Samorost, Today's Time Waster

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Samorost, Today's Time Waster

by Victor Agreda, Jr. Dec 5th 2005

I'd agree that this is more interactive art than game, but it's engrossing nonetheless. Typically puzzlers drive me bonkers, but the artwork on this is too cool to pass up. Samorost is a very slick puzzle-based Flash game that mixes vector and raster art to create a surreal but delightful ambiance. Start by clicking on the tower, and next thing you know you're in charge of saving your piece of interstellar driftwood from certain doom. Good luck, and I hope you have nothing to do for the next couple of hours.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Diddle said 1:14AM on 12-06-2005

I played this one when it was first created a year or two ago and I played it again today. It's a gorgeous, fairly simple puzzler. Thanks for reposting! :D

racco said 12:11PM on 12-06-2005

5 mins. top

hope theres a longer part 2 on the way!

indonesianme said 6:42AM on 12-07-2005

If you like Samorost, you'll like this little gem too.
http://hollywoodrecords.go.com/polyphonicspree/questfortherest/

Samuel said 9:08PM on 12-08-2005

excellent game from above, got any more email them to lago@hotmail.co.uk thanks!

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