Czech studio Amanita Design (Samorost series) is now accepting preorders for its forthcoming hand-drawn adventure game, Machinarium, releasing October 2009. The PC and Mac title, which took home the Excellence In Visual Art award at IGF 2009, is the studio's first full-length project.

To entice gamers to preorder, Amanita is offering a $3 discount ($17 insgtead of $20) and a free copy of Machinarium's soundtrack. Those who reserve Machinarium will also immediately receive a "Preorder Pack" with five high resolution picture and five MP3 tracks from the soundtrack.

You can read our interview with Amanita's founder and designer Jakub Dvorský, which delves into the developer's animation techniques, unused ideas, and similarities to Wall-E.