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Is definitely in order!!   :o   absolutely couldnt get enough of Machinarium - really wanted the journey to continue !

Amanita Design - please make it be so - continue this wonderful , beautiful world that you have created and craft more amazing adventures!!

also definitely use the same Audio Artist - truly created some perfect atmospheric tracks for the brilliant environments.


What would everyone rather see ? a solid expansion ? or a huge new expansion of the world treated as a separate game? (2)

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Mod Comment:  @mach1nar1um_king, I edited your subject line to add "expressions of enthusiasm"  A~)

Info directly from JD:
FIRST comes Samorost 3 (http://forum.amanita-design.net/index.php?topic=53.msg12851#msg12851) and
THEN Machinarium 2! ( unless it doesn't )
~Alex

I would be very happy to buy a separate game -- a sequel rather than an expansion. I'm not sure that the more-or-less linear structure of the current game would really lend itself to an expansion. (That is not a criticism; I like the current game as it is.) Where would the expanded areas become available? At the very end? That sounds like a sequel. Somewhere in the middle? Could be hard to work in without breaking current plot line.

Either way, though, give us more!

I definitely think a sequel is the way to go. I can imagine the two robots trying to get home and something happening to their journey! Not that I want it to, they definitely deserve some happiness after all they've been through! But I would love to follow up with their journey. Maybe even see if they manage to produce some little robots down the road! :-)

hi together
at first i want to congratulate all people who had helped to developed this fantastic game  ;)
it is one of the most beautiful games that i ever played.
The figures, environment, history, etc. are fantastic  ;D
now i have finished the game and i am a little bit sad about it that it is over  :'(
and now i want to now wether it's possible that a second part of machinarium comes out??
i have got an idea how it can continue:
in the end of the game they fly away with the helicopter and then a problem happens and the helicopter fall to the ground.
the fall to the near from another city and then they come police officers and imprison both.
and then they start to leave the city but they realize accidentally that a group of criminal want to poisoning the mayor of the city and so they start to impede this.
and so on...
that's my idea for a second part i would like your meanings about this short story  :)

sorry for my terrible english  ;D

kind regards,
happy x-mas and a happy new year
volkan

Thats a pretty good idea, Machinarium was awsome to play, And why not have a sequel? if amanita design made one i would buy it :D. Machinarium is my no.1 fav game

I agree and strongly support this idea  ;D

I love the characters of Machinarium and I am sure that you will find another interesting story to tell. But take your time to produce a sequel as beautiful as part1!!!

Looking forward to it,
net-zwerg

Wow, that's a pretty lame idea. It's pretty much the same as original Machinarium. I don't want to play the same story over again...

I really don't like to use this word but I would like if a sequel was a bit more "Epic". Right now it feels like a small and cute story about a robot and his love, and a couple of thugs. I would like the story to be much grander in scale, maybe a war between two nations or the enslavement of the robot race by some kind of alien, maybe the search for a lost robot relic that will save the entire robot race. Just because of the story being a bit more serious and deep doesn't mean it has to be too mature or gory or anything. Something that gives a greater feeling of back story, something that gives a great feeling of a real world vibrant with life and history, and sometimes perhaps even life threatening. I know it might be a little extreme for a game that focuses on being cute and lovely. But if done right, it could help Machinarium becoming a big brand. And I have a lot of faith in Amanita Design.

Also a sequel desperately needs to give much more play time to capture a bigger audience. 6 hours is not enough to create a brand. Something at least twice the size will be a minimum, especially in this genre. I understand that is a ton of work for such a small dev team, but I feel it being a requirement .

Crossing my fingers.

Guess why machinarium is such a win? Bec of the cute lil story :D

War, war, war, serious, slavery, saving the world, epic... well... that's pretty what's making video games disgusting nowadays.
You want epic games, you want war ? There are tons, tons, tons of games about war and epic things. And why Machinarium is so much loved ? Because it's different. Because it's about love, it's about dumb robots, it's about musicians, card players, and it's mysterious. Light on your TV if you want to see war, that's not really fun however, but war is not fun. If you want epic, just don't touch to adventure games, and go for action games. You have Uncharted for that, there are puzzles, designed for two years old children, and lots of action and war, and killing people, and running, and falling, and betrayal, and all and all.
6 hours is short, but not too short for this genre. Have you played any of telltale's games ? They last about three to four hours each, there is lots of dialogs and are far away from the polished design and puzzles of machinarium. However, they're a big success, people love it (I do to), and it's the same genre. There is another game I love for example, and it's Flower. And you know what ? it's about a petal, who's flying to make flowers blooms. And that's all. The game lasts a day, costs 10 bucks, and there is no war, neither epic things, nor enslaved flowers. It's just pure, naive, flowers. And this game is a huge sell. Because of this cuteness, because of its lightness, I've been able to make Machinarium played by a girl. And because it's too cute, she bought it. The overall design is dark, when I showed it on boards, people told me "that seem pretty dark, it's sad". But once they played it, okay, that's light, that's not creepy, that's not ugly, that's not the thing you'll make nightmares or find any analogy on some bad elements of our history. I don't understand why we always want serious, war, epic... I just want to have fun. And there is more fun to me in a cute little story than in a huge serious robot enslaved war.

The only "bad" thing here is we don't know how much time we'll need to wait for another game. Hopefully, if the game is sold well, so the team could grow bigger, and make other games faster :)

@safaex
I don't think creating a brand out of Machinarium would really help. Branding it would mean that the next games would have to follow the right rules and do things in the right way, so Amanita wouldn't be able to just do whatever seems cool. Making it epic wouldn't do the game any favours either (Yohmi and BuildR's posts). It would be good if their next game was longer; I didn't want Machinarium to end :(

It would be better if for their next game they made something new again - hopefully they can be heard without having to resort to sequels  :)

Okay okay, guys you bring a lot of good points. Actually laughed a few times reading your reply Yohmi. :) Anyways we agree that the length has to be a lot more substantial. Although I would still route for a deeper story.  :P

When I wrote war as a suggestion I didn't really mean it to turn into a war game where the main character goes around lobbing grenades and stuff, maybe more like he was cought in between a greater scenario, trying to save his helpless little fembot again or something. Was just brainstorming a bit. :)

If they have a different story it would be good to see new characters as well. A plot that changes with the actions you take would be cool too.

About game length, I just read this: "Length in video games is extremely overrated. Do we praise novels for being 800 pages long instead of 350 pages?". Not sure if the analogy works though, only for games where the plot is a central point.

If I am not wrong, Jakub Dvorsky said at some presentation that they do not plan anything like
Machinarium 2. However, he mentioned they already have some ideas for a future project.

Apart from this, Jakub Dvorsky is now working (making muppets I think) with a famous czech director
Jan Sverak on an animated movie . The movie should be available this year.

(http://i.idnes.cz/09/084/gal/TT2d7509_192041_1868322.jpg) (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=cs&u=http://kultura.idnes.cz/jan-sverak-toci-loutkoveho-indiana-jonese-s-ruzovym-medvedem-pt7-/filmvideo.asp%3Fc%3DA090830_210822_filmvideo_tt&ei=Ya9ES_XmBsbDlAeXjM2XBw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBMQ7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Jan%2BSverak%2522%2B%252B%2B%2522Jakub%2BDvorsky%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DX)

I would absolutely LOVE a sequel! :D

The world of Machinarium is so full of possibilities and I want to see more of it!

It's a big city so there has got to be room for more and probably it's not the only city there is.

I'd like having control of both of the robots in the sequel for example.
That could make for some great puzzels if they helped each other more. One in one place and one in the other.

Anyway I'm hoping to see a sequel some day. It would be a must-buy for me! :D

Wow, this reminds me of Castles of Dr.Creep back in 1980.

Good idea, but if there's one thing I would *not* like to be in a sequel, its harder puzzles.

I think the difficult is OK as it is, "situation" puzzles solutions are at least logical, and "mini" puzzles (create figures, move tiles, match colors etc.) are hard enough but not too much, and kind of fun to figure out. I remember I gave up with point&click adventures like Simon the Sorcerer with its illogical solutions :/

I totally agree with you jst65. More puzzles but not more difficult. ;)

A slightly longer game would be nice though. ;D

I would like to see the about 30 levels in Machinarium extend to like 50-60 in a sequel :)

I don't think there's any danger of that ... in the making of Machinarium, surely tons of good ideas went into the drain because there was no space (or time) to fit them in.

I'd buy the sequel, even if it would cost 5$ more (ouch, who hit me? :o )
please inform this community in time!

I'd like it if their next game was animated like the film, the dolls look pretty cool.

The most important is to see a new project from amanita!If they insist on machinarium(something not bad at all of course!) it would be nice to see new story and new characters in different locations of the town.Not a siquel/prequel.I like the machinarium(1) to be unique.

I really like Machinarium in every possible aspect and I'll be glad to see more games in Machinarium's world but not at all costs. I believe in Amanita design and I think that whatever game they will release after Machinarium, it will be at least good as Machinarium.

Actually, while the first Machinarium has a very industrial, very "metallic" theme, the second should focus on an organic, natural theme.

As in, green forests and woodland etc. maybe with some organic creatures even, and that is kind of hinted at in the final sequence of Machinarium after all, and with Amanita's art, that could be turn out to be something even more beautiful than the first game. ★



BTW: let's not impose any "epic stories" over Machinarium, really; most of the beauty of this game is due to it's ambiguity - the fact that you can think of the world whatever you want to.

The focus should always remain over the characters on a personal scale, because it is the characters of Machinarium that make such a gritty world seem so charming.



and yes, please: DO make a sequel to Machinarium! It'd be such a shame to let that wonderfully-crafted robot-world go to waste! There is just so much potential in there, and I sincerely hope that Amanita Design feel the same.  :)

Like that film maybe ;)

Hmm... back to Samorost? Not for me. MACHINARIUM! :)


I totally agree.

You're right - I shouldn't have suggested organic creatures. That wouldn't fit in with the Machinarium theme.

Okay, all the creatures should be robots, of course, like how everything is in Machinarium, from the bugs to the birds, but the locations should be set in a natural environment, like a forest or something - not a city or the wasteland around it.

A contrast like would be really pleasant.

Imagine: "wild" or uncivilized/feral robots :D living among the trees, or in caves etc.

Do you think PS3/PSN could get some lovin' this time around (not exclusively, of course)?

Thanks for an amazing game!

I looked for a newsletter signup, but found none, I promised my two daughters to search for the sequel. They are 5 and 7 and after a full day of playing 'Machinaruim', it took no more than 2 seconds before they said we should go out and buy number 2.

I then had to explain to them that there is no number 2.
They couldn't believe it - They sobbed and cried and hurled to bed and been talking about it ever since.

If there is a list - sign me up  - or pm me the list for number 2 and I sign up myself.

Have you already checked Amanita previous games, Samorost 1 & 2?
Click "Flash Games" from home page, worth playing while you wait for a sequel :) .

No, I have not, I'll try those. thx :)

Good thing these have no cheat available too, that will sort them out :)
In Machinarium I tried to tell them they should solve things themselves, but they 'had to look in the book'.
actually I found the help somewhat cool, since they could read the help themselves, and it was funny to hear their reasoning.

Can't wait to see their masterpieces in the "Fan Art" section ;) .

There are video walkthroughs of Samorost 1.  Have a look at some before you tell your daughters about it.  I say this because there has been some discussion here on the forum (http://forum.amanita-design.net/index.php?topic=61.0) of the appropriateness of showing a hookah smoker (http://schubart.net/images/Samorost.jpeg) to children.  

(FWIW, personally I think that attitude underestimates the intelligence of kids, I mean you could always just tell them about the "Hookah Bar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah_lounge)" scene and save talking about cannabis, etc. for another time)    ::)

oh, they already played Samorost 1 & 2 and the Hookah smoker passed totally unnoticed. They really liked them.
The only thing that raised some concern was supposedly(?) a witch that peaked her head out of a hole from time to time.
I guess the smoker falls somewhat out of context graphically, and that may raise the question of subject rather than object?

It was very kind and thoughtful of you to give me a head up, and as a parent I'm grateful for the original, creative and joyful stories they are.

Where was this?
I never notice these things, there always has to be someone to point them out...

that would be in the scene with the spiders and the pipe that broke, they said it was a witch(?) in the hole, that peaked out when they poked at the rabbits hanging in the roots(?)
I'm in doubt. I don't know what it was.

Kids are *so* cool!   ;D

The level they were referring to is called "SOPOUCH" (you can directly go there by entering that word in the "Load Level" option on the far left of the Samorost 2 menu bar)

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae23/ABoretz/Machinarium/sopouch.jpg)

Hey linus, have you played Amanita Design's "Questionaut (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/pop.shtml)" with your daughters yet (or are they too young for that one)?

I believe version 2 is coming soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!v   

The free-to-play Questionaut was very nice - I raced it to the end with my friend :P

I LOVE Amanita's surreal artwork. The locations in their games are the most beautiful stuff I've ever seen.

They loved playing it, but I guess they're a bit young for the questions? perhaps more for 9-11 years old?
We went up 6:00 this morning so they could finish the last parts of the game.

I must say one thing, those two guys chopping text from a machine, that was beautiful!!!

I pulled the RSS from the blog, so I can keep track of any new updates, and hopefully some day, machinarium 2. :)

I sure hope so!!

Hmm, not too soon. The wait is rewarding (or something like that, sorry I'm italian :) )

Hi...I'm just registering this forum...when i goggling machinarium 2..i had read all post

but anyway thx for the great game...i've played machinarium and samorost...those are great game but i preferred machinarium for the graphic ...i have played it with all my friends..i even race with them..hehe..anyway i'm looking forward for machinarium 2
hope Amanita crate better sequels and puzzles..what about including "A Time Machine" so their journey gonna long...hehe

can i get quetionaut site??haven't play it before...

thx
sorry for my bad english

When a word is blue, for examplethen that word is usually a link, hopefully to the right place.

yup thx anyway

Hi,

I'm sure you get a lot of these but I thought I'd write this anyway.
Machinarium was one of the best games I have played of resent times, aesthetically and audibly beautiful.
The reason for this message is that I have an Idea for a sequel to Machinarium.
Somebody on the forum had mentioned that Machinarium 1 had focused very much on metal, which is suiting. They had said maybe a more natural scene might be nice.

Quoting Wren: “Actually, while the first Machinarium has a very industrial, very "metallic" theme, the second should focus on an organic, natural theme.

As in, green forests and woodland etc. maybe with some organic creatures even, and that is kind of hinted at in the final sequence of Machinarium after all, and with Amanita's art, that could be turn out to be something even more beautiful than the first game.”

Having quoted that, we don't want to turn this into Samorost :P. Natural without going all it. Metal trees ect.

Here goes...
After the boy bot and girl bot’s helicopter fails and they are rescued by the two little flying robots (who caused the crash, ha) they are dropped through a layer of cloud down towards small sandy area below a giant cliff. Isolated by the enormous walls surrounding it (see my fantastic rendition of this attached). The place is covered in old stone and metal villages covered in plants but still inhabited by quirky robots bent on riddles and games.
 
We find the Black Cap Brotherhood back in the city looking morbid and covered in rust from being in the water so long. Fighting with each other over who gets to use the oil on their joints only to find it does nothing. Not even the sun flour oil they tried after they had raided the green house, having punched all the seeds off the flower and kicked in the seed grinder in rage.

They visit the oracle like bot in the tall tower (the one who’s head you played shootums in), and threaten him with death if he doesn’t help them. The oracle tells them they should try dry lubricant such as carbon or graphite. He explains to them that they must burn down metal until it breaks down into carbon and to use the power on their joints. The idea being this will take the Brotherhood a long time to complete, giving the oracle sufficient time to escape (blasting off through the ceiling? Ha-ha woosh) and even if they did manage, carbon is a terrible lubricant only good for key holes... leaving the Brotherhood to rust tight before they could try anything else.
But this goes wrong. Upon explaining the process to the Brotherhood, they get the idea into their heads that they should hunt down the boy bot and girl bot and burn them down instead for fun and revenge.

One pops his head out the door and sees that the helicopter is missing (flashing lines in the shape of the can flyer) and tells the others.
They steal a police vehicle and travel across the short distance of desert to a beach, where they rip out the primitive tracking device all police vehicles have (which they were using to find the other two robots) and commandeer a small boat off a fisher-bot and use it to locate the fallen police chopper the robot couple stole at the end of the last game, finding it in ruins near to where the two robots were dropped off.

The aim of the game being to find a way off of the island and leave the Brotherhood to rust once you have stolen their boat all while finding treasure and being totally oblivious to the fact that the Brotherhood are steps behind you all the way, foiling their every trap by accident. People like Machinarium partly for its cuteness.

When the game ends, you see the two little bots looking back towards the Machinarium city, knowing they could be quite happy there now since they are rich and the Brotherhood is no more (realizing their fate upon finding them...) and also looking to the horizon thinking of discovery and adventure.

Credits

The Black Cap Brotherhood frozen with rust standing on the beach where they left the boat while children make sand castles around them. Also a touristy spot hence the children but very few and only the occasional ferry to collect them. Might give the little bots a chance to steal some wallets.

End.

I only ask for a shout out in the credits as assistant to writer of sorts if you like my idea.

**Imageshack http://yfrog.com/5ycliffsj **

Hope all is going well with the games release :D

Kind regards.

Chris.

Thanks for sharing Chris,
I would have posted in the "Machinarium 2" thread you quoted instead of opening a new one :)

Mod Edit: Good idea!  This topic has now been merged with "Machinarium 2".  ;D

That thread kind of got off topic :x

Ah I was going to repeat my suggestion here ;D

YES, the ending of Machinarium implies the robots being taken away from the City, and a forest or some other "natural" environment would make a very nice contrast to the metallic metropolis of the first game.

That grove of nature should still be populated by only robots, of course! Robotic birds, insects, even a kind of primitive "tribal" robot-people!

I'm against having the Black Cap Brotherhood making a return; the focus of Machinarium 2 should be on getting back to the city, or saving their new home from some threat :) maybe that grove in my idea could be the last surviving bastion of organic life in Machinarium's world, and it was being encroached on by that wasteland we see surrounding the City in Machinarium 1, and your job would be to somehow protect that grove or something. :P

Either way, there's a lot of potential in that beautiful world no matter how Amanita choose to continue it. Just hurry up with the sequel!!

I just wanted to ask, if there are plans for machinarium 2 any time soon. Thanks for the info, vanilka

i would love machinarium 2, i am waiting eagerly for them to announce it! why not machinarium was such a good game and deserves a sequel!

I've been looking forward to a sequel ever since I played the first screen :) (because I knew I would finish the game soon and want MORE)

It would be nice to have the PSN edition of the first one first, or maybe release both 1&2 at the same time.

The first one is coming to PSN, sometime next year guessing from this: http://machinarium.net/forum/index.php/topic,1133.msg5536.html#msg5536

I agree. And Dvorsky said something interesting in an interview: "[Czech Republic] was hugely industrial in the Communist era, and now it’s abandoned it’s beautiful to see how nature has begun to reclaim that space. All the rotten houses and rusting machines – I really love this kind of stuff where you can see nature taking back the inventions of mankind ”.

I'd really love to see a more organic world. Though mixed up with decaying buildings or such, and as Wren said, inhabited by robotic creatures and insects. Kind of the ones you see slideshows of in Machinarium, in the glasshouse (if I remember correctly).

This is a great idea! It might work well with brick or concrete buildings, just because they'd probably collapse and be overgrown in prettier ways than metal. Since the City is almost entirely metal maybe bricks would mean having a rural setting. That way it would be easy to have screens with ruins and screens entirely of nature in the same game, and I really like the idea of Rural Robots.

On an ever so slightly prejudiced note, how would you draw speech/picture bubbles with accents?

Sorry if I seem dense, but why would you have to?
As it is Machinarium has "translated" across most the the worlds' peoples (http://web.archive.org/web/20140507070134/http://amanita-design.net/blog/2010/08/12/machinarium-pirate-amnesty-extended-stats-revealed/).  (heck, even us Amerikans were able to figure it owt! now who's ever so slightly prejudiced?!  ;D )

It wouldn't make much difference, but it could be cool.

part 2 pleeeeaase!

Ben ve oğlum heyecanlı machinariun 2 bekliyor. Eğer sen bu konuda bize bildirmenizi rica ederiz someting biliyorum. Bu oyunu seviyorum.

+1

As promised to my little daughter, I ask you Machinarium II.
I am sure , your next game will be Christmas wish of many children this year.
Please do not forget to start it with both heroes from part I :Robot and his new friend, saved from gunman slavery.

best wishes,
S and A

Machinarium was and it still is a big succes. Think how's going to be Machinarium 2 ...It will be greater than the first one or I am just thinking so

Thanks to forum member Mariya (http://forum.amanita-design.net/index.php?topic=1209.msg5855#msg5855) we now know that there will be no "Machinarium 2".

Quoting JD: "I will not reveal anything of our next project, as it is not clearly defined yet. I can only state that it won’t be Machinarium 2."

Yep ;)

I will disappoint you even more, our "game maker" does nothin at home, drinks tea and entertains guests instead of development of next game :)

Original article (with photos): http://www.igromania.ru/articles/111383/CHeshskii_chempion_Intervyu_s_dizainerom_Yakubom_Dvorski.htm
Translation (attachment below)

Don't be like that. Maybe he needs some relax. After all "Machinarium" was a great succes with hard work. He is going to start developing the new game soon. I am sure of it ;)

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

I recently finished playing Machinarium and LOVED IT! I play a lot of games and loved this one because of how different it was .. the point and click never got boring and the story line was cute, easy to follow and fun. It would really be a shame not to come out with a Machinarium 2.. I know, I know, they "aren't planning on it and are working on a new project" but all of us Machinarium fans know it wouldn't be the same.

I decided to go on Amanita's website to look at what else they had hoping they had some other games as great as this and was more than disappointed with what I found. I think it would be a huge mistake for Amanita not to continue with this great idea since it is unmistakably the best game they have yet to create.

Don't let all these fans down!  :-\

Machinarium 2 would be better than the 1st Machinarium, and I think the storyline can be continued, but if they said that, there are low chances to change their minds :/

I know this thread is old, but keep in mind that it took them 3 years to make the game and it was released 2009. I wouldn't expect it to be around at least for a serious amount of years if they aren't planning a sequel, and if they wanted to make the game time longer/bigger. With a small group of people working on it, they mightn't have the funds to make a longer game.

Furthermore, with the three years, they stated that they spent more than a month on each location the robot could go. Imagine the time needed for more locations.

Yea, well they would have funds if some people would not put Machinarium on torrent sites and let others download it. If you make a search on any of the torrent sites you would see that Machinarium is on every of them.

But this thing has a good part for those who don't have enough money to afford buying an original Machinarium version and other games that they want (Without this I would not have Dragon Age Origins now XD), and a bad part for the producers who have worked hard and they deserve to collect the money.

I bought Machinarium and I am suggesting the same thing for others too ;)

One of the main reasons I like this game so much is because, though its environment isn't believable, the story is! And its so nice to be able to relate to this game. Even if you don't relate to it, it is nice at having the possibility of playing a game you could relate to, instead of what safaex was saying.


I think that would make Machinarium like any other outrageous crazy game. I say we let the developers create something that lets them express themselves.

I don't think that adding aliens would be better. I don't like so much games with aliens so it would probably become worse.

I am wondering whats gonna be the next Amanita Design game  :o

Hi,

This is one of the best game I have ever seen. And what about Machinarium 2?

Thanx

I was given 'Machinarium' as a birthday present and I have enjoyed it so much that my sister, brother and I were inspired to make our own design for a proposed Machinarium '2'.We have created a Machinarium 2 plan featuring music samples (played on genuine instruments), a booklet, artwork, a plot decription, character and scene design and also a front and back cover.
Please reply if you are interested at Amanita Design.

Thank you for your time,
Matthew Taylor

A sequel to Machinarium would be awesome! Waiting for "Samorost 3", let's get our fingers crossed to see "Machinarium 2" someday. :)

I conacted Amanita Design about a Machinarium Sequel twice and they haven't responded... I really want a sequel. This topic is about what should be in it.

I fully respect anyone who agrees with me about a sequel. Please?  ;D

There will be no "Machinarium 2".
Link: http://machinarium.net/forum/index.php/topic,1209.msg5862.html#msg5862 (http://machinarium.net/forum/index.php/topic,1209.msg5862.html#msg5862)


Edit: I misread that article.  thanks for the clarification naestyoh (http://amanita-design.net/forum/index.php/topic,664.msg7927.html#msg7927)! ~A

And I am Ukrainian, & my english not perfect too. But I must to say that, I loveEEE ::) this game, and I dont want to this game bore mee, you know like good music track, when listening it to mach it bore you.
(sory for my mystakes in english)

Why is this one so popular? I have one of these topics of my own!

Mod Edit: yes, but now we've blended all of yours into this one :>

Woah, woah, woah, woah... Can you PM me the link so I can see it?

Everybody wants Machinarium 2, but as the developers said, there'll be no further version of Machinarium.

Hope that Samorost 3 will be even better then Machinarium. ;)

Seems like that article only says that their next game wouldn't be M2.

Didn't they say their next game won't be Mechinarium 2?? Seems like they could do a dozen sequels to this game. I'd buy each one of them.

Good point.  Thanks for the clarification!

@King Bot - sorry, i haven't got it on the internet yet and I can't link from my computer. if there's an adress for Amanita Design I could send a copy off. I just set up a myspace page and I'll upload a couple of things onto it. basically, we've got an overview and things in a good amount of detail. :) By the way - are you amanita design or just an interested poster? Sorry for late reply.

Idea- They land at another city, and it's full of BLBH (black cap brotherhood) members. All the other people are imprisoned. They go back to the other one, gather bots to help, and then all of the bots storm the other city. There, you control every bot helping. (I want the new city to be EXACTLY different.)

Whatever happens in the sequel, I honestly want this scene to be in it:
http://static.arstechnica.com/Gaming/Machinarium_Pirate_Amnesty.jpg

Imagine it all wonderfully animated - what a great opening scene of the sequel that would be.  :)

As i am a great fan of machinarium and all of your products, i would really like to see the sequel to machinarium. It is a highly recommended great family game that must have new adventures.

Regard

I'm from China, very agree with the above view

I’m from China, I and my friends are very like machinarium, and looks forward to machinarium2.indead！！！

I gave this a thought and figured maybe we could just a put a yes or no if you want a sequel to this on this thread. It's simple and that way a company such as this could see clearly and concisely how many people support this game and want there to be more.

So for the a "petition" question:

DO YOU WANT A SEQUEL TO THIS GAME? YAY OR NAY

You don't need a petition, mate.  EVERYONE (including the guys at A.D.) knows that there will be a Machinarium2.  It's just a matter of time.

But first comes Samorost3!  (Yaw!!)

I am fairly new beat the first one and hadn't realized it had been out for a while. Wish the was already done like yesterday. Good game for sure, not much usually leaves me stumped especially little toy robots.

@makesequeldammit, (and anyone else that might not know)
There were three Amanita Design games that preceded Machinarium.  They'll help you pass the time while we all wait for botaincula to be released.  ;-)

• Samorost1 (http://amanita-design.net/samorost-1/)  ( the one that started it all )
• Samorost2 (http://amanita-design.net/samorost-2/)  ( the sequel )
• Questionaut (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/pop.shtml)  ( done on commission for The BBC to help pay for Machinarium )

The game is so brilliant, that I doubt a sequel can expand on it..
It truly seems like a work of genius that only can happen once in a developers career..
I suppose some upgrades could be done to the original, only because some of the times there is no clue what you are supposed to be doing.  Personally, I wouldn't touch it though.  It's brilliant as is, and will prob stand the test of time better untouched.

/signed :)

We know Amanita is working on Samorost 3, which we will hopefully see after Botanicula (can't wait for that one!) then finally Machinarium 2. I love this company!!

/signed :P

I really hope we get to see Machinarium 2 after Botanicula and Samorost 3. I'll buy a 100 copies of Amanita games to support the development of Machinarium 2 if I have to!!

I find it a bit sad, that the moderators dont bother to answer the question. A simple "we dont know yet" would have sufficed really.

Um, okay...  We don't know yet.

Despite what you may think, vanilka, everything you see posted here comes either from the Amanita Design blog, Facebook page, or via GOOGLE alerts.  We have no secret information that we're keeping from forum members.   :D

Ah well, obviously I misunderstood something here.

I thought the announcements here were oficial comming straight from the makers.

I wrongly believed that when fans inquire about one of the games, they will get an answer from a person who has this type of information.

Oh well.....

I demand a sequel! You can't toture me like that!

Please please please please make a sequel! Or at least a game with the same graphics!I'm sorry, but I simply can't stant the Samorost graphic.

Sequel sequel sequel!

I have just completed the game and like most people was totally blown away by it ! Such a beautiful game !  Totally ground breaking ! Everyone involved in creating this game should be truly proud of their achievement !

BUT.........

We need a sequal !  We can't leave it their ! The three bullies have to escape and plot their revenge !!

Please give a yes if you are desperate for a sequal to be made of this truly epic game !!!

I vote SEQUEL!  "Machinarium 2: The Further Abuse and Shaming Of The Bullies"   ;D

...but, before that, I HAVE to see Samorost 3!   ;)

It is funny how people demand machinarium sequel when samorost 3 is in work.... because I remember people were demanding samorost sequel before machinarium came out.

Personally, I would prefer machinarium over samorost for the simple reason that botanicula was a bit like samorost 1. Admittedly the graphics are different, but the atmosphere was similar and.... well both was about nature and tree life.

I do think however that we will get machinarium 2 eventually, because the ending was left purposely open and that means the creators were thinking of a continuation. We just have to be patient.

I'd love to see a sequel, but there are a few problems.

I'd say that the problem is, We all loved the first game, but a lot of the time taking it to a sequel can spoil it for some people. Also, where would the story go? We all fell in love with Josef, The adorable little robot who loves his girlfriend, but is treated horribly by pretty much everyone. Where would he go/do next? I LOVE Machinarium, But I don't want any story to change. Amanita are masters of story telling (With no words!) and they've created a masterpiece, and I don't want that ruined.
I had a conversation with someone on youtube, were they said they said they wanted to see Portal 3. Here's roughly how it went:

The Guy:"i want portal 3 NOW"
Me:"But what would happen? It doesn't seem like a good idea to me"
The Guy"na itll be great chell will wake up like portal 2 was a dream"

That, to me, sounds awful.

What I mean is I love Josef, I love him for who he is, and what he's done.I don't want my image of him to change in the sequel. Jakub, Vaclav, Adolf,David, If your reading this, I would LOVE to see a sequel, But PLEASE spend as much of the time on the character connection.
Amanita, You guys are amazing :D please keep up the great work! :D

Can I just splurge for a sec?, *Warning all caps* I LOVE YOU AMANITA. Your art and storytelling is AMAZING. I loved Machinarium, Loved Botanicula (YOU MADE ME LOVE A TWIG) Just Thank you, so much.

Can I just say, If you have an idea for the sequel, make it small, then smaller.
Make your idea as simple as:
Josef
Distopia
Motivation (E.g love interest)
bad guy.
DO NOT MAKE IT ABOUT WAR.IT IS A POINT N CLICK, A CHILD FRIENDLY POINT N CLICK.
Sorry for Caps. I felt like I was shouting and that was the only way I'd be heard.  :-[

Machinarium is a wonderful game, superb! Such a beautiful idea and implementation, best 2D graphics ever! I really fell in love with this city and this planet. It's like it was in my mind very long and now i found it. Every detail is really splendid.

Of course, I want a sequel very much, but only if it can be made like a new game, like nothing was before it (i speak about the relation of developers to the game, not about the plot) and not like "the game was successful so we must do a sequel no matter what quality it will have".
So, please, make a sequel, make a super sequel!)

I would love to play Machinarium 2, but I think it's time for you guys to grow. I was thinking why not make the next Machinarium in 3d? It can be just as beautiful as 2d but better, and think of all the design possibilities. Look at Allods Online for example, on [ screens ] (http://blog.dontfearthemutant.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/allods-online-14ac09160ee998.jpg) it feels as though the game is made in 2d - it's so neat! The future of 3d gaming on portable devices such as smartphones and tablets is where you can truly shine. Well it's up to you if you feel ready to advance to the next level, I will be grateful in any way :)

Hands down Machinarium is the best game I have ever played.  Even my mom who only plays tetris was immediately hooked on this game; that should tell you something.  PLEASE make a Machinarium 2!  I have played all of your games and have watched all of your videos and Machinarium, in my opinion, is your best work.  If you made a Machinarium 2 and even made it disk only I wouldn't think twice about spending $60 on this game.  Don't try to always make something new because there will always be disappointment (for example, I was hoping Botanicula would have made me feel the same as Machinarium did, but sadly it did not).  My point is: look at other companies that stick with what is successful-for example Halo.  Very popular game.  Then they expanded it to a Halo 2, 3 and so forth.  Each time the game got more and more popular and made them more and more money.  It just makes sense.  Please make a Machinarium 2 and if possible make it a little longer.  Even without using any hints, machinarium still ended too soon.

I think you should have Floex to do the Machinarium 2 soundtrack! Machinarium is my favourite game of all time, the soundtrack is a big reason... BUT let's not forget Samarost 3 people!   :D

I'll always be looking forward to seeing more games, especially sequels to Machinarium and Botanicula, and other works like Kooky from Amanita, as long as I live. :P

Love you guys.

Si comme moi vous attendez Machinarium 2 avec impatience et que vous avez déjà joué des dizaines de fois au premier opus, donnez votre avis et encouragez les développeurs...

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English translation:
If like me you wait impatiently Machinarium 2 and you've played dozens of times in the first game, give your opinion and encourage developers...

Hey, guys!
By all means, make Machinarium 2 :) At home my husband and I, we spent several evenings playing the game after work! Had such fun with it and did feel it ended too soon.
I'm sue you'll find a great sequel for the story if you remain true to your work. You are great artists!
Anyway, I do not have any expectations about a sequel. I'd take anything from a "How Josef saved the ship from pirates" to "Josef and Girlfriend going back home" adventures.
I'd love to hear more great music and see some robotic jazz musicians again :) Would be interesting to have other robotic creatures! I loved the police men and the barmaid, and the old man in the wheelchair! More of those secondary characters would be really great. Some people are saying that you need to spend time on Josef's character development but I find you spent as much time on the characters of the other guys, so stick to that :)))
Anyway, whatever you decide, I'm looking forward to buying (and not pirating!) the game and also looking forward to Samarost 3 :)
I have a cute plush Josef to keep me company meanwhile :)

Yes, please Machinarium 2. We will pre-order it, if you make it available.

I want a Machinarium 2 :D.

(Forgive my eventual English mistakes, that is not my native language)

Hello Amanita,

I have created my account here specially to make this post. Even if I am currently very ill and it is hard for me. Because it is very important to make Machinarium 2!

This video game is my favorite, in all categories ever. And I have played all your works, and this one is your best for me, it is perfect!

In addition to the qualities of almost all your games (The "lost places" ambience, almost no word used, etc.), this game is particularly languorous, poetic, tender. A unique result:

• Pencil drawings only: Absolutely terrific, it create a real soul of the game. There are real sensory feelings.
• Awesome music (I am listening the OST while writing now): strange but not too disturbing, soft sounds, really making our head in the cloud, with a few good jazzy tones which bring sweet touch of warmth.
• The fact that it is about these robots accentuate the "thing": not the "cute cutest" outside, their rough appearances make them even more tender inside.
• Every of these points really suits each other. Great general consistency.
• Difficulty is really well-balanced.
• Etc.

You have to make Machinarium 2. For mankind. ;D Yes, pre-orders, all you want! But do it!!! Besides, the screenplay sequel is easy to imagine, horizons are not closed. Please, let us travel again in this really touching world!

I just bought and played Machinarium and fell in love, after two days of playing, I went in the helicopter and got excited...then it was, "the end". Thanks to Amanita Design's awesome artwork, I'm now an addicted mess and don't know what to do, so I came to register just to make this post that Machinarium 2 must be made immediately and at that made available in liquid form so I can drink it up.

Love you guys


 :-*  Please PLEASE please ----->  ;D  MAKE A MACHINARIUM 2  ;D <----- please PLEASE Please  :-*


If it's about the money, then please Found Raising makes it so we can show you how much you are worth to us. I think since you also really nice people and I love that about you. I can feel it :)

I want to add another vote for a second Machinarium, or a game with a similarly clean design and actual puzzles.

Botanicula, for example, is cute, but I feel that its design isn't a patch on that of Machinarium, and it's more of an exploratory, click-at-random game than a puzzle game. I know that that is what Amanita Designs were going for, but I'm ravenous for more of the Machinarium-like cerebral puzzles and visual and auditory aesthetics. It doesn't matter to me whether it's an entirely different game if it also has that clean, drawn-in style.

If you do decide to make a sequel rather than a new game with a similar style, my only hope is that you not make it too similar to the first. I think it should be able to stand on its own, and have new characters and villains. If you keep the two robots as the main characters, I think it would be neat if the girlfriend were the one being controlled, but in any case not both together. Having two characters working together would destroy the wonderful sense of solitude that Dvorak's music made so mesmerizing.

But, in the end, I don't think the specific desires of fans are as important as your own. You're the ones who made the game that they love so much. Machinarium is more than a game; it's art. As with any kind of art, the only prerequisite is that you follow your hearts over your wallets!  :)

I'll throw in my two cents as well. The first time I played Machinarium was in 2010, and I still think it's one of the best stories I've seen in a video game. The visuals and music work perfectly together creating a melancholic mood that sticks with you throughout the game. I am yet to find a game that manages to create such a rich world with so little resources. I am having trouble even describing how much I like this game. It's a treasure.

So, I'm waiting for a sequel as well. Don't get me wrong, I am very excited about Samorost 3, but Machinarium will always have a special place in my heart, and I believe that Amanita would produce a worthy sequel. I am actually quite intrigued by the thought of having a full game where the two robots would need to work together in order to solve puzzles. A big part of the original game's charm was the sense of loneliness, and as someone pointed out, control two robots simultaneously could ruin that. I still would like to see more gameplay like at the end of Machinarium where the robots work together to overcome an obstacle.

Many times game sequels go horribly wrong, but I think Amanita Design has already proved with Samorost 2 that they can make a sequel that is true to the original and has the same overall tone. I believe Machinarium 2 would turn out just as adorable as the original. But let's first wait that Samorost 3 is finished.

Yap You are right. Story wise no game can compete Machinarium.

I pre-ordered Machinarium (the first game I ever pre-ordered) and enjoyed every minute of it.  I bought Botanicula when it launched.  I can't wait for another exceptional game from your studio, and would definately pre-order a second take on the Machinarium story line.  I still listen to that sound track, and use images from the game art on the lock screen of my android phone.

You guys are awesome.

Keep the creativity flowing!

I just created an account on this forum to tell you how much I would love to play a Machinarium 2 :(. This game is my favorite ever, I'm so in love with the atmosphere and all the characters ... if it's just a question of money, you could go on those 'raising money website' ... I would be ready to give 150$ for a Machinarium 2 project, serisouly ! I'm actually working on a tattoo project about Machinarium hahaha I'm not jocking I'm really found of that little robot and its cute stories.

Sorry if my english is bad, I'm french, so let me say it again : faites un Machinarium 2 s'il vous plaiiit !

Merci :)

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Mod Comment: @Ash, you mentioned a "tattoo project about Machinarium" so I thought you would find this interesting... link: http://forum.amanita-design.net/index.php?topic=1307.msg6235#msg6235 (http://forum.amanita-design.net/index.php?topic=1307.msg6235#msg6235)  ;D  

The main thing is that it would have the same good quality, when it has this then the details do not matter. The intelligence and imagination in Machinarium and Samorost 1 & 2 are a rare thing.

Well I really would like a sequel
and it could use a subtitle like:
Machinarium2:
Chronicles of the robot city

But the game has and must keep
Its wonderfull graphics!
Just amazing.And it should
include a longer story,i just
finished playing the game
and it wasnt much long
but I really enjoyed it.
So I hope the sequel comes out soon!  ;D

IMHO, there are only two ways for Machinarium 2:
- if it will be done, it will be better than it's first part. But it's very complicated to do, because first part was for me ideal and it's hard to do something better than ideal. It's sad to tell that mostly sequels are worst then first parts and it screws up the reputation of games/films/etc.
- so the second variant is to let Machinarium be the only game about Josef. Let it be the Legend!!

Some words about the topic of the sequel. In my dreams if Josef and his girlfriend flew away from the planet where were so much cruelness and oldness, let they come to another planet where they'll build their own world of robot.

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what does this tell us?  ???  ???  ???

it's a really great interest exists! please kindly tell us to go on.   :-*  :-*  :-*

Definetly a huge new expansion!Offering a new
city to be explored.

Either way can't wait
for Machinarium 2.

But Amanita D. said
that Machinarium 2 will
be released after Samorost 3.. :'(
And that is around 2015...

I think i would be a great idea ;D

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ok this is now truly a sign!!!!!!

 ;)

Good one, MoonMoon!  ;)

Machinarium is a top game please PLEASE make Machinarium 2!!

I dont love games, play only FIFA. So machinarium was my FIRST quest. RLY i never play quest. Friend say go download this game, and i for fun download Machinarium 2 from torrent.... i bad speak english but can't describe the feeling after completing the game. Music, the atmosphere, the main characters its all 100% SUPER! And i want say, that i 100% BUY this game after torrent download. I want to pay the developers for this brilliant game. Sorry, bad eng, because rus) I have so many ideas to continue this game! ehhhh, thx for machinarium.

I think that machinarium 2 can make in Crysis moment for company, because this project make money. ))) And i understand why Amantia Design not make now Machinarium 2.
Thanks, from Russia ;)

I would love to BUY a new game with the little robot guy as the star using the same adventure, puzzle solving type of concept.  I was actually a bit upset by the post script of the first game - silly to have feelings for a robot but he has a real little character.  What is his name?  Maybe he needs to find out why the bad guys are so bad and show them that bullying isn't right.  8)

Joseph;) is the name :) by the way a very good restaurant in Zurich has the same name. Maybe a good sign? ;) I still have hope, and maybe I would cry if I really see this is another adventure with joseph planned.

anyone know anything about that?

Still waiting on 2.0...   :)

I just wanted to say that I love Machinarium!!! I am replaying it. I love the music, the visual environment created, the characters, the game progression, the puzzles and the in-game walkthrough you get to have if you make it through the maze. I hope there will be a machinarium 2 for PC and tablet.

MACHINARIUM 2 - FANMADE GAME  ::)

(https://pp.vk.me/c629527/v629527024/243b/3yvjOrIGgBg.jpg)

I found this profile on instagram. This fan-made game developed by enthusiasts, it seems, guys from Iran.
I did a little teaser from their insta-clips and posted it on YouTube

Instagram - https://instagram.com/machinarium2/
Teaser - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSNeAOFb_-Y

I know there will be a M2 in the future!
And an awesome vinyl for the awesome soundtrack!
Plus an awesome collectors edition boxed copy!

I will hold my breath 'till it's ALL confirmed!! ;-)

Congratulations on Machinarium

A beautiful story line, great OST and wonderful environment!Peaceful cloudy weather, dusty old details, mysterious plants and a two-part story (one outside the city and one inside the city) makes this game unforgettable!

I'm really looking forward to play Machinarium 2
and please use the same Music and Painting artists

Thank you so much!

it would be interesting to play as a bird :)

I wish you could "like" posts.