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Aqua Box in action. (ver4.2 ALPHA)

Aqua Box is an aquarium simulation game created by ha55ii. It is the 25th game created on Dan-Ball, released on 31 March 2017.

The ver4.2 ALPHA can once be accessed and played on the Dan-Ball site along with the most updated version when ver4.3 BETA was released but was since removed in late 2021.

Instructions[]

  • Plants grow automatically based on lighting conditions, and takes up more points as it grows. As of ver1.7 ALPHA there is a limit of 8192 dots.
  • Pinch allows players to grab and move an aquatic plant by plant nodes If the plant is detached from the soil it can be moved freely and be planted on the soil again.
    • Using Pinch on a point without a plant node will result in Space Drag. This allows players to push away plants or move any fish in the aquarium by moving the cursor and holding left click.
    • Since ver1.6 ALPHA the top of the screen is bounded by an invisible boundary referred as the water surface. This water surface shows a reflection of objects close to the surface. Before ver1.6 ALPHA the upper boundary was grey.
    • Since ver2.0 ALPHA the soil is now grey with randomly generated particles. Before that the soil was solid brown.
  • Trimming is used to cut plants. There are 3 modes available by clicking on the button multiple times:
    • Trimming cuts the plant at the selected node.
    • Line cuts multiple plants by dragging a line accross the plants.
    • Pull uproots all plants within its selection. This can only remove plants at their roots.
  • Soil allows players to spend coins to modify the soil terrain. Soil can be built up or dug away in trangular shapes and each affected pixel costs 1 coin.
    • This function was removed in ver4.3 BETA.
  • Light turns the lighting on and off.
    • This function was removed in ver4.3 BETA.
    • Since ver1.5 ALPHA, turning off the lighting will make the cursor a point light source apart from the dimmed screen.
    • Since ver3.7 ALPHA, the cursor will become a spotlight-like light source instead if it is placed close to the top of the game screen.
  • Scale was introduced in ver4.3 BETA and allows players to zoom into the aquarium with zooms levels available for any number between 1 and 20 inclusive. Each left/right click on the button increases/decreases the zoom level by 1.
    • Since ver4.4 BETA, zooming can also be done by using the mouse wheel. Each step multiplies/divides the current zoom level by 1.2 and is limited between 1 and 20.
    • Since ver4.5 BETA, zooming can also be done by touch controls on compatible devices such as smartphones.
  • Sell allows players to sell all detached plants for coins, which can be used to buy contents from the shop. Each detached plant section sells for a maximum of 100 coins.
  • Shop allows players to buy new content for the aquarium with coins.
  • Info allows players to view the objects in their aquarium in a list form. Currently plants and fishes are displayed in this tab. The tab also shows number of nodes for each plant, the size of fishes and allows players to sell fishes at 1/4 their buying cost.
  • Restart erases all aquatic plants in action and regrows one plant at the centre. The coin amount is also reset to the starting amount of 100. Before ver3.0 ALPHA the coin count were not reset when reset is clicked.

Plants[]

There are currently four types of plants in Aqua Box.

  • Test Plant—a stem-type plant. One appears in the middle of the screen upon starting or restarting the game. This plant cannot be bought, so this is the only way to obtain it.
  • Hair Grass—a grass-type plant. Grows to a short height and spreads very quickly. Since ver4.6 BETA this plant is drawn with polygons to resemble blades of grass when zoomed in instead of with lines before ver4.6 BETA. Shop price: 100 coin.
  • Hemianthus micranthemoides—a stem-type plant. Grows slowly and splits frequently. This plant has smaller leaves and shorter nodes than the starting plant. Shop price: 100 coin.
  • Rotala sp. green—a stem-type plant. Grows quickly and only splits where it is trimmed, where it splits into two. Its leaves are thinner and straighter than the starting plant's. Shop price: 100 coin.

Fish[]

There are currently 2 types of fish in Aqua Box.

  • Fish2 20x

    Cardinal tetra at 20x Zoom.

    Neon Tetra — a thin, red-and-cyan colored fish. Shop price: 300 coin.
  • Cardinal Tetra — larger than the Neon Tetra, and has a red abdomen. Shop price: 500 coin.
    20x Fish

    Neon tetra at 20x zoom.

There was another type of fish that appeared only in ver2.7 ALPHA that was blue. It could not be bought from the store and several appeared in the tank upon starting the game. It was replaced by Neon tetra.


Debug Mode[]

In ver4.0 ALPHA the debug mode was added and was subsequently removed in ver4.3 BETA.

  • Pressing 1 will display green dots moving in a wave pattern
  • Pressing 2 will cause red line to appear.
  • Pressing 3 will cause red, stationary dots to appear.

History[]

Main article: Aqua Box Timeline

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