Machinarium - a new game with a Linux client

Machinarium is an indie adventure game written in Flash.
You steer a small robot through a wonderfully painted robot world. To get a feel of the game play, you can play Samorost, an earlier game by the developers, for free or try the demo.
To get the disclaimer out of the way: I've no affiliation to the developers, but I liked the game and pre-ordered after it won the Excellence In Visual Art competition at this year's IGF.
Yesterday I downloaded the client and started playing. It works nicely on my computer (1.6GHz C2D, 1GB, GMA950, Arch i686). The graphics are beautiful and the puzzles are so far (I played only the first section) on the same high level as Samorost 1+2.
According to the web site the game is only 32bit and needs a minimum resolution of 1024x768, with 1280x800 or higher recommended. The developers also recommend to disable flash hardware acceleration.
You can find more information and a demo at the website at http://www.machinarium.com/ , where you can also buy the game for $20.
P.S. I'm writing here because I believe in supporting developers who offer Linux versions of their games. I bought Penumbra, WoG, Prey and now Machinarium for this reason. If you like the game (there's a demo), please consider buying it to show your support for studios developing for Linux, too.

Mh, so far there has been one screen (kind of a plaza) where the game became sluggish and the fan got loud...the game itself is still a lot of fun and the puzzles are good and logical, although I managed to overlook an obvious switch and had to look at in-game help once.
I'm not sure you can say they support Linux development as it's designed for flash (a cross-environment program).
I agree that Linux support is probably not intentionally, but they saw the possibility and offer a Linux version on Launch day.
Linux gaming is in a very sorry state - just take a look at the still missing UT3 client or the sound problems with Prey. And these are games which are (were promised to be) supported - almost no developer cares about Linux as a platform.
I believe that when I buy the games of and talk about those few developers who do care about Linux, I might convince more developers that there's a market for Linux games.
When I pre-ordered Machinarium, I communicated clearly that I bought the game because they thought about offering a Linux client. I'm glad they did in the end. The same for Osmos - I pre-ordered the game (it's a very relaxing experience) and I pledged to buy it again when the Linux client is released.

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