The Mission

In AEQUOR – The Deep Sea you sink with your little diving capsule into the breathtaking depths of the ocean, discover not only familiar but also unknown creatures and get to the bottom of the sunken secrets.

Keybinding

Easy and immersive controls with either the arrow keys or WASD.

Story

The planet Earth was lost.
After a final natural disaster, humankind searched for a refuge on the planet Proxima b, later referred to as Aetherra.

But history is bound to repeat itself.
Aetherra also succumbs to man-made natural disasters after a few thousand years. The new governemnt of the United Planet Aetherra sends out teams of specialists to find a new home.

As an expert in deep-sea research, you were send to the planet Sol d, sometimes referred to as Solum or - because of the vast amount of water - later called Aequor. 
But this planet, its flora, fauna and the evidences for lost civilizations appear to you strangely familiar. 
The similarity to the "planet of origins" in the textsbooks and traditions is alarming.

Credits

Game Design & Developer:

W4rriorC4t

This game was designed and developed by W4rriorC4t. This includes the development of the concept, creating and implementing the art and assets as well as struggling with programming.

The Prototype was created as the final project  of the Bachelor of Arts degree program in Game Design and Development at  the Macromedia University of applied sciences.

Made with Unity.

Fonts used in the [GER]Prototype 2.0 are "Rumble Brave" and "Corma Stamp".
Fonts used in the prototypes after that are "Rye", "Cabin Sketch" and "Special Elite". 

Music

Title screen music: "voice of the water" by JourinHannah on Pixabay
special area 1 music: "under the sea" by Serge Quadrado on Pixabay
special area 2 music: "water focused" by HealthyDesires on Pixabay

Atmospheric tracks

"heavy bubbles" by freesound_community on Pixabay
"Waves at the wave organ" by freesound_community on Pixabay
"atmos pads under water 01" (edited) from WeLoveIndies
"atmos pads under water 02" (edited) from WeLoveIndies
"metallic ambience" by freesound_community on Pixabay

Soundeffects

UI SFX

from WeLoveIndies:
"Swoosh 3" (edited)
„foley book hard cover open 01”
“foley book hard cover open 05”
“ui click flight case close 02"
“ui click flight case close 03”
“ui click flight case open 01”
“ui click flight case open 03”
“ui click flight case open 04”
“ui click flight case open 05”
“ui click flight case open 06”

In-game SFX

"large underwater explosion" (edited) by David Dumais on Pisabay
"plop sound made with my mouth" (edited multiple times) by freesound_community on Pixabay

Special THANK YOUs

Special thanks goes to my fellow student(s) and friends who helped me with every stupid problem, question or just shared my struggles.
I also have to thank my family to be the utmost supportive people I can imagine and love very dearly because of that.