Machinarium

“Machinarum” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinarium) is a video game made in Flash that came out October 16, 2009. It’s a very high quality Flash game that highlights just what a dedicated game maker can do with Flash. It’s a shame that you don’t see more stuff like this made with Flash. It’s an inventive take on a classic “point-and-click” adventure that has some pretty in-depth puzzles complicated by the fact that you need to control your little robot avatar and move him near anything in order to interact with it. The visuals are amazing; the still backgrounds are very well drawn and the characters, while silent, manage to portray some amount of character. Astonishingly, the game only cost $1,000 to make. It serves to prove that something really enjoyable, deep, and well-made can come up out of relatively little, and I’d hope to see more projects like it get to the market. Things like this prove that anyone can make something worthwhile if they put forth enough effort.