# Surreal puzzle game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-puzzle-game/195002>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 13, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-puzzle-game/195002 "2003-08-13T20:19:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-puzzle-game/195002/1 "2003-08-13T20:19:57Z")

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A slightly bonkers sort of mini-_Myst_. Requires Shockwave, or is it Flash?

[http://www.freshsensation.com/samorost.swf](http://www.freshsensation.com/samorost.swf)

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**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-puzzle-game/195002/2 "2003-08-14T03:56:20Z")

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Just got through it all…it was…interesting. Fun, though.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-puzzle-game/195002/3 "2003-08-14T05:19:19Z")

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I started a thread about this and other online puzzle games last month in Cafe Society. There some more info on Samorost and some links to other games as well.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=201117](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=201117)

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**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-puzzle-game/195002/4 "2003-08-14T14:39:09Z")

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::Doing the cabbage patch::

I saved a planet!!!  
I saved a planet!!!

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surreal-puzzle-game/195002/5 "2003-08-14T15:05:32Z")

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Do you need the sound? I’m at work, and fear sound.