Aquaria is a sidescrolling action-adventure game designed by Alec Holowka and Derek Yu, who published it independently in 2007. The game features the voice of Jenna Sharpe as Naija, an aquatic humanoid woman, as she explores the underwater world of Aquaria. The gameplay focuses on swimming, combat, and special songs that can move items, affect plants and animals, and change Naija's physical appearance. After more than two years of development, the game was first released in late 2007 for Windows, followed by ports for Macintosh, Linux, iPad and Android users. In 2009, an Aquaria soundtrack album was released. Reviews of the game were generally positive. Critics praised the visuals, music and atmosphere. The controls and gameplay were also lauded, while negative critiques centered on the map system and limited variety of objectives. The game won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the Independent Games Festival (pictured) in March 2007.
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American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James
1942:
Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frankton
1975:
The Indonesian military invaded East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism, beginning a 25-year occupation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_occupation_of_East_Timor
2015:
The JAXA space probe Akatsuki (artist's concept shown) entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akatsuki_%28spacecraft%29
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