures like the Hider, Eater, Scavenger, and Swimmer, but now they've all been given a major makeover. Same goes for the environment art itself, not to mention the new designs for creatures we hadn’t finished yet. By the time our next demo is revealed, Aquamarine is going to look like a completely different game.

Speaking of demos, we have another weekend event coming up in late January where everyone will be able to check out the latest version of Aquamarine. It will be part of a bigger Steam event that we're involved with, the details of which we unfortunately can't get into. It's not that we want to be secretive, but there are just some big announcements we can't tell anyone about quite yet. Keep your eyes on this space, though, and soon all will be revealed.

In the meantime, we promise to be much more on top of our game in terms of sharing our progress and development updates. Moebial Studios is just a small crew of passionate artists spread across the globe, and we've really got our work cut out for us hand-crafting every strange corner of this living, breathing alien waterworld. We've had to push back our release window to Spring/Summer 2021, simply because of the insane care and attention to detail that goes into everything we do. But trust us when we tell you it will be worth it, and we cannot wait to show you everything we're creating for you.

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- Team Moebial

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Been working on lots of new wildlife concept illustrations and splash art for the opening area of Aquamarine. Can’t wait to show off the progress our team has made when we drop our updated pre-alpha demo in the next few weeks.

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Now that we're four months out from our Kickstarter campaign for Aquamarine, we've finally finished making and shipping the limited-edition rewards for our awesome backers. But there's still a very small handful left over that we want to make sure go to a good home. If you have any interest in supporting the development of our quiet survival adventure, this is the last month to become a Slacker Backer.

We only have one copy left of the 7" vinyl record (up top) featuring exclusive versions of the soundtrack from Aquamarine's pre-alpha demo, written & produced by our composer Thomas Hoey. And there's only one copy remaining of the printed operations manual booklet (above), which also comes with another printed manual for the final game once it's finished.

We also have a few more of the 11x17" art prints (above), which are printed on thick, high-quality card stock and are easily mounted or framed. Each of the physical rewards are hand-numbered collector's items made in a limited edition and will not be re-printed. And for anyone just interested in supporting Aquamarine with a pre-order & digital rewards, we've got plenty of options to choose from.

During this final month, we're donating 25% of all sales to nonprofit racial justice organization Color of Change. So you can help make a difference in the world, support indie game devs, and get some cool collectibles all at once!

Check out what's available here.

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Now that the team at Moebial Studios is working full-time on Aquamarine’s development, we wanted to take a moment to share some of the great work our artists did for our amazing Kickstarter backers.

Our lead artist Leonardo d'Almeida collaborated with one of the "Uncanny Visionist" backers on the original art piece pictured above. Without giving away too much, the concept was inspired by the second area of Aquamarine that our dev team is currently working on. Together, Leo and our backer decided on the illustration's look and feel before collaborating on it step by step—from sketch, to line art, to finished colors. Now we've sent off the piece to be made into a 16x20" art print and shipped to the backer. Pretty cool!

Our co-artist and lead animator Drew Brouillette has also been hard at work finishing all of the hand-drawn portraits for our "Curious Cosplayer" backers. Needless to say, it's a big project that's been keeping him very busy, with roughly 40 illustrations to complete (plus any requested revisions). It's been amazing to watch Drew capture the personalities of our backers one by one, we just couldn't help but show off a handful of his portraits.

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While our visual artists were busy with those illustrations, our composer Thomas Hoey was experimenting with some ideas for the moods and sounds of Aquamarine’s second biome. He decided to share a sneak peek with us in the form of the video above, which shows him creating some ambient soundscapes with his collection of synths and FX boxes.

And while we're at it, there's a few awesome articles about Aquamarine that we never got a chance to share during our campaign. It's always exciting for us to read everyone's impressions of our game and the pre-alpha Kickstarter demo, so we selected some of our favorite quotes below. Be sure to check out the rest of the articles as well! The one Emily Rose wrote for RE:BIND is especially smart and insightful.

"Based on the art style alone, I'd be excited about [Aquamarine] even if it were some kind of tax-calculating sim. Thankfully, we're being treated to something much more intriguing." – RPG Fan

"The music is a mixture of warm, low-fi synths, and with the water-washed colours of the alien world it creates a very relaxing atmosphere. For a game about survival, it's a very chill experience." – PC Gamer

"Aquamarine is all about playing thoughtfully, taking in the sights and carefully rationing your supplies to ensure the mission is a success, It’s Jacques Cousteau-meets-Jean Giraud with a delightful splash of sailing drama." – RE:BIND

A quick reminder: The Slacker Backer webstore only has a couple of high-quality art prints still in stock. Grab one of these very limited pieces before they’re all gone! 

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Earlier this year, Aquamarine's Kickstarter raised $18,763 to finish our quiet survival adventure game. And now we’re hard at work creating the rest of the world, writing new music, continuing the story, and expanding the gameplay. All of it is possible because of the support of our community.

But if you weren’t able to back our Kickstarter, we finally have rewards available straight from our website! Head to our Slacker Backer Rewards page if you want to help fund Aquamarine's ongoing development and claim your copy of the game before it's released.  We even made a very limited quantity of 11x17" art prints (pictured above) available. Check those out here.

Oh, and one more thing: Aquamarine is now on Steam! We're super thrilled to finally have our store page up and running. We'll be sure to keep it updated with new images and info as production continues.

Wishlist us on Steam!

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Aquamarine is a 70’s psychedelic comic book styled Sci-Fi underwater roguelite survival adventure where you explore the depths of a mysterious water world.

Read More & Play The Pre-Alpha Demo, Free (Win, Mac & Linux)

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🤯🥳🤯  AQUAMARINE IS FULLY FUNDED!!! 🤯🥳🤯

We did it! You did it! This is really happening!! In just 16 days, we raised enough money to surpass our goal of $12,540, and now we can finally finish our quiet little survival adventure game.

But wait, there’s more! We now have some awesome stretch goals we’re trying to hit, and we’ve got 18 days left to do it. Head over to our Kickstarter to check those out, and consider making a pledge if you haven’t already.

Let’s see how far we can take Aquamarine!

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🚨 AQUAMARINE IS TWO-THIRDS FUNDED!! 🚨

We can hardly believe it! Things are getting real crazy over on AQUAMARINE’s Kickstarter, since we’re now less than $4K away from fully funding our little hand-drawn survival adventure about exploring an alien ocean.

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And don’t miss out on all the limited-edition rewards and early bird backer tiers we’re offering. This game is getting funded in no time! Check it out.

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Check out AQUAMARINE’s awesome Kickstarter launch trailer for more about the story and gameplay we’re building. 💻👀

Then listen to two special versions of the music from our upcoming demo, both written and produced by composer Thomas Hoey. 🎵😊🎶

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🚀 AQUAMARINE is live on Kickstarter!!! 🚀

Our underwater survival adventure in a hand-drawn alien ocean needs $12,540 to finish development, and we can’t do it without you.

Help us make our dream game a reality!

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“My story began long ago...” ✨👁👁✨

The Seeker has a story to share. A story about discovery and self-realization in an alien ocean. Will you listen?

Our sci-fi survival adventure game AQUAMARINE launches on Kickstarter in one week! We’re offering a special half-price tier for all day-one backers. Check out our Kickstarter preview page and click “Notify me on launch” so you don’t miss out. 📱👈

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The strange waterworld of Aquamarine is an entire planet lost to time and reclaimed by nature, which means it’s riddled with forgotten secrets. 🕳👁🕳 —— As you explore deeper into this alien ocean, you’ll discover more and more about its hidden past and what it means for your journey. 🌊👁🌐 —— Learn more about Aquamarine and help us make the game a reality when our Kickstarter launches on January 22! 🚀

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Meet the international team of game developers working on Aquamarine! Our small group of artists, musicians, writers, and programmers are based throughout the world, in California, Ontario, England, and Brazil. 🌎

These were drawn in Aquamarine’s art style by our animator/co-artist Drew Brouillette. You can get yours done, too, when our Kickstarter campaign launches on January 22! We’re offering 100 backers the chance to send in a personal photo to be turned into a hand-illustrated digital portrait. 👤🎨

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Look at us grow! ✨🌼✨

We’re exactly one month away from launching our Kickstarter to make Aquamarine a reality. We’ve got lots of work left to do on the campaign and the game’s demo, but in the meantime, we’re looking for testers to help us squash some bugs. 👟🐜

If you want to check out an early preview of our quiet survival adventure, just head to our new Discord server and ask for a download key. Let’s make Aquamarine the best it can be!

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