AQUARIUM: Waquarium, Waquariuma, J2aquarium...

* ABOUT : Aquarium simulator and virtual friend game for small Java devices.
Play along the days within the aquarium, you will learn how to build an aquarium, and watch out your fishes.
Press magazine SDJournal published (February/March 2006) an article presenting aquarium games of Wabyanko. This article can be used as a User guide / tutorial to play with J2aquarium.
Also scrolling text messages are available along the days, they will help you to keep safe your aquarium.

Levels :

1/ Reach to keep safe the water quality.

2/ Get the animals, small fishes.

3/ Small fishes becomes adults.

4/ Familly : fishes get babies.

Tutorial

Story

J2aquarium is the migration of existing Waquarium game to J2ME language, it will allow to be run under JAVA Phones or other J2ME devices.

January 2006

SDJournal

Wabyanko in Mobile developpers Journal

Software developpers releases in beginning of 2006 a Mobile developper's magazine. It will contains an article written by Wabyanko, describing WAQUARIUM the famous Aquarium game for mobiles. This article will be similar as a tutorial helping you to use the software, moreover it will allow to learn how to start with an aquarium.
Should be available in English, French, German, Spanish and Polish

Download the SDJournal article in French ( article en Français )

DETAILS

You have to follow the water Quality, the graphical historic may help you. The settings such as Temperature, Pump/Bubble will modify the behaviour of the aquarium.

Water : You have to refresh water with Pure or Mineral Water (depending on parameters). Mineral will increase PH, GH, KH. Pure Water will decrease these values.

Temperature : Depends on Inhabitants. For Waquarium inhabitants value is +26 degree.

Oxygen : Oxygen will help for the biological cycle. Some Bacteria needs oxygens.

Bacteria : Bacteria number will increase if Aquarium settings are correct, they will help to reduce the quantity of Amonia / Nitrites / Nitrates.

Amonia : Value must be near to Zero mg/L, if not it will affect the fishes.

Nitrites : Is very Toxic !! Value must be under 0.20 mg/L, if not it will affect the fishes.

Nitrates : Value must be under 50 mg/L, if not it will affect the fishes.

You have to feed the fishes, if not they won't be happy, and the health will go down.

You have to visit the fish, play with them ( drag the pen in their faces, and see them smiling).

Baby : If the Waquarium inhabitants are happy, you may get some baby fishes !

* ENGINE Programming-Language:

J2ME JAVA MIDP1 and MIDP2

SuperWaba V4.5b