Samorost 2

The game starts when Aliens land at Gnome's house and steal his berries. They are interrupted by Gnome's dog who is then kidnapped by Aliens. Gnome spots aliens leaving with his dog and sets up to save it. He lands with his Polokonzerva airship on alien's planet. He manages to infiltrate alien's underground base and finds the dog who is held by alien's leader for joy. Gnome saves the dog and together they escape the planet but their airship crashes on another planet. They venture through the planet and eventually find taxi driver and convince him to take them home. Driver then sits with Gnome and dig at a bonfire before departing while Gnome lies at Cherry trees falling asleep.

Gameplay is similar to the previous game. The player interacts with the world with a simple point and click interface directing a small, white-clad humanoid with a little cap and brown boots (called simply "gnome" by Dvorsky). The goal of the Samorost games is to solve a series of puzzles and brain teasers. The puzzles are sequentially linked forming an adventure story. The game contains no inventory or dialogue, and the solving of puzzles mainly consists of clicking on-screen elements in the correct order. Solving a puzzle will immediately transport the player character to the next screen.

The game features surrealistic, organic scenarios that mix natural and technological concepts (often featuring manipulated photographs of small objects made to look very large), creative character designs and a unique musical atmosphere.

Jakub Dvorský, creator of Samorost.

Together with his freelance Flash and web design agency, Amanita Design, Dvorský produced a sequel, Samorost 2. In Samorost 2, the gnome goes on a longer quest to save his kidnapped dog and return safely home. The first chapter of this game (comprising the first 4 levels) can be played online for free. The second chapter (with 3 levels) is only playable in the full version, which cost $6.90 until the price was later lowered to $5.00.[1]

Samorost 2 was released in several physical and digital formats.

• Physical:

1. International release - includes a CD with the Win and Mac versions of the game and the soundtrack (CD-DA and mp3 files). It is packaged in a digipak. It was released on 5 June 2006.[3]
2. Collector's Edition (Russian) - includes a CD with a Russian version of the game, a CD with the soundtrack and artbook with some sketches, informations, etc. It is packaged in a DVD-box. It was released on 21 November 2008.[4]

• Digital:

1. Amanita Design Store - includes Win, Mac and Linux versions of the game and soundtrack in mp3 format. It was released on 8 December 2005.[5]
2. Steam - includes the Win version. It was released on 11 December 2009.[6]
3. App Store (macOS) - includes the Mac version. It was released on 28 April 2011.[7]

Samorost 2 has been featured in the Humble Indie Bundle which took place from 4 May 2010 - 11 May 2010 which was subsequently extended to the 15th and raised $1,273,613. Of this, contributors chose to allocate 30.90% to the charity: $392,953 for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child's Play Charity.[8]

Critical reviews were generally positive. The game was praised for its visuals and simple gameplay.[9]

The sequel Samorost 3 has been released in 2016 on multiple platforms (PC / Android /IOS) .

• Official website