Insaniquarium! Deluxe

Insaniquarium! Deluxe

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How to install Texture Mods, and how to make your own!
By AndGoatz04
How to ruin the game's textures, or make them better if you try enough
   
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0 - Getting Started
What you need to make a texture mod / retexture / "Repaint" of this game are the following:

  • Insaniquarium! deluxe
  • Photo editing software(preferably photoshop, but MS paint works)
  • Knowledge of where the game files are

and you are ready!
1 - Find the Folder
Where are the files?
that's simple,

1 > Go to your steam folder
2 > open "steamapps"
3 > go to "common"
4 > Open the file named "Insaniquarium! deluxe"
5 > The file you want is named "Images"

Your directory (thing at top) should look like this, except the "Steem" should be the folder you have your steam in

2 - identifying textures
Now What?
well, first i reccomend you COPY AND PASTE THE "images" FOLDER SOMEWHERE SAFE! just in case you want to revert and or recover a texture

NOW
there are two texture types:
  • Bodies
  • Sprites

the "bodies" tell the game where to cut out the sprites like a stencil

Left is a Sprite, while on the Right is it's Body

You'll want to make sure that everything will match the outline or it won't be seen

you can try to extend the outline yourself but it is not recommended,
try to stick to the normal bodies if you can, because editing them could cause hit box issues
3 - Editing
Before you start editing textures,
be warned that there is a chance that it will be comressed and look all crispy
much like poor ol' frank here:

so yeah, not much more, just draw on it, just be warned that the solid color area isn't seen

When you are done messing around, make a back up of it in a safe place so that you can use it later if you uninstall the game
4 - "Loading" textures
so you either ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up, uninstalled the game, or a friend sent you a texture pack of theirs,
how do you install it?

  • FIRST!
    you save the folder and rename it to "images" (if it isn't already) so that it has the same folder name
  • THEN!
    you'll want to click and drag the folder with the new textures into the game files and when prompted, hit "replace"(Note: it will only work if you replace the file)
  • NEXT!
    wait for all 400+ files to transfer...
  • FINALLY!
    enjoy the pain!
6 Comments
HardBloodNelza 28 Mar, 2024 @ 5:10am 
@helloworldhappyday I don't think it's reasonable to be banned for such a thing, especially considering that the game doesn't have any sorts of in-game purchases, or any ways that the devs could otherwise profit apart from your initial purchase of the game. The game is also offline, so. Yeah. It's all yours when you buy it. That's one of the many things that I love about this game. So yeah mod away!
helloworldhappyday 17 Dec, 2023 @ 12:22pm 
Can you get banned for editing this game's files or?
Kazooo 29 Dec, 2022 @ 3:29pm 
Bladekill 26 Oct, 2022 @ 2:47pm 
lol
Monster Master FightingLucario 3 Jun, 2022 @ 8:57am 
Makes me wonder what happened to Insaniqualien Revenge of the Fish.
rohzak 15 May, 2022 @ 11:03pm 
ok