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
. 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.
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Hope all is going well with the games release
Kind regards.
Chris.
