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[Erik Leppen]

EAU: the Water Game, or simply EAU, is a game about moving around water and collecting it at an indicated area. It is made
for a competition at the Dutch Game Maker community about the theme of water. In fact, it started as a water simulation engine and a simple game is built around it.

It is made with:
It is converted for Vista compatibility.
Full screen is optional using F4 (this will also change resolution)
Size: 2 MB
Sound: no
You need a somewhat modern computer.

Download/play: see YoYoGames: EAU: the Water Game

Edited by Erik Leppen, 26 December 2009 - 06:50 PM.

[Necromian]

This is a game that I've wanted to make for a long time but I could never figure out how to do. Well done

[dadio]

Really enjoyable game
I kind of like the simplistic/grid-like blocky graphics...
but feel that if the water looked more realistic/flowy & the art were made more "mainstream", that this would have a whole lot more appeal to many.

Really nicely done
(The gravity switching cracks the possibilities wide open).

Edited by dadio, 28 December 2009 - 12:43 PM.

[lasttea999]

This is cool, as it were! Nice job! How does the level-unlocking work...?

[inarma]

Interesting name. "Eau" doesn't that mean water or something in French?

[Newly Discovered]

wow, this game is awesome! I kind of wish the water looked better, though it's still a lot of fun.
I only planned on playing the first couple levels but it's addicting! I finished the game.
I really hope to see this game polished out one day, it could totally turn commercial.
good luck!

[snowyowl]

Awesome. I'm fine with the graphics, I just wish it were easier to manipulate the water (but that's the point of the game, isn't it?). Anyway, excellent game.

[Steve III]

Wow, this game is cool, its a great game using only the basic water physics and gravity, imagine how much more you could do with the addition of.... I dunno, Sponges! Anyway, great game.

[GfxRippersSuck]

Reminds me of the Shareware game Hydrocis for Amiga.

I started to create a similar game too, but I used single blue pixels for the water and stopped because I have no clue how to create good physics.

[cronus616]

Haha quite fun.
Nice engine, too.

[GfxRippersSuck]

There's an annoying bug. Sometimes when choosing a level, some of the blocks won't appear, be it the non-destructible walls, the brown blocks or the X. Only way around it is to close the game and restart it.

Also, is that all? I think I unlocked all(?) the levels, some can't be finished 100%. An online highscore list to compare us to other players would be interesting, or some cute graphics (think Japanese arcade puzzle games) and a story, more levels with more objects.

I really feel like playing it for a longer time, it's a bit short now.

[Charlo]

For some reason the graphics are messed up for me. The walls only show up somewhat; same with the blocks. From what I could tell the gameplay was nice, but I didn't play past the third level.

I'm on Windows 7 if that makes a difference.

[Erik Leppen]

Also, is that all? I think I unlocked all(?) the levels, some can't be finished 100%. An online highscore list to compare us to other players would be interesting, or some cute graphics (think Japanese arcade puzzle games) and a story, more levels with more objects.

I really feel like playing it for a longer time, it's a bit short now.

Yes, I know it is quite a short game. It was made for a competition, but I was already very late when I got the idea of the game, therefore there wasn't really much time left. So I only got to make 15 levels (including tutorials) including only basic objects.

Maybe I ever make a sequel, because I like the idea myself, but it lacks some polish.


The blocks bug some people seem to be having is, I think, due to surfaces. Not sure if Windows 7 handle these differently though.

[Lord Castellan Creed]

I have the same bug. This is on windows Xp

[Mr. Munchkin]

It's quite a good game.
It must've taken ages to code it, but the outcome is definatly amazing.

Obviously there is no music, which was a little dissapointing. Because this was one of those games where I expected to hear lot's of water effects and soothing music. And I don't even turn my speakers on for half of the games I download! lol

I have nothing wrong with the graphics, personally I think they're quite good. And the way you didn't just create a new box for the left mouse button, and actually connected it with the previous one. That was another aspect that must've been hard to code. Although the water didn't really flow accurately. Although it did, just it didn't 'look' or 'feel' like it did.
But, I'm just guessing that it's from my low FPS.

What's up with the lag? It took me ages to get back to the main menu after each level. I hope that with a higher FPS it's much quicker. Because that's actually the reason I quit after the 5th level. My FPS was about... well, it flickered between 10 and 11.

I personally think that the idea is ingenious. It's original, addicting and overall fun to play for quite some time! I'll probably come back to it, or get it on another computer that can run quicker.

How long is the game? Like... how many levels?
I played for about 10-15 minutes and got to about the 5th level. But like I said, that was due to my low FPS, I would've happily played it for an hour or two. But I'm very impatient

Anyway, overall it's an excellent game. But I don't think I could actually get the full quality game due to the fps.
I'd probably give it about an 8/10. But that'd most likely be boosted up to a 9 or 10 if I got to play it on a better computer.

Thanks for posting the game!
~ Mr. Munchkin

[Erik Leppen]

I think I have to disappoint you, Mr. Munchkin, because there is no two hours of gameplay... To be honest the game is made rather hastily, so there are only 15 levels total (including the tutorials). I made sure the idea and gameplay worked and didn't really get to making more levels or a good scoring/unlocking system.

The framerate is a general issue, see the screenshot where it's also only 22 fps. The engine just isn't very fast... (it has to check every cell multiple times each frame).

When I have no other game ideas I might make a sequel with less grid cells to raise the framerate, more levels, maybe some more types of blocks, and better polish. No promise though!

[Mr. Munchkin]

Well... 15 levels is longer then a 10 minute game.
Which is long enough in my opinion .

Ah yep.
Are your computer specs reasonably high on the computer that got the 22 fps?

Haha, that would be awesome.
This one is a great game, and like I said earlier, with a great outcome. Definatly worth your time. In my opinion. But a sequal would have to have all of those things you suggested to be better. So weigh up the pro's and con's for a sequal. Up to you.

~ Mr. Munchkin

[Homeroe]

I started of trying it out and got hooked, sadly, there were just a few levels and i was itchyng for a few more.

Well, it was fun while it lasted

[ramses12]

Awesome! But also very short. I would really like to see this game continued.

[halo shg]

That's pretty cool. You never cease to amuse me
I only made it to level 4 though.

Interesting name. "Eau" doesn't that mean water or something in French?

Yes it is... or should I say, Oui, il est.

For some reason the graphics are messed up for me. The walls only show up somewhat; same with the blocks. From what I could tell the gameplay was nice, but I didn't play past the third level.

I have the same bug. This is on windows Xp

I don't know why you guys are getting those problems. Maybe it's your OS. It worked fine for me using Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard.