History VideoGame / Machinarium

* FifteenPuzzle: With the variation that one piece comes off, and Josef has to retrieve it before continuing.
** Not fixing the puzzle until you have every other piece in place makes it much easier as you then have two free spaces to play around with.

* {{Jerkass}}es: The Black Cap Brotherhood, full stop.

* RebusBubble: Here, everything that is "spoken" or thought is represented in pictures.

* SceneryPorn: Every single screen is this.
** SceneryGorn: Can also say this.

* CirclingBirdies: Star type can be seen in RebusBubble cutscenes and when a bird robot falls down after wire breaks.

* EatingMachine: Even though the robots are not seen to digest what they ingest, the Black Cap Brotherhood still imprisons Josef's girlfriend in a kitchen.

* DownTheDrain: An early part of the game requires the protagonist to waddle into the sewers of a jail and access other cells by unhinging their sewer grates.

* CombinatorialExplosion: Avoided. Once an item fulfills its purpose, the robot almost always tosses it (either that or it's taken from him). Some, like the prison key, just disappear.
** In one instance, the protagonist ties the item to a wire for no apparent purpose after he's done with it.

* EasilyDetachableRobotParts: The tutorial consists of the hero having to reassemble himself after being dumped out of a garbage vehicle.

* KickTheDog: The Black Cap Brotherhood appears to do nothing else but make the lives of the citizens miserable (except poker, maybe), especially the hero. Then they proceed to cross the MoralEventHorizon by attempting to bomb the leadership of the city.
* KleptomaniacHero: Often your main character is that.
* MagicCountdown: Reversed with the TimeBomb. Instead of being slower off-screen, time ticks faster than 'real' time when the protagonist is actively trying to defuse it.

* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: There is no spoken words in the whole game, and the only written words are on the title screen (and in the pause menu). The story is told in mime and robot sounds. This is, to some, not particularly successful: it is not always easy to tell, for example, whether the robot is laughing or trembling in fear.

* PaperThinDisguise: The protagonist can bypass the border guard in one of the early parts of the game by making a cone and lightbulb as a hat like those the officers wear.

* EasilyDetachableRobotParts: In the beginning the hero find himself disassembled and has to reassemble himself in a tutorial level.

* StoppedCaring: One of the robots in the prison appears visibly indifferent, just sitting around and only offering you help if you make a cigarette for him. Later on when you unlock all the cell doors, the smoking robot doesn't even bother to leave with everyone else.
* SceneryPorn: Every single screen is this.
** SceneryGorn: Can also say this.
* SchizoTech: Robot-powered arcade machines among other things.

'''''Machinarium''''' is a PointAndClick AdventureGame by the independent Czech studio Creator/AmanitaDesign.

The game received much praise from critics, especially for its beautiful visuals and fantastic soundtrack. [[http://machinarium.net/ The official site]] offers a free online demo.

* MagicCountdown: Inverted with the TimeBomb. Time ticks faster when the protagonist is trying to defuse it.

** In one instance, the protagonist ties the item to a wire for no apparent purpose.

* ClockPunk / DieselPunk / {{Steampunk}}: The settings of this game definitely use these.

* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: There is no spoken words in the whole game, and the only written words are on the title screen (and in the pause menu). The story is told in mime and robot sounds. This is, to some, not particularly successful: it is not always easy to tell, for example, whether the robot is laughing or trembling in fear.

* PaperThinDisguise: Save to be done in one of the early parts of the game.

* CombinatorialExplosion: Avoided. Once an item fulfills its purpose, the robot almost always tosses it (either that or it's taken from him). Some just disappear.

* {[Scatting}}: One of the songs called Clockwise Operetta does that briefly.

* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: There is no spoken words in the whole game, and the only written words are on the title screen. The story is told in mime and robot sounds. This is, to some, not particularly successful: it is not always easy to tell, for example, whether the robot is laughing or trembling in fear.

* DistressedDamsel: And you get to briefly play as her too.

** The large-head leader of the city is a {{shout out}} to the alien from Alien, according to the concept art.
** One of the less noticeable ones, maybe not even intentional: the cleaner robot in one of the backgrounds looks like [[StarWars MSE-6]].
* SingingSimlish: One of the songs called Clockwise Operetta does that briefly.

* SchizoTech: [[strike:Man]] Robot-powered arcade machines among other things.

* TimedMission: The bomb defusing. Take too long and the tower blows up. [[ResetButton Fortunately, time conveniently rewinds to before your attempt at the puzzle]].

* VideogameCaringPotential: Over the course of the game, you help out your fellow robots who have been mistreated by the Black Cap Brotherhood.

* {{Zeerust}}: of Soviet sci-fi flavor.

* ShoutOut: You can play Space Invaders in this game.

* SpeechBubbles: Here, everything that is "spoken" or thought is represented in pictures.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: [[spoiler:The Black Cap Brotherhood is ejected from the city through a pipe, but are not explicitly shown to be disposed of.]]

* AfterTheEnd - It's easy to infer from the polluted state of the water in the "sea" section, the dilapidated state and ornate look of many of the interiors and the vast array of discarded items of use only to humans (or indeed, directly harmful to robots) that humans ''were'' there, but aren't any more. Nothing is stated explicitly, mind, but it's quite likely it was due to an immense environmental catastrophe.

* CirclingBirdies - Star type can be seen in RebusBubble cutscenes and when a bird robot falls down after wire breaks.
* ClockPunk / DieselPunk / {{Steampunk}} - The settings of this game definitely use these.
* CombinatorialExplosion - Avoided. Once an item fulfills its purpose, the robot almost always tosses it (either that or it's taken from him). Some just disappear.

* ContinuityNod - In the central tower, you will probably find a blocky little robot that you might recognize from ''VideoGame/{{Samorost}} 2''. If you talk to him, he'll explain that guard-bots from your city found him buried on the very same island you explored in that game.
* DistressedDamsel - And you get to briefly play as her too.

* EasilyDetachableRobotParts - In the beginning the hero find himself disassembled and has to reassemble himself in a tutorial level.

* FatAndSkinny - The two prisoners.
* FifteenPuzzle - With the variation that one piece comes off, and Josef has to retrieve it before continuing.

* GentleGiant - The big police robot guarding the elevator just wants to play with his little teddy bear robot.
* ImagineSpot - Given time enough without activity, Josef will start daydreaming of what he used to do with his girlfriend before the Black Cap Brotherhood came.
* KickTheDog - The Black Cap Brotherhood appears to do nothing else but make the lives of the citizens miserable (except poker, maybe), especially the hero. Then they proceed to cross the MoralEventHorizon by attempting to bomb the leadership of the city.
* KleptomaniacHero - Often your main character is that.
* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon - There is no spoken words in the whole game, and the only written words are on the title screen. The story is told in mime and robot sounds. This is, to some, not particularly successful: it is not always easy to tell, for example, whether the robot is laughing or trembling in fear.
* NoOSHACompliance - Especially the absence of guard rails in several locations.
* PaperThinDisguise - Save to be done in one of the early parts of the game.
* SetPiecePuzzle - Quite a few, including one that actually makes a lot of sense. [[spoiler:It's on a cabinet that has a gun in it, which is itself in a locked room. Granted, it would make it hard to get to in an emergency, but who would expect to see IJustShotMarvinInTheFace averted in ''Machinarium'', of all games?]]
* ShoutOut - You can play Space Invaders in this game.

* SingingSimlish - One of the songs called Clockwise Operetta does that briefly.
* SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence - Can be seen in several places. There seem to be animal-like robots and human-like robots.
* SlipperySkid - Bullets this time around. Josef slips on them too.
* StockPuzzle - The BlockPuzzle near the arcade, and the linear peg-solitaire puzzle in the sea area.
* SceneryPorn - Every single screen is this.
** SceneryGorn - Can also say this.
* SchizoTech - [[strike:Man]] Robot-powered arcade machines among other things.
* SpeechBubbles - Here, everything that is "spoken" or thought is represented in pictures.

* TimeBomb - The Black Cap Brotherhood seeks to blow up the central tower of the city with one.
* TimedMission - The bomb defusing. Take too long and the tower blows up. [[ResetButton Fortunately, time conveniently rewinds to before your attempt at the puzzle]].
* TinCanRobot - Most of the humanoid cast, especially Josef. Even the animal robots have some similar characteristics.
* UnexpectedShmupLevel - How you access the [[GuideDangIt walkthrough]] for a particular objective.

* VideogameCaringPotential - Over the course of the game, you help out your fellow robots who have been mistreated by the Black Cap Brotherhood.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse? - [[spoiler:The Black Cap Brotherhood is ejected from the city through a pipe, but are not explicitly shown to be disposed of.]]
* {{Zeerust}} - of Soviet sci-fi flavor.

* DoingItForTheArt - Hand-drawn art for this game received Excellence in Visual Art award for a reason

''Machinarium'' is a PointAndClick AdventureGame by the independent Czech studio Creator/AmanitaDesign.

* FatAndSkinny - Th two prisoners.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse? - [[Spoiler:The Black Cap Brotherhood is ejected from the city through a pipe, but are not explicitly shown to be disposed of.]]

* CombinatorialExplosion - Avoided. Once an item fulfills its purpose, the robot almost always tosses it (either that or it's taken from him).

* FatAndSkinny - Two prisoners.

* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon - There is no spoken words in the whole game, and the only written words are on the title screen. The story is told in mime and robot sounds. This is not particularly successful: it is not easy to tell, for example, whether the robot is laughing or trembling in fear.

** The large-head leader of the city is a {{shout out}} to the alien from Alien, according to the concept art

* TimeBomb

''Machinarium'' is a PointAndClick AdventureGame by the independent Czech studio AmanitaDesign.

''Machinarium'' is a PointAndClick AdventureGame by the independent Czech studio Amanita Design.

This video game provides examples of:

** This game takes place somewhere in the future of the VideoGames/{{Samorost}}-verse, which was already an underpopulated WorldInTheSky.

* ContinuityNod - In the central tower, you will probably find a blocky little robot that you might recognize from ''VideoGames/{{Samorost}} 2''. If you talk to him, he'll explain that guard-bots from your city found him buried on the very same island you explored in that game.