


I hate tutorials, actually, and there is no dialogue in the game. Is it your aim to keep it simple as well as to leave discovery up to player? One of the nice things about Machinarium is, is that at the binning there is one line of instructions and that’s it.

I am still trying to develop the genre in different directions which I like.” I don’t think our designs are typical point-and-click adventure games but they do fall within that genre. “I was always into adventure games, a genre I wanted to interpret freely. What design or gaming principals carried over from that first game into Machinarium and the most recent Botanicula? So I continued with designing small games and I am still doing it.” I was a graphic designer doing animation but in 2003 I created a game called Samorost as part of my thesis work and it proved very successful and popular around the world. – Stylized soundtrack and sound effects, created by Czech alternative band DVA, are beautifully synchronized with what is happening on the screen.Jakub Dvorský, photo: Jeriaska, CC BY 2.0“I originally founded Amanita Design only as a graphic design studio for myself. – Highly interactive environment that encourages experimentation and exploration. – Visually stunning and emotionally touching game that is as unique and bizarre as it is fun. The synergy of those elements create a beautiful and memorable adventure that is enthralling beyond measure.

The exploration elements are made with incredible polish and attention to detail, and the same applies to the musical score, sound effects, and, most importantly, the visuals. It’s just not possible to be bored in this game, as every new location brings something new and intriguing. Everything about it is curiously unique and very surreal, and that alone makes it worth checking out. The whole game takes place on one huge and strange tree that is inhabited by bizarre and freaky creatures. The gameplay is about exploration, solving little funny puzzles, meeting strange tree creatures, and paying attention to the music as it provides you with useful clues and hints. It’s about a group of five friends - little tree creatures who set out on a journey to save the last seed from their home tree, which is infested by evil parasites. Botanicula is a point’n’click exploration game created by Jaromír Plachý and Amanita Design.
