Botanicula (Point-and-click)

Botanicula
by Jára Plachý and Amanita Design

Available at:
Amanita Design - demo and purchase at Official Site
GamersGate
GOG
Steam



About the Game
Botanicula is point'n'click exploration game created by Jaromír Plachý and Amanita Design. It’s about a bunch of five friends - little tree creatures who set out for a journey to save the last seed from their home tree which is infested by evil parasites. The original soundtrack and sound effects are created by Czech alternative band DVA.

Key features:

• Relaxed game perfect for hardcore gamers, their partners, families
  and seniors.
  
• More than 150 detailed locations to explore.
  
• Hundreds of funny animations.
  
• Incredible amount of hidden bonuses.
  
• Fantastic music and sound effects by fantastic band DVA
  
• Not one but five main characters with various skills and personalities.
  
• No text or lengthy dialogs to bore you.
  
• Bonuses for vigilant players at the end of the game.
  
• Gamezebo Walkthrough
  

Screens:

I tried the demo today, and what an intriguingly quirky game it is... just as one would expect from the Amanita design team.

I was feeling a bit at a loss at first, since there are no instructions (much like The Tiny Bang Story and Samorost, for you casual game lovers). The lack of instruction is part of the beauty of these games, since actually accomplishing the goals feels like such an accomplishment

Like any adventure game, click on EVERYTHING! It didn't take me long to figure out what I was supposed to be doing, and after that, I managed to accomplish the first task pretty easily.

The graphics are amazing, with a lot of times when you just sit back to see what's happening. Very cute, intuitive as long as you remember to click on everything, and definitely a fun addition to Amanita's line of games. Like Machinarium, this is a full-length game, and has over 150 scenes. You'll need 700mb and 1GB RAM memory to play it. For only $10, I think it's a steal