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200 | Christian Wessely www.jrfm.eu 2017, 3/1, 199–205 inspection of the horn reveals that it can be used as a hearing aid and a music instrument. At this point, the player takes over control of the white dwarf and starts to explore the environment, which turns out to be the surface of a small planet. With the help of the horn, the player can now find out what features parts of the planet provide. somewhere down in the rocky valleys lives, for example, a gifted engineer and remarkable welder who might even build a small spaceship if he just had the leisure to stroll around and collect the components one needs for such a project (see fig. 2). Solving interactive riddles in other areas of this planet produces a pocketknife from a mushroom picker, a plant, some levers from a ruin and a discarded plastic bottle, which seem perfect components for that job. that task complete, the player is able to leave the planet and visit other stellar objects to solve other riddles which may involve intoxicating substances (see fig. 3). Along the way, why most of the planets are devastated or ruined be- comes evident: obviously, a beast is hidden even in this miraculous world(s) and poses a constant threat to the few intact spots. far from being a hero, the player (i.e., the white dwarf) starts to gather more information and tokens in order to find – after a long journey and some really difficult riddles – the location of the literally sleeping beast and the location of a hero, who must be awoken to fight the dragon. Fig. 2: The Gyro Gearloose of the Samorost Universe.