Machinarium

Description

Machinarium is a point-and-click adventure set in a mechanical world where the player controls a small robot that has been kicked out of the city. He has to return and confront the Black Cap Brotherhood who terrorizes his kind and took away his girlfriend. The game consists of a number of static, non-scrolling screens the player gets to explore. This is done by clicking on objects in the environment to manipulate them, gathering them in an inventory and solving a wide array of puzzles, ranging from simple item combinations to more complex pattern analysis. The player's robot can scale his height to solve a number of problems, and communication is often presented graphically through speech bubbles that describe a scene using animated images, rather than words.

It is not possible to die, and when stuck, the player can opt to use a single hint (one per screen) or consult a walkthrough book. Pages in this book show the full solution to the level in the form of concept art panels, but to reach it a short side-scrolling shooter mini-game needs to be played. Therefore, the player cannot access it right away. In the beginning progress is done screen by screen, but after a while the world opens up more with many locations available at the same time.

Part of the Following Groups

• 2009 IGF winners
• Executable flash games

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The Press Says

The A.V. Club	Windows	Oct 26, 2009	A	100
Vandal Online	Windows	Oct 17, 2009	9.8 out of 10	98
Gamer Limit	Windows	Oct 20, 2009	9 out of 10	90
Destructoid	Windows	Oct 19, 2009	9 out of 10	90
Multiplayer.it	Windows	Oct 15, 2009	9 out of 10	90
Meristation	Windows	Oct 21, 2009	9 out of 10	90
GamersGlobal	Windows	Oct 21, 2009	8 out of 10	80
Edge	Windows	Oct 15, 2009	8 out of 10	80
GameBoomers	Windows	Oct, 2009	B	75
Gamekult	Windows	Oct 20, 2009	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

Next to the Windows and Macintosh version of Machinarium, the German retail release also includes:

• The official soundtrack by Tomáš Dvořák
• Two-sided poster showcasing the cover art of the game as well as advertising for Daedalic Entertainment's next title Deponia
• The flash game Samorost 2