Samorost 2
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Amanita Design
Amanita Design is an independent Czech video game developing company that was founded in 2003 by Jakub Dvorský. The company has made several Webby Award-winning games, as well as educational and advertising minigames and animations, all using Adobe Flash. Clients include BBC, Nike and The...
. Released for Microsoft Windows
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, Mac OS X
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and Linux
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on December 8, 2005, the game is the second video game title in the Samorost series and the sequel to Samorost
Samorost
Samorost is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. The first game of the Samorost series, it was released in 2003 for free at the Amanita Design website.-Development:...
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Development
Together with his freelance Flash and web design agency, Amanita DesignAmanita Design
Amanita Design is an independent Czech video game developing company that was founded in 2003 by Jakub Dvorský. The company has made several Webby Award-winning games, as well as educational and advertising minigames and animations, all using Adobe Flash. Clients include BBC, Nike and The...
, 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.
Awards
Samorost 2 has won several awards. These include a 2007 WebbyWebby Awards
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in the games category; Independent Games Festival
Independent Games Festival
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award 2007 for Best Web Browser Game; Best Web-Work Award at the Seoul
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Net Festival in 2006. The soundtrack
Soundtrack
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won the Original Sound category at the Flashforward Film Festival 2006. The game was also nominated in 3 categories (Best Game, Best New Character and Best Visual Effects) in the GameShadow
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Innovation in Games Awards.
Editions
The Samorost 2 was released in several physical and digital formats.- Physical:
- International release - includes cd with Win and Mac versions of the game and the soundtrack (CD-DA and mp3 files). Packaged in digipakDigipakDigipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...
. Was released on June 5, 2006. - Collector's Edition (Russian) - includes cd with russian version of the game, cd with soundtrack and artbook with some sketches, informations, etc. Packaged in DVD-box. Was released on November 21, 2008.
- Digital:
- Amanita Design Store - includes Win, Mac and Linux versions of the game and soundtrack in mp3 format. Was released on December 8, 2005.
- Steam - includes Win version. Was released on December 11, 2009.
- Mac App StoreMac App StoreThe Mac App Store is a digital distribution platform for Mac OS X applications developed by Apple Inc.. The platform was announced on October 20, 2010 at Apple's "Back to the Mac" event. Apple began accepting app submissions from registered developers on November 3, 2010 in preparation for its launch...
- includes Mac version. Was released on April 28, 2011.
Samorost 2 has been featured in Humble Indie Bundle
Humble Indie Bundle
The Humble Indie Bundles or Humble Bundles are a series of game bundles, that are sold and distributed online at a price determined by the purchaser. The games are multi-platform, DRM-free, and independently developed, and buyers can set the revenue split between the developers, charities and...
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 charity: $392,953 for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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and Child's Play Charity
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Samorost 3
As of March 2011, Samorost 3 is in development for various platforms. There is no release date yet.See also
- SamorostSamorostSamorost is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. The first game of the Samorost series, it was released in 2003 for free at the Amanita Design website.-Development:...
- Art gameArt gameAn art game or arthouse game is a video game that is designed in such a way as to emphasize art or whose structure is intended to produce some kind of reaction in its audience. Art games typically go out of their way to have a unique, unconventional look, often standing out for aesthetic beauty or...
- MachinariumMachinariumMachinarium is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. It was released on October 16, 2009 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, on September 8, 2011 for iPad 2 on App Store and on November 21, 2011 for BlackBerry PlayBook. Demos were made available on September 30,...
- The Humble Indie BundleHumble Indie BundleThe Humble Indie Bundles or Humble Bundles are a series of game bundles, that are sold and distributed online at a price determined by the purchaser. The games are multi-platform, DRM-free, and independently developed, and buyers can set the revenue split between the developers, charities and...