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{{Infobox video game
| title = Samorost
| image = Samorost (video game).jpg
| developer = [[Company:Amanita Design|Amanita Design]]
| publisher = Amanita Design
| designer = Jakub Dvorský
| composer = {{unbulleted list|Jakub Dvorský<ref name="amanita-design-forum" />|Floex (Remaster)}}
| engine = [[Software:Adobe Flash|Adobe Flash]], Adobe Air (2021)
| series = Samorost
| released = 2003,
20 May 2021 (Remaster)
| genre = [[Software:Adventure game|Adventure]], art game
| platforms = [[Software:Browser game|Browser]], [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]], [[Software:MacOS|MacOS]], [[Software:IOS|iOS]], [[Software:Android (operating system)|Android]]
| modes = Single-player
}}

'''''Samorost''''' is a [[Software:Puzzle video game|puzzle]] [[Software:Adventure game#Point-and-click adventure games|point-and-click adventure game]] developed by [[Company:Amanita Design|Amanita Design]]. The first game of the ''Samorost'' series was released in 2003 for free on the Amanita Design website.<ref name="Doupe.cz">{{cite web |title=Samorost 1 |url=https://doupe.zive.cz/samorost-1 |website=Doupe.cz |accessdate=2020-07-16 |language=cs}}</ref> Two sequels were released, ''[[Software:Samorost 2|Samorost 2]]'' in 2005 and ''[[Software:Samorost 3|Samorost 3]]'' in 2016. The game was remastered and released on May 20, 2021, for [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Software:MacOS|macOS]] for free. [[Software:IOS|iOS]] and [[Software:Android (operating system)|Android]] ports were also made.

==Gameplay==
The player interacts with the world with a simple [[Software:Adventure game#Point-and-click adventure games|point and click]] interface directing a small, white-clad humanoid with a little cap and brown boots (called simply "gnome" by Dvorsky). The goal of the ''Samorost'' games is to solve a series of [[Puzzle|puzzle]]s and brain teasers. The puzzles are sequentially linked forming an adventure story. The game contains no [[Social:Inventory|inventory]] or [[Philosophy:Dialogue|dialogue]], and the solving of puzzles mainly consists of clicking on-screen elements in the correct order. Solving a puzzle will immediately transport the [[Software:Player character|player character]] to the next screen.

The game features surrealistic, organic scenarios that mix natural and technological concepts (often featuring manipulated photographs of small objects made to look very large), creative character designs and a unique [[Engineering:Soundtrack|musical atmosphere]]. Music tracks are available through [[Software:ITunes|iTunes]].

==Plot==
The game starts as Gnome looks through telescope in his House. He suddenly spots a planet moving towards his home planet. He goes to his airship Polokonzerva and flies to the Planet. He lands on the planet and after some adventures he finds an engine room of the planet. He changes the planet's course so it narrowly misses Home Planet. Gnome then returns home as cheering is heard.

==Development==
[[File:Jakub Dvorský (2).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Jakub Dvorský, creator of ''Samorost'']]
''Samorost'' was created by Jakub Dvorský while he was a student at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, in the department of Graphic Design and Visual Communication in 2003. Although short and simplistic in its gameplay, its surreal graphics and memorable score made the game stand out. The object of the game is to avert a collision between the [[Unsolved:Gnome|gnome]]'s home planet and a large incoming [[Engineering:Spacecraft|spaceship]].

''Samorost'' was nominated for the [[Webby Award]] in 2004 and the Top Talent Award in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amanita-design.net/games/samorost-1.html |title=Samorost 1 page at Amanita Design website |work=amanita-design.net}}</ref>

=== Etymology ===
Samorost is a [[Social:Czech language|Czech]] word that is used to describe objects sculpted from discarded wood (roots, trunks, branches, etc.), usually for decorative purposes. The protagonist of the game lives on an asteroid that resembles such an object. Another meaning of 'samorost' is "maverick."  The word is composed of the parts ''samo-'' ("self, auto-") and ''rost'' (form of ''růst'', "to grow"). This could also be translated as "vagabond," "self-identifier," "individualist," or "wanderer," especially in the context of the protagonist.

===Soundtrack===
A [[Engineering:Soundtrack|soundtrack]] for the [[Engineering:Video game|video game]] ''Samorost'' was "selected by [[Company:Amanita Design|Amanita Design]]'s founder Jakub Dvorský from various sources".<ref name="amanita-design-forum">{{cite web |url=http://amanita-design.net/forum/index.php?topic=161.msg10630#msg10630 |title=Samorost 1 soundtrack? |date=2012-02-27 |work=amanita-design.net |accessdate=2013-04-21}}</ref> It wasn't officially released on any format; however, it was ripped from the game by a fan and uploaded to the internet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://samorost2.com/samotunes.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225090515/http://samorost2.com/samotunes.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-25 |title=Samorost 1 Soundtrack at Samorost Fan Club website |work=samorost2.com}}</ref>

Composer Floex provided music for the 2021 remaster.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.artificial.dk/articles/artgamesintro.htm |title=Art Games - An Introduction |author=Ploug, Kristine|publisher=Artificial.dk |date=2005-12-01 |accessdate=2012-11-15}}

==External links==
*{{official|http://www.amanita-design.net/samorost-1/}}

{{Amanita Design}}

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[[Category:Video games set on fictional planets]]
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